'Crafter is an intermediate career' is a fucking lie
There is no ‘basic’ skill for crafter. Like I thought maybe I had to do some things before I could build my first house and would need my crafter for. Nope. Crafter is literally just a baby version of a tailor.
Careers that matter in the early game: explorer, herbalist, maybe animal husbandry I haven’t played with that one yet. Then once you have lots of plants from your herbalist move immediately into doctor, buy all the remedy recipes, and start crafting them. Warriors get sick A LOT and your explorers can also get sick. Both you and other players will need remedies.
Once you’ve e collected 150 of your wood type then move one villager to builder for the day and have them make a house so you can get that fifth villager spot.
I made the mistake of moving Desmond to crafter today not realizing what I was doing. So now my doctor is my construction worker while I build up herb supplies and is building a house. My doctor and crafter are going back to explorer tomorrow to get more materials and my 5th guy is gonna be an explorer too.
Exploring is THE most important career right now. The majority of your villagers should be explorers.