Exploration can be very rewarding in this modpack. In your travels, you might find villages, dungeons, temples, and anything in between. Rewards can be lucrative, and I recommend holding onto anything that you have storage space for. Especially look out for bookcases, pistons, chests, and furnaces. Loot these from the world whenever you can, as they are not very easy to make early on in this pack.
Villages[]
Make sure to take note of villagers with good trades, and keep them safe. Consider going to the village at night and putting blocks in front of the doors, so that zombies cannot kill the villagers at night. Also make sure to take advantage of the village fields, and make sure to grab potatoes if you can find them.