any good beginner guide for age of reforging the freelands?

Don't go anywhere alone early. The thing that kills new players is treating it like a normal action RPG and picking fights with a bandit group solo. Hire one or two companions in the first town even if they're rubbish, learn to run from anything that outnumbers you, and make your first money carrying trade goods between towns rather than fighting. The combat gets fun later once you have gear and a party, it's just not meant to be fun at level 1. Also save often, it's early access and it will crash on you.