Doesn't matter how easy they are to find or not. Cook pot. It stinks to have to wait until you can make one in the forge if the RNG wont give you one. I actually like starting in the burnt out forest biome (except for the dogs now) because of all the looting possibilities during travel...
If only there was a quest to deliver goods/messages from one trader to another........until the network is complete.......
especially if they move to certain traders specializing in certain goods.