So, you just joined darkfall and you have no idea whats going on. Instead of posting a huge long thing on tips how to do this or that what you will want to do is watch the following videos in order.
Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDgGgunLhmA&feature=related
Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CrxiN4pdHU&feature=related
Part 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5e19MP4AW4
After you watched these videos you should have a fairly good grasp on the game and will probably want to start hunting some mobs. There are a few world maps out there with mob spawns such as the Sinister DF map, or DFatlas, or my personal favorite yourmommap.
YourMomMap:
http://www.feylines.net/yourmom/
Only issue with yourmommap is that you have limited bandwidth to search for mobs, cities, dungeons, ect..
If you have any other questions about the game you can either ask in your RA chat, or in Clan if you decide to tag up.
another useful link for crafting/ spell requirements is:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=r4w-x_H4FZM-80qjt1Sv5Bw&output=html