You can turn 6 soil into packed dirt, and packed dirt can be turned into rammed earth with variety of textures. They won't grow grass on them. If I recall correctly, monsters shouldn't be able to spawn on those even when there is no light, unless that has been changed recently. And you can use your lumps of fat to oil your animal hides to turn them into pelts, which then can be used to make bigger bags and winter clothing. Raw hides can be used to make rawhide clothing. Lump of fat can be also used to make your first permanent light source that won't go out even when it gets drenched in water. Typically higher fertility (medium and high fertility) soil can be found in areas where there is a lot of rainfall. You can turn on your coordinates though I don't recall which key it was. You mentioned earlier that Hud Clock mod; I use it too. The original isn't currently up to date, but there is a patch from different modder that works in the v1.20.0-rc.5. There is also mod for Status Hud which gives even more information than Hud clock. I don't think that the Status hud is either up to date, but there is also a patch for the mod until the original has been updated.
You can turn 6 soil into packed dirt, and packed dirt can be turned into rammed earth with variety of textures. They won't grow grass on them. If I recall correctly, monsters shouldn't be able to spawn on those even when there is no light, unless that has been changed recently. And you can use your lumps of fat to oil your animal hides to turn them into pelts, which then can be used to make bigger bags and winter clothing. Raw hides can be used to make rawhide clothing. Lump of fat can be also used to make your first permanent light source that won't go out even when it gets drenched in water. Typically higher fertility (medium and high fertility) soil can be found in areas where there is a lot of rainfall.
You can turn on your coordinates though I don't recall which key it was.
You mentioned earlier that Hud Clock mod; I use it too. The original isn't currently up to date, but there is a patch from different modder that works in the v1.20.0-rc.5. There is also mod for Status Hud which gives even more information than Hud clock. I don't think that the Status hud is either up to date, but there is also a patch for the mod until the original has been updated.