Just played on there myself.
Didn’t know the cold taiga was so hard to play in. Especially with a snow storm going on. The constant thunder strikes created a bunch of skeletons, skeleton horses and special skeletons with ice arrows. Soon the whole forrest was riddled with them.
I did manage to create a safe house though. There is also a bed inside for anyone joining so you can sleep through the night: 
After the snow storm was over I was also able to bring in some cows and sheep they reside now behind the safe house. Please make sure theres enough cows! If you are hungry you can also go fish in the frozen lake, i put a fishing rod in the chest inside the safe house.
Thank you for checking it out! :) No stress though, i know how it is with the crafting urge. Server wont be gone any time soon and ill be on there on and off as well.