There should be a certain grace period regarding early player level where spitters will not seek you out and attack you.
I’ve just tested with a new character and walked right up next to a spitter and it is indeed the case that it did not attack me. I’ll test a bit more to see what level that reaches to, but I would assume that it would be at least until level 5-10. I’ll update when I have found out how far that grace period goes.
Edit: Just got to level 5 and the spitters are still completely indifferent to me. Worst attack I’ve had so far was a level 1 wildstock trying to push me into a hole while I was typing this lol
Edit 2: 5 levels is the max grace period you get, so aggressive creatures will start to attack you on level 6 onward.
At least for very early game, you have a window of safe learning to get to grips with the basic game mechanics.
I think it may be worth including a note on the level 6 notification to say that “you should probably learn to defend yourself by creating a weapon… gained by learning X skill or by buying a weapon from another player”