Best Place to Build

[Spaceman Spiff]

Here's the best place I've found to build (so far) that is protected at all times from all types of enemies. It's just around the corner from the spawn beach with the rebreather cave.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3052570087
The water is shallow enough to build a relatively large building (including decks, this one is 8 x 9 squares.), yet just deep enough where the enemies will not approach past the shoreline. Not even Virginia or Kelvin will cross to the stairs.

Notice I built the sofalite ore furnace on a small stone pedestal, with an electric fence around. The cannibals and mutants, not being able to attack my crib, instead try to attack the pedestal and correspondingly run into the electric fence. I just sit back and let them dash their empty heads out on the fence until they die, then loot the bodies. I don't mind telling you, it's more fun than squishin' tadpoles!

As for resources, I used a sled to get started with the building process, built a single wall on the floor, then hooked a zipline halfway up the wall (so it would be a backstop) and to a far tree up the hill. Once installed, I ziplined the logs to the partially constructed building and it went up much more quickly after that. Just a bit further up the hill is a stream with fish that can be gathered with a survival axe, spear, or whatever melee weapon you choose. Farther up the beach just past the dead orcas, but relatively close, is an abandoned camp with respawning supplies, including a cooking pot.

All-in-all, it's a pretty good place to live, if that's your thing.

[BETMARK]

Eyyup. I can confirm. On the shore is the best place. (here I am in front of the cave where the elicopter crush at the begin)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3052642901
I also added electric fences, just because I like to see them kill themselves.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Nice. I like the skulls on the posts for ambience. I chose the cove because it got me a little closer to fresh water from the stream coming down onto the beach, and closer to the food supply of fish in the shallow stream above the hill.

[Sholomar]

I have one in this spot. Great for creepy armor. Keep in mind that when mutants start to spawn, you may need some more protection in that spot.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3045027247

[tr0mp]

Not very brave, but I understand that a lot of players do not liked to be attacked in their houses. it is a way to combine peacefull and hard level, I guess.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Originally posted by Sholomar:

I have one in this spot. Great for creepy armor. Keep in mind that when mutants start to spawn, you may need some more protection in that spot.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3045027247

Where is this location?

[Vote Quimby]

Thats my fort. Absolutely protected from cannibal attacks, meat(rabbits) spawn right at my house(and they never run). Close to river and there is a fishing spot very close, planning to make a shortcut. Behind me a helicopter in case anyone wants to know a location.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3053032033

[BETMARK]

Originally posted by Vote Quimby:

Thats my fort. Absolutely protected from cannibal attacks, meat(rabbits) spawn right at my house(and they never run). Close to river and there is a fishing spot very close, planning to make a shortcut. Behind me a helicopter in case anyone wants to know a location.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3053032033

Waaait... is that the spot where there is an elicopter, to the other side of the lake?
Because if that's it... I also built a base there, but ON THE LEFT, of yours.
That's because that is one of the spots where they will not walk into (like in the salt water).
I just built a normal base there and they will never get close... unless they'll accidentally fall from the clif above.

[Vote Quimby]

Never saw them falling from the cliff above.. Interesting.
This place is kinda bugged, Kelvin and Virginia either get stuck there, or not go there at all. Rabbits are not scary and spawn right in front of me, free food!
Enemies sometimes get close, but also kinda bugged.

On the left there is so tiny place, not much for a base.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Oh, that's the lake with the Littlebird helicopter that's covered with vines and whatnot? Yeah, I know where that is located; just to the southeast of what I call "Octopus Lake", the lake with four rivers flowing in, and one river flowing out.

[Ataxio]

I like that area of the beach almost solely because of how well you can see in any direction for potential threats coming.

But it's also in a good spot map wise. Never built on the water though. With how easy it is to make defensive walls lined with sharp spikes i never found a need to cheese pathing in sotf like in the original game.

[Gwame]

The beaches have some great spots for sure.

I built my house and surrounding defenses literally on the stone piers with the helipads. You get great visibility there, plus a ton of crates with respawning food, and like 3 or 4 golf carts which also respawn crates, solar panels, batteries, etc.

In terms of defenses, all you have to do is build some electric fence around it. I did two lines of fence, and a line of traps between them. Nothing ever really gets through.

Biggest downside is it makes the game too easy.

[Sholomar]

Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff:

Originally posted by Sholomar:

I have one in this spot. Great for creepy armor. Keep in mind that when mutants start to spawn, you may need some more protection in that spot.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3045027247

Where is this location?

The location I believe is nearly identical to your location.

https://mapgenie.io/sons-of-the-forest/maps/world?x=-0.73495475489608&y=0.8252250454902565&zoom=15

I added the fence mostly as a snare so I don't have to do any actual fighting. They wander through that area and go right for the fence, attacking it and electrocuting and impaling themselves on the spikes. They are not smart AI creatures by any means, LOL.

My goal with all bases is "totally self defending"

[Spaceman Spiff]

Originally posted by Sholomar:

The location I believe is nearly identical to your location.

I couldn't tell for sure from the dark screenshot.

[Sholomar]

Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff:

Originally posted by Sholomar:

The location I believe is nearly identical to your location.

I couldn't tell for sure from the dark screenshot.

On the east side of the map, there are helipads that make good bases as they only need defending from one side. They also provide a flat building surface, and respawnable loot.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3020254370

They are close to several late game locations also.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Originally posted by Sholomar:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3020254370

Why does it look like the front of the floor is curved (on the right side in the picture)? Am I missing a construction feature that I didn't realize exists?