How to I build ?

[ManBehind]

Hi guys,
The game is fun and nice but I am a bit stuck
I have a welder , fixed the pod radio and that other part but now I am stuck
All I can do is look for those tiny fish , and make water/food so that I wont die. I don't know what else to do!
I can see that I can build/extend my pod but how on earth do I do that? It won't give me the option besides to build a storage pod.

Any ideas?

[Laiziras]

you need to make habitat builder tool from the tools section

[GLiTcHeD]

You have to build a Habitat builder (Fabricator -> Personal -> Tools).

With that you can build underwater bases. You can't extend or modify the pod. It just stays the same and could be used as a back-up when say, your base(s) run out of power.

[ManBehind]

Thanks guys , much appreciated

Any other hints? I can't kill any of the moderate fish with the knife... tips?

[Fly]

Killing the Stalkers with the survival knife is pretty easy once you get the hang of it, but it doesn't really give you anything (except one Stalker less that bugs you when you scavenge in its lair).

My suggestion on what to do would be the following:

1. Get fins, an O2 tank (one), a knife and a stillsuit. The order depends on what you find when.
2. Make yourself a habitat builder and construct a base somewhere. Just for good measure, put a beacon on top of it so you find it again.
3. Build a SeaGlide. Note that this is a power hungry device so you'll have to fuel it with copper and acid mushrooms fairly constantly.
4. Go explore.

[TW-打劫貓~]

偶也不知道要怎麼蓋基地 >///<

[GLiTcHeD]

Originally posted by Brut - I LAG! I KNOW!:

Thanks guys , much appreciated

Any other hints? I can't kill any of the moderate fish with the knife... tips?

Don't kill any fish really, especially Stalkers since later on you will need their teeth to craft enameled glass (and the stalker tooth are pretty irritating to gather).

When you get to a decent point away from the lifepod, build a base and gather silver, gold and copper as much as you can. Keep building items that help in exploration and go out and find the other blueprints (Seamoth parts, Cyclops parts etc) so you can keep exploring.

There's no real lethal weapon in the game, just vortex & gas torpedoes, repulsion rifle that pushes stuff away and the stasis rifle that temporarily traps bigger fish.

[ManBehind]

Why should I get only 1 tank? So far I have 3

[ManBehind]

Originally posted by C.I.A. Graeves:

Originally posted by Brut - I LAG! I KNOW!:

Thanks guys , much appreciated

Any other hints? I can't kill any of the moderate fish with the knife... tips?

Don't kill any fish really, especially Stalkers since later on you will need their teeth to craft enameled glass (and the stalker tooth are pretty irritating to gather).

When you get to a decent point away from the lifepod, build a base and gather silver, gold and copper as much as you can. Keep building items that help in exploration and go out and find the other blueprints (Seamoth parts, Cyclops parts etc) so you can keep exploring.

There's no real lethal weapon in the game, just vortex & gas torpedoes, repulsion rifle that pushes stuff away and the stasis rifle that temporarily traps bigger fish.

Wait..what?
All this time I was under the impression that my base would be an extension of the pod. I can make a base anywhere I want?

[IFIYGD]

Originally posted by Brut - I LAG! I KNOW!:

Why should I get only 1 tank? So far I have 3

More thanks take up more inventory. The air capacity does not stack, you have to switch them aroundfrom inventory to the paper doll slot on the fly, and make sure you refill each tank so you aren;t carrying empties. They slow you down, each tank takes some off your swim speed. In the Safe Shallows and shallower areas you really only need one tank, maybe 2. When you get later in the game you can do the upgrade to the high capacity tank. You can;t deconstruct the tanks and get resources back, so you either have to store extras in your base, sub storage or Pod, or drop them somewhere in the ocean. Wasted resources. You can refill some air at Purple Brain Corals in an emergency, or as a strategy.

But whatever works for you, works for you. :)

[ManBehind]

Originally posted by I Fart In Your General Direction:

Originally posted by Brut - I LAG! I KNOW!:

Why should I get only 1 tank? So far I have 3

More thanks take up more inventory. The air capacity does not stack, you have to switch them aroundfrom inventory to the paper doll slot on the fly, and make sure you refill each tank so you aren;t carrying empties. They slow you down, each tank takes some off your swim speed. In the Safe Shallows and shallower areas you really only need one tank, maybe 2. When you get later in the game you can do the upgrade to the high capacity tank. You can;t deconstruct the tanks and get resources back, so you either have to store extras in your base, sub storage or Pod, or drop them somewhere in the ocean. Wasted resources. You can refill some air at Purple Brain Corals in an emergency, or as a strategy.

But whatever works for you, works for you. :)

Are you sure they don't stack?
Because my air was 45 and with 1 tank it went to 85 and then with the second to 125

[ManBehind]

I am playing survival (if it matters)

[nobsterthelobster]

Its my experience that air tanks do stack.

[Fly]

They do stack, but they still gobble up a lot of space and they slow you down.

[GLiTcHeD]

Originally posted by Brut - I LAG! I KNOW!:

Wait..what?
All this time I was under the impression that my base would be an extension of the pod. I can make a base anywhere I want?

Yeah, you can build anywhere you want, even inside caves if that's your thing. The only thing you need to keep in check is having enough power (non-powered bases don't provide air or working stations) and depth influences the integrity. The deeper you go, the more structural reinforcement you will need (adding glass windows decreases integrity, and building reinforcments increases it).

And you can have multiple bases too (be sure to use a beacon to mark their location though, wouldn't want to lose track of where they are).

[Stelar Seven]

The air tanks stack. Yes you can build anywhere, but if you build near the surface you can power your base with solar, which is awesome.

My base is mostly about getting me reliable food and water so I can spend time exploring. I'm now planning another base, so I can broaden my reach.

Once you build a base, you can find and build an upgrade station. 2 upgraded tanks gives me quite a while under water. Speed fins mean I can leave the propulsion tool in the locker.

I get a total of 4 tanks when I am exploring deeper and when I am working in a wreck.