Best way to move things between islands?

[GregaPoki]

Can i put them into the rescue boat? Are they safe? Or will they fall out?

[fuzzybunnyslippers]

I wouldn't try to just have things laying in the bottom of the yellow life raft; most likely you'd lose those items.

"it depends". If what you want to transport is something you can put in your "backpack", you can also put it into the onboard small storage available on the life raft, for safe transport.

If it is something that can go into your backpack or that onboard yellow liferaft storage, it can also be stored in a wood container (found on ship wrecks or sometimes in/near abandoned other survivers' shelters you might come across on an isle). If that's the case; you can (I always do) level up craftsmanship level enough to make my own raft, find 3 planks somewhere, and if you have at least a 2 by 2 raft, 1 section of course has to be for the sail; but the other raft section, you can have a "container shelf" on that section of your built-it-yourself raft. On that container shelf you can store those wooden crates--and you can fill those crates up with things for transport. Even if you get flipped; those crates on the container shelf won't be lost. (of course... you yourself might drown or get eaten by a shark; but your stuff won't get lost, lol)

If what you are trying to transport is "too big" to be put into a crate (like a red container wall or door, or barrels or tires, or possibly you are trying to transport an entire hog, without carving it up first); then your options are more limited.

If it's tires/Barrels; what people do is craft them into sections on their rafts; then when you make it back to your home island, you chop off that raft section with an axe. Depending upon your craft level, you may only get 1 tire instead of 2 back; but at least you didn't lose everything in the deep ocean.

If it's red container walls or that door; there are two semi-safe ways to transport that.
1) make a huge raft. possibly 4x4 I think. and leave the "middle sections" of the raft without raft floors. then you can carefully rest those pieces in there, and "usually" safely sail back home.
2) I've never done this; but I've heard of people who have done so. a) on your home island, make sure you have a suitable floor already waiting to have a wall or door attached. b) on that far away island with the red wall or door that you want... with hammer in hand, take a shark repellant. Then "craft" a wall using that red wall. Now ... SWIM back to your home island; and place that wall. In theory, you won't be attacked by sharks because of the repellant. Keep in mind I haven't done this... I just heard of someone who did so; or at least they proposed it might work (and they also didn't try it either).

If it's a boar / shark / hog / giant crab that you want to transport... what is stopping you from breaking them down, and smoking the meat where you are at; and transporting it smoked?

[GregaPoki]

Exactly what i looked for. Tyvm!

[[NWA]Tjalfe - TooStonedToAim]

There is also the option to sorta hold things in place by throwing spears into the raft so they pin the item down towards the raft or up against previous mentioned crate shelfs but its not 100% safe but possible.

[BodyBagger]

Originally posted by NWATjalfe - WorstFriendEver:

There is also the option to sorta hold things in place by throwing spears into the raft so they pin the item down towards the raft or up against previous mentioned crate shelfs but its not 100% safe but possible.

This is a new one; I haven't heard of this one before. I'll have to give it a try sometime.

[Anejey]

At the beginning, before I had a proper raft, I used to nearly fill my inventory with the wooden container boxes (leave room for paddle) and then put 4 more on the raft. (maybe 5, but 4 is safer) That way you can transport many smaller resources like sticks, leaves etc. from island to island.

[QueenPixxa]

Originally posted by BodyBagger:

Originally posted by NWATjalfe - WorstFriendEver:

There is also the option to sorta hold things in place by throwing spears into the raft so they pin the item down towards the raft or up against previous mentioned crate shelfs but its not 100% safe but possible.

This is a new one; I haven't heard of this one before. I'll have to give it a try sometime.

Careful with this one: When you throw spears on your raft body, the raft tends to behave in the most erratic ways: it might flip and/or shoot in the air, capsize, or stop dead in the sea. I had all of this happen when I threw a spear on my raft by mistake while hunting sharks, and I would never do it on purpose.
I never tried, but you can build light poles on your raft, they can help keep the cargo in place.

[thomlovessue]

Arrows do work though. And there is always the unfloored raft section in the middle of the raft.

[BodyBagger]

Originally posted by QueenPixxa:

Originally posted by BodyBagger:

This is a new one; I haven't heard of this one before. I'll have to give it a try sometime.

Careful with this one: When you throw spears on your raft body, the raft tends to behave in the most erratic ways: it might flip and/or shoot in the air, capsize, or stop dead in the sea. I had all of this happen when I threw a spear on my raft by mistake while hunting sharks, and I would never do it on purpose.
I never tried, but you can build light poles on your raft, they can help keep the cargo in place.

Thanks for the heads up; sounds like a good way to lose a raft. ;)

[QueenPixxa]

Originally posted by BodyBagger:

Thanks for the heads up; sounds like a good way to lose a raft. ;)

If you have the raft anchored when you spear it, if it flies out you will be able to follow the anchor line. Happened to me, I retrieved the raft but I wasn't very glad to have to follow the line into open water...

[WaryMermaid7519]

Thanks for your suggestions. I have been making lots of trips in my rescue boat trying to get supplies to my base island.