Where are the best/prettiest PVE base locations on Ragnarok

[Dennis™]

Prefferably with water acces/place for a water pen, but that's not a must.

[ZorTheCruel]

Originally posted by Dennis™:

Do u know of any place nearby that is good for both starter and later game base? then i could just have that as like a water base kinda thing

The redwoods are just to the south and the coastline for them is rocky and sloped, makes the redwoods seem much more natural, There is a bay just south of the lighthouse that the grotto is under, and the redwoods side of the bay is perfect for an early/mid game base. Redwoods is a dangerous place if you aren't experienced in the game though. Wood, rock, and bushes are very plentiful, and scattered metal nodes all around, so if you can handle the danger, its very nice and pretty along the coastline, with some waterfalls scattered through it. If you felt industrious there are some large, wide, low rocks in the bay not too far from shore that you could build a bridge to from the beach and build a cool base on.

Screenshots of the bay, the grotto entrance, and inside of the grotto where you can see the rock columns you can attach tree platforms to:
https://steamcommunity.com/id/zorthecruel/screenshots/?appid=346110

[Dennis™]

Originally posted by ZorTheCruel:

Originally posted by Dennis™:

Do u know of any place nearby that is good for both starter and later game base? then i could just have that as like a water base kinda thing

The redwoods are just to the south and the coastline for them is rocky and sloped, makes the redwoods seem much more natural, There is a bay just south of the lighthouse that the grotto is under, and the redwoods side of the bay is perfect for an early/mid game base. Redwoods is a dangerous place if you aren't experienced in the game though. Wood, rock, and bushes are very plentiful, and scattered metal nodes all around, so if you can handle the danger, its very nice and pretty along the coastline, with some waterfalls scattered through it. If you felt industrious there are some large, wide, low rocks in the bay not too far from shore that you could build a bridge to from the beach and build a cool base on.

Screenshots of the bay, the grotto entrance, and inside of the grotto where you can see the rock columns you can attach tree platforms to:
https://steamcommunity.com/id/zorthecruel/screenshots/?appid=346110

Guess that would be a cool idea start off on the beach when i have enough dinos and such go land inward to make a treehouse network of some kind and then when i wanna get into water dinos use that cave

[LTFlanagann]

I'd say "Any free spot", knowing how the place's crowded 🤣

[Dennis™]

Originally posted by LTFlanagann:

I'd say "Any free spot", knowing how the place's crowded 🤣

I would say being in singleplayer does help that situation a bit

[ZorTheCruel]

Originally posted by Dennis™:

Originally posted by LTFlanagann:

I'd say "Any free spot", knowing how the place's crowded 🤣

I would say being in singleplayer does help that situation a bit

Yeah, that is why I only play SP. I get to choose all the best base spots and nobody else is ruining good resource spawns.

On the redwoods base, if you like treehouses and redwoods, its a pretty ideal setup. the inland borders of the redwood biome where it connects to other biomes has awesome resources for late game. Just gotta keep an eye out for pouncing dinos that dismount you. Most of the trees in this redwoods are harvestable and not treehouse-capable. I like it as there isnt an insane number of Thylacoleos waiting on tree trunks to pounce.(compared to The Island, for instance)

This is just the prettier of the sea-base options that I found on the map. If you can let go of the coastline and sea dinos, there are tons of other cool pretty spots. I cant though, I love my sea dinos. :)

As a secondary choice for a sea base that is more functional as a single base without ever needing a second location, Just east of the blue Obelisk are a couple of little deep streams that merge together into a cool cave that has both a water and a land entrance. The cave is a bit large for a SP base, has a winding rock shelf/ramp that winds up to the land exit, and has a waterfall falling through a large ceiling opening that works great for flyer entrance/exit. you can put down foundations and ceilings along the rock ramps and bridges inside to expand the usable space near the top near the land entrance. The bottom portion is big with lots of flat space to build on near the water part. The streams are large enough to easily allow megaladons, dolphins, and basilosaurus through to get to the base. I didnt test it with bigger sea dinos like mosa and tuso. good metal and crystal deposits nearby on land, and tons of nearby resources in water. Looks like the grotto at the bottom of the cave leads much deeper, like into an underwater artifact cave, though i didnt explore it to see.

(personally i havent played a full game on ragnarok, i just have explored it a lot to look for good spots for bases for when i do)

EDIT: Dragazhar gives screenshots below of the area outside the cave and the flyer / waterfall entrance.

[Dragazhar]

On the north western part of the map very close to the blue obelisk, there is a rock formation on the beach side that is very cool looking and distinctive... Once there.. head inland a bit towards what looks like a bridge and some built structures on a high cliff above you < if you can see it.. > I would spawn a flyer to see this.. There at the bridge area... underneath it is a waterfall. Follow the waterfall down into a very cool extensive cave. There is 2 entrances in.. one from the cliff face well hidden in trees and the upper area you fly down into. I have to spawn in to screen it for you so give me a sec.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1675745693

[Dragazhar]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1675733860
Obelisk at top right. Rock formation just to the bottom left side

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1675733877
I just turned left facing the bridge. You can see it in the distance.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1675733921
You can see the waterfall just at the wyvern's head just ahead of us.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1675733954
Last one. I flew closer to the waterfall as you can see and I am looking down.

[LTFlanagann]

Originally posted by Dennis™:

Originally posted by LTFlanagann:

I'd say "Any free spot", knowing how the place's crowded 🤣

I would say being in singleplayer does help that situation a bit

Hah, yeah indeed! For my defense, you did not state it at first, so guess I had to mention this 😊
Anyway, my favorite place, but with no water access, is that little lake surrounded by forest near the wyvern breach, with view on the whole valley towards the huge claw, there even is a waterfall, it's so beautiful there 😉, top of the cliffs from down the valley

[Dennis™]

Originally posted by LTFlanagann:

Originally posted by Dennis™:

I would say being in singleplayer does help that situation a bit

Hah, yeah indeed! For my defense, you did not state it at first, so guess I had to mention this 😊
Anyway, my favorite place, but with no water access, is that little lake surrounded by forest near the wyvern breach, with view on the whole valley towards the huge claw, there even is a waterfall, it's so beautiful there 😉, top of the cliffs from down the valley

Yeah, i guess i didn't say. And i have no idea what place ur talking about, coordinates? :)

[n[1]k*]

I personally moved from my starter home north-west to a more central spot, not far off the canyon bridge, it overlooks the valley down to the green obelisk. If I start all over I'll pick again more central map place, just to have close access to all type of biomes. The only thing that sucks is I'm not that close to a water and the coast. The resources on Ragnarok are all over the place, so Imo you should pick the biome you like and build on close to water, on more rocky, or flat area, depending on your needs.

[Dennis™]

Originally posted by n1k*:

I personally moved from my starter home north-west to a more central spot, not far off the canyon bridge, it overlooks the valley down to the green obelisk. If I start all over I'll pick again more central map place, just to have close access to all type of biomes. The only thing that sucks is I'm not that close to a water and the coast. The resources on Ragnarok are all over the place, so Imo you should pick the biome you like and build on close to water, on more rocky, or flat area, depending on your needs.

I'm pretty set now on going to live in the huge valley thing near the middle of the map, it has a pretty deep water canal running into it wich should be big enough and i can live where there is a sizeable platform sticking out from the side of the canyon

[Sixpax Noire]

If you're talking about the canyon, it's not a bad spot (many people build there), but there's a LOT of aggressive Dinos in that water, especially Spinos and Barys (ugh). It's also not ideal for transporting tames to/from your base from/to a raft. My favorite thing about Ragnarok is traveling around on a taming raft/boat, finding resources and trapping Dinos from all over the map, so I prefer bases with easy water access.

[Dennis™]

Originally posted by kupacmac:

If you're talking about the canyon, it's not a bad spot (many people build there), but there's a LOT of aggressive Dinos in that water, especially Spinos and Barys (ugh). It's also not ideal for transporting tames to/from your base from/to a raft. My favorite thing about Ragnarok is traveling around on a taming raft/boat, finding resources and trapping Dinos from all over the map, so I prefer bases with easy water access.

What would your suggestion be, where are the places u have built? i haven't yet built anything (had other games to play)

[KitsuneShiro]

If your playing single player mode, i suggest the awesome teleporter mod and dino storage mod. Then build everywhere. The whole world is yours.

[Dennis™]

Originally posted by KitsuneShiro:

If your playing single player mode, i suggest the awesome teleporter mod and dino storage mod. Then build everywhere. The whole world is yours.

I preffer to play vanilla.