question about building a raft base

[Thirsty]

i have the 3x3 base and closing bottom part covered though i still am a bit puzzled about the following: (note that i'm a new player (lvl 39) just making a simple yet durable home while i solo for a bit )

1. how to enter/exit?
2. from 3x3 foundation level, should i build the walls 2 stories up?
3. how to store dinos? (thinking about 3x1 pens on the left & right)
4. can i store a trike in there or should i go for a smaller mule like a parasuar?

[patonb]

Wanna know about raft living? Look up Zeuljin on Youtube. SEASON 3 is a raft base.

But use a hatch or door to get in to the raft instead of a foundation.

Everything but Quetz brontos and Gigas can get on rafts.

[Urazz]

Yeah Zueljin is doing a series of rafts together as a base. It's a bit of a pain in the butt to do it looks like but things Zueljin does can be used.

[di eshor ribly]

My current raft is a cross hut/dino barge. Using pillars to extend the foundation range and lower the foundations, it is now a 3x7. The hut portion of it is a 2x3 with two 1x1 blocks under the ramps. The 2x3 portion is two walls high. Inside I have a fireplace, smithy, forge, mortar & pestle, preserving bin, campfire, bed, two large storage chests, and 3 small storage chests. On the outside I have four Plant Species X plants for defense. I have reached the platform item limit with this design, so I highly doubt you could fit much on your 9x9 beyond the foundations.

For a build like yours I would recommend something similar to what a buddy of mine did. His raft (which he named the Stranger Danger) is a 5x5x4 with a dino gate. His bed, smithy/forge, and campfire/preserver are up on the second level in the back. He'll lure dinos in through the gate and tranq them there, then tame them in safety.

My old raft was a 3x5 and had everything a fully functional base needs. Smithy/forge, mortar, fridge, generator, industrial grill, fabricator, storage boxes, etc... but I had no way to get dinos up on it's roof to haul them around. If you play around with it a bit I'm sure you'll find a design to fit your needs.

[Thirsty]

Originally posted by di eshor ribly:

My current raft is a cross hut/dino barge. Using pillars to extend the foundation range and lower the foundations, it is now a 3x7. The hut portion of it is a 2x3 with two 1x1 blocks under the ramps. The 2x3 portion is two walls high. Inside I have a fireplace, smithy, forge, mortar & pestle, preserving bin, campfire, bed, two large storage chests, and 3 small storage chests. On the outside I have four Plant Species X plants for defense. I have reached the platform item limit with this design, so I highly doubt you could fit much on your 9x9 beyond the foundations.

For a build like yours I would recommend something similar to what a buddy of mine did. His raft (which he named the Stranger Danger) is a 5x5x4 with a dino gate. His bed, smithy/forge, and campfire/preserver are up on the second level in the back. He'll lure dinos in through the gate and tranq them there, then tame them in safety.

My old raft was a 3x5 and had everything a fully functional base needs. Smithy/forge, mortar, fridge, generator, industrial grill, fabricator, storage boxes, etc... but I had no way to get dinos up on it's roof to haul them around. If you play around with it a bit I'm sure you'll find a design to fit your needs.

opps srry i meant to say i managed to get 9 foundations or 3x3 on base raft :P

so 2x3 hut can fit in most of the stuff rite? so i should bascially add a 3x3 pen (5x3) and house mutiple dinos :) (or 2x3 pen since i only need a mule and a traveling dino and i can put birdy ontop)

can the 2x3 hut fit in a 1x1 room so u don't slip off the boat when it drifts during offline time?

[di eshor ribly]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=527540372

That's my old raft I mentioned earlier. I was on a pve server so I wasn't too worried about thieves at the time.

I don't have a screenshot of my newer raft, but yes, I fit everything mentioned earlier inside the hut part without it being cramped. You can use wooden catwalks to fit multiple items in an area. I have my forge over my smithy, and the preserving bin over the campfire and mortar & pestle. You can even put beds on them without getting stuck while respawning.

The basic layout of my new raft is this: O's are the hut, X is the open area for ferrying dinos, the D is the doorframe and where the raft's tiller is, R is the ramp, and for gits and shiggles, S is the two lower species x plants.

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OODXXXXR
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[Thirsty]

Originally posted by di eshor ribly:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=527540372

That's my old raft I mentioned earlier. I was on a pve server so I wasn't too worried about thieves at the time.

I don't have a screenshot of my newer raft, but yes, I fit everything mentioned earlier inside the hut part without it being cramped. You can use wooden catwalks to fit multiple items in an area. I have my forge over my smithy, and the preserving bin over the campfire and mortar & pestle. You can even put beds on them without getting stuck while respawning.

The basic layout of my new raft is this: O's are the hut, X is the open area for ferrying dinos, the D is the doorframe and where the raft's tiller is, R is the ramp, and for gits and shiggles, S is the two lower species x plants.

------------S
OOOXXXX
OODXXXXR
OOOXXXX
------------S

oh nice, u got that gaint xbow! i want one of those also :P

[Thirsty]

is a 1x1 room still nesscary to aviod your character from sliping off when u logoff? or did the devs fix it already?