[Guide] How To Build A Guard Rail

[ElPimpident]

*****As of patch v220 (released 10/20/2015), this method is no longer needed. Railings have FINALLY been released in ARK. Praise Raptor Jesus!*****

Ever wondered how to build a guard rail like the one you see in the trailer? Well now you can! It takes a bit of work and wastes a lot of materials, but at least it's possible. Now I'm sure that the devs will eventually allow you to build a guard rail without this workaround, but for now this is all we have. Let's get started.

First you have your platform that you want your guard rail to be on. I used the Wooden Ceiling. Next you want to place your first Wooden Fence Foundation. Here you have two choices of where you want your guard rail to end up. Here are your starting options.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=462321183 or
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=462321196 The one further out from the platform will stick out a bit which doesn't quite blend in with the floor. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=462321257 On the other hand, the corners at the top of the guard rail will blend in better. It's all personal preference. After you have your starting Wooden Fence Foundation down, you then place another one directly on top of it like so. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=462321210 You then keep doing this until you have the guard rail as high as you want it. However, if you do not place 20 Fence Foundations total (200 Wood, 60 Thatch, 40 Fiber), the bottoms of the guard rail will be visible underneath the floor. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=462340034 Once you have the height of the guard rail that you want, you then delete all of the Fence Foundations underneath the top one. Remember, when deleting objects, you get back half of the materials that you used to build it (5 Wood, 1 Thatch, 1 Fiber per fence foundation). http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=462321229 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=462321243 After you're done deleting all of the Fence Foundations underneath, you have.....ONE finished rail. YAY! Now you can start all over again for as many guard rails as you want. Here's a finished wooden watch tower with guard rails. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=462343377
I hope this guide was able to help you build the guard rails of your dreams. Hopefully this can tide some of us over until we can get some actual guard rails (PLEASE DEVS?!).

*****As of patch v220 (released 10/20/2015), this method is no longer needed. Railings have FINALLY been released in ARK. Praise Raptor Jesus!*****

[ElPimpident]

Alright guide is finished now. Hope I was able to help some people.

[Vantus]

I've always wondered how they did it in the trailer.
Well done and thank you for the guide! I'll try it out later today. :)

Personally, I'd love a half-wall variant of all walls (Thatch, Wood, Metal).
This would let me create balconies, or small pens for Dilos and Dodos etc.

[ElPimpident]

Yeah I definitely want half walls also. Something I can jump over to get my dodo eggs.

[Nightshriek]

Thanks for the guide! But my goodness that is a waste of materials!

[Karasuno]

I believe they did that another way for the trailer, they just didn't add it yet. Doing it this way is possible yeah, but I doubt it's going to be this way for too long just for a rail you know..

[Palicai]

The fence foundation is the most broken structure in the game. they need to allow us to click once for placement and height scale, and the another click to confirm. why have it be under ground?

[PocketYoda]

I wish they'd just give us a guard rail

Great job either way.

[Mansen]

You should really make this a PROPER guide instead of a forum thread. Steam has a system for it you know.

[Razor]

I proposed a fence such as a half-wall in the suggestion section fo the forum, but sadly it went unnoticed :(

It would be awesome to have a proper rail guard or fence of some sort.

[Uzi [OTG]]

Thanks for the tip.
Yah, make it a guide cause this will get lost on forums in a flash.
Which would be a pity.

I imagine they will put rails in at some point, it only makes sense, right?
Like stone works for walls and fences and such, only makes sense.

[ElPimpident]

K made it a guide. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=462394447

[Vantus]

Rated up for you. Thanks again for the effort. :)

[Kn3xis]

I just tried this, doesnt work for me. Fence foundations will not stack on top or below for me.

[Falcon5252]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hyYXr68SVM

[Nemspy]

I'm having the same issue as Kn3xis -- my foundations just overlap each other and do not stack