Raft stuck against an island

[Nailfoot]

Title. I only have about 12 foundations placed, and an island spawned right in my raft's path. I got stuck in a kind-of horseshoe shaped part of the island. I am only 15 minutes in.

How can I unstick my raft, or prevent this from happening again?

[trashoras]

Craft a paddle, it uses planks and plastic. paddle yourself out of this situation.

[Grezko]

Originally posted by Nailfoot:

Title. I only have about 12 foundations placed, and an island spawned right in my raft's path. I got stuck in a kind-of horseshoe shaped part of the island. I am only 15 minutes in.

How can I unstick my raft, or prevent this from happening again?

Do you have a sail ?

[Nailfoot]

Originally posted by SeedMonk:

Craft a paddle, it uses planks and plastic. paddle yourself out of this situation.

Thanks, that will work.

Originally posted by Grezko:

Originally posted by Nailfoot:

Title. I only have about 12 foundations placed, and an island spawned right in my raft's path. I got stuck in a kind-of horseshoe shaped part of the island. I am only 15 minutes in.

How can I unstick my raft, or prevent this from happening again?

Do you have a sail ?

No, have not crafted one. But I guess a sail or a paddle or even an engine would work. Thanks.

[Deagle Trainee]

Originally posted by SeedMonk:

Craft a paddle, it uses planks and plastic. paddle yourself out of this situation.

Is it possible for the raft to get unstuck on its own? I only have 1 plastic left, and nothing is floating towards the island I'm on.

[steveman0]

I got stuck in this situation too. I had to swim out and dodge the shark to gather the plastic required to make a paddle to escape the island. Hopefully, they'll find a fix/prevention for this in the future as it can ruin a game start.

[Deagle Trainee]

Originally posted by steveman0:

I got stuck in this situation too. I had to swim out and dodge the shark to gather the plastic required to make a paddle to escape the island. Hopefully, they'll find a fix/prevention for this in the future as it can ruin a game start.

If they would keep the debris floating, anybody would be able to get out of this situation. That was literally my only problem, a lack of plastic to make the paddle. What I find ironic, is on another world where I intentionally landed on an island. My raft started to float off without me... x_x

[Grezko]

Originally posted by Deagle Trainee:

Originally posted by steveman0:

I got stuck in this situation too. I had to swim out and dodge the shark to gather the plastic required to make a paddle to escape the island. Hopefully, they'll find a fix/prevention for this in the future as it can ruin a game start.

If they would keep the debris floating, anybody would be able to get out of this situation. That was literally my only problem, a lack of plastic to make the paddle. What I find ironic, is on another world where I intentionally landed on an island. My raft started to float off without me... x_x

Before you go exploring islands you NEED to craft an anchor(the bucket one works for start) and use it. Crafting a paddle just in case is also a good idea.

[Deagle Trainee]

Originally posted by Grezko:

Originally posted by Deagle Trainee:

If they would keep the debris floating, anybody would be able to get out of this situation. That was literally my only problem, a lack of plastic to make the paddle. What I find ironic, is on another world where I intentionally landed on an island. My raft started to float off without me... x_x

Before you go exploring islands you NEED to craft an anchor(the bucket one works for start) and use it. Crafting a paddle just in case is also a good idea.

Considering my first raft got stuck on its own, I thought I might be okay. Sure was surprising to see it floating past the island I was on.

[Claus]

i always expand my raft until i have 9-10 floors, then purifier for water, fishing rod, sails, paddle, that order works best for me alone on hard.

[Baer]

I already broke 2 paddles but am definitely stuck
downsized to only 8 foundations and still can't paddle out of there

update: a storm made it go inside the island, I'm waiting for it to glitch out on the other side :)

[DiamonDan!]

this has happened to me a lot of times before, but one of those times the wind blew so hard it made my raft get stuck inside of the island, and it eventually came back out the other side.

[Sigh-Phi-Guy]

Originally posted by Baer:

I already broke 2 paddles but am definitely stuck
downsized to only 8 foundations and still can't paddle out of there

update: a storm made it go inside the island, I'm waiting for it to glitch out on the other side :)

is your anchor down?
i NEVER had an issue paddling away from ANYwhere.

[pgames-food]

hi i got stuck like this in my first game on easy today :)

i managed to kill the shark 1 time (died about 20) lol
but my raft drifted to an island, and i used my only 4 stones to make a 1-time-use anchor

but then never found any stones to make an axe,
so i managed to get a few materials for a few bricks

but once you anchor, no more debris was floating, so i grabbed what i could but there wasnt enough wood planks to even make a paddle, and the raft wouldnt move at all when i removed and lost the anchor.

so im basically in a cycle, of only being able to collect and plants when they respawn, or get killed with thirst/hunger or shark :)

we should at least be able to push it :)
but i think at least every island should have stone, even just enough to be able to craft an axe.

[Nailfoot]

I was hoping this issue was resolved by now.

I guess it's like that other person posted, you shouldn't explore islands until you have a few paddles and some anchors.

[boyofthepain]

Originally posted by SeedMonk:

Craft a paddle, it uses planks and plastic. paddle yourself out of this situation.

You need leaves as well, which can be annoying if you get stuck and have none