Death

[Jrkilljoy]

You just loose your ♥♥♥♥ its so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying there is no ability to get my ♥♥♥♥ back if im playing alone and that makes me hate this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game i want a chill relaxed ish experience i dont want to loose all my ♥♥♥♥ because i went afk for a minute this is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ skyblock game ffs

[insertcreativenamehere]

play easy mode dude

[Jrkilljoy]

Originally posted by insertcreativenamehere:

play easy mode dude

Easy mode is too easy i dont mind droping my ♥♥♥♥ if i die but the fact that it just vanishes to the fucikng ether grinds my gears i shouldnt be punished for playing alone and the auto save feature being so garbage all it does is save seconds before i die its ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bad programming instead of adding more buildings they shouldve balanced their ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game

[IsLaxing]

I have made at least two spare of each thing incase I die, then when I respawn I have what I need. Don't forget to replentish the spare items once you have used them when you get a chance.

[Druinthor]

Originally posted by insertcreativenamehere:

play easy mode dude

This is the answer. If you dont want to lose your stuff when you die then play on easy. If your stuff just dropped where you died then it seems like a pretty easy solution. "Oh i died right next to the raft. Ill just grab the stuff off my dead body now." Its supposed to be a penalty for dying... dont die.

Fingers crossed they change some things about the difficulty levels and give people more choices about how they want to play the game. At the end of the day the game is not completed. You dont really have the right to complain about the state of the game. You can make suggestions about improvements and then crack the ♥♥♥♥♥ when they dont implement basic options on 1.0 release.

The fact that hard is impossible to play single player is pretty stupid. At least Normal is playable.....

[Cruse]

A few solutions i can think of, off my head.
1) Save the game before u afk
2) if you select the mode, "Noone can join", you can actually pause the game while soloing. Again, save the game before u afk.
3) get someone to join your game if you have not drifted too far to carry you back on the raft. Which happened to me numerous times and my friends saved me.

Since you dont want to play the easier mode those are what i can think of now. No. 2 probably is the best solution. Also remind yourself to not be greedy, going too far off the raft without, food, water, or healing. Hope it helps, Cheers~

[Augoeides]

The frustration lies in the sheer lack of food you start out with. I built a crop, only to find out it needed fresh water, which required to other things. While gathering that crap, i died of starvation and lost everything I owned, since the crap i needed to gather was also needed for storage chests, which i couldn't make, or i would starve. Then there's the shark that instantly goes after you whenever you touch water. It's stupidly brutal system for when your starting out.

I've restarted 4 separate times. On the fourth try, I finally got into the motion, and managed to collect a healthy set of items I could use to FINALLY advance and work on my raft... only to get back to my raft, and find out I was starving to death. I lost everything I spent the entire hour gathering. The hunger meters drain way too damn fast, and your not given enough time to prepare.

I've played a ton of survival games, and none of them started out spitting on you, like this game does. Got 2 hours invested so far, and I haven't even managed to get past the first island. I'm getting tired of restarting, because I literally lose everything. It's kind of hard to continue the game when you have no hook, and by the time I make another while drifting along, I'll starve to death again. I don't know what the developers were thinking.

[Wisp Cat]

I have also started many games while learning this one.

One consistent theme throughout the game is that you will be missing many opportunities and losing many things. The ocean is like that.

You can survive, though, if you have a clear sense of priorities. (And, playing solo, you will sometimes die when you are surprised by content you have not encountered before. That, for me, has often been a hint that I should restart the game from scratch, mostly because I want to try so many different things... But checkpoint saves maybe every fifteen minutes or half an hour would also work.)

Edit: I noticed that there's a mod that you might like: https://www.raftmodding.com/mods/scattered-remains

I have not tried any raft mods yet, so I do not know how well this will work, but it seems like it might be the thing for you (@Jrkilljoy).

[Mr. Unregistered]

It seems somebody gathered to much sand at the island. (World option, no one can join, In-game pause with Esc)

[brulis2]

Originally posted by Cruse:

2) if you select the mode, "Noone can join", you can actually pause the game while soloing. Again, save the game before u afk.

I see no evidence that this is the case. I am playing on the "no one can join" option and when I "esc" out, the world just continues going on as if I have done nothing. Yes, the menu comes up, but other than that, nothing is actually paused.

[Boy Weevil]

Originally posted by brulis2:

Originally posted by Cruse:

2) if you select the mode, "Noone can join", you can actually pause the game while soloing. Again, save the game before u afk.

I see no evidence that this is the case. I am playing on the "no one can join" option and when I "esc" out, the world just continues going on as if I have done nothing. Yes, the menu comes up, but other than that, nothing is actually paused.

It works for me. Keep in mind that the setting reverts to default when you quit the game or exit to menu. You need to select the "no one can join" option each and every time you load the game from the main menu.

[Weaver]

It's really easy to survive once you learn the basics. Hook, spear, hammer, cup, fishing rod, basic grill, and simple purifier. Everything you need to survive and begin expanding. Always make a backup of limited use tools, especially the hook.

[Boy Weevil]

Originally posted by Weaver:

It's really easy to survive once you learn the basics. Hook, spear, hammer, cup, fishing rod, basic grill, and simple purifier. Everything you need to survive and begin expanding. Always make a backup of limited use tools, especially the hook.

Don't forget the paddle! Getting jammed up against an island with the wind at your back can make it impossible to continue your run.

[Weaver]

Originally posted by Boy Weevil:

Originally posted by Weaver:

It's really easy to survive once you learn the basics. Hook, spear, hammer, cup, fishing rod, basic grill, and simple purifier. Everything you need to survive and begin expanding. Always make a backup of limited use tools, especially the hook.

Don't forget the paddle! Getting jammed up against an island with the wind at your back can make it impossible to continue your run.

Yeah, you are correct. I've had to restart an early game from that.

[Dyeshan]

It is really annoying yes to lose your stuff. You just have to remember that nearly nothing is a permanent thing...it all loses durability very fast. So what I am trying to say is it mostly was all going to disappear soon anyway.
Backpack is an exception i guess. I have dropped full inventory of stuff before but its just another island away and you are full again. You will pretty quickly get to the point you have too much stuff and are throwing common mats overboard on purpose

[brulis2]

Originally posted by Boy Weevil:

Originally posted by brulis2:

I see no evidence that this is the case. I am playing on the "no one can join" option and when I "esc" out, the world just continues going on as if I have done nothing. Yes, the menu comes up, but other than that, nothing is actually paused.

It works for me. Keep in mind that the setting reverts to default when you quit the game or exit to menu. You need to select the "no one can join" option each and every time you load the game from the main menu.

Yes. I finally figured that out. That was the problem.