This game sucks

[xcom45]

I hate this game the shark sucks.You can't even get past the boiling water with out either dieing or the shark attacks to far to often.

[starlight78sso]

Not sure what you mean by boiling water. As for the shark, you can always make it passive using a mod from raftmodding.com if you need to.

[Chris!!]

You absolutely can get the resources you need to get a purifier and grill before the shark breaks your raft.

Hook barrels, craft a spear or hammer to repel the shark or expand / repair your raft (it's super cheap). Then get a purifier and grill, along with a fishing rod for food and you're golden.

Also dying early on is trivial, you can easily get back on track by picking up planks and plastic that passes by your raft for a new hook and later on a spear.

[xcom45]

Originally posted by starlight78sso:

Not sure what you mean by boiling water. As for the shark, you can always make it passive using a mod from raftmodding.com if you need to.

What i mean is when you start needing water and you need to boil sea water.And modding takes away the fun but like i said the shark aggro is too high.You can't even get stone from the bottom of the islands with out dying.I spent an a few hours trying and normal game play needs fixed.Like for instance if you fall off the raft the shark attacks with in a seconds.It will barely leave you time to get back on.It's kinda like the turtles in once-human the turtles aggro is far to high.And the last update to this game was Dec 22nd of 2022i think so there is no one actively fixing issues.

[Proxy]

Originally posted by xcom45:

I hate this game the shark sucks.You can't even get past the boiling water with out either dieing or the shark attacks to far to often.

Why dont you play peaceful mode? That disables the shark attacking your raft.

[Some random dude]

Originally posted by xcom45:

Originally posted by starlight78sso:

Not sure what you mean by boiling water. As for the shark, you can always make it passive using a mod from raftmodding.com if you need to.

What i mean is when you start needing water and you need to boil sea water.And modding takes away the fun but like i said the shark aggro is too high.You can't even get stone from the bottom of the islands with out dying.I spent an a few hours trying and normal game play needs fixed.Like for instance if you fall off the raft the shark attacks with in a seconds.It will barely leave you time to get back on.It's kinda like the turtles in once-human the turtles aggro is far to high.And the last update to this game was Dec 22nd of 2022i think so there is no one actively fixing issues.

Don't go too fast! Play on Peaceful mode if you need like Proxy said. When I started playing I used to suck and last 3 minutes in normal mode. Now I've beat the game twice and know most of the mechanics like the back of my hand. Just give it time :)

[Dracuras]

Originally posted by xcom45:

What i mean is when you start needing water and you need to boil sea water.And modding takes away the fun but like i said the shark aggro is too high.You can't even get stone from the bottom of the islands with out dying.I spent an a few hours trying and normal game play needs fixed.Like for instance if you fall off the raft the shark attacks with in a seconds.It will barely leave you time to get back on.It's kinda like the turtles in once-human the turtles aggro is far to high.And the last update to this game was Dec 22nd of 2022i think so there is no one actively fixing issues.

can make shark bait using small fish and rope to distract the shark, or kill it. a little tip concerning the latter option, once it's dead only take the 4 shark meat, leave the shark head in the corpse as it'll give you extra time to explore a reef while the body decay timer winds down and the respawn timer kicks in after its gone.

[Lochness Monster]

I think the biggest thing is don't rush especially at the start , Focus on setting up a survival area first , Focus on getting ur water/Grill, Make sure to have a spear When the shark attacks you can stab him with the wooden spear 3x stabs will stop him attacking.With stone i think its 2

You don't want to expand your raft too big the bigger the raft the more you have to watch out for, The shark shouldn't attack the raft when you are on a island also so don't be afraid to go farm stuff on islands, Especially Fruit/veg.

For the stones you can get them out the barrels so try hook the barrels when you see them.

Just be patient don't try to speed run it or push to fast, Once you have a better understanding of the game it should be a lot smoother.

[xcom45]

Thanks for the info...all Very rarely i get frustrated with games.Most of the stuff i figured out by watching you-tube videos.I mean i can play games like once human and rust all day with out being annoyed i am not sure what it is about this game.Maybe poor game mechanics.It was like wow i tried it like for an hour and was like nope never again and that was like 5 or 10 years ago.

[shmodzilla]

When i park my raft at islands i be sure to park it as far away from the loot side as possible. The shark likes to hang out by the raft. Also build a bow, it works underwater, super easy to kill the shark with it. Just hit it when it charges and i can usually hit it as it swims under me again. Doesnt take long to kill him.

[Erdrick]

It is actually very easy to kill the shark, once you do it a few times.

[Some random dude]

Originally posted by shmodzilla:

When i park my raft at islands i be sure to park it as far away from the loot side as possible. The shark likes to hang out by the raft. Also build a bow, it works underwater, super easy to kill the shark with it. Just hit it when it charges and i can usually hit it as it swims under me again. Doesnt take long to kill him.

Yeah I park my raft far away and use the sharkbait to buy me time to swim over to the island :)

[Some random dude]

Originally posted by xcom45:

Thanks for the info...all Very rarely i get frustrated with games.Most of the stuff i figured out by watching you-tube videos.I mean i can play games like once human and rust all day with out being annoyed i am not sure what it is about this game.Maybe poor game mechanics.It was like wow i tried it like for an hour and was like nope never again and that was like 5 or 10 years ago.

Np

[Clifford]

Originally posted by xcom45:

I hate this game the shark sucks.You can't even get past the boiling water
with out either dieing or the shark attacks to far to often.

im not trying to insult you but this is a skill issue. it took me a while before figuring out this game mostly because i was stubborn and refusing to learn. if you're in North America i'd be interested in starting a world with you.

[Goose]

I understand your frustration.
I recommend playing on peaceful mode until you get the hang of things!
this game is super fun and can quickly get addicting in my experience.
I hope you can take some of the advice in this thread to have a better playing experience.

[Nyota Mwuaji]

Originally posted by starlight78sso:

Not sure what you mean by boiling water. As for the shark, you can always make it passive using a mod from raftmodding.com if you need to.

You don't even need a mod.....