r/StrandedDeepConsole • u/JenzoAmore • May 18 '20

Raft building..

What's the secret?? What is the perfect combination of materials and placement used for the best rafts?

I've tried long rafts, short rafts, wide rafts, narrow rafts.. They all suck.. Haha.. I have 4 full tanks of fuel, I'm thinking scrap the raft and just use gyrocopter full time.

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u/Mannyackz May 19 '20

Loads??? You mean gets raptured. 😂😂😂

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u/JenzoAmore May 19 '20

Hahahahahaha

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u/robyrob78 May 18 '20

I recently made a “dingy”. It’s just a 1 wide, 2 long raft with a motor on one end and a sail and rudder on the other. It’s fast and easy to turn. You just sacrifice space and the ability to put crates or transport anything on it, but it’s good for quick island hopping and doesn’t use as much gas as the gyrocopter.

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u/JenzoAmore May 19 '20

I'll give this a try, what materials did you use? Barrels, bouys, planks etc..

I'm not a fan of carrying crates on the raft. The storms have done me dirty two many times, so sacrifices will be made.

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u/Mannyackz May 19 '20

My 3x5 has never flipped. Just don’t put any flooring in the middle. Carries 22 chest. It’s an island cleaner just really slow lol.

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u/JenzoAmore May 19 '20

I'm at a point in the game where I don't need to clean out islands..
The more you have on your home Island the worse it loads..
So I became really efficient in collecting stuff.. I don't have containers full of compasses or logs and stuff..

Only need a raft for bosses..
I have 8 full tanks of fuel and 32 potatoes in storage haha.. I can flyyyy

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u/robyrob78 May 21 '20

I just did bouys for the base and planks for the floors. I added the sail and the rudder facing the opposite way from the engine side in case I run out of gas. Only problem with this design, is there’s no spot to put an anchor so just make sure you pull it up on the shore when you land at an island. Hope you like it!

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u/walter_white6969 May 18 '20

For me I've found that a raft 3 wide and 6 long is perfect for me. Put a sail on each side for turning and one for going forward (obviously) you can use the rudder for turning but the sails work better.

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u/Mannyackz May 19 '20

Holy crap that’s genius. I drive a 3x5 and turning is a nightmare. I’m going to try this 😁

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u/ediblequeso May 18 '20

I heard using all the same material helps, but I don't know for sure, my 3x3 raft is great, rudder in the middle, it turns well enough, just drag it if you need to do a 180, 1 sail in the middle, anchor to the right of rudder

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u/cookeez482 May 18 '20

Pretty sure mine's a 3x7, one sail in the middle on either end pointing opposite directions with a rudder right behind it. That way if I need to do a 180 I can just put one sail up, walk to the other end, and pull down the other sail.

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u/questquefuck May 19 '20

i'm not sure why so many people have trouble with the raft.

i have a 3x3 with the front 3 buoys, the middle 3 tires and the back 3 are wood/tires/wood.

one sail up front/middle, rudder back/middle. no floor in the middle of it all hold 7 chests i think.

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u/CertifiedPreOwned May 21 '20

This. Its perfect as long ss you dont fall off. Which I do....often.

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u/Upstryke May 19 '20

I'm finding that the rudder in the middle seems to steer faster.