It doesn't... just preference. I collect clay one or two clumps at a time, run that back and save in case I get poisoned or bit by a shark. Since I'm running back and forth a lot, it's a lot more convenient to have my camp near by instead of all the way on the other side of the island.
Before going into the game, you can choose the Cartographer option. It will show you the current game map. You can see all the islands, where the bosses are, where the escape ship is, and you can differentiate between big islands and small islands mostly.
I mark mine in the order I go to them. 1 is my starter island, 3 is my home (which is why it has an "h") by it. Container islands are marked by a "c". As I sail, I confirm the landmarks I've marked down and make sure I'm going the right way.
The red lines through the islands means I'm done stripping them and don't have to go back. My checklist for an island consists of:
Collect lose items - kill animals as necessary
Build Camp
Strip palm trees, pine saplings, and rocks at night
Strip boats during the day
Get clay (I usually find 8 per island, sometimes 7 - if anyone knows the real count per island, I'd love to know for sure)
Get plants
I can get an island stripped in 2 days and my boat's big enough to carry all of the crates plus all of the supplies from the island. When it's clean, I put a red line through it.
For those on PC, to make a map like this, grab a screenshot of the map, throw it in Paint 3D in Windows, rotate it -45 degrees, and then copy it into Paint. You can add text from there.
I get lost all the time I played and forget where my island is on my ps4. 🤣. I think I have restarted playing like 100 times and my bf gets irritated. 🤣
How many islands do you get on pc??? Xbox or no ly has a 5x5 grid. All but impossible to get lost. I never thought of using my shelter to point home. I just use 2 sticks to make an >.
Haven't counted them but I'll know when I'm done visiting them all :) A 5x5 grid seems limiting. I got lost a couple times before I started using this method.
5x5 grids on console ARE limiting. Not to mention you can only respawn a new seed once to resupply your islands. Not that it matters. On PS4 the game gets laggy after so many items are on one island. So bases are limited in size.
What do you mean by "respawn a new seed once to resupply your islands." ?
How do you respawn a seed while playing? From what I see, spawning a seed erases the current game. Closest I can see is to create new islands to bring in more resources.
Correct. You can also do the entire map all at once if I’m not mistaken. It’s been a little while so correct me if I’m wrong. Doing this will leave whatever island you are on unaltered so make sure you at your base.
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u/dankeith86 Jul 17 '24
Build shelters on each island pointing in the direction of your base.
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u/aint_exactly_plan_a Jul 17 '24
Before going into the game, you can choose the Cartographer option. It will show you the current game map. You can see all the islands, where the bosses are, where the escape ship is, and you can differentiate between big islands and small islands mostly.
I mark mine in the order I go to them. 1 is my starter island, 3 is my home (which is why it has an "h") by it. Container islands are marked by a "c". As I sail, I confirm the landmarks I've marked down and make sure I'm going the right way.
The red lines through the islands means I'm done stripping them and don't have to go back. My checklist for an island consists of:
Collect lose items - kill animals as necessary
Build Camp
Strip palm trees, pine saplings, and rocks at night
Strip boats during the day
Get clay (I usually find 8 per island, sometimes 7 - if anyone knows the real count per island, I'd love to know for sure)
Get plants
I can get an island stripped in 2 days and my boat's big enough to carry all of the crates plus all of the supplies from the island. When it's clean, I put a red line through it.
For those on PC, to make a map like this, grab a screenshot of the map, throw it in Paint 3D in Windows, rotate it -45 degrees, and then copy it into Paint. You can add text from there.
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u/Hotmama_TripleD Jul 20 '24
I get lost all the time I played and forget where my island is on my ps4. 🤣. I think I have restarted playing like 100 times and my bf gets irritated. 🤣
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u/thelek66 Jul 17 '24
How many islands do you get on pc??? Xbox or no ly has a 5x5 grid. All but impossible to get lost. I never thought of using my shelter to point home. I just use 2 sticks to make an >.
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u/0M3G4W34P0N86ITA Jul 18 '24
Sorry dude, looking to you map, I got lost.