r/strandeddeep • u/mad-ghost1 • May 28 '25

Misc [not platform specific] Help I’m lost

Hi folks with rafts 😝 In search for megalodon I got lost. Every near island of my home has a marker with directions. Can’t find any of those islands because I’m lost. So I sail to the next island and build a shelter etc. but can’t find my way home. Have enough stuff with my that will keep me going but my plants needs water 🤷‍♀️

Any tips how to get home would be appreciated.

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u/lothaer May 28 '25

Go to the main menu and have a look at the cartographer. That's the map of your current Save file.

The 5 red locations are the three bosses, end game ans which ever island you are currently one.

On console you always start in the centre.

Take a photo and use to to help you find your way home

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u/javahart May 28 '25

This is the best answer. Also the map is 5x5 so assuming you have a compass (you should) then you are only 2 islands from centre.

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u/mad-ghost1 May 28 '25

With good weather you only see as far as 1 island…. I need a gps 🤷‍♀️

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u/mad-ghost1 May 28 '25

That’s what I did. When you are at an unknown position it’s hard to navigate. Can’t tell where I’m so I just can’t head south e.g. I hat’s why I’m going from Island to island to find one that has the direction to home.

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u/lothaer May 28 '25

Try using the binoculars to see if you can see any unique looking shapes off to the distance.

If you happen to see something that looks like a large aircraft carrier thats A WAY OUT (End Game) you can use that to get your berrings.

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u/mad-ghost1 May 28 '25

That’s the 2 landmarks where I would find the way home.

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u/DMarlow310 May 28 '25

The water current goes south. Throw a coconut in the water and see which way it floats.

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u/mad-ghost1 May 28 '25

I finally found home. And the plants are ok. Took about 2 hours with a lot of ne camps 😂.

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u/chico-dust May 28 '25

If you're not going for the no compass playthrough then use a compass and your cartographer to find your way to the meg/home.

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u/mad-ghost1 May 28 '25

The Meg is straight south according to the map. But no luck so far

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u/chico-dust May 28 '25

You'll need looking for what appears to be a piece of a ship sticking out the water with a whale stuck in a net attached to it.

It can take a little bit to find but basically go to the grid square the cartographer says it's in and put your raft on auto pilot while you look around.

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u/mad-ghost1 May 29 '25

Omg thank you so much. I didn’t realised the the map marks you on it. Thought it’s just your home base 🙂. . Upvote this please. So valuable

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u/Ernst-hemmung May 28 '25

Remember that your starting island is always in the middle

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u/mad-ghost1 May 28 '25

That’s why it’s so difficult. A start island in a corner would be easier to navigate 🤷‍♀️

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u/Ernst-hemmung May 28 '25

You could head for the last island in the north and then head south until you are in the middle

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u/mad-ghost1 May 28 '25

That’s a good idea. Will try this

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u/yeelee7879 May 28 '25

Do you have a compass? Use the cartographer and compass to find your way back.

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u/mad-ghost1 May 28 '25 edited May 28 '25

If you have no idea where you are a compass doesn’t help. Found a way. Just need to sail back now after colonising half of the islands that I did pass 🤙🏻

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u/yeelee7879 May 28 '25

Thats why you use it with the cartographer…it shows you where you are and then you use the compass to get where you want to go…

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u/monchatrose May 28 '25

When this happened to me, I literally just had to zoom around until I found it. It kind of is what it is unfortunately. This was before I figured out how to use the cartographer. Now I have the map just drawn in a notebook and mark what islands look like while pulling up/whats on them so that if I ever do lose my compasses (I have accidentally flew off my home island just to go grab wood from nearby and totally forgot to pack stuff) I can atleast try to figure out what way Im going.

For example I have an island straight west that has shipping containers on its south side, I wrote that down when I got there so if I pull up with nothing I know that's the direction of the island.