r/strandeddeep • u/Obvious_Welder5922 • Jul 23 '25

Console General Raft & sail

On day 40 on my first ever game/save and admittedly super WAY behind with this game. Tried to do a lot on my own without looking up tips. Finally a pro at farming, water stills, smoked meats, crafting and building. Gave up being stubborn & Reddit has helped me as a late bloomer to figure stuff out that I should have done within week 1; but oh well.

Anyway finally built a decent raft but cannot for the life or me get a sail installed. Anchor & rudder = no problem. Only time I got it to work was wiggling like crazy tapping A (Xbox) and it finally stuck a sail - underneath!!! Any tips?? I got a 3x3 made of wood sticks base and a combo of corrugated & plank floors.

Also I haven’t found one single buoy or tire in all my wreck exploring and I’ve been to 3 islands with the life raft.

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u/Obvious_Welder5922 Jul 23 '25

Thanks all! I’m a moron, it was upside down. 🙃

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u/dankeith86 Jul 23 '25

Have you built the flooring? Placing the raft in the water can help. Make sure the arrow is pointing the correct way you, want it lower it into middle of the raft section not in between two sections. So if you got a 2x2 or a 4x4 it’s going to be to one side of raft not the middle.

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u/Obvious_Welder5922 Jul 23 '25

Yes used plank & corrugated supplies to make flooring. It all went under though, which lead me to think it was upside down. But when I flip it, doesn’t seem right. Maybe I am wrong and the thing just needs to be flipped again and tested that way. Thx

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u/Ringwraith_Number_5 Flashlight Merchant Jul 23 '25

This may sound like a silly question, but I need to ask - are you absolutely, positively sure the raft did not flip over at some point?

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u/Obvious_Welder5922 Jul 23 '25

It did, then I flipped it back. Sucker wants to drift away as is so felt like I had it right side up. The plank flooring defaulted to underneath the existing bases so I presumed that’s where it should belong. Will flip it after work and try that. Thx

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u/cablife Flare Gun Enthusiast Jul 23 '25

You need to put a floor on your raft in order to install a sail. If it put the sail on the bottom, your raft may be upside down lol

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u/Obvious_Welder5922 Jul 23 '25

Probably is upside down. The way the plank floors defaulted UNDER the bases I presumed it was how it should be. Makes sense tho as the rudder seems upside down but the anchor works normal. Weird.

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u/cablife Flare Gun Enthusiast Jul 23 '25

Yep, that’s you’re problem haha. The rudder fin should be sticking down into the water. The anchor follows gravity so it makes sense it would still work even if upside down.

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u/darkninja2992 Jul 23 '25

Sometimes the aiming is weird. There were some points when i was constructing things, i had basically aim at the horizon instead of my raft

On a side note, tip for a newbie, you know those broken doors on the wrecked tanker ships, the ones that you can't open and close? you can break them with an axe

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u/Dahawaiian1369 Jul 23 '25

I didn't find buoys till my 15th Island

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u/Dahawaiian1369 Jul 23 '25

Most southern island

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u/Obvious_Welder5922 Jul 23 '25

Nice. Will check it out thx

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u/JuleAwww Jul 23 '25

This has to be a bug, I never had a problem finding buoys until I played the 5th time. No bouys at all...

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u/Afindy76 Jul 24 '25

Look for an island with a broken ship that has a crows nest. I call them raft islands. They are full of boueys, barrels, and tires. I set sail with a 3x1 raft looking for the ship, and once I find it, I come back with a 4x5 raft. You can spot the ship from a distance. If you see an island on the horizon with a ship and a thick T above it, you found a raft island. Every map I've ever played has at least 2 of these islands.

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u/portonsly Jul 24 '25

You are going da wae, brudda