30 TIPS to HELP YOU Survive STRANDED DEEP

[@Sharpie360]

Hey everyone! Thanks for taking time to check out my video! To clarify, my gameplay is on PC. Console seems to have a few different features than the PC version, causing differing results. Nothing critical but I did want to acknowledge and list them here. - The 'TIRED' status seems to be Console specific - Console has a 5th interactive shark, the "Black Tip Reef Shark" - Small rafts have been reported to flip but this seems to be Console specific as well If anyone comes across more, I will list them here. Cheers!

[@GlendonPerkinsgp]

@@Sharpie360 I believe 48 hours is the maximum awake time on consoles. You’ll get an alert you need rest. Once the alert pops, you can sleep at any time. Fatigue disables sprinting or fast swimming, and impacts hunting, I believe.

[@GoSlash27]

Tip #7 correction: You can leave *most* things on the beach and not worry about them despawning, but potatoes are an exception. If you find a potato, store it away in a crate immediately. Tip #17: You can use a worn- out refined axe to build a plank station and then destroy the plank station. This will reward you with a brand new 100% durability refined axe. Tip #18: Refined spears are best used for killing threats on land, especially snakes and giant boars. Don't use them in the ocean because you probably won't get them back. Tip #24: If you only place 2 containers per shelf instead of 3, you'll have a more clear field of view. Tip #27: Base building is fun and adds to the immersion, but is really just a waste of time and resources if your goal is to escape. A couple bonus tips... Tip #31: Throw a spear into the ground and tip your liferaft up on it. This will provide shelter from the sun. Tip #32: When visiting other islands, build a shelter on the beach pointing home. This way you can always find your way back.

[@Sharpie360]

Thanks for the pointers! I didnt know that about the refined ax, haha thats a neat trick! Honestly, most of the things to do in this game are a waste of time if the goal is to escape but thats why they want you to stay for 100 days first 😎 Id love to hear your input on my other tips as well :) cheers.

[@GoSlash27]

@@Sharpie360 Thanks, but I'm not quite sure what you mean by 'other tips'. Do you mean the other tips you gave in this video specifically?

[@Sharpie360]

@@GoSlash27 sorry bout that! I have a couple other tips videos on Stranded Deep in this same format, I was referring to. 😅

[@GoSlash27]

@@Sharpie360 Oh, okay. I'll check them out. :)

[@karlmcnally1655]

Tip 31 was the first ever thing I did in the game 🙌

[@narvik9386]

I genuinely assumed this would have like thousands of views because of how good the quality was

[@Sharpie360]

I appreciate it! This video has actually started to gain traction in algorithm thanks to awesome peeps like you! So I bet it will soon enough 😄 Cheers!

[@michaelsparks6719]

It is a really informative video problem is not many people play this game because they think its to hard

[@emmajackson9620]

@@michaelsparks6719 I myself have had to re start many times but each time I get better at it. It's honestly one of the best games I've ever played. I enjoy the challenge

[@nick_coles_art]

Another good tip: I always carry 4 or 5 crates on me and when I get to an island, i drop them all on the floor, then fill them all with loot and pick them up again making your inventory a hell of a lot bigger. Of course you can fill your inventory with crates so essentially every 1 slot will hold the 5 items in each crate. And no you can't put a crate in a crate in a crate and so on, I tried 😂.

[@Fix2k24]

@@nick_coles_artbe careful doing that, i do too but chased a boar and it ran into the crates, sent them flying and the boar went flying😂

[@flockmalock5122]

these are definitely some of the best tips and they helped me out so much, I'm gonna 100% subscribe

[@Sharpie360]

Awesome thank you! I appreciate that a ton!! :) currently on season 2 and a coop series if you're into the let's plays! Cheers 1😎

[@flockmalock5122]

@@Sharpie360 I'll most definitely watch the series

[@Sharpie360]

@@flockmalock5122 thanks buddy! Hope you enjoy and seeya in the comments 😉😎

[@bigd2911]

Dude!!! This was brilliant🔥what a legend

[@Sharpie360]

Hell yeah dude! Appreciate that! 🎩💥

[@mikecarey5432]

I went for a few days without sleeping and gained the 'tired' status effect. I was no longer able to sprint. It could have been caused by something else but I'm pretty sure my food and water were fine

[@Sharpie360]

Thanks for the heads up! Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if that debuff had issues propagating in some seeds, like the potatoes! Seeds being the game not good. Others had said the same about sleep. Lol good times!

[@mikecarey5432]

@@Sharpie360 No worries 🙂 I didn't know that about the potatoes until watching this, that's interesting. Hopefully the developers will fix it 👍

[@Sharpie360]

@@mikecarey5432 yeah it may be a console only feature too, I play on PC. No problem on the potato, I got so tired of going to island after island and not finding anything after almost the whole map. Potatoes should not be rarer than wollie hahaha

[@dennispugh7368]

I play on ps4 and noticed when it told me "you need to sleep" my stamina was gone fast and I could barely harvest. Probably only console.

[@mikecarey5432]

@@dennispugh7368 yeah and if you check your watch it actually shows the tired status effect too. I doubt it's a console only feature but it could be I guess 🤷 🙂

[@evilpompom]

Thank you for this! 😊

[@Sharpie360]

You're most welcome!

[@PrincessofErised]

TIP: The first thing I do BEFORE I build my base is to walk/swim the perimeter of the island and use a triangle foundation to COVER every purple spiky, so I never accidentally contact one. This makes it so I can come to shore without having to remember where they are.

[@Sharpie360]

Thats a pretty clever idea! Knowing myself tho, id end up getting my raft stuck on them all at some point 😅 Those purples can be a pain sometimes but thats why i carry a few antidotes with me on raft at all times. 😎

[@PrincessofErised]

@@Sharpie360 I build a "boat dock" and only go in and out from there, so I don't get stuck either. lol Those antidotes are lifesavers for sure.

[@Sharpie360]

@PrincessofErised ahh yeah that's a good idea! I had a similar set up in my game for season 1 of the series. Worked pretty well. Yeah deff the pipi is a lifesaver!

[@PunkDogCreations]

Nice idea

[@GlendonPerkinsgp]

@@PrincessofErised I throw a fishing spear. Just don’t hit them as the spear disappears when the island is reloaded, at least it did on my game.

[@tracejohnson6273]

Follow up to Tip #2: This is especially helpful during the day, and when combined with the sun's reflection on the water. Follow the white glistening trail in the morning to head east.

[@Sharpie360]

Love it!! Into the sunrise we sail! 😎

[@MøPgr]

Thanks for the tips! I saw one guy who hung lanterns in his base house. Easier to see at night. If I get some lanterns, I am going to do something like that and also hang a lantern or more on the shore of the islands I have already visited, until I have them all figured out.

[@Sharpie360]

Yes! The abundance of lanterns is quite nice and good idea about using them as visited island markers at night. Unfortunately, their visible range isn't as far as it should be. I like that the furnace has an infinite light source from the fire and that it's a soft yellow versus the white led. Thank you for watching! I have a 2nd tips video coming out very soon :)

[@MøPgr]

@@Sharpie360 So the light from the furnace would shine out nicely from the windows of a house? Worth building a tall house and the furnace on the top floor to make a kind of light-house? Or can't the furnace be built inside?

[@Sharpie360]

@@MøPgr possibly! That's the question tho, if you can place it inside. I havent tried it with a furnace but I know the water collector can't be placed on a foundation piece. Now I'm curious lol. I would love to use the fire torches as wall mounts.

[@GunnPlaysHQ]

Just started playing this on my channel thanks for the video

[@Sharpie360]

Awesome! Ill have to check it out :) youre welcome!

[@legendaryscrub]

This game's sat in my library played with a very short amount of time. I love open world survival, but I didn't immediately love Stranded Deep. I'm going to give it a try again though, some of these tips like like they can improve the quality of life quite a bit. Thanks!

[@Sharpie360]

Cool! I'm glad to hear it. It certainly is unique and the first time played it, I had a hard time and didn't go back for a while. But I'm glad I did! Thanks for watching :)

[@jakeforgey5378]

Tip 10 correction Smoked meat does eventually spoil, but needs to be left alone for 105 days to spoil... unless you build a base on an island and get storm-turned, ending up lost heavily and somehow cannot find you base again for over 100 days... (Yeah I did, turned out the island I kept ignoring thinking "No thats already been looted, no need to go there" was the island I needed to go to... F No compass Runs..) Then again that might be console specific, and last I played was on Ps4 around feb 2023 so take that with a grain of salt

[@Sharpie360]

🤣😂🤣😂 ill have to take your word for it on that one hahahaha that would be funny if that's intentional. I almost pulled the "there's no way I haven't looted that island yet" move in my current series and glad I checked because WOLLIE was on it!! lol

[@DoItDreckly90]

Thanks for the tips

[@Sharpie360]

You're welcome! 😎

[@hamdiakkob7925]

Very helpful, thanks!

[@Sharpie360]

No problem! Stoked it helped you out 😎

[@user-zt5jv9uu8z]

My raft tipped over in a storm and another time by a shark!!! It was a smaller raft so maybe that’s why

[@Sharpie360]

Yeah! I have found after more testing that if the raft is very small or narrow, it tends to be top heavy and can be pretty wild. I have a 1section raft that ive used for a while and the sharks only have ever pushed it off course a bit, but good to know its possible under the right circumstances.

[@parisallen2620]

Brilliant video

[@Sharpie360]

Thank you much!

[@GamesGunsAndGuitar]

Great tips, thanks!

[@Sharpie360]

@@GamesGunsAndGuitar thank you for checking them out! Cheers 😁

[@emmajackson9620]

This is so useful. Thank you

[@Sharpie360]

Glad it was helpful! :)

[@loensilalasorciere2866]

Thank you for your tips :)

[@Sharpie360]

No problem. Thanks for watching :) I have plenty more that I didn't mention yet too!

[@jeffrey4547]

one thing i do is when farming i will make a walk way then put farms next to it makes it easy to take care of them then i make a bunch of water stills to collect rain water

[@Sharpie360]

Yeah! Make it super efficient. I was just saying how I wanted to make a bunch of water collectors just to have a surplus all the time.

[@PinkoKane]

I have certainly had my raft flip in a storm. A medium sized one.

[@Sharpie360]

Sounds like it needs to be bigger then. Lol I mean, it's always possible for stuff to happen but generally you'll be okay. Ride the waves proper.

[@randyb5067]

Friend and I are new, thanks for the tips!

[@Sharpie360]

You're welcome!

[@richardremillard4451]

I’m trying the game again for the 10th time… The learning curve from the beginning of the game is brutal. I couldn’t survive so thankfully I was able to learn the mechanics of the game difficulty. The user interface is absolutely terrible. In my opinion… I kept bringing up the crafting menu, and… I know this sounds ridiculous… But I didn’t know you had to click multiple times to go through the crafting menus like buildings but now I’m excited to play through. Thanks for the good video and tips and tricks.

[@Sharpie360]

Hey that's awesome! You got this! Haha wanna know something? I had the same problem back when I first started too. I had no idea there were additional crafting menu tabs either lol it's very easy to look over if you don't know how it works. I wish you the best of luck on your new adventure! 😁

[@GlendonPerkinsgp]

Tip 31: you cannot be envenomated once you’re envenomated, but snakes can still damage you. Also, venom only lasts 3 full days. Stay fed, stay hydrated, stay home, and sleep at every opportunity without exiting the game and you’ll overcome the venom. Tip 32: The compass on the gyrocopter doesn’t count as using it. Neither does adding compasses to your inventory, just don’t open them.

[@Sharpie360]

Yeah good tips! its definitely manageable to survive the snake bites if you know how to keep your vitals up. Is the envenomated status just on console? I don't recall seeing that one ever when I've been bit, just shows poisoned. But I could be mistaken or overlooked it! Thanks for watching!! :)

[@GlendonPerkinsgp]

@@Sharpie360 poisoning is just an error by the developers. Poison is something you ingest. It’s still called poisoning on consoles. I’m just being a nerd. There’s a fun little saying that I’ll paraphrase: If you bite it, and you die, it’s poison. If it bites you, and you die, it’s venom. If you bite it, and he dies, it’s voodoo. Some things are both poisonous and venomous. Puffer fish are both. You can be stung and you can eat the flesh, and can potentially die from either.

[@lincolnmcfatridge3095]

You can just make resource piles in the quick craft for logs and stick and such

[@Sharpie360]

This is accurate! 😎

[@jjbartosch585]

These are great. Keep up the good work

[@Sharpie360]

Appreciate that! I'm working on a new list of tips to help you not only survive, but thrive. For the long game type stuff :)

[@danielmitchell893]

I know this is a lil late but is the bow worth making? Im thinking of using that as well.

[@Sharpie360]

No worries! The bow and its arrows have about the same effectiveness of the crude spear. The big drawback is that the arrows require a stone tool for each. Rocks quickly become a scarce resource so personally I like to go the route of Improved Spear. But they're definitely an option!!

[@danielmitchell893]

@@Sharpie360 that's ok I see what you mean thanks for the info and have a good one whatever you are doin

[@Sharpie360]

Appreciate that! Seeya soon!

[@demi_goddex]

these are great tips! i just started playing stranded deep again, the first time i barely survived 2 days and gave up but im a week in now! and if you have a torch (i got lucky and found 2 in crates) the night is a great time to do work under the sky or sail because you don't have to worry about UV. and in the early game USE THE LIFE RAFT!! i keep a torch and compass in the little storage bag so i always have them :)

[@Sharpie360]

Awesome! It's great once you get things figured out. The torch is useful for sure, I only wish it could stay "lit" if you switch to a different item or sail the raft, or be able to drop it like the lantern. I end up not using them so much because of that but deff a great item! Cheers :))

[@jeramypoole3173]

Thanks for this video

[@Sharpie360]

Hey you're most welcome my friend!

[@jospipodEvo]

Great video👍🏻 nice explanation

[@Sharpie360]

Thank you, my friend!

[@Projectbrohamm]

Bro instantly replies to comments also thx for the vid

[@Sharpie360]

lol I try my best! :) No problem 🎩😎

[@nicke9709]

Awesome vid , gonna build tall buildings 100%

[@Sharpie360]

Nice! I know you can build pretty high, saw a 100 level tower before.

[@jamespb6]

Q. So im playing on ps4 and i have no idea how to use the chests to store items same as with the storage on the raft... i dont so any option so move anything

[@Sharpie360]

Hmm that's strange - and holding the interact/backpack button when targeting a chest doesn't open it? Double check the controller settings cause it shouldn't be bugged out like that! Could try re-installing the game too. I'm not super familiar with ps4 stranded deep tho 🤔

[@ARBackfire]

L1?

[@ARBackfire]

That’s what the button is on ps5, I believe

[@myvikingmom6218]

Thanks!

[@Sharpie360]

You betcha!

[@divingfalconfpv4602]

I just lost my main island starting over after trying to find it going to four island. 🤣 Thanks was wondering where clay was.

[@Sharpie360]

Haha yeah before I figured out the navigation I was always worried about that happening! Easy to get turned around at sea. Cool, I'm glad I was able to help ya!

[@divingfalconfpv4602]

@Sharpie360 I did good for like 22 days that some how I got turned around after trying to unstuck raft and drag and spin it further from main land

[@Sharpie360]

@@divingfalconfpv4602 one of the features that I think could have benefitted the game would be an in-game map that we chart out as we sail and explore. The cart menu is okay but really breaks immersion imo.

[@cheerubebayonettaholopaine2638]

tip 13 saved me a lot of time 😊

[@Sharpie360]

I know the feeling! 😎

[@amundbisgaard7295]

There IS a penalty for not sleeping. I experienced not being able to sprint, for not having slept for long. The game said I needed to sleep.

[@Sharpie360]

Huh.. that has never happened to me! I've had plenty of days without sleep to the point where the sleep mechanic was only a time skip. Weird hahaha Do you remember by chance how long you were awake for? I'm deff up for testing some more too! :)

[@amundbisgaard7295]

@@Sharpie360 I have played the game for just a couple of weeks on the PS4, and I was perplexed when I found myself unable to sprint. I think I was dragging a palm tree. I first thought I was kneeling, and kept going back and forth, but still could not sprint. Then I saw the text "I need to rest" or "I need to sleep". I seem to remember reading "tired" as a status effect on my watch. I probably hadn't slept for two nights, perhaps even more. I had cleared the island of pests, and probably collecting wood, coconuts and fibre non-stop.

[@Sharpie360]

@@amundbisgaard7295 ahh that makes sense! I wonder if it's a console only feature! There's a couple other things that the console has that PC doesn't. One of the main things I know is the black tip reef shark is interactive. I failed to mention anywhere that I am playing on PC and don't have any first hand console experience so results may vary haha 😅

[@amundbisgaard7295]

@@Sharpie360 No problem. I think you did just fine.

[@Sharpie360]

Hey i really appreciate that! cheers bud! :)

[@penguinplays622]

Thank you

[@Sharpie360]

You're welcome! Working on a raft focused list next! :)

[@IXGRAVEMINDXI]

Should I build a gyrocopter or boat motor?

[@Sharpie360]

Id probably start with a boat motor as its more useful than the gyrocopter IMO. The gyro is good for getting too and from an island quickly, but it doesn't have any storage or anything. If you have a raft with an open space for the motor id go that route. You'll come across plenty of those vehicle parts soon enough and will be able to build a gyro next! 😎

[@nicholasrose7434]

Okay so yeah storms won’t do damage to your rafts however I built a skinny 2x1 raft and both a shark and a storm flipped it over resulting in me being jaws’s lunch.

[@Sharpie360]

Yeah the smallest rafts can be flipped under the right conditions. Check out my other tips videos where i follow up on that!

[@szlash280z]

I'm trying to figure out what to actually do now that I have a big raft, can build everything, food and water aren't a problem. I just go to islands and loot them but what after? I am in day 22. I haven't built an actual base because it seems like there's no benefit other than it looks cool (I'm a shit base builder so mine never look cool in any game)

[@Sharpie360]

No doubt! Sounds like a great start! Now load up on spears and head to the red circles on the map in the main menu! Head to the boat icon first and that should help. If you are island hoping, keep an eye out for unique shelters and survival structures to loot. There should be 3 of them at least, per world. There is a friend waiting in one of these shelters. Cheers have fun!!

[@Zombie9]

How u don't forget yr island when u travel to another or u keep in one island ?

[@Sharpie360]

Well sometimes i forget which one i came from! but i try to mark where im going and also use the cartographer and just gotta remember which island is yours, on that map, cuz that wont change. Build a tall structure that you can see from far away. :)

[@mickinoz2005]

Am finding where to build base very tricky

[@Sharpie360]

There's not a right or wrong place to build a base, if you find an island that you really like, thats a good spot to set up as long as its kind of in the middle of the POI's you need to visit. I usually go for somewhere close to the middle of the map. :)

[@BlackAirforcesgaming]

Im 52 days into my run and I gotta say once you build the Raft sharks literally become irrelevant. Sea urchins and snakes are the biggest threat.

[@Sharpie360]

Yeah you're not wrong about that. It definitely takes the suspense away too but that's why we have no raft runs! 😱

[@BlackAirforcesgaming]

@@Sharpie360 no raft runs is insane how can I bring my 30k logs back to my base

[@Sharpie360]

@@BlackAirforcesgaming yeah exactly!! Lol that would be my biggest thing. I tend to travel heavy. But if you only carry chests full of logs, around 40 - 50 you could get back in one trip. Need the Michael Phelps mod for that 🤣

[@MamaMia84oo7]

Is this game still popular? Can you play CO OP with random people?

[@Sharpie360]

It seems to be having a bit a of spike of interest lately. I have only done co-op for a bit with a friend but it was super buggy. The console version should have matchmaking but for PC its a shareable code. Haven't spent much time in co-op tbh 🙃

[@jvall08]

I found that if you put an empty coconut drink into a coconut drink pile, that empty coconut refills and becomes part of the pile. 😅

[@Sharpie360]

Yeah! I forgot about that bug. PC just had a quality of life update so I wonder if that's patched now. I'll have to try it out when recording tonight! 😆

[@jvall08]

@@Sharpie360 cheers for your videos aswell. I've been playing for a week or so and after a couple days I found your vids on tips and raft building. Excellent help and ideas. Cheers 🙌

[@Sharpie360]

Awesome!! I'm super glad you found them helpful 😁 and always feel free to share anything you discover that I may have missed :)

[@dadgamer1980]

That is for PC on ps or Xbox its different

[@Sharpie360]

Correct

[@Flames-dp6hw]

Tip #26 is incorrect, if you get to the point where you say "I should get some rest" you will be unable to sprint

[@Sharpie360]

Yeah that's accurate! 😎 good catch 😉

[@Mirebegamin]

Yo man

[@Sharpie360]

Yeeeeeeoooooooooo! 😎

[@AnthonyAnderson-ec5jg]

Did you know you can place meat on top of the fire and it will cook, ✌️

[@Sharpie360]

You can also jump by pushing the space bar.

[@djkiIIag]

Number one, console commands.

[@Sharpie360]

Not this time! The UI is just that good lol

[@djkiIIag]

@@Sharpie360 just clowning, I have it on p.s. so no commands for me. In all reality tip#1 should be, don't step on snake.

[@Sharpie360]

@@djkiIIagI agree! I can't stand the snakes lol

[@xzysyndrome]

Way late to the party...the kid told me to try it since I play DayZ. After 3 days I am done. Spawn in, build a fire, water, shelter. Build a Raft...go to an island...kill a snake, a crab, and a boar. Erase the environment and build raft bigger. Go to a new Island...build fire, water, a shelter. Kill a crab, a boar, and a snake...erase the environment and make your raft bigger. Repeat this until you have a gyrocopter....then systematically erase island environments. Go kill 3 brain dead "bosses" fix the plane...Winner winner chicken dinner. There is no thrill, no excitement, no sense of impending doom...game could have been so much...instead copy paste islands and daily chores until at long last it is over. I let the kid play DayZ....he doesn't play Stranded Deep anymore. This is a base building game (and a bad one at that) with a tedious survivor aspect thrown in. A good game if you are getting into the Genre...and failed to notice Minecraft. the best part of the entire game is the first time you set sail to a new island on your own raft. After 3 islands...you'll get what I am saying. That quaint little raft evolves into a hoard ship...looking more like a chest room than a raft.

[@Sharpie360]

To each, their own.

[@Mirebegamin]

My heart rate is low please help

[@Sharpie360]

Jumping Jack's work well

[@Dj-tv2ge]

West

[@Sharpie360]

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