The PERFECT Starter/Beginnger Raft for Chapter 3

[@MrAugustoTr]

for these starters rafts would be nice have a tutorial for upgrading them for mid/end game, personally i always mess up the design try to fit more stuff or upgrading the nets area or even trying to fit more furnaces, grills, motors etc.... but as always your designs are really really cool, keep up with the awesome work

[@Alidove_]

Saving this idea!

[@jezmont-vaxe4123]

It is good practice to replicate your raft in a "Creative Mode" world and tweak it there for future upgrades, that way you get an idea on what to do next in your actual world without the hassle of making mistakes on your raft.

[@JohnClarkW]

I tend to do a fairly boring rectangle, around 7x9, I then work toward adding two more floors as the game progresses. The idea being that in the early game an anchor is the center of my raft, with storage, smelters and grill next to it. It is small enough to be powered by one engine, and still has width for a couple animal pens. As I get further along, the raft grows I add stairs and grow upward, giving me space for bedrooms and a kitchen, moving the smelters and other valuables to the second floor, then the trees and animals end up on the top/3rd floor with the sail and receiver. I tend to use the state of my primary wood storage as the indicator of when it is time to start on the next floor, but I frequently set the stairs and pillars well before I start on the floors. It makes them easy to work toward, with obvious steps, and gives me covered space to grow things, as well as space that is safe from the shark.

[@rustyhowe3907]

Yep I have the exact same troubles hence now why I make a square with a higher platform, collection net scooper line up front and call it a day until I get all the blueprints, then I fit the raft around the machinery.

[@SteliosGamer13]

@@Alidove_ HOW IS THIS A STARTER FOR 31 STACKS OF WOOD

[@DonHiles]

Thanks for this video! Perfect for jumping back in after buying for friends at steam sale to check out chapter 3 finally. Gonna make some survival breakpoints on how to get here while building as we go utilizing some of the space saving ideas from the smaller builds. Would love to see follow up on how the tech tier upgrades effect/evolve design, like a Pokémon evolution tree! Incorporating farm, or engines, or even how to build from this starter tier to the mid game tugboat to late game or endgame Dreamliners.

[@MattePurple1]

Just commenting to drop some "words of affirmation". Your eye for detail and creativity are apparent with each upload, and I really enjoy and will always watch any of your Raft-related videos, even if it's not directly applicable to me. Thanks for more Raft content!

[@manyusharma2382]

Amazing use of paint to highlight what you're talking about! really appreciate the work you're putting in these. I've been playing raft for a long time and still learned some tricks from this, thanks!

[@KM-bc3lm]

Thanks! I went with a 7x13 base surrounded by nets and fortified. I'm going for a Galleon look. I just started the other day and I was really struggling to make another sunrise. Watched a few of your vids and now Wood is no longer an issue. I can fish in peace for food now, every time I turned around that damn shark was tearing my raft up. I couldn't gain hardly a step. Will upgrade to a bigger ship as time goes by but this will get me sailing.

[@MacManChomp]

Loved this raft. I've been working on figuring out a reasonable build to do when I start a playthrough with my gf, and this is some good inspiration. I'd love to see a build that perhaps has stages in mind, with some level of aesthetic design through the stages, and consideration for the raft lifecycle. Anyway, keep up the good work, loving the content!

[@PeppermintPat]

Ooh I learned something new today! pressing Z to get my wood grains to line up in triangle corners. I thought I just had to live with it 😅

[@outphase78]

I just started playing Raft yesterday and I am so glad I came across your video. I absolutely LOVE this starter design for a noob like me. Thanks so much for the info!!!

[@cxnnxdx4575]

you make some absolutely killer raft content, thank you for being you!

[@theminecraftian4649]

This is so well designed. You build the best rafts

[@kennethwright491]

I'm a late comer. Recently discovered the game, and recently discovered you. I've done your steamboat, your three "starter rafts" for early game play, and now this one. I really like this one. You are quite creative. Most of my rafts wound up very ... very ... boxy but taking what I've learned from you, I built a gargantuan Container Ship (that wound up also being a passenger liner ... turned out very large b/c I was going after a design I saw with an extremely high hull and waay overestimated how many people crewed one ... but anywho) -- so I appreciate what you do. Thanks.

[@eskurian8565]

This design gives me really nice ideas on how to make my raft look more homely, more real. Thanks! (-: On starter rafts, I use a lot of diagonal walls in the corners to give more of a hut feel. They are also great to hide things like antennas behind. I also tend to make a chimney above my smelter area: slanted roof with one square in the middle half-walled up one extra level. The hut feel is nice if you want to go for more of a floating village deal than a ship.

[@vandergamer8682]

Cool raft design, I'll be sure to try it in my next playthrough

[@Hammerthegrey]

This is fantastic thank you for sharing the details on how to build it.

[@donaldbozich4598]

Wow really well designed looks vaguely like my second play though starting raft only yours was way more organized and well planned out. Great job!

[@layztgaming1841]

one of the best rafts i have seen, but over 600 planks uff

[@Nammjahtan]

I found this build a little while ago and I've been playing around with it a bit. I like it much better then the lovecraftian horror my raft usually turns into. One thing you can do to save space on the inside is instead of having the normal permanent anchor instead have a disposable anchor you can place next to where you had the grill. It saves space and is fairly cheap. Just doing that let me shift things around and I have a small space I can have a couple animals. I'm now working on tweaking your original design bit by bit so it works well with a second player as I'll be playing with a friend. Thanks for making your build easy to follow.

[@morlin1237]

I love tiny rafts! Great work

[@beeplk7290]

Watched a bunch of your raft videos over the past few days, really like all the content! Subbed! Thanks for all the output!! Love this build, super cool, could see it working for a good long while of early game.

[@ricks4196]

love the raft, can you do a mid/late game design of it?

[@gabrielstrong2186]

Good evening, thank you for the raft build and ideas, if I ever get that many resources I might steal some of them. I just have to say though I don't think the Raft game I am playing is the same as yours. You specify that after one hour's play it should be possible, even easy, to get; 31 Stacks of Planks 5 Stacks of Plastic 5 Stacks of Palm Fronds 5 Stacks of Scrap 6 Stacks of Nails 7 Stacks of rope 18 Dry Bricks 10 Glass 7 Metal Ingots 9 Hinges 3 Bolts 5 Circuit Boards 2 Stones + flowers in the last 4 days I have done nine new starts and of them all the best outcome after an hour is dying of starvation on an island trying to cut down a tree for coconuts with a 3 foundation raft, 1 simple purifier, one simple grill no hook, a spear that is nearly broken and three stacks of planks, 1 plastic (not one stack just 1), 3 palm fronds, one plastic cup and a nail.

[@mdfrenchy]

I'm thinking the same thing. I've played this game for weeks and I'm barely half way through making this raft. lol. Most of my time is spent trying to generate enough food to keep from starving. The grinding is strong in this game. Not that I mind that much. I think I must be doing something wrong.

[@PrismaticPixie]

Mind blown…now I need to go replace all of the corner pieces on my raft

[@bluckabang7858]

Liked for the future overkill late game build! Can't wait!

[@toddabbott781]

If you put a triangle floor on a beam and set the sail turned sideways you can destroy the triangle floor and most of the time the sail will stay. This is great for doing double sails. I have 3 sails on my pirate ship with crows nests and run ziplines between them and to the front of the ship.

[@eliancarabas7]

I love the raft ..... and what makes me more happy is that You are working on a OVERKILL raft ..... can't await to see it ...... that notification button better work I want to be the first Like :D ...... also I am running low on ideas for Overkill rafts :D

[@Taolan8472]

Hmm. I like the shape, bit I think I'm going to take a crack at scaling it up slightly just to fit a little bit more. I can't help but take a chane to fit in a max efficiency storage closet, eight storage boxds on a single foundation block.

[@therockstartanvir007]

Hey very good design! I would also like to see a rafty look for raft cos most designs make it look like a ship

[@Nudel69]

Nice video! Can't wait for the late game raft that's coming.

[@SindreEide93]

I have never copied a design, but I find ideas. The carpet in the back was not a bad one. I might make a trap with it to feed Bruce some humans, but well well 🤣

[@theslenderdevil]

i'm new to raft just watched parts needed i'm like Oh that's all materials needed just that huh lol i think i just soiled my self lol finished the video that raft design looks awesome can't wait to attempt to build it i'm exicted to start playing raft thanks for making such a great video look forward to see if you have more unique disgns for starting out that is functional

[@Zirodangerful]

Im trying to build a 26 by 65 ship but is taking me a lot of time to get it done, it requires a lot of materials, I’m playing in easy mode but I’m having fun doing it.

[@Alidove_]

Bonus points if you can guess how many clips are in this video

[@cuper007]

over 9000 😅

[@olenilsen4660]

I really like the design, apart from those holes in the side where you need to get in and out of the raft. Otherwise, it seems so incredibly compact, yet still cosy in the living area.

[@oneWillem]

Great, now I have to start a new run.

[@ThatDegenJohn]

Hello, I love your raft builds. Theyre both stylish and functional. But i'd like to ask for advice. What's a decent sized raft that can fit 8 people with personal rooms? Me and some friends plan to marathon raft from start to end.

[@Alidove_]

Hm. I currently don't have a recommendation for something that large, but you could always try a village build!

[@ThatDegenJohn]

@@Alidove_ oh, that would be an interesting build. I havent tried a Village style Raft. I'll give it a try~ Thanks for the advice

[@corbinphenix2757]

For a later game raft, you should make a galleon or brig from Sea of Thieves!

[@Alidove_]

Good idea!

[@cunningdad]

i'm taking the actual design portion slower, spending more time on it, and doubling the initial area, and scaling the rest of the parts based on the initial area being 8x16 instead of 4x8. allows for more mid/endgame builds, while still keeping the basic design principles

[@quinnti5119]

quality content as always🙏🏻

[@NELLDONGAMES]

My perfect yacht where you can everything. I started new world so far have been on only 2 story islands and and thing is already way too big

[@luciaaparicio8145]

It would be nice if you made a big boat for 3 or 4 instead of tiny ones. Btw I love ur videos, keep it up

[@Alidove_]

Working on one right now!

[@zeikclaude]

I really love how you design your RAFT can't wait for the overkill one hehehe

[@Cosmiciconic]

This helps so much i suck at building that helps

[@dynamystic3050]

Very nice compact raft

[@MsCherryKiss]

ohhhhh that's what "mirror" means! Thank you for teaching me!

[@Vortex-Gamin]

Great video. New sub

[@vongogai1042]

Thanks for the design of your raft! I'll be working to make it with some teammates on stream as soon as I can!

[@BackerCZ]

How long you have to play this game from start to have all stuff and know how to build all that??

[@Alidove_]

You should be able to gather all of the materials within about an hour- hour and a half. It's kinda similar to Minecraft in the way that you need things to build something other than a dirt hut. As far as building time, that depends on player comfort. It took me about 15 minutes!

[@nazaire7]

I wonder, I've been looking through your collection of builds... have you ever made the most out of 100 foundation / single engine build? You're very creative, I'm curious to see what's the most you can do with just 100 tiles.

[@kaptmart]

More like this but many nets pls 🙏

[@butterbreze9716]

I Love Ur cool Raft Builds. Can u Build a cool and lovely Catamaran?

[@lemonweeb2954]

I think its cool how to spend time color coding every step

[@EchoZeero]

This is really cool.

[@leonaslindner6721]

Can you please tell me how you found out how many of each material you need

[@maricooper1968]

Day 26 of telling Ali we appreciate them and their content! :)

[@bulletsix]

looks awesome 👍😊

[@righteousevil9359]

What happens if I lose track of my first 4 starting blocks and accidentally destroy them? Scared to redo my raft incase I delete the whole raft while changing things around

[@kylelillico6867]

In love with carpet trick, but can’t seem to get it to work for me the game try’s to place the carpet on the floor under the beam 🤷‍♂️

[@Alidove_]

I've found it can be kinda finicky, but it should always work if you place carpets on some extra vertical pillars (which can then be destroyed)

[@mariobenedicto3582]

All those lanterns... are you perchance an old minecraft player?

[@theminecraftian4649]

Lantern gang unite!

[@EJK_]

How do you make your wood look that good

[@akiameaart]

For some reason I can't place the diagonal walls idk why !!

[@legosupreme7142]

I know its not early early but you could've added the steering wheel

[@SavassitoOfficial]

I never knew u could start adventure mode in sandbox

[@rustyhowe3907]

It's miraculous you managed this in an hour, lol but it's still great for any player's pace. Some speed run, I turtle run.🤭

[@marirai5600]

Amazing

[@Mapleaple]

What annoys me about the game is you have to beat the game to get the blueprints to build a good base with water,filters,bios,animals. By the time I build a base to the story locations it looks horrible but functional. I can never get the building down quickly enough before I finish the game. Then after you beat the game there's no goal so 🤷

[@Oluz1975]

Not every playthrough needs to be a speeedrun. If you're finishing the game before you've built a nice boat, then that's your problem. Maybe after you beat the game, build a nice boat as a goal...

[@Mapleaple]

@@Oluz1975 I need the blurprints. The most important ones are story items. Its very difficult to build a useless base without the utility items. Its like building a house with no plumbing,electricity, then later have to cram it into the house you made.

[@rustyhowe3907]

@@Mapleaple That's where I use the creative mode and then copy over the design to a proper game using paint to colour certain areas (the same as Ali does) to dedicate that space for a machine, then I can also have pre-made a raft that's say...1 1/2 walls high so I can fit the plumbing and fuel pipes where it's supposed to go (in my case along the ceiling) without tripping over it all the time. Then I build a preliminary tacticool raft with all my contraptions before making it pretty, this part isn't necessary seeing my end goal is enjoying the end game raft thus maybe not the case for you, but the raft can then fit your blueprints while also being functional and aesthetic as it gives you the options to go at your own pace. It's ok to delay a few oddments until you're ready (in my case; those blasted animals, but I am collecting dirt in the meantime for them later on when *I'm* ready, not when the game tells me I should). Hope that helps a little.

[@gabrielnavarra1193]

A good build, but I think paint mill is not necessary especially your build tackles about 'Starter/Beginner' raft

[@Fortylat]

I know this is super late (2 years) but I just started playing raft and I can tell you 100 times over this is not "something you can build in the first hour" I am on hour 3 and don't even have 1/4th of the needed material. This is something you can build in an hour if you are a super-pro.

[@johnwetlesen2593]

Good content, just get a better sounding mic, keep up the good work 😎

[@pixelmz]

Isn't the shark name Bruce? Why you call it Jeremiah

[@dusk_dragon4]

nice raft

[@stephanstangl5573]

It´s really well thought out if you want a minimalistic playstyle. But getting bigger without destroying the original design is an issue here. it´s perfect for speedrunners i guess. For someone who would want animals, enginges and advanced food and smoothies and all the other stuff you can do, this is not a good start tbh. Still a nice build.

[@maj_maas]

beginnger

[@Kroniaq]

Anyone else finding it impossible to place the rugs on the back of the ship? ._.

[@StyxAnnihilator]

Looks nice, but for me inefficient and expensive, compared to my raft. Foundation is just 4x4, where one row is catchers. Then need only fortify 10, along just enough room for devises that must be on foundation level. Space for an engine too. Build in the height, so far only need 2 more floors. Top floor for farms and animals, middle for all other devices. Have in one corner of middle floor a 3x3 room for bees or piano or whatever. The walls outside then can be used for storage boxes, 16 on one wall. Can fit 12 smelters in another corner. Another a dining area. Last corner for food and helm and radar and research. Later on I expand the catchers on one side and fortify them, using rectangles that get removed after and no material loss. When long enough then set up zip lines to get to the end and collect running back. Easy to expand up or to the sides, if needed. Have never tipped over. Use the anchor as stairs, fits a sail too. For two persons, unless add a floor and have a bunch.

[@VRFrank]

Big square = best

[@dehaaktas7113]

ıf there ıs lower deck thats more good but realy ı cant make ıf ı want

[@Timotheking]

Hi

[@levioor7383]

How is tbis even beginner friendly lol

[@skittle7649]

800th like

[@Sly-Moose]

How is this "starter" yet you have to have all these building recipes that you don't get til later? What do you mean Chapter 3? Raft isn't a narrative game. It's a sandbox where you have to explore to find the story, the story isn't given to you in chapters. ???????? This still an excellent build tho. Will use when get game.

[@borcsa973]

all those melters and advanced things cant find it after 1 hour play... u cant make this boat after playing 1 hour !!!!