Raft: The Story Explained (The Final Chapter- FULL GAME)

[@Alidove_]

It's finally here! This has probably been my most requested video to date, so I wanted to take my time and do it right. Hope you enjoy!

[@ekto250]

finally... so i have a small theory, considering inbreeding is harmful and the hyenas had a small population that means inbreeding had to happen so that where the salmonella came from but this is just a small theory! a small goofy ahh raft theory! "invents children lol"

[@EasyCrafts4]

APPRECIATED YOUR HARD WORKK.. AWESOME

[@RachelShortyRRees]

Well worth the wait. Thanks for such a great video!

[@Jack-1595]

Thanks for the vid! Trying to put together the story after watching Ssundee 😤

[@meocon5020]

I have a question, after arriving at Raft's Utopia island, can I return to the ship and explore the next islands? Or do I have to start over from the beginning?

[@aSussyAmousMan]

I love how Olof, the guy that took over utopia, caused the population of Caravan Town to fall sick, the guy who fled a hopeless crew on a lifeboat, is only in a cage with one lock that he can easily open

[@MadJack1]

about as safe as the jailhouse in the Andy Griffith show, with Odis casually unlocking the door with the keys hanging in front of the jailcells on the wall, sobering up after sleeping, unlocking the door, and leaving

[@Nurr0]

Hahaha I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this. He could easily unlock it any time he wants.

[@AndroidCyclist]

I just finished the game with my wife and found the story to be quite childish. Ooh, there is a white guy. Let's put him in charge. Is everybody else incompetent?

[@AndroidCyclist]

And they let him keep his bombs in his pocket. Ha ha.

[@subhopriyadutta9906]

They also let him keep his bandleader of dynamite sticks. All he needs is one match and he is free to wreck havoc once again.

[@Fanhalo]

THIS HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST RAFT VIDEOS OUT THERE. Seriously amazing. This video helped a ton on my understanding of the story. I thought that bruno actually had kids and I was so confused. This video cleared up so much for me. Amazing work Ali

[@SystemicMachine]

I thought bruno had kids who died to starvation, and to cope made the dolls. I thought he died to the same cause until hearing of him in varuna point

[@Nurr0]

Just an interesting tidbit I noticed in Utopia: If you stand outside the door the population is locked behind you can hear them speaking over the top of one another. The dialogue is just what they say after you free them, just very quietly and overlapping!

[@asdfghjkleoty4729]

Lol

[@NtGm714]

its like they are telling each other their backstories

[@Elmoriel.]

I was also confused about Bruno and thought his kids were real and wondered why he would leave them to look for his sister. Thank you for this video, I appreciate the story more now.

[@donaldzeigler8171]

I have discovered an interesting quirk in the software of raft. I created a game I named "Eden". All was going well with the game until I got to Vasagatan. In the yacht I started getting attacked by unknown assailants. All of the rats (or Lurkers) were invisible. I created a new game and started over. I named it "Eden II". When I got to Vasagatan I discovered that all of the Lurkers were invisible. I started a third game and named it "Waterworld". Everything is fine. I just find it interesting that the root name in both of the first two games caused the same glitch. Don't know if you are interested in this bit of info or not but here you are.

[@mahiru9114]

Try naming one called Utopia next might be interesting

[@willrobson7265]

Wait, is the name used as the seed for the world or something?

[@samkohlo9158]

I love the way that this game introduces all of the characters in the first 4 locations, gives them a backstory and then has them all arrive at Utopia around the same time. I love when a story is done that way.

[@rouhi7639]

Incredible work, Ali. This almost sounds like a bedtime story

[@RichPhillibob]

I remember playing through chapter 3. I wasn’t paying attention to the story, all I knew was that anytime Olof was mentioned in a note, I visibly scowered

[@SourMnMs]

Raft is a game that means a lot to me, and possibly my favorite part of it was seeing Utopia for the first time, and all I could think about then was how far the game had come since the first chapter update with the radio station teasing Utopia’s existence

[@EnterpriseFilms7]

You should be very proud of your videos. The love for the game and your creativity are very apparent. Keep up the great work!

[@willowofwildwoods]

Thank you for this excellent overview! I was quite confused (and creeped out) by Bruno's children situation. I actually feel much better about the island knowing there weren't any weird murderous kids involved, just the delusions of a man who lost himself to loneliness.

[@LittleSkillet]

The only part of the story that will truly stay a mystery is the main character's first page of their journal.

[@samkohlo9158]

Yeah, and mainly Tala’s, because I ahve been studying that for quite a while, and I still can’t figure out what the hell is happening there.

[@dylweezy117]

The audio improvement is so good! I'm so jealous of your VO skills

[@olenilsen4660]

Given this story, I think it would be a natural step to have you develop utopia and determine how it should develop. I really hope there will be some kind of sequel to this, as I think the story is quite good, and it leaves room for the story to continue as it is.

[@TobiasG.]

I was waiting for this!!

[@Mizumii25]

A year later, but thank you for this! I have never been able to focus on the note for a few reasons, so having the story laid out in one sitting helped a lot! I am sad that I didn't get to play this game while everything was still coming out, but I got to play it with a friend that means a lot to me, whether she knows it or not.

[@Taolan8472]

The end of Raft's story is so annoyingly Utopian. You don't even get to kill the bad guy despite him very much needing to be killed.

[@samkohlo9158]

He should have died when he jumped and said something epic before doing it.

[@EvenMoreTiniestWizard]

That’s the thing. You are giving him something much worse. Torture. Watching your ideal land grow without you, well you are stuck, from all power to none, for as long as possible. Torture

[@commanderbeast]

Why is every character named Bruno abandoned by family and driven crazy by self-isolation?

[@akirocebrano246]

Buccarati

[@the_rabidsquirel]

Great video! On the story itself though, I've wanted to bring this up cause it's been bothering me since I played through the update and went back through all the notes. Olof's motivations don't make sense to me. Like, what's his endgame? What next after locking up literally everyone in utopia? Execute a bunch? Let some out to farm and whatnot under the watchful eye of your hyenas? How on earth are you gonna train your hyenas to do that, to ensure that people do their assigned work and nothing else? Also, they make a big deal multiple times about food shortages. Olof comments about others not being able to make the decisions necessary to survive. What is he feeding his giant animal army then exactly? How is that a decision that helps survival? I laughed when I heard that his reaction to discovering the lurkers was "hey, I can make a loyal mutant army out of these." Like, what? All I can gather is that he's mad that people are using the things he funded as an Investor, that he thinks they're ruining it, and he's just gone crazy about it? It doesn't really feel satisfying.

[@Nurr0]

Olof is literally just an egotistical megalomaniac. He doesn't really have an endgame beyond keeping the power and status he had before the world ended. He'd likely just rule as a dictator trying to conquer what's left of the planet until his death.

[@baconjr5658]

I really don't get the story, and its pretty short.

[@samkohlo9158]

I think Olof used to be a shady investor with malicious intent, and now has just completely lost it with no rhyme or reason for anyting he says or does.

[@jmannUSMC]

All your hard work paid off Ali. Great story recap!

[@ericlarochelle650]

"There will be no future updates... but here.. these are the blueprints for the best weapons and tools in the game... and your raft... it's finally upgraded with two or three titanium upgrades because we made it such a bitch to find". I would honestly like to see DC where you can rescue NPCs and bring them to Utopia, like they imply you do now as a forward scout. arguably the most famous as you rescued everyone from a psychopath. What I also didn't like was that Olaf had a few good points, even if he contributed to caravan town's demise, people are sucking with the whole survival thing. He claims that it will fall to ruin like the past places you went because they have no idea what they're doing. I would have liked some additional content with finding things for utopia to kill off the damn beetles that doomed Tangaroa. The ending felt both too soon, yet final at the same time.

[@samkohlo9158]

I think that Raft is supposed to have an ambiguous ending, with having all of the people from Utopia assemble and look towards an unknown, brighter future. For all we know, the flooding was eventually reversed.

[@name-ie9qo]

Ngl, the relatively simple and cartoony art style threw me off, but after playing it I immediately fell in love with its simplicity. Even the "basic" combat is surprisingly engaging though the screecher is still hella annoying 😂. The building and farming is also fun to maintain, and the complex and well thought-out story is just a cherry on top of this masterpiece of a game. Raft is a fun experience

[@oyblech8671]

the timing couldn't be more perfect, posted just as I set off toward utopia for the very first time - I'll be right back to see what I missed

[@JasonLihani]

Thank you for this! I got so drawn in that a just played from Tangarora to Oasis for my first time in one sitting and omg what a good game. I didn't expect it to go from Stranded Deep to Bioshock.

[@samkohlo9158]

What is Oasis?

[@_miobrot_603]

@@samkohlo9158 Utopia. It was a translation error.

[@thecat3309]

Very nice video. Well done and thanks! ❤ I do pay attention to story in games, too, and I would like to add that Detto mentions Hyenas living in Caravan Town (mostly peacefully) before Olof arrives. They don't bother the people if they don't bother them. What really boggled me were the playable characters you can unlock. I thought Tala was Owl and the Balboa guy one of the characters mentioned in Bruno's notes etc.... So it really confused me, when Sparrow wrote in the Temperance notes that Owl was a traitor. 😅I was playing Tala and shouting... HEY I am NOT a traitor!! Now I really wonder about how the playable characters fit into the story instead. 😵‍💫 Also, I think the Grabber stole some of my stuff out of my inventory on Varuna Point, while I was fighting the boss. Did that happen to anyone else? Really creeped me out!!!!

[@samkohlo9158]

I’m pretty sure the grabber is dead and decomposing inside of that shark’s tummy.

[@Isinofre]

Beautifully done! Thank you! 💖💖

[@halfabeet]

This is very soothing--I'd love to see similar videos for games like FIrewatch and Gone Home

[@minimarco3344]

Your voice is really soothing and they way you narrarate fits perfectly.

[@provoked-_-]

i finished this game two times before it was complete, finished it twice after it was complete and still had to come watch a video explaining it 😂

[@dioaloke]

Great work! I found most of the notes, but it's great having it so neatly organized and retold!

[@zatademons3791]

I love this and the way you told the story without giving away puzzle answers ❤️

[@sansgaming607]

not many people have done videos on this. thanks for being one of them! this video really helped.

[@MrLordBuzz]

its so sad that theres isnt more about the story after the final chapter if i created raft then i will continue until i am dead

[@v.hamilton5679]

At first I thought Temperance would be a huge ice maker to turn enough of the ocean back to ice and restore the world to what it used to be.

[@TorgmanRDP]

hello algorithm, I'm interacting, see? :) great video, Ali ❤

[@Charles-Smith]

thanks

[@Generallygeneral]

The story and world concept has so many flaws it makes you wonder if there was even one competent person proof reading it.

[@wynja77]

As a Swedish person I felt somewhat guilty playing this game... ;) My danish best friend, whom I played it with, was delighted, though... ;) A note: Vasagatan, which is pronounced vAA-sa-gaa-tan with the Swedish long "A" sound, like the how the British pronounce "vase". It literally means Vasa street, and is a street name that occurs in around 13 Swedish and Finish cities, the most famous in Stockholm, Sweden's capital, and is one of the streets in Swedish Monopoly. Vasa (Gustav Vasa, 1496-1560) was a king who is often refereed to as "the father of the country" as he did a lot to unify Sweden against the danes. He also had a big impact on the Swedish language as he introduced protestantism and the bible in Swedish. What's relevant to this game, however, is that there was a famous ship named after him in 1627, a massive, amazing ship that was going to be the pride of the Swedish navy... buuuut... it sank after just sailing about a kilometer... oops. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship), there's a pronunciation too)... So, though it's VERY weird that the ship had the name of a STREET (I wonder if the devs got things a bit mixed up?) I knew instantly when I saw "Vasagatan" that it HAD to be a shipwreck... Vasa is a bit like Sweden's Titanic... Anyway, not sure how interesting this is, but I'd thought I'd share as I've already bored my gaming partner with it... ;)

[@ericlarochelle650]

It's the name of the street that the game creators have their business office on. It was intended as an Easter egg. But as a history nut, thanks for the additional info!

[@wynja77]

@@ericlarochelle650 Yeah, Vasagatan is a common street name, we have one of those in my city too... I thought the creators were dutch, though, for some reason, so I thought there had been a translating error ;) Thanks for the info, and at least the history is WHY there even are so many streets called Vasagatan in Sweden...

[@agentoy6065]

I love how the end cutscene shoes dmsll rafts comming out while i have a base that can suport 2 dozen personal and is half the size of the vasanagsn

[@iFoxOnTop]

Hopefully they add more story. The holes they left behind like; what happened to Olof, will Bruno find Astrid and how Utopia will progress they is much more they can do. For example when you leave Utopia and come back it like updates. I’m not really sure but there is a lot of options.

[@maricooper1968]

Day 44 of telling Ali we appreciate them and their content! :)

[@txtornado2750]

That was really good. Thanks!

[@AndroidCyclist]

If you are a forward scout, why are you so late to everything? :)

[@ericlarochelle650]

seriously... When I pulled up to Utopia and saw a hyena I couldn't help but yell "OH COME ON"!!!

[@rustyhowe3907]

Also we apparently mark the way for other survivors yet gorge ourselves on island resources stripping them bare.🤷‍♀

[@isaacvarty1684]

Bruh, I just got this game, I was not expecting this depth of depressing lore😭 I think I loke the game even more now tho!

[@coolwoodchuck3573]

Solid summary 👍

[@meocon5020]

I have a question, after arriving at Raft's Utopia island, can I return to the ship and explore the next islands? Or do I have to start over from the beginning?

[@wzainesta9885]

If there's actually an update, I just hope they add more stuff like items, recipes, or even seeds to trade in Trading post... and I mean literally everything should've been traded... its hard to find/complete recipes than resources... I'm like playing hundres of days (in raft) and still haven't complete my recipes list (I'm Hoarding disorder)

[@WinterDutchie]

Really? The rafters actually sabotaged the Butler bots by strapping tasers to them? I was wondering how they managed to get tasers. That explains why they are so eager to go up to a person for help but unintentionally shock them while doing so

[@samkohlo9158]

Up until the full release, I just thought that the people at Tangaroa tried to keep intruders out by strapping tasers to their robots.

[@olenilsen4660]

If you want to know how to pronounce "Vasagatan", me knowing that you actually dug up the history of the name and all... If you divide the name into Vasa and gatan, and try to pronounce them separately, I think you´re really close. "Vasa" is an old swedish name, actually a King´s name, and "gatan" just means street. I don´t mind either way, I just thought you´d like to know, since you really pay attention to a lot of detail in this game :)

[@PorkChoppington]

So was Astrid just eaten by a mama bear?

[@bermgeit]

Great video

[@richieflareon3530]

Cool!

[@thekingofprotoss4376]

i really like the grabber, his story from veruna point is just so cool. a criminal in a world torn by natural disaster, relishing in his own thrills of stealing from others becomes consumed by it, and ultimately meeting his end because the world took something back from him lol "ah but its just one shark, how hard could it be?"

[@nachobermudez9785]

That's a really cool video, but i thinks it was better is yo talked about ideas, all of this is in the game, i don't think you u derstand me, like, why is there a brutal shark in varuna point? Or why is selene so important? Or what exactly are the reactors. Like a deeper hypotesis.

[@xodzu]

Hey, I just wanted to tell you that you are a huge reason I was inspired to start my own youtube channel. I started off recording some of my raft builds because I have been making them but never showed them to anyone before. If you want you can take a look at my channel for some other building inspiration. I'm still learning how to edit, and also my computer just busted so I'm working with a potato pc but I am still forging ahead.

[@kaasmens3014]

epic for real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[@samkohlo9158]

I already have a dozen comments on this video, but if you look at the Raft wiki, it says that Johnny from balboa island may be Bruno from the notes. 🤔There’s something that disproves that assuption. Can’t quite put my finger on it, but I feel like maybe if you actually play through the whole game before writing something into the wiki, you might underastand why.

[@skylarhylian985]

I tried to shoot oolf and nothing happened..... sadness.....

[@seanmcmagic]

So how about a video or two on Subnautica or Subnautica: Below Zero now? :D

[@Quackenfr]

Is there an explanation for why the world is flooding

[@brittney9355]

hmm i could have sworn the note saying ditto's ma was sick came BEFORE olof got there... *shrugs*

[@Alidove_]

It actually used to before the Chapter 3 Update! But now it explicitly says in Dr. Scholl's note that it happens around the same time

[@brittney9355]

@@Alidove_ ahh okies makes it make more sense for sure lol

[@kevinmaguire2707]

I tried searching on the wiki for raft but I still can't find who is Ruben. Am I missing something

[@kuro_neko5863]

Ruben is Hanne's boyfriend. They got separated during the climate crisis. She ended up becoming Olaf's engineer on the Vasagatan while he ends up an engineer on Tangaroa. You can't meet him at Utopia because as soon as you let everyone out he goes to check the wind turbines, but he made it there safe and sound.

[@starswordsaber]

well just hope there dlc to add with more item or a side story.

[@ericlarochelle650]

like a reason to use the titanium tools, find Astrid perhaps (or closure for Bruno), a reason to use the titanium upgrades, perhaps rescue people floating on those makeshift rafts and bring them to Utopia or something... dlc would be nice... There was person saying that she was a trader after you free everyone. That should imply that, and it would make a ton of sense, there are other islands with people living on them.

[@thugtuber2952]

Can We Play Raft Chapter 3 Without Chapter 1 And 2 ?

[@Alidove_]

Yes, the game isn't divided into hard chapters when you play it, it was more development chapters than actual story chapters

[@thugtuber2952]

@@Alidove_ Okay Thanks

[@Kallelsen24]

I live in Stockholm😃

[@ollieblinco3400]

Queshon how long did it tack to do this

[@ekto250]

here it is finally i have been waiting for this(also first comment haha funny yeah doesnt matter)

[@neonmatthew]

The Vegetarian* 3:11

[@boynukrlansolucan1726]

i dont understand couse i dont have much complex english can someone tell me the story more basic

[@WayneNewlin-c5s]

DLC

[@zangetsu8639]

Sad that Olof is still alive ...

[@marocmenz2213]

wait there is no carol baskin?

[@MONKE-ud7dp]

I love how the history is literally a pro anarchism history and a anti fash statement about how a failing capitalist system will lead to a authoritarian regim

[@dinojack5567]

Detto is the best

[@himynameishi302]

so someone turned the whole world into water?

[@theaquarius194]

WHAT ABOUT YOUR SISTER

[@GazerGD]

this video was good but you couldve spoke a little louder

[@PepperSeasoning]

(Includes cursing and my friend salty this was the first time I played raft still making our raft and stuff better) me in raft with my friend Salty : Radio Tower : Its chill and good place to fish on Vasagatan : WHAT THE F-CK WHAT THE F-CK MUTATED RATS WHAT THE F-CK Balboa : HOLY SH-T THERES BEARS Caravan Town : Okay.. HOLY SH-T GIANT BIRD Oh a new hat Tangaroa : HOLY SH-T OH GOD FLOOD. Okay Olof who ever that is taped f-cking tazers to the robots its fine we got bows! Varuna Point : Okay.. More rats OH GOD A BIGGER SHARK IS IT A HAMMER HEAD? LORD SAVE US- Oh never mind new prize! Temperance : Okay more bears! Ooh a free ride come on lets go ZOoOOm More prizes more stuff yay! Utopia : (Not reached yet But we did all the ones above)

[@ipconfigearth102]

❤

[@Fluskar]

yey

[@addysart5027]

terrifying that this might be reality some day. Let's hope this game encourages us to turn it around!

[@blesseday865]

If you believe in “climate change” still. I have ocean front property to sell you in Missouri.

[@bloopahVIII]

raft will be real in 2013

[@Buersti-hz9ir]

really good video but very average (at best) story

[@Winx175]

O.o

[@Jack-1595]

Anyone else here after watching Ssundee 😂

[@felipegabriel818]

pfv para de fzr video

[@felipegabriel818]

faz video de dbd ai vai, para de jogar raft

[@NikTTABU]

Great video, as always. Your time and effort really shows 🤍

[@DerpyDerpums]

So basically it's a glimpse to the future of our own world.

[@snowthepro22]

Atbb bc least we would know what to do and what to expect we know it’s set in Oceania as caravan park is in Indonesia temperance is the South Pole Bruce is a great white which lives in that region balboa looks like somewhere in Australia vastagatan could be hymalayas as it’s stuck on rocks and that’s the only rocks that high near to the rest of the stuff radio tower and Varuna point are built same with tangaroa and utopia