Ark: Building Tips & Tricks

This video will show you some useful Tips & Tricks to help you improve your building in Ark!
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Tips & Tricks
0:00 Introduction
1:03 Creating Boarded Windows
1:46 Creating Grass/Turf
2:20 How To Layer Walls
3:04 Raising And Stacking Ceilings
3:40 Lowering Ceilings
4:14 Creating A Light Sphere
5:17 Overlapping Giant Hatch Frames
5:58 Creating Triple Walls (Using Sloped Walls)
8:16 Adding Railings To Stone Walls
8:54 Creating A Raised Lip
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[@wilddesigns857]

Thanks for the tips and tricks! I work as an architect and relatively new in terms of playing ark. I found it hard to make cool designs in ark and knew something was missing. These tips and tricks definitely showed me that there was a lot more to the game mechanics than I had come to realize. You have gained a new subscriber here. Keep up the great work as I'll be checking in on many of your videos.

[@Raasclark]

Yeah as others said mate it's great to hear your commentary in these now. Defo sets a vibe 👌

[@AaronLongstaff]

Thanks man talking aint my thing but works better for these videos!

[@Raasclark]

@@AaronLongstaff haha you like a good chat really 😉

[@XYZ-ql1fi]

@@Raasclark bro you need to show him ur metal boxes they are meta changingly beautiful

[@CrazyRespawn]

Its great that your commentery is getting more and more confident with each video!! Plus these tips are awesome.

[@AaronLongstaff]

Thanks buddy still hate doing it lol 😂

[@Milkshakes-Den]

these are so helpful! thanks Arron and everyone who helped or thought of the designs.

[@valengar7]

I'm just stunned. All your videos blow my mind, but having it explained like this was something else. Outstanding work.

[@ThePersistentNoob]

Back two years later and you are still playing Chess and I'm still playing Checkers. Great work!

[@waveclaw]

Love the variety in the building and particular focus on moving snapoints. Providing several ways to do the multi-layer wall design is probably going to save someone's tames in the near future. Great videos as always.

[@AaronLongstaff]

Thank you so glad you like it!

[@wolfofmagdalene92]

Man it's funny I've played since open beta but just now taking the time to understanding building. Exactly the info I was looking for! Edit: So messing with the pillars. If you stack them 2+ high you can increase foundation height as well.

[@ralphfrederickdouglas]

Thank you for all these amazing tips! I'm going to try the raised lip technique on my current playthrough. And painting the rugs to mimic grass - that's so simple and LOOKS GREAT. Wow.

[@ShePlaysIt]

OMG! The Tek light spheres are incredible!

[@mentalcase259]

This video pushed me to try PVE for the first time. I really do love this!

[@-_Blitz_-]

The master of Ark building himself!

[@rowanvanbruggen6992]

Didn't know there was still so much I didn't know. Thanks!

[@IEXOTICBEAUTY]

Ooh I was waiting for the disco chandelier tutorial! Ty

[@AaronLongstaff]

You are welcome!

[@DeLadysigner]

Some really great tips! Thank you so much for sharing 😃

[@wildlifespotlight511]

Delady was the last person I was thinking expecting to see on a ark vid but you do play ark so HI.

[@DeLadysigner]

@@wildlifespotlight511 hello 😘

[@wildlifespotlight511]

@@DeLadysigner hiii

[@riphunt3r272]

I love your Videos and all yours creations.. you are truly master builder love the word keep it up 💪🏻

[@whiteknight012]

These are awesome. I always learn something great. Keep them coming, Brother!

[@AaronLongstaff]

Ah thanks glad you like them

[@calliejohumphrey6760]

Love your videos man! Ive learnt so much. And my builds don’t look like useless boxes anymore- Ill bet you’ll get huge someday. Good luck and keep up the good work Man!

[@AaronLongstaff]

Thank you so glad you like the videos!

[@SypherSam]

There was a few things in here that I didn't know, seems like I've got alot of catching up to do with building techniques. Great video, thanks for sharing :)

[@AaronLongstaff]

Thanks Sam! I am always learning new things every day when building with other builders!

[@SypherSam]

@@AaronLongstaff No problem, yeah I agree with you, I did a collab with Sefiro and I was really impressed by what he built.

[@ratze62]

Thanks my friend 👌👏👍👍

[@AaronLongstaff]

You are more than welcome

[@Zeoran]

Aaron: I've watched a LOT of Ark videos lately but yours are the only ones to truly TEACH me how to build. I'm playing on Xbox & it's been truly great picking up all your tips. I'm wondering, is there an easy way or trick for positioning the lower pillar when building? I know the trick to get flush pillars is to build one in the middle, then put one at the 'lower' snap point from there. But when the ground is close by, finding that lower snap point has been (for me) EXTREMELY difficult/annoying.

[@ethoraptor9479]

Amazing video. Your so good at building in ark and inspire my builds as well. Keep it up bro, love your content 👍

[@AaronLongstaff]

Thanks glad you enjoy them!

[@Pepe-mf1gx]

Your a genius... cant believe you can make this from arks janky ass building! Very inspiring mate

[@harris2308]

Thanks Aaron!

[@KellyDeRijke]

Excited! Love these videos they are very helpfull. I hope you will upload some New big awesome how to build videos soon🙏

[@AaronLongstaff]

thank you so much and yes I do plan on uploading some big builds soon

[@KellyDeRijke]

Cant wait!👍

[@rudi-maan5747]

5:02 its crazy, looks awsome nice idea thank you

[@AaronLongstaff]

Thank you glad you think so!

[@miastreet9407]

I like that grass and lip tips 🤣 but generally like all your building ideas 💡

[@thomasdevlin5825]

I imagine you could make a really funny PVP base using that triple wall technique, somebody walks up thinking they're about to get easy loot, then they bust the crust off the outside and it's all solid metal

[@venataciamoon2789]

My self and friends love your passion for building and we copied your Red Wood tree top house and another medium house on The Centre. We normally just build our own rubbish buildings but thought we would go fancy on this map. We still don't get how you figure all this out and plan ahead, just mind boggling but amazing how you do it.

[@AaronLongstaff]

Ah thanks so much glad you like the videos and the builds!

[@erosyanch]

Cool

[@LordJeremy94]

Yo these videos are so underated wtf

[@darthraki6436]

i need vids like this i mean sure i play pve so none will ever see this but i am tired of living in boxes and rectangles when i have seen so much more is possible thanks for these you are a godsend you take building to crazy heights

[@jcfonseca9373]

Muy buenos tips, me encantó el de la luz tek

[@GT4Lb0T]

We used to use that layered wall technique to make our base crazy hard to raid on pvp

[@sastrosastro3988]

I m waiting for this Because i like your video

[@AaronLongstaff]

Thank you

[@sastrosastro3988]

@@AaronLongstaff I thank you also

[@duqueoscar]

ty master.... love

[@AaronLongstaff]

No....... Thank you!

[@Fibi89]

yes! 🥰

[@dylanmowry9419]

I have a good building trick for you. It adds a lot of depth to windows. 1.Place fence foundation on foundation. 2.Place a stone doorframe on the snap point to the side of the foundation (it will be hanging of the edge of the foundation slightly) 3.Place Greenhouse single door in the stone doorframe 4.Place a greenhouse wall on the center of the fence foundation. This will break the stone doorframe and leave the greenhouse door. This adds a lot of depth to the greenhouse wall and looks better than just a greenhouse doorframe and door. Like so Aaron can see.

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

I built the step pyramid that is in the thumbnail. I added a dino gate to the back and modified the interior a little. It's a good size for a solo player.

[@AaronLongstaff]

Yeah I love that build I really need to do a tutorial at some point!

[@AnathemaXIII]

Hey Aaron! I love your content. These videos blow my mind with things I’d never think of myself. Also, not complaining but I would love if the music when you aren’t talking was just a touch softer. Your voice is really quiet and relaxing which I love but I find myself turning the video up and down often. I dunno if I’m alone in that though. Just an idea. (:

[@AaronLongstaff]

Thank you I’m always open to suggestions I will look at the music volumes in the next one thanks for pointing it out!

[@ixilancerixi3195]

Love your vids. Would’ve been nice if you told us we can’t destroy the pillars to keep the lip on the ceilings though.. found out the hard way ;(

[@dirkcrisman7841]

I had no idea you could do some of this stuff

[@FedeRama]

You should save all your buildings with the save structure mode and make like a workshop with your amazing work!!

[@AaronLongstaff]

I will look into this is it a PC thing?

[@FedeRama]

@@AaronLongstaff Yes.. Sorry, is a mod, not a mode.. Allows you to make a copy of any building and furnitures inside, and saves it on your pc and then you can upload those files. Then anyone could download, and will appear a new engram in the character to learn (for each saved file), the rest is just place the builder in the ground and fill it with all the materials that the building require. ps: sorry for my bad english xD

[@IRISHDRAGON77]

Love mine craft but this takes it to a more realistic level. Trying to build a castle ATM. I'm a defo newbie ya stuff's awesome bet ya took ages to get this good. Alot to learn myself

[@Nka19]

Hey Aaron, amazing tips, I'd like to thank you for sharing your ideas, they're very helpful. I hope you find time to read your comments, I got one request or idea for you for your next video, something that's currently bothering me in my build. It's trapdoors and ladders. I can't seems to access the ladder if i put a trapdoor on a hatchframe, so I can never go down without jumping in a hole and try to grab ladder while falling. Do you have any ideas to fix this issues without too much struggle? Currently i'm forced to either have no trapdoor or i place a secondary hatchframe one wall down with trapdoor there that i can open/close while i climb. But it leaves a hole up top and it looks stupid. I want a nice trapdoor on floor of my room not a random hole. I hope you can find time to reply, and keep up the good work! Cheers, NKA17

[@blizzyrexb6022]

now, this is why i think the game is alive, the pve stuff obviously in pvp terms it's more disbalanced than ever, but i personally don't like to play that anymore on pve, on the other hand, you always have something to do explore the map, talk with the people that plays on the same server, do the caves, fight the bosses, and even do some funny roleplay with your mates, plus, the capability some people has to build their own structures, it's impressive

[@connorhewson4405]

You should do a showcase of all of these thumbnails and shots of your builds

[@cholodesanfe87]

I’ve done 5 of your builds but you forget to mention how much harder is on NONE Creative/admin mode lol still managed, stil my favorite ARKit tech

[@AaronLongstaff]

Ah great stuff...... Yeah building without creative is hard glad you managed it though

[@KraeuterEule278]

Hei you have so great buildings … I love your tutorials … I learned a lot from you .. thanks … Ps: When I build snap points jump around .. do you have a Tipp for this?

[@MarieBarkerWardevilgames2019]

rugs? ive not been playing long but im guessing some of the decorations are only available through mods or custom content? no in game?

[@sanguine1921]

Hey dude i was wondering, basically i started building a wooden house with an upstairs, with different rooms, when i put on the doors they wont snap in place correctly, its also the same for some of the walls and they tend to stick out and look quite jaggid. Can you please explain to me what im doing wrong as they is so disheartening 😢

[@edwardtddo7890]

🤔 which Advanced GG flavor let's me always get the right snap point at the first try? I really need to know, because I want to rebuild Sėfiro's castle 😁

[@AaronLongstaff]

Haha they are still working on that flavour!

[@blakerackley8874]

If you were an architect I would def get you to design my house for me.

[@anthonyamurri9278]

Can you please do one on how to make sails for pirate ships? I'm currently using Flags but I just don't like the look

[@honestlywhatever]

Man here I was thinking Ark's building system was absolute garbage (it probably is). The more you know though. Makes me wanna become a good builder

[@FelixNewname6917]

Are you be able to raise the ceiling with only 1 wall high? Official settings.

[@koinigpacman8038]

Can you build like this on official servers? Or this more for private servers

[@thatcrystalpie]

I feel like pvp players would put those stacked walls to good use

[@monslay5624]

So a person can place windows in a hatch frame?

[@Mr_bubbles007]

I know I’m kind of a nobody but I do have a little bit of a trick for ceilings and foundations if you’re interested in seeing if I could send you a video if you would like. I think it would help some people out when it comes to getting a ceiling piece level with a foundation.

[@AaronLongstaff]

Sure join my discord and send me a vid

[@Mr_bubbles007]

@@AaronLongstaff hey Aaron I am extremely sorry I haven’t sent you a video clip of that little building trick I found. I’m having a little bit issues with discord I’m not too sure how to use it and since I play on PlayStation I have no clue how to capture a video and send it to you on discord 😅. I’m a pretty big noob when it comes to things like discord and I don’t really know how to use it properly lol.

[@Mr_bubbles007]

@December_Mist Yeah it’s extremely annoying that they snap to foundations the way that they do because they leave a lip and a small gap. It actually bugged me so much that I’ve been trying to find a way for quite some time to lower that snap point and I’ve probably spent a little too much time or better yet a ridiculous amount of time trying to figure this out. Funny thing is is it was actually an extremely easy method for lowering the start point. I felt pretty stupid when I found out what you needed to do to get them level lol 😅

[@Kerosiin]

PvP players after stacking 50 walls behind each other : *Unlimited power*

[@user-zi5mi1gx1t]

裝得很厲害菜

[@Heavenly-KevinLee]

Didn't know destro from GI Joe did ark vids

[@kirito_jesus-kun6852]

Do you have to press q and z at the same time to change snap points?

[@AaronLongstaff]

Q or Z

[@kirito_jesus-kun6852]

Ok

[@Jujubeans665]

I need you to show me how to build on incline surfaces

[@Jujubeans665]

🙏

[@dreamslayer00152]

Cant get the tek lights to work says to many in area

[@AaronLongstaff]

How many did it let you place?

[@nordicnugz]

For the life of me, I can't get some of these techniques to work. Do S+ Items not work for some of these techniques? Especially the ones that use a bunch of different snap points?

[@AaronLongstaff]

S plus does it’s own thing all my builds and techniques use vanilla pieces

[@Curti5rexen]

What is the build thats in your thumbnail. looks like an Aztec temple or something.

[@AaronLongstaff]

I did a speed build and a live stream last year is a pyramid base

[@eddielim9493]

how to build electric and hide the wires tips

[@LilLevel76_playz]

Are these any good for a pvp base or nah ?

[@Jujubeans665]

Good question, if someone tries to pickaxe my 3 layered base (foundation, ceiling, etc.) will one break or all🤔

[@LilLevel76_playz]

@@Jujubeans665 I can’t test this because I am on holidays but if someone else we’re to do this lease do and thank u 👍🏽

[@creeperstimber1521]

Second

[@user-ds5jd5zy2d]

People that dislikes are the ones that loose vs Dodo's in Single Player :)

[@jaysondiazcruz5156]

I never knew people played ark to expressed their creativity. I guess pvp is just different almost all bases look the same.

[@magmatic3182]

Does he have an ark server?

[@robertm5642]

I'd of loved to play this online. I got 2 kids so simply don't have enough time to guard my shit on the game 24/7 and could find a good tribe. Or a decent anyone

[@firedforfighting]

there are non hostile servers called pve :players vs environment where its more about you vs the wild as opposed to other players ..if you find an unofficial server its even better because the community is usually friendly and hlepful and you can just breed your dinos fight bosses and not have to worry about losing your hard work..ark has an official discord and you can find servers in there...good luck man..hope you get some time for your self!

[@VIIvT]

nice builds bro,join my fortnite clan

[@AbSolUtElynOtHin7]

First

[@AaronLongstaff]

that you are!

[@AbSolUtElynOtHin7]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@AbSolUtElynOtHin7]

Surely gona wait for it

[@armychick41]

How do you flip walls on xbox? Lol

[@AaronLongstaff]

I did a tutorial it’s tips and tricks 1 which has all the basics however it’s Y button

[@caviestcaveman8691]

Is this a bug or feature in ark lol arks building is so wonky

[@GingieARK]

a bit disappointed you didnt put on your best german accent to pronounce ITSDASKUNST ODERKANNDASWEG smh

[@AaronLongstaff]

Haha I asked him for his real name I struggle talking in English lol 😂

[@user-zi5mi1gx1t]

菜

[@caviestcaveman8691]

Geez energy drinks for gamers lmao just drink some coffee nerds like the old days don't overhype yourself you aren't sweating and need electrolytes like real athletes

[@carliemarley4471]

How is this even on your radar if you just wanna hate??...Could it be that you're a nerd too?!?! XD (thats fine btw!! But you can't cure being a douche however and thats not ok)

[@xtg5582]

Jesus Christ is king 🙏❤️

[@Darrow7316]

😂😂😂😂 you take pre workout to play videos games??????😂😂😂😂😂