ARK: Survival Ascended | Big A-Frame Ocean Base | Build Tutorial

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This is my big A-Frame Ocean Base build guide that a lot of you have been asking for! Hopefully you enjoy if you are going to build it yourself, it makes for a great ocean base but if you find enough space you can also build it somewhere else on the Island in ARK: Survival Ascended!
The side building of this build was inspired after spotting this video: • Ark Survival Ascended:...
0:00 Intro
2:09 Foundation
2:56 Main A-Frame
25:29 Foundations tunnel and side building
31:04 Hallway
36:01 Side building
54:55 Wallway example
57:13 Ocean Base Tour
Hope you enjoy :)
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[@Etholdir]

ESTIMATED MATERIAL LIST (This should be very close to what I use in this video. Keep in mind that you will likely use a lot more metal pillars and wood ceilings to build a porch/walkway around the build) - 216x metal pillars - 65x greenhouse doors - 323x wood ceilings - 141x greenhouse walls - 39x greenhouse sloped walls - 210x metal roofs - 66x greenhouse roofs - 80x wood quarter wall - 49x wood sloped wall - 118x wood walls - 36x wood quarter ceilings - 12x metal roof corners - 44x metal ceilings - 66x metal quarter ceilings - 1x reinforced door - 20x metal quarter walls - 12x greenhouse ceilings - 1x metal dino gateway - 1x metal dino gate

[@BtheVictor2015]

Thank you so much, May I also ask the coordinates of the original base placement? It looks absolutely incredible!

[@beasttijgerelzen2791]

@Etholdir how did you make the basement i build the base on a official server and my tribe mates like the base allot tomorrow i will decorate the base and finisch the base

[@Etholdir]

@@BtheVictor2015 Lat 45.7 and lon 11 :)

[@Etholdir]

@@beasttijgerelzen2791 Just remove a ceiling where you want the basement to start and build a stair down with a hatch on top then you can build a little room underneath the existing structure :)

[@Jana-cm3jj]

The video, your detailed explanation and your beautiful building are all fantastic! High praise, I recreated the building and it is so great! I am absolutely thrilled. Just great. I look forward to every new video. Warm greetings from Germany

[@Etholdir]

Danke schön! Glad you like it :)

[@Anderson6ft2]

I’m absolutely enthralled always beautiful builds here I am back on ASE trying to get this building engine look half as good as these amazing designs you always have.

[@Etholdir]

Thank you! Yeah, building has improved so much. I remember the pain of trying to build anything nice in ASE without mods 💀

[@ryan420271]

Just finished this build with a buddy on survival on console. Beautiful build man great job looks great when finished.

[@Etholdir]

Awesome! Hope you enjoy it :)

[@crazlady8648]

Looks amazing!! I'm so going to do this for my water base

[@Etholdir]

Go for it! 😄

[@crazlady8648]

@@Etholdir oh I'm in love!! Just finished build an with the build mod mix I'm so loving it. Thank you for the how to an inspiration

[@kathleenlandis6850]

This is another great build!!

[@Etholdir]

Thanks 😄

[@junglcat9829]

This is just amazing, Etholdir and let me tell You, after Your creation I build a similar base in the same spot, albeit no as perfect and not as pretty and full of features and ornaments as Yourself. I am very greatful to You though for the idea and all the little ideas, they are brilliant and the base looks so posh. Just stunning. :)

[@Etholdir]

Thank you so much! :)

[@nashj001]

Thank you to your videos your build are popular on my server myself plus others enjoying the a frames 😁👍

[@Etholdir]

Thanks! That's awesome :D

[@AJSnake86]

Epic build well done. Its right by my base. Looks like imma have to give this a go.

[@Etholdir]

Good luck! 😉

[@AJSnake86]

@@Etholdir haha cheers. Deffo deserves a sub good luck with everything

[@nikolasangus5644]

Absolutely loved this video! looks amazing! I have a quick question. How did you get your pillars on the walk way half-in like that?

[@Etholdir]

You place a quarter wall, snap the pillar to it and then remove the quarter wall! :)

[@ItsMarcossXD]

Hi Bro i yust made your bulid on official with stone and metal and it looks great, nice tuto🎉

[@Etholdir]

Nice, hope you enjoy it! 😁

[@ItsLowki]

very cool build, would be great if you could list the building structures and how much of each we need so we could prep for it.

[@Etholdir]

This is an estimated list, keep in mind that metal pillars and wood ceilings will vary and probably will be a lot higher depending on how big of a porch/walkway you build around it ;) - 216x metal pillars - 65x greenhouse doors - 323x wood ceilings - 141x greenhouse walls - 39x greenhouse sloped walls - 210x metal roofs - 66x greenhouse roofs - 80x wood quarter wall - 49x wood sloped wall - 118x wood walls - 36x wood quarter ceilings - 12x metal roof corners - 44x metal ceilings - 66x metal quarter ceilings - 1x reinforced door - 20x metal quarter walls - 12x greenhouse ceilings - 1x metal dino gateway - 1x metal dino gate

[@ItsLowki]

@@Etholdir awesome! definitely going to try this build

[@KageStelhman]

Well then, another one of your videos that I've added to my bookmarks :)

[@Etholdir]

Haha, glad you like them! :)

[@mikebottorff593]

idea, i have same kind of building like this and took the stone fencing and made cool over hangs

[@thereaper5989]

Very nice. One question is how did you build the walls under your base going into the water?

[@Etholdir]

Haha, in seperate sessions bit by bit because it’s super annoying and quite deep. I only used the metal look at the top layers that you can see and afterwards used stone large walls to fill it in to the bottom

[@Silverring4]

Could you do a overview/walk thru of the rest of the area. I see the Behemoth walls framing off the dock areas. I'm trying to figure out how to do what you did here

[@Etholdir]

You can see more in some of the other ark videos I've done, here you get a pretty good idea how I did the walkways and gate kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaXUomlvr56Ih80

[@ChrisOnRockyTop]

Do you have any vids that show how to build those rooms with the water dino access? Those are awesome.

[@Etholdir]

You mean this one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3vdfJKmprdro8k

[@ChrisOnRockyTop]

@@Etholdir That might be it. Thanks. Will watch in a few.

[@Chikane0617]

How can I turn the ceiling around the edges? since I try with the q but it doesn't turn

[@Skydron]

Very nice base design. I do have one question though, specifically in regards to the spot you have for breeding. Do you find an issue with tames meshing downwards into the structures with this build? I'm currently using a foundations structure piece at my base and am constantly having issues with the raising baby tames meshing down into the foundations.

[@Etholdir]

Yeah I don't tend to any breeding of normal dinos here, just water dinos so that's fine. For normal dinos I do it at my other base and usually do it outside on normal ground, if they need heat/cold I take them inside to hatch and then back outside as soon as they are done so they don't glitch out.

[@Skydron]

@@Etholdir I could probably incorporate a small walled area by building something similar closer to the shore, or just a standalone structure on the shore. I mostly see the meshing when I log in after having left them near the food bin while offline.

[@corriesmith8297]

You should do one on herbivor island

[@Etholdir]

Not sure if I can squeeze that in before Center and Scorched launch, but if I think of something could that I could build there I might give it a go!

[@Canareh2310]

What are the seeds to get those green flowers you have around the base?

[@Etholdir]

Savoroot:)

[@Brittanyx02]

Question, did you do the walk ways first or make the A-house frame first and then the walkways? A part of me wanted to try and do the ALL walk ways from all the sides and then lead to where I would build the A-house frame to in a sense look exactly like this.. the perfect replica. Just wasn't sure if I could start with all the docks leading to the house and then build the house. Or does it have to house first??

[@Etholdir]

I built the base first and then started connecting it to all the different places. Not sure what would actually be the easiest but as soon as you have the platform of the base you can at least have your (temporary) storage for all building materials there already

[@Brittanyx02]

@@Etholdir one more question, do you know that if lets say I wanted to do the dock first.. is there a way to make the first part of a dock with the two pillars, staircase and ceiling? I know when I put a pillar down it automatically puts the ceiling on top of it, but I want to have the same look where the pillar is half away above the ceiling like yours.. hope that makes sense lol

[@Etholdir]

You start by placing a pillar, then connect a ceiling to it with the corner. Then you place a quarter wall on top of the ceiling and align it with the pillar, then you can snap the pillar to the quarter wall to get the right height. You can remove the quarter wall after and place railing on the side. You might need to be able to do collisions for this

[@brandan9883]

Tbh I don't use this for living in lol the bigger one I use to house my indoms because they deserve it and I put the indoraptors in the smaller one I thought they might as well live in style

[@absolute_unit_fr1731]

Hi ! I love your work dude ❤ Do you think we can turn the A-frame into a house for players ?🤔

[@Etholdir]

Thanks! I have :) There’s two different A-frame houses up on my channel. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3KZhoWBl9ZpY68

[@absolute_unit_fr1731]

@@Etholdir Oh okay that's good to know ! It’s not long since I follow you so I haven’t seen all your videos yet ahah 😅 I'm gonna check this right now ! And thank you to show us how to build step by step, and not doing a slideshow like the others 😇

[@absolute_unit_fr1731]

​​@@Etholdir Hi again ! X) I have a question : How do you make the curved railings ??🤔

[@Etholdir]

@@absolute_unit_fr1731 It's not an actual curve on the corners, basically it's a normal ceiling with triangles connected on both sides, but they don't line up perfectly so you get a slight v shape in the corner, which I kinda like more than a sharp 90 degree corner so I kept it.

[@absolute_unit_fr1731]

@@Etholdir Oh okay I see ! I was like "wtf how does he get the curved railing ?" Lmao 😂 If we don't pay attention about the shape, that's looks very beautiful 😍 I can't wait to see your next build 😁

[@ShadowClaw_27]

What are the cords for the build in the begining?

[@Etholdir]

Lat 45.9 and lon 11 :)

[@Ferguson132]

@shadowclaw_27 47.6lat 11.4 long

[@mickderijk7578]

hi, could you tell me the coordinates of where this is? i would love to have a base at the exact same spot but im having trouble finding it

[@Etholdir]

Lat 45.7 and lon 11 :)

[@mickderijk7578]

Thanks a lot!! I'll go there right now :)

[@Ferguson132]

On the island? thats in the snow?@@Etholdir

[@Etholdir]

@@Ferguson132 It's just below the snow

[@beasttijgerelzen2791]

I can not place the pillars next to the gate how can i fix this or is it because i try to build it on a official server that it dont work??

[@Etholdir]

Yeah official unfortunately doesn’t allow any overlap. I’d try to build it with the pillars first and then without snap try to place the gate as close as possible. That might work and otherwise you can try leaving out the pillars and build up the walls around it.

[@beasttijgerelzen2791]

Thnx allot for your answer otherwise i would try it whit fence foundations but i will try it first whit the pillars and the gate it is a great building

[@N8GHXTMXRX]

My guy is replaying on every comment well salute to your efforts +1 sub

[@Etholdir]

Haha, I try!

[@user-mh7md7gq4z]

were abouts are you build up at

[@Etholdir]

It's on the left side of the Island, just below the start of the snow area, just follow the coast down until the waterfall

[@laurakoorevaar3036]

ITS ABOUT DAMM TIME🦤

[@Etholdir]

🥺

[@laurakoorevaar3036]

😁@@Etholdir

[@ChrisOnRockyTop]

I'm slightly confused at the beginning part with the quarter walls building the frame. You say something about alternating them but dont really explain and go too fast 🤷‍♂️ I mean I understand what you did but not how you did it. I'm guessing you just cycle through the snap points?

[@Etholdir]

There are 2 variations of the wood quarter walls so that they align with other wood structures without gaps. First variation on the bottom second on top and so forth

[@chrisdavison4915]

Its to bad that dinos fall through the floor over time. They would all drown or get eaten by paranas 🤣

[@Etholdir]

My flyers haven’t ever fallen through after weeks, but yeah for most other dinos probably smart to have something on land to park them safely

[@thefitnessward_]

This looks a little too similar to Kiitarie’s A-Frame Base. Just saying.

[@Etholdir]

Yeah I started building this after spotting that video. It’s why it’s linked in the description :)

[@kryptedfang5825]

Yeah he mentioned that in the description 🤦‍♂️

[@thefitnessward_]

Fair play I should’ve read it first, apologies.

[@colew306]

No credit to the original creator?

[@Etholdir]

This build was inspired from seeing another A-frame build that’s linked in the description :)

[@alexaandrews7926]

You could give a shoutout to the designer >.> Just sayin

[@Etholdir]

I have in previous videos and streams and the video that inspired me to start building in this style is linked in the description :)

[@the-sniperman_2kakasnipz711]

Man u talk to much it's a tutorial so learn how to do them better

[@astrox5063]

This design is 100% stolen from @kiitarie on youtube. Literally exactly the same :/

[@Etholdir]

It’s not, it’s similar yes. I was inspired to build an A-frame after seeing that video (that’s why it’s also linked here). Especially the side building is close to the original. The main one not so much.

[@mainwaringjohn]

It definitely is. Unfortunately alot of youtubers steal other idea. But.... A frames have been around 4 years or more. But Kiitarie did this first for Ascended

[@kalieus]

No one cares

[@mainwaringjohn]

@@kalieus i definitely heard your Mum saying something about it 'not being big enough' she cares 😆

[@kalieus]

@@mainwaringjohn offended fast are we? Sux to be you

[@explicit825]

What is the location of your build?

[@Etholdir]

It’s on the left side of The Island just below where the snow starts. If you follow the coast you’ll find the waterfall that ends in the ocean