ARK Survival Ascended: TOP 20 PVE Base Locations | The Island

[@dasher8918]

Love that you do a TOP20 and not a TOP10 like everyone else, AND you explain them more thoroughly and in less amount of time!!

[@Baha88]

Yo Bey, just a heads up. Pipes are no longer needed, you place an intake in the water and it gives you a radius, then place a water tank inside the radius and this too gives a radius, using this you can place 3 or 4 tanks and have water transported anywhere, taps work if inside the radius without pipes. Electricity is the same

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Damn that is crazy! I guess they have taken some notes from mods afterall haha, thanks for letting me know! I guess that makes some of my spots even better XD

[@Baha88]

@@BEYPlaysGames oh for sure, it makes almost all spots viable for pve, PvP however..... This may not be a welcome change 😅

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Hahaha yeah I can't wait to see people crying about that!@@Baha88

[@Baha88]

@@BEYPlaysGames *laughs in pve voice* 😆

[@ThaguyMike]

The Fab, Chem, and Grill no longer require gas just electricity

[@strikecaptain121]

What I genuinely love about this game, is that I continue to not recognize like 90% of these locations now.

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Yeah it is pretty cool!

[@skezeksskybreaker5425]

I just built where my ASE base is. I almost didn't recognize it besides the redwood tunnel. It only started to look like ASE when I cleared the resource. The dense foliage alone really changes things.

[@causticgasman4915]

Map looks so different! Love your guide videos mate, you're always so informative, quick, helpful and no BS!

[@bramthebreaker883]

Stellar showcase mate! The fact that you make the effort of removing some vegetation and placing foundations makes all the difference for us newbies. Thank you!

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Thank you!! Glad the video was helpful! :) No problem!

[@ft7066]

Best base location guide out there for PVE, it's much needed because the map and coords are all different! Great job dude!

[@SnoGryphon]

Funny how all these Top Base Location videos actually find different places. Also funny to hear you criticize the lighting, which is supposed to be one of the BEST things about UE5. LOL Thank you, Bey. Well done, as always. You've helped me find a new place to build!

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Cheers mate! :D. Glad it was helpful! Yeah tbh, lighting looks alot better on my new PC, sucks because you do really need a high spec PC to enjoy the visuals with this game :(

[@kingzenox8428]

Always great locations, appreciate it 🤙🏼

[@chrisburrows9758]

Thanks for this video, found 2 future base locations thanks to you..need my Argy first though.

[@BEYPlaysGames]

No problem 👍

[@Crabbytron]

Beys guides are awesome!

[@BEYPlaysGames]

❤

[@raymondcombs6274]

I’m personally going to build in number 13 specifically the under cave part building greenhouse walls for those openings and a metal or stone foundation to cover the water and provide space to put things so many ideas

[@vickstar1584]

For a map we know so well, it looks hella different, awesome video!

[@cuptainreese]

First time in the channel and i genuinely thought you were making a Edmund Rockwell impersonation but then realized it was your actual voice

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Hahahaha! 🤣

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Probably the 50th comment I've had saying I sound like Rockwelll 🤣

[@DefinedShot]

Love your base location videos! They are the most informative!

[@blueligh2]

can’t wait for ASA to drop on PS5, debating whether to build at #4 or #18 🤔

[@BEYPlaysGames]

I would base it on whether or not you plan on taming a lot of water creatures because #18 you can't really use that base for any water tames as there's no cryos right now :(...I love how close #18i s to rare resources and Carno Island though, ofcourse you could just set up a water pen away from base anyway!

[@CeratoGamer]

Ótimo tutorial,ajuda demais quem está iniciando❤

[@maxhaxfax1371]

Love your guides mate!

[@adeyinkafagbayi]

Nice Tutorial. I can't believe how good Ark Survival actually is. "Ascended" is my first foray into the Ark series of games, so yes I'm a noob, but loving it just the same. 😂 ✌️

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Thank you! Yeah the game is the same banana but I am also loving playing the maps all over again :D

[@BaldingPom]

Yet to see where I've built in one of these vids, and it is a SWEET build

[@devonhoke1658]

This is a perfect video I was looking for earlier bey 🤣🤣

[@BEYPlaysGames]

:D

[@dutydarth5809]

Best base location videos, Thanks mate.

[@StormR7TX]

GOOD stuff man! Map looks sweet!

[@beergamer5581]

Great video mate!

[@elitegamer9724]

Great locations mate!

[@ChrisJones-bh1lx]

Always the best videos dude!

[@ThatsMrCampr]

Thank you for clearing the trees, seeing is believing.

[@ninjawarriorzx5524]

Amazing video and great locations!

[@vinecraft4206]

Appreciate the video Bey!

[@SimonLeRoiGalactique]

lets goo new video

[@masterjiwooosh6689]

Great vid Bey!

[@johnhussey4539]

Great guides as always mate!

[@SilverSword-pc7so]

Keep em coming Bey!

[@valksubz4719]

Love your base spots bey!

[@blakehorst9296]

Really nice video, thanks a lot

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Thank you! No problem!

[@freddyhickman6955]

Love the spots mate!

[@jasodestroyerrr6071]

Well done Bey, thanks!

[@rizzlebizzle3070]

Great video!!

[@fitzzzharold8630]

Awesome spots dude!

[@ClintFromDownUnder]

Great video dude!!

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Thanks mate!

[@brandonhammond1045]

Good stuff mate!!

[@garynoopl7455]

Map looks amazing! Great locations! The water locations will be far more popular right now :D

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Thanks man! Agreed!

[@desligaopc8003]

Mine is place #19. I love building gigantic bases and this place is awesome for that.

[@slippslapclap5635]

very helpful! Cheers Bey!

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Happy to help!

[@billpowell6708]

Greaqt video mate!

[@sethjman]

#18 is the best spot. I’ll take #9 if that is taken when I get started on Xbox.

[@kaceebrooks7362]

HEEEEEY number 5 is where I picked for my base location I love it there so much space and so many alphas spawn just below perfect spot.

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Yeah it's a really nice spot! My friend has built there, he loves it!

[@benjones2718]

Best PVE locations out there!

[@vexmythoclast9476]

#9 and #10 were some of my first bases in Ark! Can’t wait to go back. We built a house on the rock you can see at 5:16 and made a series of gates to turn the whole cove into a big water pen.. Good times man.

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Sounds awesome! I can't wait to see where people build, the map definitely has a little more character to it!

[@KaFullah]

@@BEYPlaysGameshey BEY I was going to ask if 9’s box you used to demonstrate how much you can build could be expanded or is that the only space you could build a decently sized home ?

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Hey! It could definitely be much bigger, I just did a rough rectangle and in that case the foundations were too high on one side to keep building out but I hadn't lowered the foundation at all so could definitely get bigger if lowering the foundations on the flatter areas to be able to snap more foundations where the ground begins to slope down :)@@KaFullah

[@KaFullah]

@@BEYPlaysGames thanks a lot it’s time to start travelling !

[@BEYPlaysGames]

No problem! :D@@KaFullah

[@dordiposi5969]

Awesome guide!

[@Thatonedude12T]

I’m currently building on a massive part across the river from redwoods.It’s large and has large flat spots between slight curves

[@DaveBG97]

Great vicdeos!!

[@gazfaz3727]

Awesome vid!

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Thanks!

[@highgamer8858]

Great Locations!!

[@sahox288]

Location 9 is very good place to build, im going to do my base there. But i think there is an carno near cuz when i went there i saw something big moving on the forest. Im not 100% sure but it can be a carno. Anyways thank you!

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Awesome! And no problem! :)

[@Cl0udedRed]

In stonehenge/oval pool, that river north of it is fulllllll of spinos, carnos and rexs so it would make a good tame trap

[@Kermitwitdagat]

Idk man that Xbox struggled to play ark ps comin out on top

[@Anotherdonny]

My Xbox runs ark so smooth

[@ghostgames4645]

Cheers bey!

[@raptorzx442]

0:42 That grass render distance😭

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Got it running on low settings maaaan :( :(

[@Kkronoz42069]

@@BEYPlaysGames may i ask what specs your pc has and what graphics settings you play on?

[@BEYPlaysGames]

@@Kkronoz42069 I've got an NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3060, 12th Gen Intel Core 17-12700K and 32gb ram, honestly my PC is struggling and i'm currently recording these with low to medium settings so i'm probably going to have to upgrade my PC to properly enjoy this game :(

[@lilpain1997]

@@BEYPlaysGames sadly the game is so poorly optimised that at 1080p max settings not even a 4080 can run it at 60fps... You will need to use upscaling and a mix of high and medium for best settings on any GPU

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Absolute nightmare man! I can't believe how framey it is!@@lilpain1997

[@scythesagan3294]

There are no pipes or cables guys. It's all wireless and the water res just send water to near by things!!

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Crazy! ARK really did evolved haha, thanks for letting me know!

[@Dino2GunZ]

Its crazy ive never seen my base on any of these vid but its a fantastic spot by red obelisk its the peninsula across from the island on the west end of the footpaw

[@BEYPlaysGames]

I think I know where you mean, it's a pretty nice spot, some nice areas around there!

[@draconicwolf6499]

Have you played on the Svartalfheim map? Its the only other map available for ASA currently, but it would be nice to see some good base location ideas for it like this one.

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Not yet but yes i'd love to do that! Thanks for the comment!

[@codyherrin1528]

One more location for you 42.3 lat 18.3 long its a fly for resources but a good place for rex, arges, ankys, sabers, and chitin from the scorpions.

[@grantchesborough5690]

I'm at #9 and I'll say dang it has some crazy temp swings like 20 to the 130s F

[@johnpitchford5211]

Great video mate! I think i need a better comp to run this game lol

[@Jessepigman69]

We all do.

[@Temptations165E52]

friend wanted me to play this game pve with him but what exactly would you do without pvp

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Haha loads to do in PVE dude :P might be a little restricted with one map though!

[@Akashablud1984]

Question! For the 3rd base location is there a way to get rid of those thick tree roots that run above ground?

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Sadly not, I couldn't believe it to be honest, no idea why they decided to put those on the ground! I usually just have to build ceilings over it when I built there, bit of a pain really but I do still love the location!

[@stealthhunter6998]

What specs does it take to get an always 60FPS at medium-high settings at 1440p with DLSS at either quality or balanced? (No frame Gen). What graphics settings and specs has he got?

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Mine's nothing special mate, I'm currently running this on low to medium settings because my PC sounds like it's going to blow up when I try high or epic settings haha! The Unreal engine must still make it look half decent because If I played ASE on these settings it would look ass :D

[@stealthhunter6998]

@@BEYPlaysGames Yeah. But I think it got to a point where most ppl have to use the lowest settings and it’s looks worse than ark SE defeating the main purpose of a remaster. I could play the last game at high and this game has to be at all low.

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Yeah it's shocking to be honest, have to spend £2000 - £3000 on a PC that can run it on higher settings 😢@@stealthhunter6998

[@stealthhunter6998]

@@BEYPlaysGames it’s sucks that the 4080 is literally double the price a 3080 was. Just crazy. 1080 was cheaper than the 3080. Just been going up and up.

[@TheSanyxs]

damn you're speedrunning guides already

[@antoniofigueroa5084]

No cryopod so no way to use lakes as water pens. Nice locations thanks!

[@Chrizzonator]

I think Location #1 and #10 are the best

[@glitchgaming209]

🔥🔥

[@xtoxiczxyt6382]

Map looks so different!

[@glennsimpson115]

Can’t recommend more look at a resource spawn map while watching any of these videos. Heads up tho, this guys setting you to to get raided.

[@vacuousvulpes]

Justice for Bronto!

[@afunnyusername5599]

ive never lived near wild rhynio, I assume open air swamp bases are a bad idea?

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Most likely! I've never really built in the swamp before anyway, hate it haha!

[@TheSkyIsBlue4]

I just got attacked by a deinosuchus while going to the base location 10

[@dominikwiest5058]

sittin here about to die bc of ur language mate (love u)

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Haha thanks mate!

[@Volaran]

Base #7 has the whale spawn right next to it. Almost lost my raft going near that spot lol

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Well yeah that's the only downside XD I always orbit camera when sailing over so I know when to run away or find another way to avoid it :D

[@darklegend90]

Sadly some of these locations are not ideal on official PVE servers, since there is no longer offline damage prevention like ASE, so unless you ruin the appearance of the location with behemoth gates or pray that a titan doesn't spawn inside your fence, you can be raided / wiped by other players looking to cause grief. If they removed titans or gave us back odp like ASE had, then yes lots of these locations would make wonderful PvE bases~

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Damn, that is a shame! Can't believe people actually play like that on PVE! It's meant to be the non-toxic side of ARK haha! Hopefully the offline raid protection makes a come back!

[@DaMobzz]

non offficial servers have offline damage prevention, we have it on our server

[@bernardotavares5198]

o nove é top

[@Its_just_Creed]

YOU CAN MAKE A WATER PEN AT IN THE CHANNEL NEAR 10 THE ENTRANCE IS TO SMALL

[@BEYPlaysGames]

You can still make a water pen for breeding etc XD....Just can't swim some of them out of it, Cryopods will fix that though!

[@Hallowsaw]

Why not near the river between the volcano and redwoods?

[@BEYPlaysGames]

It's still a great spot, just not my most favourite I guess :D

[@GTexperience_Channel]

I was really hoping for ark ascended to be a new game, but it turns out it is the same game with only a graphical uplift.

[@inugamiguru3874]

There's actually a ton of changes in almost everything. The creature AI has gotten better too it seems.

[@GTexperience_Channel]

@@inugamiguru3874 creature ai? I press x to doubt. they only updated the ai pathfinding. which was needed because it is a new terrain type (wouldn't want them to try and pathfind through objects that weren't there before). But it is not like their actual behaviour (the ai) has changed.

[@domzilla100green]

Heads up 9 actually is not beginner friendly by any means the second i got there i was swarmed by a 3 packs of raptors a carno and an alpha raptor

[@_LucasRP]

Good for host local?

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Nope, not right now! Players can only go 180m from host :(

[@_LucasRP]

@@BEYPlaysGames excuse me? Can you explain that?

[@BEYPlaysGames]

I assumed you meant host tether distance? XD@@_LucasRP

[@_LucasRP]

@@BEYPlaysGames no, I mean playing only, alone. I explain?

[@leonedrejord787]

would reccomend running the command r.volumetric clouds 0 boosts your fps by like 20 and fixes some of the shitty lighting

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Thanks! I have been using it which definitely does improve fps but do you not think it makes the colours really painful to look at? haha, it hurts my eyes playing the game, super frustrating that the game is so badly optimized!

[@ArbaLestos]

@@BEYPlaysGames Seems volumetric clouds are bugged atm, they glitch and cause framedrops. A future patch might fix this. Can't really agree with you saying the lighting and shadows are bad though. If you run them at 'High' or above everything looks great. With clouds still enabled you sometimes get awesome lightray effects through the trees in the mist. With some more optimisation it will truly be a next gen game imo.

[@BEYPlaysGames]

I do agree and I love the look of the shadows at high settings but I do find it very hard to see like a dinosaur that bum rushes you out the bushes for example :D@@ArbaLestos

[@killernator25]

Do not go to 9, just found out the hard way, Mr claws and alpha raptors roam very closely at all times.

[@BEYPlaysGames]

That's the idea man, good creatures to tame, kill that alpha for XP boom XD

[@killernator25]

@@BEYPlaysGamesI agree with that but the video said it was a safe location so we built our beginner base there not knowing it was a hard area

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Yeah to be honest, most of the locations on the video I would expect it but i'm very surprised you saw an alpha there, I don't think I've ever seen one in that area, just Raptors really! Must have gotten really unlucky :(...it's nowhere near as hard as most of the spots!@@killernator25

[@BEYPlaysGames]

An alpha Raptor can basically spawn anywhere on the map really minus the snow biome so it's just really unlucky!

[@uhtredofbebbanburg5493]

2, 12, 13, 16

[@glennolson6505]

#12, is there a way to get water creatures in there before Extinction (and thus, cryopods) drops?

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Unfortunately not, it's crazy we are not able to use cryopods! I have noticed they have made some of the cave entrances wider, for example hard snow cave had a tiny gap for an entrance before where I don't think even a Direwolf could fit through, you can probably fit a Theri or something through that now! Going to take us abit of adjusting playing without cryos i'm sure XD

[@DiamondSquidy]

@@BEYPlaysGameswell for pvp I like that they got rid of cryopods. It made the game too easy and made raiding too easy. Now that it’s harder to raid maybe my base won’t get wiped every damn weekend 💀 I’d like to have a pvp base that lasts longer than 2 weeks 💀😭 altho I would’ve appreciated a option to have it for PVE I’d like cryos in my single player world once it comes to console but I like they got rid of it for pvp. Plus we got mods now so surely someone will make a cryo mod or a soul ball mod like on pc ther will prolly be some unofficial pvp servers using them too so there’s that to think ab if you just rlly want the cryos back for pvp 🤷🏼‍♂️ just gotta find the right server

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Honestly fully agree, LOVE that we are back to not having cryos! Yeah it's definitely a massive change for PVE, not really any plus to not having them there!@@DiamondSquidy

[@G36C-556]

You could hatch water dinos in there

[@DiamondSquidy]

@@BEYPlaysGames yeah I felt like cryos were just OP I mean the cool down timer was long so you couldn’t spam it but if you got a whole buffed up stego line and 3+ ppl you don’t need to spam. And the fact that they’re changing crouch caves and stuff to compensate for the changes rlly helps balance the game better than it ever was imo. Bc the only counter to crouch caves that Ik of is cryos so obviously if you get rid of one gotta get rid of the other 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@uhhidunno7889]

can you check how flat the area is at location 13?

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Very uneven tbh, there's some parts of the grass area that you could build a 10x10 or maybe a 15x15 structure!

[@MrProphet1993]

My base is on #19 spot on official ASA You can't build much cause there's a supply drop spawn there

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Sounds like the same as ASE then, it's a shame really, I loved building there on my private server!

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Thanks for letting me know!

[@elton99]

#3 wont let u put foundation on those yellow green root vines it sux u wont be able to fill the foundation border who had on #3

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Yeah it is abit frustrating, seems it's only a good spot for unofficial or Single Player!

[@elton99]

@@BEYPlaysGames ikr, and i only realize that after clearing the area when i started putting down foundation i was like REEEEEEE

[@User97090]

When Gen1, Gen2 and extinction from ASE?

[@BEYPlaysGames]

I don't think they have dates released yet!

[@democratsaretrash9366]

Lol.. definitely the second half of next year

[@Miragul]

#12 there can spawn any time an alpha rex, so really dangerous spot. :(

[@BEYPlaysGames]

They can rarely spawn anywhere tbh really but at least that spot is a little easier to gate off or kite it into the water 😁

[@windexftw1584]

I built a huge base at #17 and it got completely wiped by a 145 Giga. 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@MasonCheney-os1td]

Damn won’t be building there

[@sirsliderr1180]

Why do people always say herbivore island is great? there's a leedsicthys in between the island and the mainland!

[@BEYPlaysGames]

It's more for the building opportunity and it has some great starter metal and creatures to tame (i'm actually pretty certain it is the only friendly area that an Ankylo will spawn on the map as they normally spawn on mountains, or the snow which are both very hostile areas) I find the gap from the mainland is a pretty short distance, by the time it aggros you're almost at the island XD...Can't say i've ever lost my raft going back and forth, I usually always check before sailing though!

[@ThirtySecond457]

i can hear your pc dying in the background lmao ark asa is demanding

[@BEYPlaysGames]

It'd on medium settings aswell dude! It's stupid XD

[@BEYPlaysGames]

Still looks quite nice on medium settings but still overly demanding!

[@ThirtySecond457]

@@BEYPlaysGames game looks great but the optimisation is less than great lol

[@mobilenerdgames]

the game is only singel player viable if go on the offical server they are full and peopel spamm to much that there is so hard to find a building spot

[@BEYPlaysGames]

I have heard! What a nightmare :(

[@hahabeans305]

I need bean location

[@keith2235]

I don't think you know what "close by" means lol