Ark: Survival Evolved - BEAVER DAM FARMS (Tested)

[@SicHeadshotzGaming]

I feel like im watching BBC Planet Earth when I watch you play

[@NOOBLETS]

lol ty

[@brody7714]

Ikr? He just has that voice.

[@jamesnugent1410]

Yeah

[@lizardayee4429]

Big black cock?

[@BurnttBurrito]

Lizardayee No..

[@pocilover02]

Nooblets Wasting his time So you dont have to 👍

[@InanisNihil]

he's not wasting anything... he's putting that time to use... xb which in turn saves us from wasting time.. lol

[@The_DoyDoy_Lord]

The hero we need but the hero we don't deserve XD

[@AggressiveNugget]

Hahaha

[@aerophylix4790]

also mine for watching

[@daynekirby7980]

ok

[@Kdog50558]

Damn man, you can tell lots of hours went into this video. Earned my like and sub, love the videos man!

[@zainasif3485]

FireSprayTV why?

[@mariolisa2832]

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[@slimymakak2217]

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[@MonshiieeYT]

National Geography :3

[@BasicallyBasics]

i felt the same

[@yafry2601]

Legend says he has the voice of Zues

[@NOOBLETS]

lol

[@sweeety969]

Yes, allmighty Zues!

[@christinafisher9672]

I love your vedos

[@chickentown1057]

Is it a good idea to hatch dinosaurs from eggs?

[@danieldriscoll2155]

So... He has no voice? #rektscrub

[@MamaRedRose]

Thanks for all your trials and tests. all us Ark Players thank you. if not all at least me \^_^/

[@NOOBLETS]

Thank you ;)

[@thephantomman8761]

ya it really did!!!!!!!!!

[@housekat9957]

217 likes just on a comment say more than just you lol

[@jakedunson9098]

That old argy tho

[@yeoshenghong4802]

Beaver Slave workers 😉

[@MrAsjkdhasjk]

8:00 when you are so rich you are feeding your argent prime meat jerky

[@leoscar9816]

I'm so rich I feed my crompy prime meat.

[@mlaytontaylor]

I'm so rich I feed my Dilo cooked mutton lol

[@dreifarben]

I’m so rich I feed my Araneo prime meat jerky

[@Bananaz]

Donatas Jacinavicius im so rich i heal my dodo with rex kibble

[@unforgotten9203]

Donatas Jacinavicius I’m so rich I feed my bulb dog 100 prime meat jerky every hour out of boredom

[@steiner4864]

this is kinda like a documentation

[@Dark-dr2cd]

And again steve saved the day:i could not find enough information about beaver dam farming and i needed that for building my new bases the other videos didn't give me enough info as your thank you steve

[@NOOBLETS]

thank you :)

[@ElectricAgenda]

you could literally use this as a representation of the scientific method

[@NOOBLETS]

lol ;)

[@redblade5556]

YASH.

[@jollyvoqar195]

Years later and quality research like this is still handy. Thanks.

[@renekarnics7914]

Still working?

[@MajinStrach]

@@renekarnics7914 Who even needs this now? Just do some gen2 missions 🤔

[@TheOneWhoMotivates223]

​@MajinStrach Some people dont have it. Anyway i wanna enjoy Ark the way it was intended

[@DirtySouthGaming]

I play on PS4 and what I've found to be super effective is to build a 2 high wall square on boat with a ramp on the outside. Get a beaver to chase you (steal or hit it) and run up the ramp and lead them into the boat. Escape from a side door. Now you can park the boat on the shore and they will build dams in the boat. Here's the catch though, when you move the boat, the beavers stay in but the dam stays in place. This allows you to have a mobile beaver farm which prevents other players benefiting from your hard work. This is especially effective for players with a bird that can pick up beavers. I should also note that you shouldn't tame the beavers because then you have to feed them.

[@solacedaydream]

Wow, you always put a lot of time into testing out these things. This was almost like an actual research project with variables and shit, it's pretty cool. Thank you for taking the time to help us with your tutorials, they're very informational. And I agree, you have that BBC nature documentary voice, though I'm sure you've heard this thousands of times by now :p

[@jasongriffith1614]

Wow bud! You really went into detail with this! I started looking up ways to craft ascendant equus saddles and was told to tame a beaver and increase its carry weight. Then craft a saddle and equip it and that should allow for the ascendant construction. When i saw that you made a video about beaver dams I had to watch it because your videos are always so incredibly thorough. Once again i was NOT disappointed! You go through all the hardships and grueling/monotonous trials so that the rest of us dont have to. I don't think you realize how much your fan base appreciates all the hard work you put into the game in order to create tuese videos for all of us. You're really amazing, brother. Thank you for all the videos you've created over the years. I've learned more from you (in regards to ark) than I have from any other KZbinr.

[@jessedrouin4761]

I dont often throw out likes but with the amount of time that you put into this video is astounding! This is the one issue we have with out server is the cementing paste so we will have to just wait for them to build on their own. Thanks again

[@rayychelle2896]

Are you able to do an update test :)?

[@ChubbasaurusWex]

Another brilliant video by you. You're a very helpful youtuber. Thank you Nooblets!

[@NOOBLETS]

Thank you ;)

[@stustutbird420]

Science!!! thanks for the effort ... I have a lot of your content to catch up on ....Just found you and subbed

[@NOOBLETS]

Thank you :)

[@titanarmy2104]

I luv your vtidou

[@Boulderkin]

Just wanted to say thank you, your guidance keeps improving my game experience significantly.

[@anthonykf99]

This is really funny, your beaver farm is exactly where my first ever base was! Immediately I could recognize it when I saw the two large rocks behind the beaver hut!

[@fuzzythoughts8020]

Hey dude Just wanted to say, I really like your methods. You show the work and make sure to bluntly state things like "Don't get the impression this will guaranteed work" so there's no room for interpretation.

[@CamperEater]

i wish my server was smart enough to let me build this

[@julianjackle1605]

true

[@DrGanjameister]

Did you watch the entire video? The conclusion was it's best not to trap the beavers, and just to instead fly around and check natural spawns like everyone was already doing before. TL;DR: Beaver dams aren't worth it.

[@fearfulpineapple4626]

Golden Gonzo facepalm

[@Epicblueteam]

Truly Honest I feel you

[@scottcap227]

your server is 100% smarter than u lol

[@undesignated3491]

Lol dude I would never have even thought of the depth of such a scenario. Your a legend

[@joshmarden9933]

My son and I are learning to play this game, cementing paste is a pain to make and I just discovered the beaver dams. Thanks for this vid, it'll help us finish our cliffside castle with water pipes for the rooftop garden. All your vids have been extremely valuable.

[@Genrevideos]

I know a lot of Ark players like to loot castorides dams but it's so much more efficient and easier to use a Beelzebuffo (giant frog) to each insects and get an arse-ton of cementing paste.

[@frankdaiello2449]

Rock Marcus best place for insects?

[@FAKELIEN]

Frank D'Aiello edge of swamp away, so long were the frog cave days.

[@TheKevinGeee]

I feel like I'm watching Animal Planet, especially with his narrating. Love it.

[@cartoonraccoon2078]

I appreciate how you explain your process and experimentation, rather than just telling us this is how it is. Thank you!

[@loumu7176]

So scientific Steve! This helped! Although I find it so easy to farm beaver dams on ragnarok. By the time I empty all of the giant beaver dams near the castle, fly back to base and unload, then fly back, the dams have respawned. Plus the giant dams give TONS of paste so setting up a farm like this isn’t necessary on ragnarok

[@ActionJackson-ii9hw]

Can tamed beavers build a dam?

[@BigRedPlanetGames]

ActionJackson750 no

[@williamc1646]

There good for getting wood though

[@timothyripley4175]

@daebat dick xD

[@octoskuidpvp6828]

I just really love this guy, he's using his time so other people don't have to use their time. Man i love this guy (if somebody allready made a comment like this peops to you👍)

[@fraxz88]

I can't believe your videos from this time got a million views each. You were great and still are.

[@coaldurnehviir5197]

thank you for going through all of this effort :)

[@michaelascher631]

The advantage of dam farms is that they allow the player to safely access the dams without having to worry about megapiranhas, spinos, or the beavers themselves. On the Western Approach location, I built a dam farm and put 4 beavers in it. The farm was 4x4x1 with stone gateways and reinforced doors. Around it I made a 3x3x1 dino gateway wall, each gateway had a gate, and the gateway wall was exactly 1 foundation apart from the beaver enclosure at all points. This enclosure quadrupled the cementing paste production of the area. A few things you didn't try: 1) The dino gate wall protects the beavers from predators which might kill the beavers, or at least destroy the dams. Each location has predators that do this. 2) The beavers may glitch through the walls of the pen once more than one dam has been created, giving your beaver the freedom to wander around until it is eaten or despawns. They also occasionally glicth through open doorframes(why I put doors on mine). The dino gate wall will keep the beavers safe if they do this. 3) The beavers often make dams outside of their pen, which are susceptible to being destroyed by other dinos. The dino gate wall keeps these dams intact. 4) If the enclosure is too small, the beavers won't build more than one dam. If the enclosure is too big or has too many beavers, dams will be less likely to appear. If there are too few beavers, the dams will take longer to make. A 4x4 enclosure is small enough to keep the beavers together but big enough to give them building space. The number of beavers inside should be 2-8, with 4 having the maximum dam production(but having more doesn't hurt).While sometimes in the wild there can be 6 dams in one place, sometimes there are none. The wild beavers are too random to rely on for constant cementing paste. In 1 week of beaver dam gathering in the wild, I got 2000 cementing paste. In the same amount of time in the same place with the added enclosure, I got over 8000. sorry for the wall of text but this subject is incredibly finicky. Here's a picture of my dam farm: prnt.sc/af5fx9

[@DR4296]

Interesting. So is your farm is actually near a normal spawn area? ( I'm not sure where you mean by "the Western Approach"... you mean the beaver spawn point that's at the SW side of the volcano? Nooblets had indicated that if you move them even just a short distance away, they will quickly despawn. And that seems to be "common knowledge" on my server... so nobody attempts to build such farms. )

[@michaelascher631]

yes. I built my dam farm right on the river and managed to get 4 beavers to permanently stay there

[@DR4296]

+Michael Ascher. Well, I would think that if you did that on a public server, jealous people would blow up your pen or steal the dam contents out from under you. Seems to me that unless you can protect your farm from others round the clock, this isn't worth the trouble. And the only way to do that is to either bring guns to the beaver farm...or move the farm underneath onto land that you heavily control.

[@michaelascher631]

The server I did this on had few players, so over the duration of a month it was only attacked once, and as soon as I caught the player, they stopped(they were using an argentavis to free my beavers). On a more hostile server, you would have to build your base around it or hide it well.

[@NOOBLETS]

thats why i said at the end its just best to fly around and farm the dams

[@mardi_cambodia51]

the amount of dedication is just killin' me . i can't never do that. mad respect

[@briand1228]

I just start at Stonehenge and work my way around to all the beaver spawns.. usually make it back with 500 to 1000 cp unless it's a busy day in the server

[@alecpedersen8873]

the beavers in their dam cages, by their dam spawn locations, making infinite dam resourses, it different dam locations, etc. etc.

[@jestertryna8956]

Wow I'm just getting into this game and realizing how incredible it is. The possibilities are endless

[@fronteraster]

Very nice. Ive found that, while my base is in a swamp area, its not in the swamp itself, and I literally just dump 1-2 beavers in my taming pen (100% dry land and elevated from where the beavers spawn) and log out. Next day I find 1-3 dams in it with the beaver still there sometimes. Its fairly effective as now I have more CP than I can handle. People outside the swamp dont have this luxury, so I usually trade it for either ingots or eggs.

[@lordmaggo352]

thank you for your endless hours of research. I recently started following you and will make sure to thumbs up all the videos I watch. keep up the excellent work my friend. I thoroughly enjoy your channel.

[@comcastjohn]

Excellent as usual nooblet! :) Also, if you want to get rid of that blinding glare from the sun, hit the console button and type: r.bloomquality 0 and it will dim that glare, especially on metal surfaces. :) Thanks again for the GREAT videos and keep up the good work!

[@NOOBLETS]

ty :)

[@shanewilson7994]

Thank you, you just saved me a bunch of time with me thinking of doing pretty much this same thing on the ragnarok map. I'll just farm the natural spots.

[@ezshotatron248]

love the videos, wish they were more often but I understand the time you put in to make sure you have solid evidence for the vids you post :D

[@NOOBLETS]

ty the long testing ones like this are draining :P

[@imstealth4916]

Do they still work on Ragnarok

[@redink1665]

I always felt that if you break the dam and kill the beavers that attack you, they respawn pretty fast and when they do, so do the dams. Used to have a base near the stone island and sure wasn't short on any cementing paste.. Thanks for the vid, you kind of proven it to me what I thought was already so - no need to go fancy with it and do all that work..

[@moosefarms]

the world needs more people like you. thanks for the video!

[@jasmijnariel]

3:20 ooh that explains a lot!

[@wondeboy12]

Free-range beaver!

[@thef-35lockheedmartinlight11]

BEAVER FOR PRESIDENT

[@dellir5833]

Thank you so much for this vidfeo Nooblets! It's great that you do these tests :)

[@USTdesign]

Love this. It's like a documentary. Nice job.

[@NOOBLETS]

ty ;)

[@localdrunk2338]

You're a true scientist, I appreciate your research.

[@ryanbarolo606]

Why not just use snails? I have 6 at my base and after under a week i have more paste than I know what to do with

[@lordsrednuas]

Uh, vid posted Aug 9, snails released on PC Nov 24. Maybe because time travel is expensive.

[@SoundlessScream]

Son Of Arathorn Oh the stab in the heart giant bees were. Never tamed one...

[@Thetreetroll]

12/20/2018 We left one in a taming pen, cuz lazy. after shipping it across the map to our base. it built 2 Dams about 6-8 hours apart and despawned the next day. (Think the server restarted) Official PVP server. This was a surprise. just 1 critter was in pen. The pen was built on dirt did not loot the dams till the next day.

[@tarryncooper4742]

Lol that Quetz armor at 5:27 is awesome. Do you have a video on that one?

[@NOOBLETS]

thank you get ill do a video on it soon

[@GronkGames]

Good job mate, really enjoy your videos, very informative. Just started playing ARK again since playing on it's original release. A lot has changed so subbed to you to get tips etc.

[@jeffh5734]

Thank the stars for people like you, willing to put in this work. Keep up the great videos. Super informative.

[@12Ger13]

I'm in love with your videos, what an amazing way to give information to any kind of player (you learn something new).

[@Connie_g]

Can’t believe I’m just now seeing you, I wish I would have sooner

[@jasmijnariel]

6:00 aaah my home🥰🥰sadly not a single beaver spawned in the last 30h playing

[@reanimationxp]

I feel like a lot of this might have been thwarted by another factor: How many dams will spawn within a general viscinity of one another. Maybe it has less to do with the beavers and more to do with the number of dams spawned into the world or into that region.

[@redblade5556]

It seems that they are more likely to make more on the original spots rather than a shift.

[@brendancote6846]

Dude, the amount of work you put in too your videos is amazing. I just subscribed but I've been watching all your videos, good stuff man. Appreciate the effort👌

[@GrayWolfe-34]

Thank you for your hard work, I know you put in a lot of time to make these vids!!

[@atomicwarden9298]

That intro is top HD quality 😎😎😎😎

[@saladbarcooking5042]

Nooblets you just got a subscriber you are the most helpful and best you tuber :)

[@NOOBLETS]

Thank you ;)

[@scrub-o-tron9406]

Dude the big cage he made with four beavers at 3:12 is were I live at pretty neato

[@gokuops4699]

Do you need to tame them first?

[@JayP_Gaming]

Enjoying these informative videos. will be testing this myself as well. Thank you.

[@theodorhauge1611]

nooooo all the prime meat jerky wasted at 8:00

[@NOOBLETS]

lol ;)

[@communistdoggo2929]

Dam Daniel back at it again with the beaver dam

[@David-84-]

Thanks for the info, time and effort mate. Top notch videos as per 👌

[@lucama5911]

My man never miss

[@JamesDeal1982]

Maybe the Beavers use the same coding system as the mating, hence them needing to be close to eachother?

[@acropaws2861]

Thumbs up for having a scientific approach to this ☺️❤️

[@themurrrr]

One of my favorite base locations are in that final redwood area, just around the corner. Nice to know the method I have been applying is the best one. I really was not looking forward to taming a casteroides.

[@thiosoonheng2939]

Can I ask do you mean gather all of them and then breed them and they will make their own house,right?

[@JANIE-um8hm]

At least you make walls where people can also get resources , unlike majority of the greedy jerks who completely block it off with walls , I love you're videos and how you're considerate , that's good you don't block it off from no one.

[@Mokke121]

Thanks bro very informative video as usual.. Keep up the good work

[@iansmith3016]

I never want to hear the word "dam" or "damn" again. I have now heard that word more times than both of my parents combined and I'm not happy.

[@TattooedPink]

Cheers for the doco!! ♡♡ great work :p I haven't played live servers much yet because they're all full of HUGE tribes :( so hard to find a place to claim.

[@HangAndBang]

Looks like hamsters lol Great video!

[@NOOBLETS]

They look so cute i never kill them and even protect the wild ones lol

[@cruzveizaga55]

do you think they would build some dams on the shore next to the beach?

[@Smithr1989]

Nooblets earning that PhD in Arkology.

[@Miguel-Red]

I drop wood when I steal their cementing paste XD they build 1 very fast

[@triggerweyers2036]

That war Quetz design looks wicked!! Could you make a video on it??

[@kiralynn72]

I love your scientific approach ... very helpful :)

[@Ansprechen_und_Aufklären_1]

Justin Beaver finally produced cementing paste

[@emilesteyn9660]

Best way to get CP? Raid other tribes who are building metal.

[@gabrielmoore1270]

Best douche way to get CP

[@ssjxnndnjxe4177]

Gabriel Moore its not a douche move this game is meant have PvP ( except pve servers )

[@modelt8951]

Trev DoubleU whilst raiding is ok, killing someone's tames for the heck of it is pointless and a scummy thing to do, unless they are attacking you. Let's say you have a 200 stego set to passive, it may have took hours to tame and someone will kill it just to annoy you, is that ok?

[@ScarlettNyxx]

That's exactly why I play PvE

[@fearfulpineapple4626]

Trev DoubleU facepalm

[@rype27]

How did you get beavers into your fence? I can only ever find 2 at a time, have never seen 3 spawn in the hidden lake area. Even after having 2 fenced in

[@robreeg6753]

Do tamed beavers build damns when you let them wander?

[@leventekorpics4112]

I acctually live at the beaver spawn in ark mobile solo😁

[@bruceylv866]

Darth Vader is it next to two big rocks Lenin on each other

[@hollw9474]

Lol me too my base is under the two rocks

[@Jordan-lt3dd]

What if you put tamed beavers on wondering in the water will that spawn dams?

[@Human000001]

Isn't it more profitable to get an Achatina farm going instead? If you just want the paste I mean?

[@antonioporcayo8251]

If you tame the beavers will they still build dames??

[@orionmoreno7250]

What does the inside of the quetzal named cargo look like.

[@renewilken]

What is the command to always have sunny weather in Ark? I'm sick and tired of rain and thunder

[@potatoe2317]

And you gotta tame them then put them in cages right?

[@Mr.Atoz-q1l]

Just wanna know can beaver make dams in ocean?

[@Ryan-ok2xr]

Your intro music reminds me of explainingcomputers channel(on youtube duh) and that is my initial love of it. I love it otherwise but watch this genius brit and don't be afraid to mirror.. like raid of course ;)

[@73Stargazer]

Omg. I'm new to ARK. Started playing in 2019. And wow was the Argent super awkward looking. They are majestic AF now in comparison

[@SatoshiSky]

73Stargazer right! I played way back then but I forgot how they looked before the update a long time ago, they look so much better now

[@DMFArranhado]

Is there a minimum size those pens need to have in order for them to build a dam?

[@Capnawesome00]

Hey nooblets, dont know if you'll see this but i have question. So me and my friends are on a rented server. We live at hidden lake with many carnivores and a couple herbivores. 1 herbivore being a casteroides. We also have like 5 or 6 buildings in the presense. If i put the beaver on wandering and we leave for 30min-1 hour, will dams still spawn. Or do i need to put the beaver somewhere else on the map with a pen around it.

[@ronshloosh6105]

Jonathan Gonzalez tamed beavers dont make damms