Stonewalls, Game Breaking Bugs, Chokepoints, & More | Sons of The Forest

In this video of Sons of The Forest, I provide an overview of what 8 hours of gameplay can be like including the good and bad. Stone walls, choke points, bugs, breaking the grid, etc.
I make videos, guides, tutorials, and let's plays primarily for Sons of The Forest & The Forest. My focus is giving the information you need as quick as possible so you can get back to playing. Make sure you like and subscribe, cheers.
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[@ryan7862]

Love your channel mate. Wish KZbin wasn't such a bureaucratic nightmare - you don't get the love you deserve

[@walterlebowski8933]

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[@DivingHawker]

I'm gonna miss the classic "Hello everyone, it's Farket here.". Screw KZbin and their incompetent demonetization.

[@Austinuztantine]

Its working as intended

[@MementoMoriv2]

@@Austinuztantineno. No it really isn’t.

[@PoisonedHD]

@@Austinuztantine mhm, the name of a youtuber that they have been fine with for years is now a swear word so he's not allowed to say it. totally working as intended

[@MnDakota37]

​@@Austinuztantinefound the incompetent monetizer

[@Rad_Ski]

stfu u bot, u know for a fact its not working listening to the fucking video, literally people like u, are the reason this world is crumbling get your life sorted out u downer @@Austinuztantine

[@simpinseal3792]

KZbin sucks, how am i going to enjoy a Farket video without “Hello everyone, it’s Farket here”???

[@steelemerald300]

We should have a pick axe to break big rocks on the map so that when you break them, you can build there. This should also produce stones

[@acoolcat.]

I've been wanting this for a while, maybe have breakable rocks in caves that open new areas. Kinda add a reason to re explore caves you've been in

[@sinistr4l644]

Never considered that but that’s a really good idea, like have the pickaxe be more of an endgame item. They could expand on the story a lot through cave systems that can only be explored after you beat the game

[@ajgiov]

The solution might be for the game to implement some kind of farm tool where you could level a complete plot of land so you don’t have to worry about gaps at the bottoms and grid issues etc

[@MichaelArlt]

Well, if it wasn't a static mesh it would work like in any voxel game but sotf is more or less just static so it will not work

[@kmcombine4773]

@17:13 best part of the video we used to spend hours trying to find one or two oysters in the old game when i saw this cove i was gobsmacked, the holy land exists also i love your videos, they're critical and informative, you are doing really good don't let them bring you down

[@SlothinAintEasy]

I’ll always hear “hello everyone, it’s farket here” in my heart.

[@lepeltjie]

This sucks. I always loved coming into your videos and hearing you say "Hello everyone it's farket here". Such a good voice

[@tomaslazaro2136]

Bro is the chillest person in this platform

[@mrpeatson]

Chillest? I feel like he comes across as pretty disgruntled these days

[@tomaslazaro2136]

@@mrpeatson Sadly ye thats true

[@taut-w2k]

Farket is one of the realest youtubers out there

[@ploosh7037]

Hey Farket, sorry to hear you might be sick. I had to pause the video and vent my frustrations with the game for a couple of minutes, as seen below, but I'm very sorry about what KZbin is doing to your channel. Their management really is something isn't it? Anyways, I hope your day is going well and I wish you the best with KZbin. I'm gonna be honest, I'm not that happy with the game's state either. My problems lie in how much content from the first game that could've easily been developed for this game have simply not been done, as well as a lot of other things that I feel would compliment the game loop of Sons. Combining the blueprint system with the freestyle one, allowing for smaller 'grid' placement with the various sizes of logs, adjustments with the required supports, and just more diverse options for building a stable base would be more than enough to get me back into the game. Survival mechanics like illnesses, damage multipliers, athleticism, different pelts (and crafting recipes to go with), and so on would just make the gameplay loop so much better. In Sons, the grind is horribly imbalanced with the majority of it going towards gathering resources for base building, and the rest goes towards cave diving for story progression. Animal heads don't feel rewarding anymore since you can easily kill anything in the game with a simple gun shot, and you don't even have to haul the sheer mass of the head across the island anymore which is both an amazing thing and a mind numbing one. I understand Sons of The Forest is currently in Early Access, and I defend it's state as such. I just feel really uncomfortable that the devs' want to release the game at full release in about ~6 or so months (according to their initial plan if i remember correctly). It needs a lot. Map changes, survival mechanics, building improvements, optimizations, enemy diversity, and so on. I love The Forest, and I love endnight for what they did so far, but I'm finding it a bit difficult to continue to love Sons after so many months.

[@cursedimageseveryday5559]

If I feel this way about a game especially an early access game I just drop everything and come back in a year or so to that game. It is really worth it if you want to have a true experience

[@Maximus_Smore]

your my favourite youtuber of all time, I love your energy in every video. Craving for sotf on console. Hope the next update is good.

[@TexasHollowEarth]

I wish he'd take his videos to Rumble. Yeah his audience would be smaller, but he wouldn't have to deal with the insane and disgusting, YT censorship.

[@CrusinVK]

@9:50 thats exactly where i built my main camp at launch of the game. I stumbled into the area and instantly recognised the value of having a pond, a flowing stream, and the natural defensive 'wall' ... and it was all thanks to YOU Farket. I learned it from your video from The Forest where you highlighted the importance of building in areas with natural fortification & defence. this is a really good spot especially for newbies , because once you build just one wall you will be left alone by the bulls##it of constant cannibal attacks. Then, as your camp needs to be larger, you just expand the walls around the camp.

[@RIPDIESEL]

1:33 is so true, sorry to hear you're dealing with that crap, I've been there

[@conred5158]

im just watching these now, haven't played in months but the updates are looking amazing!

[@Diesal3]

Endnight should (and they may be) add a pickaxe to be used to bust those big boulders up into stone and large and small rocks. That would serve two purposes in that it would provide resources and allow you to clear areas for building. And I also like the idea of some sort of ground leveling system that was mentioned by another commenter. That would really open up the building possibilities. Glad you got some sleep and starting to feel human again,

[@hurmzz]

I was wondering where the pickaxe might be used, removing the big boulders would definetly be usefull. I’m hoping they are also going to do more with the extra Timmy animations.

[@iris7s9]

DUDE!!! I get SO excited when I see you’ve dropped a video!

[@jeremysandoval2321]

Sorry for all the KZbin issues brother. Love the vids and keep up the great work!

[@bystander2009]

You inspired me to actually build ziplines linking me to every base i built. been playing solo realistic time just making ziplines from the main lake to the silencer helicopter to the location you built your base on

[@wungomungo6177]

Your continued interest even off-recording makes me happy because I've been the same way. I'm just as obsessed as I was in the first game.

[@wesselscreations]

The forests in the pacific northwest around Vancouver can definitely be as dark as The Forest. The pine trees can grow really close and their canopy of needles blocks out a lot of light.

[@dingolecoquin7249]

even with all happend cuz youtube and monetization, you keep your calm way better, seems you managed to work on your anger issue ; thats great mate !

[@chrispsypher2824]

Oh man. I have been building upriver from there and running into this problem. It's so infuriating after already having spent so much time keeping everything aligned. I feel your pain. It does help to know what is going on though. Thanks for all the work man!

[@BlackBeardedDuck]

Hope you get well as fast as possible Farket!

[@JimCGames]

I built ground level zip line pads to get around the map. I have the same problem with “launching” through the pad when I arrive at one. The solution is pretty simple. Simply place a single log down as though you were going to stack logs to fill a wall. It will stop you from going through the other side of the pad when you land on it.

[@IAmAlorel]

12:50 dude it is NOT too dark. Was travelling through a thicket in Hungary at noon earlier this month and it felt like evening in a few spots

[@Krazyboi2]

I love hearing how different it is to live where you do, I live in Montana USA and it's currently 10 degrees F and there's a foot of snow. Ocean is about 800 miles away hah. I gotta get down under some day. The only thing I'd say about the trees, is evergreens like that do produce darker shadows than the deciduous trees in your photo. Not as dark as this game but a bit closer. I love how deep you get into the game and the thoughts behind your play throughs, always entertaining. Keep it up!

[@S4ngheli05]

Ive built a base with my friends right on the plateau at 9:45, perfect for building a tower and quite defensible with all those little streams around it. ❤

[@theyarddawg94]

Patiently waiting for this to come to console

[@freki5905]

Nice to see you again!

[@hurmzz]

I like the gas canisters, they pose an extra threat but you can also use them. Same with the motorboat canibal, I’ve seen plenty of people swinging away like madmen and blowing themself, and other canibals up.

[@LysThePenguin]

17:25 I have the same problem. I killed them getting the Shells for the Rain Catcher. Looks like if you killed too much they are gone. Too bad. :-( Another great Vid. Every time when you load a new one i´m so happy to hear your "Hello everyone, it´s Farket here." Greeting. You Tube sucks. I´m so sorry for your trouble with it. :-(((((

[@alystral7817]

Yes BG3 is amazing @farket love to see you play it I've barley scratched the surface and absolutely loving it so story rich 10/10 recommend.

[@williamhagood]

Give BG3 a go mate, even if you don't love it, go ahead and try it out, you won't know otherwise. I'd watch you play that in a heartbeat, been watching your Forest vids since the beginning. I'll miss Hello everyone it's Farket here...

[@coltforceplayer]

It was a cave, a huge cave, a cave with rats, and rats make me crazy

[@willo1361]

there is a trick i just found with the stone walls. if you place a stone foundation outside of the grid of another structure (wood,stone,etc) you can build through that other structure. its useful for closing up gaps in walls on slants like you have. you have to eyeball the placement which can be tricky but if you get it right you can build a stone wall thats outside of the grid into the grid so you can close the gaps. hard to explain in a comment so try messing around with it to see what i mean.

[@mace7077]

BG3 is fricking incredible, its definitely living up the the hype. The game is baldurs gate mixed with divinity original sin 2, so many shared assets from its playstyle and larian's influence. Storywise would be comparable with bioware at their best, back at KOTOR, dragon age, mass effect, characters are incredible and fleshed out. It appeals to many target audiences but each playthrough can be completely unique, total blast. Love watching all your "the forest" videos, just got into it this month and having so much fun, wish I had gotten into it before everyone started playing the second game, the building just seems sooooo much better in the first game though. Thanks for all the awesome content, just signed up for patreon, cheers!

[@onyxthecookie5885]

I'm pretty sure I've heard your alias b4 but it might be my first time checking out your videos. Very happy that this was recommended to me by yt. Sotf was kinda hit and miss for me. I rly wanna like this game, because I love survival games but for some reason this one rly frustrates me. Maybe it's just the difficulty you're hit with right away but maybe someday I can get over it! 😁 Keep up the good work

[@kaiserkitsune9393]

sometimes I wonder why youtube kids even exists when they insist on making rules this strict on main youtube

[@rovers141]

Well even with strict nonsense rules it's still an opportunity to make a living off of playing video games. That is a very attractive offer.

[@DarkSunGameplay]

Unfortunately, the existence of KZbin Kids is largely irrelevant to this discussion. Its existence cannot guarantee or even allow a more mature site (that won't slowly be chipped away bit by bit) to exist. KZbin - Google - like all tech companies, are at the whims of advertisers, sponsors, credit card companies, so on. When those organizations demand you "clean up" the content on your site, and should you refuse, you'd risk them pulling out and blacklisting you, potentially killing your company. I'm not defending KZbin's actions here. However, in a corporate world (that is largely connected to government and international banks), eventually you'll be given that ultimatum. Ask Tumblr or, at one point, OnlyFans.

[@mttsgns7743]

Love your content. Hope you find ways having fun making and content without getting demonitised.

[@buttermaker1763]

Great content . Great voice.

[@rovers141]

Hell yeah give Baldurs Gate a go! I was a massive fan of BG2 when it came out, i never really got into BG1. I did play BG3 when it was first released for early access though, it was decent. I think they released it way too early, it wasn't terrible but it also wasn't nearly as good as I had hoped so i quit after about 10 hours. But development has been going well for it i think, i still have high hopes for it and would enjoy watching you play through it!

[@somec_rbn2864]

Never played any of the Baldur's gate games, but recently bought the third one a couple days ago. Been playing multiplayer and enjoying it a lot though.

[@Rudniken]

its 2023 and people still dont get the fact that other comments dont show untill u refresh them, and there we get a lot of "first" comments

[@Eldrick_]

First

[@ethanol8896]

First

[@Rudniken]

not funny or/and wont make anybody mad, u two are just showing how childish you are

[@ethanol8896]

I mean you replying to our comments says it all but cheers mate!@@Rudniken

[@queenannsrevenge100]

I’ve actually built a mini-base inside that room with the printer before - stick and rock holders, drying racks, etc. just to have consistent acces to those supplies and the printer 😁 I then built in the ocean nearby and zip line back to land and “take a vacation” at the printer base

[@Big-Cheeky]

Great Vid as always! I thoroughly enjoyed my extensive first play through but struggle with any reason to go back. There is no 'loop' and the added mechanics and items don't provide anything to fix that. Great improvements for first time players but that's all. Wish it was more but on to BG 3, which happens to be the best game I've ever played. Id watch a Farket playthrough for sure!

[@Otyrr]

I had the same issue with the grid on a multiplayer game my friend and i were doing. Made a stone wall 3 grids out from our main base, then later wanted to go back in and make a walkway from the 2nd story of the main base to the wall. Grid broken many days earlier bit me in the ass, couldnt make the walkway.

[@nickahl349]

Balder's Gate 3 is SO worth it! I'm nearly 100 hours in, and just finished Act 2, there's so much to do, so much story, and it's so fun. I'd 1000% watch you play a series of it, I'm on board with you that Sons of the Forest isn't in a good state right now. Personally, I think they made the map far too big, and it took away from everything else in the game. I think taking a break from this and playing Balder's Gate (especially since you love the first two) would be great for both you, and the channel if you recorded it. But definitely enjoy it for yourself, first! Love your 7 Days content too, even though I know its not your fav lol

[@BrutaltheBear64]

Actually, if you target the upper part of the log you attach your zip line, your hands knock off right at the opening of the log arch. Try that bud

[@SaturatedSammie]

You're great, Farket. Play some BG3 and enjoy it! I'd kill to see what kind of character you decide to run.

[@shizuka1598]

Gotta admit it was kind of funny at first seeing Farket rage while playing but now it's just kinda sad. I've 150h on this game and I didn't encounter nearly as much bugs and glitches as him. Wish he was able to enjoy the game as much as I did.

[@ThePrimith]

I'm pretty sure I've experienced the "breaking the grid" bug, as well. I've been building a stone fortress on the runway strip. I have my house in the center, and two separate concentric fortress walls running the perimeter. The fortress walls are each one unit wide, so there is a wooden walkway on top that runs the length of the entire fortress wall perimeter. In a previous build for the game, I was able to build the first perimeter wall without too much trouble. Since I've started a second outermost wall, however, I've started running into issues where stone wall sections that should snap together refuse to. I've had to demolish sections of a wall to get them to eventually work out, though thankfully not to the degree that Farket has had to, apparently. Furthermore, I've had issues where demolishing stone walls in the build current to this post has yielded some weird results. When I go to remove stones, I can take from the top row just fine. If I continue down the wall, however, I am unable to hold said stones, and no visual cues signify that any stones have been taken out of the wall. However, the game will indicate with placement markers that eligible spots for placing stones will go down one row for each stone "removed." Once the second to last row is reached in this way, "removing" another stone will cause all but the final two rows of the wall to completely disappear, without any building materials to show for it. In short, you waste a bunch of stones by trying to undo a wall, which I had to do several times when dealing with the "breaking the grid" bug.

[@Indostastica]

Maybe add a layer of wood defencive walls in front of the stone ones to hide the little holes and improve their strength?

[@Tonisaka]

Glad to see a video

[@HTETyt]

Endnight need to make SFW mode an option.

[@PeridotChampion]

Baldur's Gate 3 is absolutely spectacular. I've played it for so long before they even got the huge updates and did the patches and released the final version. You have to play it. It's amazing.

[@michelfriedrich5067]

stay strong FARKET

[@GHOSTSTALKER90]

Of you aim for the zipline hook to stick in at the very top of the log cross bar it usually stops you from shooting through

[@crappylittlehands8348]

My husband loves to leave voice-mails that say "Ello evryone it's Fahket 'ere"

[@DecanFrost]

you can double the length of the rope gun by placing the first shot, walk till it goes red, go one step back and you can shoot it just as far away as you walked.

[@wrayzur]

I was just thinking, the game needs some kind of tool where you can level a small piece of land to get rid of huge rocks

[@unidentifiedbiomass4106]

Become the Fartket. That printer bunker is by far the best place to farm cloth

[@HarryLikesLambos]

I hope things get better for you with sons of the forest and youtube's demonitization in the future, were here for you 🥰 Love your channel 🥰💘

[@BlackNate]

Ive been in thick pine forests and it does get that dark sometimes not all the time but it can get dark and dissorienting

[@SugaryPhoenixxx]

Endnight loves darkness. Their games are always very dark. But I suppose it matches the theme of their game so it blends in.

[@TheZnifler]

The fact that KZbin tries to take away your trademark beginning of the videos, is just horrible. I really hope they let you go back to saying it in the future, without being demonitized. It's such a great trademark, sad that external factors ruin it.

[@littleDoughie]

I think Baldurs Gate would be a great mental break for you. I know id love to see some content on it :)

[@D3lpDelight]

i see you did a great work

[@StarphSB]

Justice for farket

[@joegallo1]

BG3 is incredible, hype is real. Don't worry about the mainstream aspect.

[@meeky.]

I got an idea, maybe you could use the first floor as a foundation of sorts and start building from the second story? To sort of have an elevated view of everything, while avoiding all the annoying bugs from the first floor (the ground floor). I'm sorry about all the headache KZbin has been giving you recently :( I'm gonna miss your classic greeting. At least your ending is intact which I also like a lot. Cheers!

[@stephan6217]

Bg3 is great but it's definitely not the same BG1 and 2. But it really is still an incredible game worth the purchase. I'd love to watch you play it!

[@bloodmasta1]

I just got back from a visit to Sweden too!

[@HighOnScience]

For anyone that cares, you can actually play Sons of the forest on the Steam deck with a 30 to 40 fps now

[@The_PixelProphet]

The grid thing happened to me and it sucks that it still hasn't been fixed 4 weeks later. Wish I would have stumbled onto this video about 2 days ago... damn

[@DFB_Joker]

Brother you most certainly should play BG3 man! I genuinely think you’d make good content with it! I love the game and would love watching you get into it , or hate it 😂 either or haha take it easy ✌🏼

[@possible1337]

Great video! Yeeeey Sweden forest

[@jopayel9628]

thats sad how yt isnt trying to help its creators just hurt them

[@djmartin4776]

In my first build, i broke the grid because i didnt wasn't them connected but I wanted them parallel. Later, i wanted to connect them but was unable to. Love the building but so many flaming hoops to jump through just to get certain things done

[@Dr.Shnuggumsshorts]

Last night I was running over enemies in the golf cart and I hit something that exploded beneath me like a mine and launched me into the air. Now I know what it was lmao

[@rebelss_stephensuggsiisugg9849]

What an elaborate base u built wow

[@jayohplays]

FARKET i love you so much man! i am smacking myself with a porkchop right now in excitement!

[@bocarter7950]

Hello Farket . There are two videos here that you are welcome to make a commentary video of the roofing tips . Your videos are top list and I am happy for you to share my discovery for the odd perfect roof frame peaks . I tried looking for tips like the ones i discovered and found nothing .. I think these are unknown tips . Feel free to share these tips as my videos will go unseen.

[@HahahahaKez]

MaddVladd had the same issues with monetisation, it's bs man. They should create age filters for content

[@LegendaryFoundingTitan]

Might be able to just make a min long segment of what the video about then do your introduction may not need to do it all the time if you want but just so the intro not gone. It be missed otherwise its like a staple of the channel at this point XD

[@Mason-zu6um]

I had one of those big guys walk into a base in a new game a few days ago.... it was carring a boat engine....the boat engine was running too. i shot one arrow at it, the engine exploded and killed everything near it, including Virginia lol.

[@saylen2657]

8:42 Oooh so That's the thing that randomly explode in my game !

[@ghosting9496]

Sorry about the KZbin issue, but I totally think you should do a Baldurs Gate series

[@DeanoEssex]

That grid breaking has been a frecking nightmare since they released the game. I sent them feedback about it and it seems they haven't bothered fixing it. Rock breaking should be implemented without a doubt. We are too limited in what we can do in building which is why i stopped playing it.

[@jmannUSMC]

Monetize deeznutz YT 🤘

[@Farket]

Lol cheers

[@DevJanick]

Things they should do; - Better building system (fixing a lot of bugs with it) maybe some blueprints back for easier building - Item respawn based on certain time (ex every season, or every 4 seasons) maybe with an option menu for it. - Already exploded gas bottles should not respawn - Destroyed status shouldn't respawn when player build near it - Ability to destroy larger rocks with explosions - Censorship option for streamers to enable Imo: The building system it to slow and I dislike everything respawning so much. And on a my KZbin stand point I don't like censoring things myself when editing videos for this game.

[@dougleilua7688]

Hey bro love your content man I’ve got a squad we all play this game too man your making me wanna make a vid of our base bro and what we’ve all done 😊😊 zip lines are mint as to use hahaha we have a network of zip lines. Chur bro much love from New Zealand 🇳🇿 🤙🏾😊

[@TheeShaggySniper]

Yep, I've got a broken grid. I've got a spiked wall that goes entirely around my building, and there's a few spots where I've had to overlap due to a broken grid. Something gets broken, I accidentally remove one of the logs, and I cannot place it back in the same place it was before.

[@codymckee2131]

They need to add a pickaxe to get rid of those annoying giant rocks when you’re trying to build

[@vortbio]

8:44 Log cart brutally eviscerated. DEMONETIZED.

[@sezi7579]

Imagine having such a bad demonetization system that you think Farket is a swear word. You should say your intro but just bleep out Farket lol. To be honest, if you think about it, Farket does kinda sound like a swear word, Your such a little Farket mate!

[@bocarter7950]

A broken grid would be a save deletion for me and a restart . I wouldn't be able to live with it .

[@danyarath]

I really Loved the Intro , KZbin is really Irritating .

[@alkalinea1382]

i lost a radio to bad log cart visibility. i was devastated

[@QuietFury9]

come to maine fella you will see proper snow