Get Off To A Better Start in ARK!

Getting a good start in ARK can be tricky and it's easy to get overwhelmed. In this video I share a simple strategy to help you stay focused and get the great start in ARK that you deserve!
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== CHAPTERS ==
0:00 Introduction
0:50 Safety
1:43 Tools & Weapons
2:57 Heat & Cold
3:36 Clothes
4:39 Food
5:18 Shelter
6:30 Sleeping Bag & Beds
7:03 Tames
11:00 Skills
12:28 Timeline
15:01 What Did I Miss?
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ARK Survival Basics Ep. 1, "Get Off To A Better Start"
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[@userAJ91]

If you're playing the island spawn south side get a few recourses, level up and then unlock the raft. When you have the raft unlocked ride it to herbivore island (bottom right of the map) and farm your metal there with absolutely no danger from carnivores. You can also collect experience nodes when you're there which will level you up a lot faster. Then tame a few dinos and then eventually a flyer (Pteranodon) you can explore further from there. It will make your experience a lot easier/better. Good luck!

[@SunGodPresents]

Great suggestions!

[@jd185]

great content deserves more recognition

[@SunGodPresents]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! Looks like I’ll do a bit of a miniseries on this. :)

[@glennsimpson115]

Definitely agree. Love your stuff

[@ellolesmore1946]

Let’s talk about the fact that I had a very nice houseboat and the giant fish killed me and destroyed my house

[@SunGodPresents]

Ah, the infamous Leedsicthys, they are the worst! I feel your pain.

[@Stambo59]

Some extra early game advice, make some bola. Something attacks you that you can't kill easily, tie it down with the bola and then deal with it. Also helps with knocking out dinos for tame.

[@SunGodPresents]

Great suggestion!

[@koelcell189]

that smooth buttery voice omg, just as high quality as your editing. can't wait to see where this series is going 🎉

[@SunGodPresents]

Thanks! Working on the next one now!

[@imstilllandon2922]

Woah. This video is incredible. The editing is great, the commentary actually has emotion, comparing to other creators, and most importantly, you actually thought me stuff! You, good sir, have eared yourself a sub :D

[@SunGodPresents]

Wow, thank you so much for the kind compliment, I really appreciate that! I’ve already started thinking about the next video, I hope I can make it live up to this praise. :)

[@EM0RYTATEllll]

I don’t use tranquilizers I just beat things like a caveman

[@SunGodPresents]

Whatever works to get the job done! 😊

[@AUSSIE-OUTLAW-GAMING]

This vid should be every newbie's beginners guide to ASA! Thanks mate. Why does your voice sound so familiar? Hmm 🤔😁🤘

[@SunGodPresents]

Thanks for the compliment, glad you liked it! Wish I could say I was somebody famous, but alas, no. 😊

[@user-bp2li4cf9r]

hey dude amazing video! but can you make a mid to late game one for like breeding dinosaurs and things like that?

[@SunGodPresents]

Glad you enjoyed it! I love your suggestion about a midgame video, I was thinking about breeding too. Let me noodle on that one! Appreciate the support!

[@nemolom1]

It's a good Video and Thanks (From Switzerland).

[@SunGodPresents]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the compliment! FWIW, I was in Switzerland in early 2022 and LOVED IT, such an astonishingly lovely country!

[@LREditores]

thats a great guide

[@SunGodPresents]

Glad you like it!

[@terroristhater69]

Just subscribed. Hope this helps and nice job on video.

[@SunGodPresents]

Thanks for the complement and the sub!

[@ismellthecheeze6436]

Early tip never throw away your charlcole because you’ll need it for tranq darts and bullets

[@SunGodPresents]

Great tip! I learned that one the hard way, too!

[@IchbinX]

My personal order of operations are: Pick - Axe - Campfire - Chest. Then get as much materials as you can, shove everything in the chest, and level enough to get a bola and bow/arrow. After that, you're allowed to explore.

[@SunGodPresents]

Great suggestion! Excellent point about the chest, I can’t believe I left that out. 🤦🏼‍♂️ I’m starting work on an intermediate guide and plan to have a section on managing storage for bigger bases.

[@michelcyr3339]

Keep doing what ur doing bro i looked at ur sub expecting tousand im your 100 sub

[@SunGodPresents]

Thank you for being #100! Honestly I was refreshing the analytics page for a few hours just waiting for it to go from 99 to 100, thank you for being the one! :)

[@dailyphotography]

Do a note run when you first start to reach level 70 in 15 mins

[@SunGodPresents]

I’d never thought about that, good suggestion!

[@chasescott1048]

Me a 2000h pvp play: pick, hatchet, 50 wooden boxes, boat with argy trap, swamp for chitin, cook metal make metal base, rush turrets

[@SunGodPresents]

Ah, the boat traps… that’s an adventure in itself!

[@danOneEighty]

Why do you sound like that bright side channel😂

[@SunGodPresents]

Hahaha, I actually had to look up the channel because I didn’t recognize the name right away. When I played a video, I said, “no way I sound like this guy”, then my wife gasps, looks at me and says “you do!” Now I’m trippin’! 🤣

[@jessejordan5658]

Birdus Ignoramus... lol

[@SunGodPresents]

Hehehe, glad somebody noticed the faux-Latin jokes. 😊

[@legendarygigan9855]

0:55 wrong because if i set my character damage to 10000 im stronger than everything in game

[@SunGodPresents]

LOL, that’s certainly one way to do it. 😉

[@user-gz2gq2jq9z]

Hahaha I am sub 117

[@SunGodPresents]

Thanks for the sub! Are you playing Ascended?

[@user-gz2gq2jq9z]

@@SunGodPresents Yes I've played ascended but I prefer evolved bc that's what my friends still play mostly xD

[@SunGodPresents]

​@@user-gz2gq2jq9zI have a feeling it will be that way for a while (people sticking to Evolved), at least until ASA gets enough content to at least reach parity with Evolved.

[@diaakanaaneh]

Why don't you play ark survival ascended

[@SunGodPresents]

I did pick it up last year and played it a bit, but ran into repeated crashes for days on end, so I decided to set it aside for now until it stabilizes, there's more map content out, and there are more mods that helped make my ARK SE experience so memorable. SE is just a far more mature product, and honestly I didn't see the point playing a half-baked ASA experience on The Island without the mods and with stability issues. It looks better, sure, but for the moment I'm keeping a wait and see attitude. Hopefully WC can get their act together on ASA and then I'll give serious thought to switching and not looking back. Until then, SE is still a load of fun for me. :)

[@diaakanaaneh]

@@SunGodPresents I agree with you 💯% But if they fixed the issues and the carshes and added modes and other maps would you play it ?

[@SunGodPresents]

@@diaakanaaneh Oh yeah, for sure. It's crazy how much faster The Island loads, and the visuals are better. I love ARK, so I always want to see it do better. We'll see how it goes. :)

[@kyleOWillFixIt]

Argi is kinda broken imo. Ark is 2 different games (especially on island which should be most people's first map) pre-Argentavis and post-argentavis. Literally the only things that are even a challenge anymore with argi are those dumb things in the redwood forests that ambush you from trees and seem to appear by magic and be unblockable.

[@SunGodPresents]

Absolutely agree that Argies are game changers. When they level way up, their carrying capacity definitely seems skewed, especially with a stacking mod in play. If you’re a veteran player that’s happy to skip the grind of ferrying metal back and forth with an Argie then this is great, but for newbies it almost eliminates the effort curve for resource collection. I usually use my Argy to carry an Anky back and forth (unless there’s a safe spot to leave the Anky near the metal etc), and it works great.

[@kyleOWillFixIt]

@@SunGodPresents Yep I do the same thing. I carry an Anky to the top of the mountain in the redwoods biome and when you are not using it you can put it on passive and leave it on the very top and nothing can get to it. Just don't approach the mountain from the East. You will get jumped by those stupid thylas. But I find they never attack when I come from the south and west.

[@SirQuantization]

Only 88 subs? Punching way about your weight. I'd probably add 'for beginners' to the video title though.

[@SunGodPresents]

Wow, thanks for the kind compliment! And thank you for the suggestion!

[@jarekg3740]

Why ASE though

[@SunGodPresents]

Here’s why: My Thoughts On ARK Ascended kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXq8lXeCjtGorpo