DEFENSIVE BASE BUILD (Jungle) Part I - Conan Exiles

[@oldcraig]

There have been a few updates to game mechanics since this video was released. This build is still possible, just use these techniques instead: BASE DEFENSE (Build Guide) Part XI - Conan Exiles < kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZy9hmN_h6Z1bZo >. Hopefully this helps. Thanks.

[@elizabethdye6219]

wow i never thought i’d see such a comprehensive tutorial for building this game and the building system really takes a lot of practice especially for defensive builds like this and i appreciate the technical style used and it’s flawless imo. you’re very good at this bro and not to mention the bass looks ill on top of everything haha it’s very cool looking and formidable

[@jayjaycarroll74]

Love the video editing in this video! ❤

[@marvailjennette6350]

This video made me subscribe to you. I love how you talk and show Step-by-step how to fo it. Make more videos like this 👌 please. I am going through all of your Conan's now and liking the one that help me.

[@rodrigo2703]

Wow, I’m truly impressed with this video! It was incredible seeing all these possibilities and tips on how to make a full build like that. I really want to test something like this one day. Would be interesting to see what would this base look like including the underground area as well. And I appreciate you checking how to build now that the new patch might make certain placements difficult or impossible. Keep your videos coming! They are awesome!

[@oldcraig]

Thanks dude. Water is interesting to build in because it reduces the amount of explosive damage (can't burn underwater). So I'd layer some walls, layer some floors, build the entire length of the underwater section, and compartmentalize each section. The goal would be to make it as expensive as possible to raid.

[@ViolosD2I]

This pretty much summarizes what I also came to after many experiements - should have watched first. :D So kudos on a job well done.

[@pimpslayer9109]

Sunken city purge is no joke though

[@voodoomancer5183]

Do you think you could redo this with the changes to stacking?

[@DarkWishes13]

Dude i don't even want to immagine how long this took to create. It's brilliant! The game is sadlly a bit broken but i will eventually come back to play it and yet i still enjoy watching how meticulously you put this together. Great job and even dough i don't play anymore i will still watch your videos :) Thx Craig

[@oldcraig]

Thanks for the feedback. I agree that certain aspects are broken. I get the most fun out of Conan by playing in short bursts. I find a server that wipes frequently, join when it's fresh, go hard for a couple weeks, then walk away.

[@benjaminkleczynski1760]

nice vid as always , keep the great work !

[@kaloyankumanov5945]

That is quite good base design. I like it. The location as well. I was planning to build on that place, especially because of the nearby points of interests. However, there is something that bothers me as solo player - it is quite expensive to create this. Why would i try to destroy the fence foundations/foundations when there is a door. Is it really worthy to build so many layers of fence foundations? I am asking this, because I had an idea that includes 2 layers of defense + front row of drawbridge. 3 fake entrances and 1 real one. It takes about 15-20 explosive jars to bring down one bridge, to only found out that there is no door or wall, but solid fence foundation/foundation behind it. That could be quite demoralizing for the enemy. To continue, once someone breaks in, he/she/they will find map room. On each 4 corner there should be an archer. The only way up is done by climbing towards the layers of hatch doors. But that is just my opinion though. ;)

[@oldcraig]

Good question. So the most efficient way to raid doors like this is with explosives arrows. But there are drawbacks to using arrows: limited splash damage + slow (unless multiple raiders are shooting arrows at the same time). So raiders usually bring a 15/85 or 30/70 arrow to explosive split. Once you're in a base, you never really know the exact base layout, so sometimes you think it's more efficient to blow through the walls then follow the trail of doors. Your ideas are good - especially the fake entrances. There are two types of raiders: average and alpha. The average raider is much more conservative with their raiding supplies, and the alpha, well, they have an endless supply so they will just blow through in a straight line, usually. You're idea would work well with the average raider. The only way to succesfully defend from an alpha raider is to actively counter the raid. It's very hard to place explosives when someone is fighting you and repairing/rebuilding.

[@dniezby]

Do you have a video or plans on the enclosure you built for your WOP? that is really cool and I want to make one. The video is missing some steps and it is a little difficult to tell the number and type of pieces you're using.

[@timotoki9046]

Build god! OP

[@Someth1ngLight]

Good form on the editing man

[@karl-db2kk]

You'll be big soon, great video as always

[@nr1954]

Can you make a new update after the fence patch? I cant place the fences as a T

[@Ledgnair]

If only we knew, back then that this would be put not only into practice in the future but also compounded for the latest series

[@oldcraig]

Practice what you preach

[@ericbooth5932]

It also would be nice to know how many bombs it would take to break in after u build it 😁 nice video

[@oldcraig]

I'll include that next time, thanks

[@ausrys100]

We reid with 100

[@Youza899]

How do you stack ceilings

[@trulyoneshot-7332]

This base build is very good

[@littlepaw5493]

Did Funcom fix this method? Somehow this does not work for me. Otherwise great videos @ Oldcraig, please more of it.

[@natelarson3151]

OMG great vid! thank you

[@lymandeann-gaines3921]

The new way of foundation stacking I think you found is place a fence foundation then use 4 triangles to make a parallel section then use square fountains to bring it back to the main foundation. Rinse and repeat. Not add good as your original layering video but allows 5 fences for 1 foundation depth.

[@oldcraig]

Pretty much ;) I think the new method is much more tolerable (from a player's standpoint) then the densely stacked method. Explosives aren't too difficult to farm, and the thought of being limited to just 2 walls per unit square sounds terrifying.

[@mufa467]

There is a base like this bothering us in our server they have all way around it foundations fence foundations roofs and fences we were about to go with jhebbal but they are out by now so we just need to use tons off arrows or is there another way ?

[@adrianocastella6263]

Is this method patched? I tried to put the sandstone fence in the middle of black ice fence and did not work...

[@MichaelPinkerton]

Adriano Castella I am also have the same issue. I replicated the method a T and for the life of me could not get the foundations to snap properly

[@robertomendoza6236]

does this till work?

[@ΙωάννηςΒαμβάτσικος-φ9σ]

what happens if accidentally remove the middle foundation while I have made three sides so far. i can draw the lines but i can't put the foundation back..

[@mozartwithagun4124]

You're no longer able to split the foundation though right so the walls will be shifted? And you cant enforce this much rightm

[@oldcraig]

Check out my other vid, Foundation Stacking 2.0

[@tobi5621]

I almost thought this was a swastika at 3:20

[@oldcraig]

Bruh, in post-editing I thought the same thing, and thought I'd have to re-film it

[@tobi5621]

@@oldcraig 😂😂😂 But for some reason this fence method doesn't work on my PS4 SP

[@youngnobullz8326]

Lmao

[@benjaminandrews9803]

Just wondering what would it take for you to build my base

[@martinthorley5593]

Cant get fence foundations to snap to the centre? Tried using Black ice initially and trying to slot a sandstone to the centre??

[@oldcraig]

So I filmed this in testlive literally the day before the patch was dropped, and it was changed. Check out the next video I posted. It shows the new way to place foundations in the middle.

[@aarontye5344]

You da man craig

[@jippedo]

altho this is hard to build and expensive...it is SUPER impressive...and im sure once one has mastered the foundation fence construction (like you have), im sure everything goes a lot smoother... i too want to use these methods...but i need a lot of offline practice!! but, well done...

[@marc-etiennemercier6584]

For some reason I can't place all 5 hatch doors if I make a 5 layers floor. I can place the first top 2 and the 3rd won't snap. I tried swapping with lower tier hatch doors but it doesnt work. Edit : I can snap 1-2 and 4-5 but the 3rd one in the middle won't snap.

[@oldcraig]

Thanks for the update. It may have been patched. If you can still get 4 of the 5 hatch doors then that's still pretty good.

[@klla_km]

Successfully built this base using the new method of foundation stacking. Haven't started the exterior yet...no idea how im gonna do those half distance fences with such a small space on that ledge to work with....probably have to build foundations down to the ground and do it there...then bring it back up...FML.

[@klla_km]

Update: don't waste your time with the 4/5 layer flooring for the upper floors..when purge comes they spawn inside your base and just destroy the upper floors. You them CANNOT repair it because half the pillars are gone. You need to remove everything inside and start again. Don't waste your effort on the upper floors.

[@klla_km]

Thinking about this more, purge will ALWAYS spawn inside, destroying your base. The base itself is not connected to the external defenses. So this means the inside building is an isolated building that the purge cannot get to. This means they will always spawn inside..so don't waste your time and resources on this if you don't want to lose it all and not be able to correctly rebuild

[@ngdevtwo5038]

@@klla_km Or place one piece to connect it to the outside.

[@loveconan616]

NGDev Two ...... lol

[@jadedszn7240]

just confirmed we are on a official server and this can be built

[@OhmegadJT]

So there is no current way to put a fence foundation in the middle anymore?

[@oldcraig]

Yeah, check out my recent video. A little more effort to do it, but still possible.

[@OhmegadJT]

@@oldcraig yep, watched. works like a charm. thanks

[@josephinestanley6137]

But Were is the Cole at

[@Youza899]

And also put foundations aroun the top floor cause people can place bombs through the cracks

[@skullbones7452]

You… never mind it's perfect. :)

[@the_old_horse]

Crossing fence fondations doesnt work anymore.

[@dimashime9908]

fixed in current patch.

[@oldcraig]

Just the middle placement mechanics. My latest video shows how it can still be done.

[@klla_km]

@@oldcraig it was a headache but it works with the new method. Good thing is you don't need to do it that many times. You can use square foundations to do the rest of the half way foundations

[@KeatonWadzinski]

INCREDIBLE, as expected man. couple quick questions. 1) if they remove the original foundation stacking, do you think they will ultimately patch out these methods for the beefy ceilings & perpendicular fence foundation placements? 2) if they do patch it out, how long do you think we'll have with this method? 3) could you do a pet video in the future? I'd love to see what pets combo the best with one another (eg spider crippling poison + hyena cripple), as well as how to effectively use pets for raid defense (placement, aggro range, etc). I've got some ideas I've been tinkering with that I'd be happy to DM you as well.

[@oldcraig]

I appreciate your support bro. 1. Foundation stacking was around for a long time before it was patched, so I don't expect Funcom to speed up their patches anytime soon - but who knows? 2. With every new patch, there are always new ways of doing things. 3. So you're interested in defensive pets rather than companion pets?

[@KeatonWadzinski]

@@oldcraigmy pleasure man. and that makes a lot of sense. and yeah! it seems like top tier (volcano named/relic Hunter Treasure seeker/etc) with the best armor value you can get and the best weapon you can get are just way better offense than any pet can provide. however, it's easier to farm greater pets (particularly scorpions & spiders due to how easy it is to acquire them in bulk late game + high % greater outcome). so I'm trying to figure out how to use them defensively and leverage things like their aggro range, their attack effects, their size, etc. to deter raiders. my working concept is a moat variant where raiders would have to walk through a ton of tames. to avoid poison arrow spam, I'm gonna build little "doghouses" of sorts so that raiders can only get LOS by walking in front of the aggro range. then angle them in all sorts of directions. I will probably do some testing myslef but it's a big project to figure out what aggro range is for each, which pets combo best with one another, best positioning, etc

[@resurrection117]

F****** amazing video bro keep up the good s***

[@oldcraig]

F*** yeah bro, thanks

[@danv2888]

I don't think there is ever "PEACE" in the Exiled Lands!!!

[@MrCanum]

not working on official

[@jake5773]

So funcoms patch to fix fence foundations is completely pointless. Wow.

[@oldcraig]

The patch was mostly geared towards thick layering of fences on top of each other, which is understandable why they would patch that. If a square foundation is the base of measurement in the game, then personally, I think we should be allowed to build at fractions of that unit (i.e. 1/2). Imagine a base built using only perfect squares? It would be extremely boring.

[@badjer4328]

I thought your thrall wheel design was the shit.... started building it on my pvp server.... you can't put pillars through wheels anymore.... soo bummed out

[@azazaelll]

“illegal bases” they make it sound like it’s the player’s fault for finding smart ways to build a good base. If its raidable, it’s viable. Unraidable bases that are built on non-buildable locations are the problem. These kinds of bases (as shown in the video) are still rather hard to do and take a lot of time and effort. If Funcom patches this again I’m gonna lose my shit. As always though, great video Craig.

[@oldcraig]

I've always felt that as long as you are playing within the physical laws of what's allowable, then everything is fair game. It's not necessarily the player's fault, it's the developers fault for allowing it in the first place. On the other hand, if you're a player that performs serious exploits (duplicating items, meshing, etc.) and you kill off the population on your server then that's on you. I will never do a video on exploits. I enjoy Conan because 1. There is no perfect base 2. Human raiders are very challenging 3. The winner of a raid is whomever is more creative. Thanks man.

[@sebastian.tapia.v]

this is an amazing design, looks like a bitch to try to do without flying though xd