Top 30 Best Base Locations in Ark: Survival Ascended The Island Map

This guide will show you 30 of the Best Base Locations in Ark: Survival Ascended The Island Map. I will show you the best PVE base locations and best locations for cool and scenic building along with the best PVP base locations and hidden rat holes. I will show you the best locations for your first starting base and massive locations for Alpha Tribe bases on the island map. I will give you map and GPS coordinates for all of the top 30 best base locations for your new home in Ark: Survival Ascended for Xbox Series X, PS5, and PC.
Use these Chapters to jump to each Base Location:
Introduction - (0:00)
1: The Best Starter Base Cave in South Zone 2 at 93.8 x 52.1 - (0:55)
2: South Zone 2 Hidden Lagoon 93.4 x 57.8- (2:04)
3: South Zone 2 Small Jungle Plateau at 86.3 x 49.6 - (2:44)
4: South Zone 2 Large Alpha Base Jungle Plateau at 86.4 x 54.5 - (3:22)
5: South Zone 2 Resources - (4:14)
6: Herbivore Island 88.8 x 90.1- (5:25)
7: West Coast Jungle Falls Plateau 49 x 11- (6:40)
8: Glacier Hidden Cave Large PVP Base Location 34.7 x 13.7- (7:31)
9: Broken Mountain Hidden Rathole and Large Alpha Base Location 56.2 x 75.6 - (8:42)
10: South River Plateau 74.3 x 73.9 - (10:44)
11: Center Jungle Falls Metal Plateau and Large Alpha Base Location at 43.8 x 68.5 - (11:30)
12: River Tunnels and Metal Base at 45.8 x 76.8 - (13:34)
13: Very Large Flat Building and Alpha Base Location at 42.1 80.8 - (14:35)
14: Very Large Alpha Base Location west of Redwoods at 58.1 x 24.4 - (15:18)
15: Large Hidden Underwater Cave at 96.5 x 34.5 - (16:18)
16: NorthEast Icebergs Large Alpha Base Locations at 7.2 x 4.9 - (17:46)
17: South Starter and Large Builder or Alpha Base Location at 85.1 x 23.4 - (18:28)
18: NorthEast Mountain Ruins Metal Base Location at 34.1 x 83.9 - (19:01)
19: Crag Island Large Solo Base Location at 94.6 x 21.1 - (19:52)
20: North Beach Plateau Near Carnivore Island at Northeast Coast - (21:15)
21: Scenic Redwoods Builder Base Location at 70.2 x 32.6 - (22:27)
22: Volcano Builder and Resource Outpost at 42.8 x 35.1 - (23:30)
23: Solo PVP Hidden Rathole at 51.3 x 82.9 - (24:33)
24: Hidden Lake Large Alpha Base Location at Northeast Jungle - (25:41)
25: Pink Beach Easy Starter Base Location at 75.7 x 6.1 - (26:35)
26: Large Jungle River Ruins Hidden Rathole Base Location at 30.6 x 74.3 - (27:36)
27: Very Large Alpha Base Location on Southeast Coast at 83.3 x 84.5- (29:06)
28: Red Obelisk Solo Builder and Water Pen Base Location at 85 x 12 - (30:12)
29: Swamp Redwoods Plateau Small PVP Solo Base at 68.7 x 47.9 - (31:38)
30: Green Obelisk at 60.4 x 76.2 - (32:16)
31: Bonus Scenic Builder Base locations at 84.9 x 17.5 - (33:03)
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[@Obi_Jawn_Kenobi]

“Bear with me for a second.” This is a pretty good video friend.

[@Nighturz]

my first video of yours ive seen and you NAILED IT. well done my brother. thank you so much for this.

[@BigGuy-zk3oo]

That underwater edge of the world cave was the most beautiful base location I’ve ever seen

[@ArkSurvivalGuide]

That base location really is beautiful isn't it? I just can't wait to see some of the new caves on Fjordur for Ark Ascended.

[@CheapsPlace]

I can't find the cave and I'm right on the chords

[@Lfunk1983]

Great job!

[@streamerellla]

Really nice video 😍 thanks a lot for making it!! 🎉

[@ArkSurvivalGuide]

Thank you for subscribing and for the encouragement! I worked hard on it, but it is helping a lot of people which is what this channel is all about! Keep an eye out for more guides coming soon!

[@JustinCompton-ye5jb]

Yet another great guide among some of ARK's best guides. (Definitely informational and educational... or at least for me.)

[@ArkSurvivalGuide]

Thanks so much! I worked hard on it, but it is helping a lot of people which is what this channel is all about! I've got more coming soon so keep an eye out!

[@Rhayas_Perspective]

A few things ppl have to be careful of when in pve OFFICIAL, you can not build near explorer notes, supply drops, or in or around caves. Also, if you block access to resources like rare spawns/resources, notes, drops, caves, it is against CoC and devs will wipe you. A player must be able access these things via ground (on foot). Also, if you build in a player spawning spot, and a player gets stuck in your building/base, they can report you and devs will wipe you. **Herb island; there are a few drops on this island that will prevent building, also, you can not build a wall around the entire island as this will prevent ground access to the drops, tons of ppl will come here to safely farm resources AND dinos, so expect a lot of traffic that you will not be able to block** Choose wisely when choosing a base location; 1) don't build in player spawns; trapping a player in your base is against CoC and dev wipeable. 2) don't build near or around notes; blocking access to notes via ground is against CoC and dev wipeable. (game will say "can not place structure in this location") ***Especially the 4x note at 95.8, 20.2, Craig Island, this is where everyone does the 70+ level note run when first starting out.*** 3) don't build near or around caves; blocking access to caves via ground is against CoC and dev wipeable. (game will say "can not place structure in this location") 4) don't build near or around supply drops; blocking access to drops via ground is against CoC and dev wipeable. (game will say "can not place structure in this location") 5) don't build near or around rare resources or dino spawns which will destroy them; since this is the only map available and transfers aren't allowed, people will get very angry if you destroy rare resources/dino spawns like beaver dams, organic poly, giga spawns, spino spawns, thyla spawns, ESPECIALLY if the dino drops items needed for boss fights. Destroying rare spawns is against CoC and devs can wipe you. Plan base location carefully. Good luck 😊

[@ArkSurvivalGuide]

These are excellent tips for any PVP players on official looking for base locations. Thank you very much for posting this!

[@Spi_official]

Cant thank u enough man!

[@cyathoris7530]

Having the island being this gorgeous, I can’t wait for Gen 1,2 and lost island

[@ArkSurvivalMom]

Great info as always sir!! I legit swam to Herbivore Island. I was so lucky I made it. LOL

[@ArkSurvivalGuide]

Well done! I'm so glad you made it! It looked quite possible to swim to Herbivore Island, but now I know for sure it can be done! How close did you get to being eaten by sharks?

[@raphaelaquarenti5006]

realy good Locations, Thanks for the Video. :D

[@Kashmere34]

I just set up a little base on Herb mountain, should I keep my main base here ?

[@miguelalameda28]

my favorite spot is near red obb the new pretty lake/waterfalls, I think everybody agrees with you that water body looked like trash but thank god ASA gave it a glow up and now it is my favorite spot in The Island in ASA.

[@DidgeOfLife]

Is it me or did they change the map compared to ASE? Lot of stuff I never saw before

[@elton99]

#11 with 2nd waterfall plateau,, cant build when i place foundation im getting message saying ""too close to supply crate drop location"" mannn dat sux xD

[@Voxphyle]

Couple things I want to mention.. Those first 2 areas in South Zone 2 around that Lagoon also has Giant Beaver Dams very close to the north of it, useful for cementing paste. Saw it was mentioned later in conjunction with the metal mountain, but it's just as close to the first two. Herbivore Island is safe, but I have personally seen a Therizino spawn there. It's rare, but I have seen it happen. Their small aggro range makes them fairly easy to avoid, but be sure you don't accidentally wander into one. Also, it is a potential spawn location for the Unicorn.

[@lgnpvdge9177]

You can raft raid on the second location

[@ChrisOnRockyTop]

Unfortunately I discovered the ice caves spot in the glacier before this video and you can't spawn on any beds in that spot on officials. Not sure why. You can build there but it won't let you spawn in on beds which is silly cause you can spawn on beds in caves and other similar landmarks. I'm really bummed. That spot would've been nice for my small tribe 😭

[@AceMaverick]

I know it's not the best but I always b line for the island at bottom right of map as a starter base.

[@AceMaverick]

Lol OK jk. Apparently ots the best lol. Yepp. That's my jam

[@Dragonbeast5676]

The 10th spot is hard to build in cause there is a drop blocking you from building on most of it.

[@johnclayton-1113]

This man better be a realtor 😂

[@BiggKso]

Anyone have pvp server recommendations? Mine was dead. Anyone need a tribe member?

[@user-kt5ci6dg6t]

Does ark on ps5 have haptic feedback?

[@ArkSurvivalGuide]

Ark Survival Ascended should have Haptic Feedback on PS5, but we will have to confirm that when it launches later this month. It may not be working at launch but they should add it in a later update if not. ASA is still in early access, so it's still in development.

[@user-kt5ci6dg6t]

@@ArkSurvivalGuide thanks

[@user-kt5ci6dg6t]

@ArkSurvivalGuide plz do full Gameplay review on ps5 once it's launched

[@AceMaverick]

Yes it does

[@julations]

alpha spots will usually never have more than 1 entrance, should show more spots with 1 entrance

[@scottprice6471]

I wish I could play this game I really like it but the only way I could play it if it was free or one of my friends had it!!!! I’m not buying it!!! It lags too much!!! Other than that it’s a great game!!!

[@Gizy1987]

Sounds like you need a new pc

[@ArkSurvivalGuide]

Ark Survival Ascended does take a pretty good PC or console to run well, but believe it or not, the lag has actually improved because the rebuilt code runs so much better than the old 8-year-old code. I hope you get chance to try it sometime!