Top 7 Tips & Tricks for Raft Chapter 3

Whether you're completely new to Raft or are well versed in the ways of the ocean, there's bound to be a tip or trick for you to use in your own Chapter 3 playthrough.

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[Alidove_]

Before I get another influx of comments informing me that the shark’s name is Bruce, yes, I know, and I will continue to call him Jeremiah because that’s what I called him before I ever reached the Radio Tower, and no, I will not stop :).

[FabioCapela]

From looking at the seagull attack code, if I understood it correctly, when the seagull decides to attack it will first look straight at the very center of every single crop plot with watered small or medium plants you have and go straight for the first one it has a clear line of sight to (or to the regular scarecrow protecting it); any plot that the seagull can't see the center of, or that is protected by an indestructible scarecrow, is skipped. If the seagull saw no viable target then it looks for nests and lands on the first one it has line of sight to.

Thus, AFAIK nests don't protect fully exposed crops at all, and only help indirectly with partially exposed ones by making seagulls spend some time on the raft and less time looking for food. Also, you should only ever need two nests as long as they both have an unobstructed view of the whole sky, as you only ever have two seagulls active at the same time.

BTW, my preference when it comes to nests is to put them somewhere I have a clear line of sight at most times (in other words, somewhere I can shoot an arrow at them), and put a solid object behind them but without obstructing their view of the sky (so the arrow lodges itself there if I miss). Ever since I started doing this I've had a steady supply of seagull meat and never lost an arrow.

Also, a hint if you have pasture on an upper deck with a sprinkler is to hang small crop plots under it; since the sprinkler reaches half a floor below it, small crop plots hanging from the nine tiles the sprinkler covers will be watered too, and will be protected from seagulls to boot.

[MrAllekzander]

I've kind of casually began adding the horizontal supports as I have the resources and time out of fear of the bug being patched someday and causing a grand calamity when I load in lol

[aidanbreidvik]

Heres a cheeky trick: have either 2 titanium sword or machete in your slotbar, and approach an enemy and hit it, now upon hitting it quickly and like REALLY quickly switch to your other weapon, it'll cause the game to register another hit making 2x the damage with one swing

[mattparsons]

I usually like to build a half height crawl space for the entire raft. Hang plants under, then place beehives on top. No bird troubles. I also run plumbing through it, so I can hide everything.

[l.ignasio]

for me the best trick my friend told me is, shark always spawn at the 2x2 foundation and he always swim around that spot, by that my friend always anchore at the non resource side of any island, so we can freely gather stuff at another side.

[JosephDiveley]

I love how easy your videos are to follow along with and how you focus on the practicalities. It's helping me a TON as a new player to the game. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!

[BombSponge]

crop plots are a great source of food when used to entice seagulls, shoot the seagull with the bow. Endless meat :)

[zallesyn]

for shark aggro avoidance you can also just parry his bite with a spear strike. if you hit him before he gets too close (by starting the attack as soon as he opens his jaws), his hit will be cancelled and he will have to do his usual loop before trying to bite you again.

you can basically do the same steps as in the tip except you swap shark bait with 2-3 good timed spears. (i just dont like spending time for the shark bait)

[Degenerecy]

I try not to use the floating floor method as 1 patch could destroy my whole ship.

Also, destroying walls or whatever a chest is attached too, it also destroys the chest, leaving no contents of said chest(s) behind. Learned the hard way.

[figitcat]

Experienced raft player here and learned something new! Love all ur raft content videos and hope u keep making them! Cheers!

[kailanirhys]

I really hope the devs release some sort of new content for the game. I captured 10 Llama after update 3 hit thinking I would need massive titanium for crafting and such...and while I used quit a bit. It was mostly just QoL upgrades.

[MsCherryKiss]

#1 I feel like it's wrong not to talk about how beneficial it can be to just slaughter seagulls for food and feathers! I like having them visit. An additional tip that I wasn't aware of, until watching another of your videos, is that you can kill seagulls right in the early early game by throwing stones at them! Also, a tip I'd add is to empty vulnerable plots of crops before you leave the raft to visit an island. replant when you return to the raft.

[Fuzzycurrent]

In the beginning I recommend having a cheap hook for hauling stuff in when on the raft and an upgraded one to use for mining when on an island to save durability plus metals on the long term. Same goes for having a cheap spear for regular shark attacks on the raft while drifting (as it is always a three hitter whatever upgrade) and use an upgraded one when on an island, which will result in more shark kills when docked granting you free loot time in the reef around; metal. As for the axe I almost never find it useful and a bit of a waste in resources like metal early on. But regarding the foundations armor, go metal🤘! Great vid!

[petrus]

When I saw how you laid out chests there Ali, I had the thought that you might like Valheim as well; it has base building elements, too.

[Marrighan]

There are some ocasionl bugs in this game so even fool protection of crops some times dont work but its realy rare
You can place pipes higher without placing additional floors by placing piece on top of the one youll remove later

[cxnnxdx]

I was playing Raft yesterday and I wanted an apiary for my bees, but you cant stack bee hives easily... so I took some time and experimented with them, turns out they fit ontop and underneath a roof piece, and all of that can fit under a 1 1/2 tall walls. I HIGHLY recommend checking it out, saves so much space

[ribeye]

So I definitely googled “Do you have to fortify every piece of your foundation?” and saw posts from 2-3 years ago saying you do—-

I’ve now fortified all 99 foundation. RIP me

[ClayMart]

12:10 she knows how to make the piping experience less painful lol

[deyo]

The shark heads are a good source for biofuel, I still probably won't leave them.