4 ways to build a floating/unsupported base | ARK: Survival Evolved | Building Tips
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- Ever fancied building floating structures in ARK? Well here's 4 ways you can do just that!
00:13 METHOD 1 - VERTICALLY OFFSET FENCE FOUNDATION
Discovered this one a long time ago as you can see here / 880918932554735616 but never really showed it off in a video. It's main limitation that I forgot to mention in the video is that it has a height restriction of about 2.6 walls from floor level. Quite recently xONEWINGx showed how it can be used in PvP, you can check that out here • Floating Ceilings and ... .
01:10 METHOD 2 - HORIZONTALLY EXTENDED
Came across this after noticing strange behavior on one of hinteregions builds • concealment | Ark Surv... • revealment, unsupporte... . He has since made videos specifically about the method which can be found here • how to build floating ... • how to build floating ... . Independant of the two of us, The Shwigit Show also made the same discoveries, shown in this video • Ark: How to build a fl... .
02:07 METHOD 3 - PLATFORM SUPPORT
Worked this out after someone on Reddit called Despair-Envy gave me some hints and showed me an interesting screenshot imgur.com/a/sA.... So I definitely wasn't the first person to play around with this kind of stuff but as far as I am aware nobody has shown it in a video yet. This is the method that Sitharias and I used to build the hovering helicopter • Helicopter Build (No M... • ARK Helicopter - Hover... .
05:05 METHOD 4 - MAGIC WATER WELL (PATCHED)
All credit goes to markdh31788 from Discord for showing me this one. It works with Tek Hatchframe, Tek Doorframe, Tek Windowframe and Sloped Tek Roof. And yes, it does provide water too!
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*THE WATER WELL METHOD HAS BEEN PATCHED IN THE HOMESTREAD UPDATE. ALL OTHER METHODS STILL WORK THOUGH.*
And will still result in a devwipe I assume, eventhough it is going to collapse as soon as any part is destroyed, so hardly OP.
@@dimwalker I wouldn't suggest using any of the methods on PvP, you could get dev wiped and the structures are unstable. Should be fine on PvE though.
captain fatdog - ARK: Building Tips does it work for console?
Unaverage he built this on console so it should work
@Runer Warlock even the inventory is bugged so you can prevent fall damage
Your vids make me smile and curious, your editing is clean and you really deserve more support
You make me smile, thank you 😁
True
No the building need more support
There are no words to describe how amazing this is, thank you Captain! 1 million likes for each method lol
Hehe, thank you very much Panda!
Awesome build mate once again........Love the tease at the end thinking we were going to see how you mate the spinning propellers!
Thanks Aaron. I am a bit of a teaser, I know 😜
I have a theory about the spinning propellor. Maybe it's originally attached to a aquatic platform saddle, with the tame caged in and set to wander.
As always my mind is blown! You really are the Wizard of Ark! Amazing can’t wait to try this out. !!
Thanks mate. I look forward to seeing what creations you use it for :D
Hey Guys! Quick question, what structures can a water well be snapped to like in the final method?
@@brendanmercer3361 Check the description :)
@@captainfatdog ohhhh, thank you. You guys are amazing
TLC 138 him and my boy one wing are ogs
I just used the first method in a build video for a space shuttle. I added a credit to you and the link to this video in my description. Thanks for the inspiration!
Nice video with some nice magic!! I wonder how fast they gonna patch some stuff like the water pipes and well.
I'm still waiting for your vertical circle ;)
Aye, I'm wondering the same thing. Will probably do a video on placing structures at weird angles next which will explain how I built the circle, but I don't plan on ever actually building one again, especially not for a tutorial, it was a nightmare!
Hey freso
I tried to squash a lot of info into a fairly short video here so you probably still have a bunch of questions. Some of those questions may be answered in the videos I've linked to in the description, if they are not feel free to ask me here on TH-cam or even better, on Discord discord.gg/xP6rAsW. Enjoy!
It's bloody witchcraft!! You are a genius. TLC showed me a photo of a vertical hexagon shape you did, could you do a video to teach us that trick please?
@@missyprime8198 Hehe, thanks. It was an actual circle on its side, not a hexagon. I won't be doing a video specifically on that shape but I will do one on placing structures at different angles. That should open up a lot of possibilities!
Question: I built a set of foundations on top of a sandstone arch going over a river. I use a pillar on the center foundation, then extended downward with 5 large pillars. I used ceiling to build off of the bottom of the last pillar, (approx 8x8). The larger the foundations I setup on top of the archway, the larger the I could build the ceiling platform. I've now built several buildings off the central pillar by adding additional large pillars. I now have a base dangling in the air over the river. Now the question, will the entire thing come crashing down if I remove the central supporting pillars? Obviously , I'm on my own server since someone could easily destroy my base by destroying the foundations on top of the archway.
@@mindbreaker2415 Got a screenshot? I'm struggling to picture it.
My man you are an insanely amazing builder. Thank you so much for another awesome build. Keep it coming!
Thanks, glad you like it :D
lol you took your time pal. Awesome work as always :)
I know, I am a bit of a sloth. Thanks!
@@captainfatdog lol it's all good man, I will keep an eye on patch notes and see if this is mentioned on Ark's Twitter and that. I can see the Dev's facepalming as they watch this one :)
@@ThePilgrimzProject I'm sure they will. Maybe they will actually try fixing them now that they are finally giving the building system some attention.
@@captainfatdog yeah, well I am sure you can twist S+ into all sorts of creations soon
@@ThePilgrimzProject We'll have to wait and see. I thrive on broken building systems!
Bro, I started watching your videos just now and have been through at least 4... Hands down best editing, explanation, and on-screen script work I've seen in instructional videos.. Keep up the good work! Subscribed for sure!
Thank you very much Hunter, I appreciate that!
Hands down you are the Goat of Ark building.
I'm really glad you're still uploading ark videos, the way you make them are amazing. I dont even play aro anymore but I watch these because they're so nice
Haha, thanks Justonian. What you playing nowadays?
@@captainfatdog Now I usually play Black Ops 4, sometimes Fortnite, and occasionally I hop on ark to see what's new. You play any other games?
Ah cool, I don't really get much time to play other games nowadays.
@@captainfatdog Oh, do you wish you could upload videos of other games instead? Id support you no matter what you choose to do with youtube :)
@@ItsJustonian No, not really, currently ark is the only game where I feel I have something to offer to the world. That's kind of you :)
What is this sleight of hand, some kind of ruse... LMFAO! My anticipation of your presentation was well worth the wait, excellent video my friend! Thank you for all your hard work and determination.
Haha, thank you my friend, much appreciated!
Great work as always man :) I love the editing on this one, really makes it pop :) Also, that you included several techniques in the same movie, instead of making multiple :) kudos!
Thank you very much Sitharias! It was a lot of work but totally worth it.
It works which I am surprised about it makes my life so much easier as I hate the look of pillers so thank you so much
you have blessed us with a new video
Aye, it does happen every few months or so 😏
This is great! I have a unofficial pc pve cluster that my friends own and this will be great to make a base on with these tips! Thanks 💜
ONEWING did not want to show how it's done, but I knew ul have my back
Haha, aye. I started this video months ago then when onewing released his I thought I better crack on and get it finished. I think he just didn't show how to do that method because it's not much good for pvp.
A pleasure to see the master at work. Awesome vid as always Cap!
Hehe, thank you Jeff!
Hey man! I was wondering if you could make a video for us solo players. Something that consists of what we need but doesn't feel so small we feel claustrophobic. Anyways keep up the good work!
To be honest these floating structures may be a godsend vs the meshing that Wildcard can't fix, and shouldn't be a dev wipe if you ask me. A floating structure inherently has less turret coverage density as it is defending 6 sides necessarily compared to 1-5 on conventional structures. The only big advantage is that it can defend from below, which makes it perfectly suited to counter meshing.
Yeah, I agree!
Alex Walter the thing is any real counter to meshing is bannable sadly
not to mention it's their game mechanics. If bulding wasn't so flicted people wouldn't has such a need for figuring out ways to do things.
If this was allowed on pvp i would build a 200 by 200 sky base and block out the sun
As usual a legendary video! I so much admire the content and quality of your videos. Ark-Magic! Thanks for sharing!
Hey Gortona! Thank you very much 😊
Are you working on anything new?
ngl dude, i spent thousands of hours building but this shiz actually impressed me big time, well done on the videos and keep doing what you do. it's amazing!
Thank you, glad you like it!
I am not suggesting 'go break the rules' but if you happened to be so inclined, don't be a noob about it! Do it with style 😎 ... _break the rules_
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Break the rules? This is completely abolishing the rules, the rules never existed cause the rules never met the Ol' Captain Fatdog! Lol
Amazing as always, I've got to tryout the magic water well👌
Thanks Jelly Fox!
Long-awaited. 'Strange behaviour,' what fun! ^_^
hinteregions is that my favourite leech?
Aye, I finally got there!
great stuff dude... Love the wonky one off the platform saddles, that has all kinds of possibilities
Thanks Toves! You have no idea how far those possibilities extend. You are in for a treat with the next video 😏
Half 5 in the morning but my priority now is subscribing so i can watch more when i wake up
Haha, thank you!
While the actual usage is negligible for me (I play on PVP servers and these constructs are very fragile), I really did like the concept and especially the editing.
Clean, meaningful descriptions, short informative video, WELL DONE!
Thanks. Been discussing some PvP ideas for this to prevent meshing. Using the water well method but also connecting it to the ground so you don't get dev wiped.
Damn I wish you didn't show people these, but regardless, amazing job. Didn't know about the well method, so thank you.
Hehe, thanks.
Love ur vids man! They help alot and they are very chill. Keep up the good work!
Thanks, glad to hear it 😊
Great video! Awesome editting!
How come you haven’t gotten a million subscribers yet? Thanks so much for creating an awesome content 👍
Haha, I wish
Nice job! Keep it up!
you put so much effort into your vids so i realize it’s hard for u to post a lot but i wish u could
Thanks, I'm going to try doing shorter videos more often I think.
thats just makeing the best out off arks broken building mechanics.....nice vid dude
aye, that's kind of my thing. thanks :)
Wowww man I've been playing ark for about a week or two, and trying to pick up the logistics of sooo much lol, now my mind is blown, I've heard if you can imagine it there's probably a way to do it but damnn, I'm building a playlist for myself of these great tips and tricks, and while tbh I can't think of many uses for these tips yet. Damn I'm saving this video, thanks for the out the box thinking lol
Ye, it's a pretty weird building system for sure.
Hey, as usual your work is awesome lol you literally make ark fun for me by trying to learn new ways to build. of course i cant figure stuff out very well so its mostly fails and frustration but its still fun when something works out through experimentation XD. anyway a while back i asked if it was possible to make a zen arched bridge like you'd see in a garden or somethin going over a creek or.. whatever lol. I was just wondering if you ever made any headway on that since half of it was like your stairs video and it looks like you could do it with your stairs in the castle video but oh damn those stairs looked complex to make lol. anyways keep up the good work. you're awesome :)
Hey, thanks! I remember you asking that and I have since learned new tricks that will make some really nice bridges twitter.com/captain_fatdog/status/1038226333497782278
These are great tricks! Helped a lot, thanks! :)
Thx for this tips I hope I don get banned from the PVE server I’m currently on
We need more TH-camrs like u
No probs. You won't get banned on PvE, only PvP.
captain fatdog - ARK: Building Tips ok many thx man keep the work up and u will grow quickly
Your editing is amazing
Thanks!
Simply amazing, now i can make a skybase like the good ol days in minecraft :D
Haha, yeah, I have good memories of doing the Minecraft skybase challenge.
The editing was so amazing
Thank you!
Thank you!
Awesome! Everytime here I learn something new. :)
Thanks, that's good to hear.
Thank you. Great video 😍
I would love to build a huge flying carrier ship base, would look so badass.
You should check out the stuff Sitharias has done on his channel.
Love you bro keep up the good work
Thanks MrSpicyIce, I'll try :)
craziest builder of all time xD
Thanks cap helped my 7 year old make a floating base today lol
Fatdog what the hell... I can't... I have things to build. Damn you.
Finally. Thank you!! 17 thumbs up
Haha, thanks cap
Rip watch how i pull up with floating turret towers and floating hidden vaults on edge of center
It would be sick to have a space ship looking base like that with bays for your flying tames.
Yeah, that would be great!
This is amazing! Quick question though for method 3 does it work like the raft where I can just move the quetz to extend my foundation or am I stuck with the 3 by 3?
Yes, you can move the quetz around to extend it, but if anything gets demolished, any bit's that are not supported will fall.
Its finally here! Rejoice
That guy tho, there must be a big brain under that massive mane 😂👍
lol
I tried the method starts at 4:05 in Fjordur map it didn't work the part of metal ceiling should remain. I did the fence foundation by looking at the edge of ceiling, switching the thatch ceiling into metal, snapping 2nd fence at 90 degree angle, then when i remove the wall holding the metal ceiling, the ceiling collapse while the 2nd fence remaing on air.
Any other solution for that, since i'm trying to build sky level?
There's an easier way to do it now without a platform. You need to build up to the height, build your structure having it connected by just one ceiling, then replace that ceiling with a giant hatchframe. It's a bit tricky to explain, but there might be a video on it somewhere.
@@captainfatdog Thank you, I tried it, but didn't work or maybe i'm doing it wrong.
Ты лучший. Обажаю твои видео!!!)))
Btw If you do this on official servers you could get dev wiped as its in the ark code of conduct
survivetheark.com/code-of-conduct/
Hence the first 5 seconds of the video 😜
But thanks for sharing the link I guess 😊
My bad lol was distracted then so didn't notice it
@@BWhitehead. Haha, no worries, thanks for being helpful.
@@BWhitehead. On bullet number 3, using the world barrier as a snap point. I'm going to try that one since I'm on my own server. Didn't know you could do that.
Say boots and cats with the song they go together
Before 1:30
Subbed bro!!
Thanks!
i still haven't seen mention of this in any patch notes
Very cool.. your a god dam Genius
😘
You can also use S+ or SS mod
Bobs and alphas watching be like
📝🖋👀
You should use more synthwave
Okay so this is why fence foundations no longer give foundational support
Fence foundations have never given foundation support. Fence supports are the ones they have messed up!
I built a badass base hanging from that round circle dome thing up north in Ragnarok, suspended from pillars underneath the structure and then covered them with stone foundations to protect them from the top. The long ladder to the hatchframe meant no one could use tools on the door as they were holding onto it he ladder. I'd find bodies on the ground all the time form people who tried lol. Then last night I was chilling inside my base way up high when suddenly everything exploded all around me and smashed to the ground. Respawned to see two fuckfaces lobbing explosives, not a trace left. 🤷🏼♂️
Oh no!!!
I seen a build from a center pole with stairs outwards going up, with
a building on the end, but nothing else supporting it.
Looks like a metal tree, with houses on the outer end of the branches.
edited, must have been very late.
That sounds like mine :D
@@captainfatdog It tried copying the design a little with a flight of stairs, but in my case the side rails comes loose.
Not nearly as impressive, but I'm just a beginner.
Are you going to start build crazy stuff on Atlas in the near future?
I'll give it a go but I only have Xbox at the moment so I can't play yet.
@@captainfatdog same dude, I think it comes out for console in February.
This is actually awesome... im about to make a flying base and flex on all my friends
Haha, nice!
Nice bro u are the Best
Can I afterwards destroy the fence foundation and pillar on the quetz? Thanks for the great Idea.
No, unfortunately they have to stay
Do you need the water well for the pipes?
That method just got patched
I'm trying to do method #2 and it isn't working. How did you get extended so far horizontally before attaching the pillar that you ultimately disconnect? I've set mine up with pillars topped with ceilings underneath the walkway like it appears in the video, but I still can't extend past 2 ceilings away from the original foundation. I should mention that my pillars extend very high (30+) above the foundation before I top them with a ceiling. Am I too high away from the foundation?
Hi, sorry for the late response. I should have probably showed that you still need other temporary pillars to get them out that far. The height shouldn't be an issue I don't think.
Think Devs are closely watching your channel mate, all of this has just been patched
Haha, I know. Only the water well actually got patched though.
@@captainfatdog the most usefull tho... still took me like 5 minutes to figure our how to make floating stuff with the new structures, so typical ark fix to new bug ratio, like 1:5 :D
@@TheFenikson anyway u send me new way doing good floating base..loved the well 1 but does not work any more
You would like the artists Thrupence and Tycho I think
Not familiar with Thrupence but I know Tycho
@@captainfatdog I would suggest the song white kite by Thrupence, the Voyages EP is also very good. Tycho is my favorite artist, havent been listening to them alot lately, I should.
@@jonathanscott907 Nice, I'll check that out
any word on if one can create floating structures disconnected from each other where as if one was to demo one structure the other - some odd foundation spaces away - would drop?
forward thinking on the tek alarm and pressure plate................ alarm triggers a raptor pen to open - raptor argos enemy - runs over pressure plate, pressure plate triggers a dodo pen to open, dodo walks through tripwire explosive and down comes turret wall/tower floating protection. so odd foundation space away from base - flank defense activated - no retreat .....theoretically ?
Ye, I'm pretty certain some of these techniques could be used to do that. I'm really looking forward to the new Genesis structures, will open up a lot of possibilities.
i wonder if its possible to make a floating base on top of a floating base on top of a floating base on top of a floating base to eventually reach the top of the map and build a non quetz sky base
No, it doesn't work like that unfortunately.
@@captainfatdog damit
Captain I know its been a while
But does using a platform saddle allow you to build higher then with a raft ?
Well, it does if you take it up higher. A raft is limited to being near the water, dinos can go anywhere.
@@captainfatdog thanks for responding 🙂
This is possible in Atlas?
Duno. Not played it yet.
Probably lmao..
1 C4 and your base go BOOM
On PvE you can use a million c4 and it still won't go boom
Does the second method work? I destroyed the lower foundations and part of the structure is gone now.
Im going to explain what i just did, i put a row of pillars with ceilings on top(part is on a cliff and some are at the same height as the clif but raise by pillars) then i started placing wooden pillars and thatch ceilings on the ground. I conected them at the end with wooden pillars, i destroyed the connection and all was great, but then i started deleting the thatch and wood stuff and the metal platform started collapsing. What did I did wrong?
It still works. I'm struggling to visualise what you are describing, any chance you could share some screenshots on discord?
Can I use a skiff or Stryder if I don’t have a raft ?
Yes!
Are all three of the current techniques fragile? I just had my floating base collapse using technique 3 (quetz, foundations and pillar).
Yup. I'm afraid so.
Does this work on mobile too?
Cool !
Genius
WHY HAVE I NOT SUBSCRIBED
I don't know, you tell me 😄
For the last one with the well can you build infinitely log and have an entire base like that?
Yup
Do the sideways metal waterpipes still provide support ?
The pipe method got patched unfortunately.
@@captainfatdog There goes my dream of building sideways on a one stilt base foundation for my water base.
Any other tips for building sideways on water ?
I seen people use growth beds and such ?
Does this still work?
All except the water well
Is this still viable and if so, is this using S+ or SS, or is it vanilla?
Yes, it's vanilla and still works.
In the first method, how high above the ground can the ceilings be?
Only like 2.6 walls above the foundation, I forgot to put that in the video.
damn the well trick no longer works...are any of these any good still?
Yes, they all work apart from that one
Does this still work?
(mind blown sound)
I built a version of this floating Helicopter but still can not figure out how to get rotating rotors. :-(
nice! will show how soon :-)
congrats..im gonna subscribes u