What are some awesome base locations.

[Redbullsage51]

Manly secluded and awesome for building projects.

[Jerryn]

I built on a rock column in the Maw.  ( more pics of the outside and inside at: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198073518818/screenshots/#)

Pics don't include the greenhouse I build on the NW tower.

[ImpureFrost]

I would love to build at 78, 20. The spot contains 3 Small waterfalls with ridges going 3 hills up.

[DmpTrkDrvr]

I like the crown of rocks in the eastern forest, approximately  43.7 lat 76.9 long.. I like to call it the crown of thorns.. I placed gates between the rocks and build base on top. 

[SallyAnn]

If you like big and flat land with good sea access then the plateau overlooking Dodo peninsula on the west coast at 58/18 is pretty nice.

The only issue is that it's a pretty long trek to get metal.

This was during the early "thatch spam" planning stages, sadly the server got wiped lol

[SwishPapaSweets]

I preferred the hidden lake. I used the metal gates to make sure no giga could get in my base

[Jerryn]

3 minutes ago, SwishPapaSweets said:

I preferred the hidden lake. I used the metal gates to make sure no giga could get in my base

I assume you put them all the way around the rim?

[Redbullsage51]

Is there a small little rock island anywhere in the ocean and anly accesible by sea and air

[ImpureFrost]

3 minutes ago, Redbullsage51 said:

Is there a small little rock island anywhere in the ocean and anly accesible by sea and air

There are icebergs, and also. 55, 30

[Redbullsage51]

ok is that in the snow or south

[Grimlock98]

2 hours ago, Jerryn said:

I built on a rock column in the Maw.  ( more pics of the outside and inside at: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198073518818/screenshots/#)

Pics don't include the greenhouse I build on the NW tower.

hoooooooooooooooooow did you get the ramp that long?????  i have been fighting with ramps for days on end now

[Redbullsage51]

2 hours ago, Jerryn said:

I built on a rock column in the Maw.  ( more pics of the outside and inside at: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198073518818/screenshots/#)

Pics don't include the greenhouse I build on the NW tower.

i didnt think you could build on the obulusk. and what is the fastest way to get pelt

 

[SwishPapaSweets]

15 minutes ago, Jerryn said:

I assume you put them all the way around the rim?

I left a little bit for building down from there but yes I did.

[Grimlock98]

1 minute ago, Redbullsage51 said:

i didnt think you could build on the obulusk. and what is the fastest way to get pelt

 

make a taming pen, put a decent level dino in there, grab wolves, deer, sheep from the cold area, drop them in and let the dino tear them up, rinse repeat

[Redbullsage51]

7 minutes ago, Grimlock98 said:

make a taming pen, put a decent level dino in there, grab wolves, deer, sheep from the cold area, drop them in and let the dino tear them up, rinse repeat

Thanks guys

[Procoptodon981]

Seeing as this is a discussion about base locations, I know a few:

The writhing swamps are a descent area for a small base, good for beginners however you may need to watch out for the occasional sarco or mega piranha so come prepared.

My second location for a base and the area I currently use is the Tundra. Originally I got held up by two Procoptodons but I managed to build up a medium-sized wooden base that could hold my mammoths, dire wolves, sabers, Procoptodons, Megaloceroses and my giganotosaurus while leaving room for a 6x6 homestead. P.S: I play on a single player world, Xbox one.

 

[Jerryn]

1 hour ago, Redbullsage51 said:

i didnt think you could build on the obulusk. and what is the fastest way to get pelt

 

I am not on an obelisk, just a big column of rock.  Though, you can build in and around the obelisks, assuming someone doesn't stop you.

A good spot to build a taming pen is on the west coast, just south of the snow biome, a little inland.  The area can get a little rough, but it is a good place for scorps, argens, raptors, sabers, doeds, ankys, stegos, carnos, rexes, and terror birds; they spawn along the coast just south of the snow biome. 

And, it also puts you close to the snow biome, so that you can get to wolves, mammoths, megalos, and more rexes, sabers, and argens.

I built my pen with both a dino door and a ramp, and make the walls(out of door frames) 3 high.  You can kite a rex, saber, anky, or whatever else into it and run out any side with ease.  Only a dilo or compy is going to run through the doors, and you don't really need a pit for those.  However, if you lead a stego or mammoth into it, you will need to tear down walls to get them out, as they are two big for a dino gate.

And, if you kite an argen to it, you can get inside and shoot out, using the walls as protection.  And, if the argen gets into the pen with you, you just run outside and shoot into it.

 

[Jerryn]

1 hour ago, Grimlock98 said:

hoooooooooooooooooow did you get the ramp that long?????  i have been fighting with ramps for days on end now

See that column on the right hand side of the ramp, that is key.  And, if you look closely at the bottom, you will see it attaches to a small bridge(made of columns and ceiling) that run across the river.

In short, you need to have a series of connected columns, ceiling, and foundations, and they will support anything that is connected to them(such as by the really tall column to the left of the ramp.  You can use more columns and connects(though it is hard to do on a ramp, unless you put in small landing along the way) to make it safer; but not really needed if you PVE or SP and build out of metal.

Also, I find it easier to build a ramp downwards, instead of upwards.  Sometimes, you might have to build it a few times, and I did with this one, until I got the part that the ramp connects to to extend out far enough.

 

Here, you can see the column from the upper level to where it connects to the short bridge over the river, down below.

 

Here, you can see how how the tall column connects to the bridge, how the bridge crosses the river, and how I use columns and ceilings to walk up the wall, to continue the support up the other side.

 

And, here is a different example, showing my upper elevator platform:

Which is held up because the one column(not the elevator track) comes all the way down, jogs over one space, and then connects to foundations below(which is also the stopping point for the elevator.

[Redbullsage51]

Jerrryn are you on xbox

[FaneBlackwing]

I've found many great base locations that I'd like to share! (:

Hidden Lake:

This place is very great for protection and farming. It's a large secluded area in the middle of a forest, with large walls going all the way around it except for 3 areas that allows easy access in and out. It's way up in the northeast, and it's closer to Dead Island and the mountains. Easy Metal and big predator guys  Also like the name suggests, it's got a little tiny pond in the center, perfect for farming!

Pros: Easy farming, very well protected, somewhat easy metal access, secluded.

Cons: No sea creature storage, good distance away from snow biome.

About 42 long, 15 lat:

This is on the border of the snow biome, so this is a great area to set up a base if you eventually want to head in to the snow biome. It's got easy access to pelt, silica pearls, and oil. It also has a little inlet with a waterfall that allows storage for anything from the ocean up to Megalodon size. It doesn't have very great Dino storage outside of that though. It's right by the Frozen Fang as well, so you also have great metal access. Kairuku also tend to wander over here so that's perfect for the Organic Polymer.

Pros: Pelt, Organic Polymer, Oil, Pearls, Metal access, Sea storage up to Megalodons, near the snow biome, good farming.

Cons: Lots of danger in the forms of Sabers, Rexes, Argies, and Wolves, little dino storage unless you expand your base greatly.

About 55 long, 88 lat:

This is where I currently have my base. It's got amazing protection in the form of giant rock pillars that you can build on, somewhat great dino pen potential, decent water creature storage, next to no dangers, easy swamp access, and there's a cave right by you as well!

Pros: Great Protection, water dino storage up to Megalodons (In the inlet), decent dino pen potential, easy swamp access, cave nearby, good farming.

Cons: Sarcos can spawn nearby and Megapiranhas can also spawn in the Inlet, no easy metal access, far away from snow biome.

South Haven:

In my opinion, the perfect base set-up. Has absolutely no dangers on the island (Minus Megalodon), Trilobite spawn here meaning easy chitin, pearls, and oil, Metal actually spawns on both sides of the island so building on one side only is very recommended, great dino pen in the center of the island, perfect sea creature storage as it can hold even Mosasaurs. Stegos, Trikes, and Ankylos spawn very commonly here so they are a great source of Keratin.

Pros: No dangers, Easy Metal, Perfect Sea and Land creature storage, easy chitin/keratin and oil/pearls.

Cons: Brontos tend to be very annoying, far from the mainland, only way to get over there is via sea or sky, transporting dinos is risky and can be dangerous!

[Redbullsage51]

On 2/12/2016 at 2:02 PM, Grimlock98 said:

make a taming pen, put a decent level dino in there, grab wolves, deer, sheep from the cold area, drop them in and let the dino tear them up, rinse repeat

Thanks guys

[Redbullsage51]

if any of you are on xbox and could possibly show me where theese locations are and what they look like you can message me on here

[Redbullsage51]

I meant actually walk me through the map on xbox like in game

[Grimlock98]

this is almost the far NW corner of the map, its on the snow line.

pardon the terrible pic, i snapped a fast one for a buddy.

[Redbullsage51]

Thx