Zombid Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Newbie asking stuff So I just finished my base structure and it's time for decor and equipment. I have smithy, generator/electricity and a fridge. Forge and fabricator coming up. What should I build next? What are the must-have's? Also, what size are the elevator platforms? (Pre-planning that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aylana314159 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 PvE or PvP? Makes a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombid Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, Aylana314159 said: PvE or PvP? Makes a difference. Ah yes, sorry. PvE server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demerus Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 build in single player creative mode. It will allow you to mess around with everything instead of farming matts and wasting time and effort. start a single player map when you spawn in, press: tab in console command, type: cheat gcm press: enter Creative mode will give you: All engrams including tek to be built into your inventory. No weight restrictions You can fly by double tapping spacebar All your problems will be solved. All your questions will be answered. search the wiki for other admin commands and dino/saddle spawn codes on their individual profile pages: https://ark.gamepedia.com/Console_Commands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yekrucifixion187 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Depends on your goals. In general, you want a chem bench, all purpose hatchery (I go with 30 AC's just because I know it can hatch anything in any temp), greenhouse which contains 2 of each fruit/vegetable, plus many narcoberry and tintoberry crop plots, industrial cooker, grill, at least 5 preserving bins for jerky. You'll want cryofridges and you'll want vaults for weapons/armor. Early on you'll want vaults for material storage and down the line you can switch those to tek dedicated storage. Prior to getting cryofridges, available to be made at level 81 in obs and supply drops, you may want a dino storage barn. If you're on Extinction or built in an area that they can kite Wyvern's to you, you'll want a few heavy turrets and Velonosaurs. A few tek turrets once you reach them. If you're near Giga's, make your perimeter out of metal behemoth's and dino gates when you can. Sorry, info overload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aylana314159 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I would suggest getting a greenhouse setup. And prioritize harvesting dinos before doing epic building. Maybe make a dino barn/courtyard for mating and breeding purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeHammer Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Are you playing on a vanilla server or using mods? If you're using S+ mod, S+ crafting bench and S+ converter are pretty handy. I found the industrial cooker, and industrial forge to be huge benefits. The chem bench seems expensive for what you think it does at first, but trust me... well worth having. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uueerdo Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 6 hours ago, Zombid said: Newbie asking stuff So I just finished my base structure and it's time for decor and equipment. I have smithy, generator/electricity and a fridge. Forge and fabricator coming up. What should I build next? What are the must-have's? Also, what size are the elevator platforms? (Pre-planning that) You have the generator and fridge before the fab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattasaur Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I would get a greenhouse set up as well as a breeding / hatching area. Will need air conditioners for the hatchery unless you want to use the sailback dinos : Dimetrodon? A good Anky, Beaver, and a Doedic will help get lots of raw resources you need. Get the compost bins or better yet throw a couple of dungbeetles in the greenhouse and fill them with dung for fertilizer for your crops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caleb68 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 if playing on valguero - a weight roo, take it to the swamps and right click the small dark bushes, easy to get 2k berries in 2 minutes. alot of good suggestions above, thats the only thing i really have to add to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombid Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 12 hours ago, DeHammer said: Are you playing on a vanilla server or using mods? If you're using S+ mod, S+ crafting bench and S+ converter are pretty handy. I found the industrial cooker, and industrial forge to be huge benefits. The chem bench seems expensive for what you think it does at first, but trust me... well worth having. Vanilla ragnarok. 7 hours ago, Uueerdo said: You have the generator and fridge before the fab? Sorry, my starter is a bit confusing. I just moved and I built fab in the previous place to get stuff before relocating. My priorities in the new base are a bit of mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeHammer Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 10 hours ago, Zombid said: Vanilla ragnarok. Cool. I love Ragnarok. Out of curiosity which area did you choose to settle in? I find the Highlands to be an excellent place to get started. There are several fantastic base locations there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapha Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 As someone who learned it by the hard way that alphas can destroy stone I suggest you to focus on the industrial forge and upgrading your whole base to metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombid Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 13 hours ago, DeHammer said: Cool. I love Ragnarok. Out of curiosity which area did you choose to settle in? I find the Highlands to be an excellent place to get started. There are several fantastic base locations there. Well, I got stuck here in North, Viking bay. It's laggy as hell sometimes, but as a beginner I feel comfortable here. I can focus on building and learning the game better before I head to south. Question about Therizino. Why doesnt he gather any keratin? I assume its Right stick, because its delicate gathering but nothing. With main attack I might get 1-2 if Im lucky. This doesnt make sense. Ive added harvesting points to Delicate 8 and Power 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeyGriffin Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Chitin & Keratin are interchangeable, if you want lots of chitin then kill mantises (Volcano or desert), should get loads. Also it's best if you have 2 theris & just put harvesting levels into power on 1 & delicate on the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymas Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 If you haven't already built it, prioritize your base security with an outer perimeter fence/wall before you do anything else. Then a garden if you don't already have one, it takes time to get that up and running. In addition to advanced crops I usually run a few plots of narcos, mostly as an easy way to use up all the spoiled meat from raising babies. If you plan to breed your animals in the future, it'd be good to start working on your hatchery now. Extra fridges, lots of ACs, etc. And cryofridges are always a priority imo, as a QoL item they are indispensable. Prioritize the industrial forge over anything else, that's about the biggest upgrade you can make. When you get to it, the cooker too. I rarely even bother to make kibble before I have one simply because it's so tedious otherwise. Chem bench is great but I usually prioritize it slightly lower than the other industrial grade crafting stations. Still always make one though. It might be considered somewhat of a luxury item, but I love my grinder. All the random saddles and lower tier gear I pick up out of drops goes in there for free mats, the grinder will quickly pay for itself. When you start getting to the point of crafting high tier saddles and gear, every bit helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeHammer Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 3 hours ago, Cymas said: It might be considered somewhat of a luxury item, but I love my grinder. All the random saddles and lower tier gear I pick up out of drops goes in there for free mats, the grinder will quickly pay for itself. When you start getting to the point of crafting high tier saddles and gear, every bit helps. Yea grinder is nice when you get it. A person could almost stop gathering resources and just do desert loot crate runs instead. You often pick up high level saddles you don't need, and they grind up for tons of resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeHammer Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 7 hours ago, Zombid said: Well, I got stuck here in North, Viking bay. It's laggy as hell sometimes, but as a beginner I feel comfortable here. I can focus on building and learning the game better before I head to south. The highlands are North as well, but to the extreme East of you. To get there from where you are, you'd just stick to the water's edge and pass the lava area. There are very few predators there (no raptors), but they are bigger predators that don't spawn as often, such as the Giga (easy to just avoid). With no trees you can see danger from a long ways away. One great thing is that the wyvern trench is in the highland area and early access to a tame wyvern really makes for great advancement in the game. It's easy to tame a ptera, then level it enough to steal a wyvern's egg. The redwood are also close by, and that area in the foot hills between the highlands & redwoods is fantastic for resources. One of the best spots on the entire map IMO. In the picture below, the background is the southern edge of the Highlands, with the wyvern trench on the right side of the image. In the middle of the background, below the snow, is 'Wyvern Forest' which is quite a nice area with very few creatures (unlike the Red Woods). On the far left side of the image is a set of foothills and a small lake. That's where I built my base. It's close to the Redwoods (at the start of the Redwoods), but only has a few creatures wandering down from the Redwoods. The colorful wyvern is one of the event wyverns I pulled from the trench. Hunting for wyvern's eggs in the trench is one of the most exciting things to do on Ragnarok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aushegun Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I can't stress enough to a newbie, that what ever dinos they tame early on, that they breed up back ups, especially for your flyers. That way, when something bad happens (and it will eventually) you can spawn back at your base, and jump on another flyer to try and get back to save your dino left behind, or at the very least get your loot bag contents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombid Posted September 30, 2019 Author Share Posted September 30, 2019 Elevator. How do you build it properly? When I put the track on the stone floor, the damn thing goes partially underground, so the platform goes underground too. I cant find a way to put it nicely on the same level with the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombid Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 Bumping for the elevator thing. Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caleb68 Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 13 hours ago, Zombid said: Bumping for the elevator thing. Anyone? watch this video on raised foundations, the concept should work the same to raise the elevator track: I will note - if you raise it 2 parts high then remove the ceiling, the placed piece will break, but if its only raised one part high, it will stay in place. seems to work with pillars to move them up abit, so I would think it would work with the elevator track as well, just snap on a track rather then a foundation for the raised part. on another note, if your track is going to be coming up from the floor level, just raise the one foundation your going to have the elevator track on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosati Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 On 9/25/2019 at 9:15 AM, Aushegun said: I can't stress enough to a newbie, that what ever dinos they tame early on, that they breed up back ups, especially for your flyers. That way, when something bad happens (and it will eventually) you can spawn back at your base, and jump on another flyer to try and get back to save your dino left behind, or at the very least get your loot bag contents. I wish I would have made more of an effort to try and tame another flyer. I was killed this morning far from home and I was killed while collecting drops and only have the one dino so when I get home after work I have to hope that my dino is still alive and I'm able to get to her lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aushegun Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 On 10/6/2019 at 3:07 AM, Zombid said: Bumping for the elevator thing. Anyone? I've played for nearly 3 years. I could never get the elevator to line up in my single player game, so I've never used it on a server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d1nk Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 47 minutes ago, Aushegun said: I've played for nearly 3 years. I could never get the elevator to line up in my single player game, so I've never used it on a server. I think we built an elevator once. Was when SE came out +/- I see people use it lots inside a base but never liked how janky it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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