As many of you - especially those who are annoyed whenever someone puts down ice boxes before the crockpots - are aware, structures in DST are not made equal when it comes to placement. Making boat bridges to places you want to go, while certainly a viable and popular option, costs an ungodly amount of wood to build, restricts your movement at sea by the very nature of a bridge, can be destroyed long-term by smoldering in Summer or accidental gnarwhale aggroing, and makes it impossible to freely chase after fish unless you want to invest the resources into building an anchor on some of the boats that make the bridge OR replace the boat every time you chase after the fish. If you make a proper boat like the one I will explain in the next section, you can survive at sea without ever returning to land for multiple years if you wanted to.īefore I dive into how to make the ultimate boat, I need to explain the mechanics behind structure placement. While you're out at sea, hounds and seasonal bosses WILL NOT attack you, and that even includes the antlion's annoying sinkholes. Pretty much anyone I've talked to has commented on how fun and especially relaxing ocean fishing is the reeling mechanics and variety of fish to catch just make the experience a nice way to escape some of the monotony of mainland survival, whether it's harvesting the same plants over and over or killing the same old spiders. For me personally though, the answer is simple: it's fun, it's safe, and it's a nice escape. There are a variety of answers depending on who you ask. Why should you ever live out at sea when the mainland has an abundance of resources for you to survive on? Why should you put all this effort into sailing when you can just make boat bridges to wherever you want? You might be wondering what the point of all this is.
Miscellaneous Advise and Situational Tricks to Improve Survivability Fish Swimming Mechanics and Which Fish to Catchĥ. Without further ado, let's hop into the details.ġ. I've decided to include a table of contents for anyone who wants to skip over specific topics in this guide.
If you haven't read his guide on how to fish yet, I highly recommend reading it before diving into this guide, which assumes you already understand fishing mechanics and especially how to use regular lures. Inspired by Electroely's extremely detailed guide on fishing mechanics, I thought I'd make a likewise-detailed guide showing you guys how to SURVIVE out at sea.