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r/RaftTheGame•
AdultMouse

Shark vs Raft questions

Okay, I understand that the shark will attack raft pieces and will try to target the original 4 foundations. I have two questions:

  1. If you built out from the original 4 and then destroyed them, what would the shark orient on?
  2. If you don't repair, is there a point at which the shark stops attacking? Or will the shark just destroy all foundations eventually, leaving you raftless?

Posted Oct 17, 2022, 4:17 AM UTC

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Mars1984Upilami•

After u extend the raft he will go for the outer rim. As soon as possible fortify the outer ring of ur raft to prevent. Thats how I do it.

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FocusDKBoltBOLT•

Try it !

But tbh, Shark is annoying a bit early game but not a problem later on

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TheRealRickC137•

Exactly. A mushroom and a little silver algae? It's delicious!

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Azeydim•

Try it out in a new game, however, I'm quite certain he'll leave the last raft piece alone

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Master_Win_4018•

My raft get completely destroyed after losing 2 foundation from the original 4 foundation at the beginning of the game.

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JustAnotherStranger-•

If that happens is it just game over?

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Master_Win_4018•

Nope, but since I can't build anything, I will starve and thirst to death for sure. The game will surely be over if I can't revive on my non-existing raft .

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Brian_Cogs•

He seems to only attack the outer edge of your boat, and after you’ve built outward, he won’t bite anywhere on your ship except the perimeter.

Side note: in my experience, i’ve noticed he goes for half pieces (the triangle shaped foundations) more often than the full ones. I have a raft that is rectangle, then tapers at the tip, and the shark allllways munches those half pieces. Maybe an occasional full piece attack here and there, but that shark loves him some triangle foundation.

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syrus53•

A YouTube I forget wich one but it said that destroying the 4 original blocks will affect the debris I've never tested this so I don't know if it's true or not

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MajesticAlbatross864•

Everything spawns around that 4 foundation spot regardless of the tiles still exist or not

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MajesticAlbatross864•

Everything spawns around that 4 foundation spot regardless of the tiles still exist or not

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Kuro_Neko00•
  1. The entire game revolves around those original four squares. It doesn't matter if they're still there or not. The location where they were is the center of the world. This is why you should try to keep track of them and keep them roughly center of whatever you build. Being a little off-center isn't the end of the world, but if you're very off-center your raft could end up outside the trash stream, islands might not spawn, and the raft will behave oddly in rough seas. With regards to the shark he will circle the center point as defined by those four squares, but he'll attack the outer edges of your raft, corners more likely than non corners, wherever you build it. Unless it's very, very off-center, but then you have other problems.
  2. The Shark will not stop and if you don't repair or rebuild he will eventually destroy all your squares. At that point, while the game won't end, you'll effectively be stuck because all squares need to be built off of an existing square, so you would be able to build anymore.
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AdultMouseOP•

Thank you, this is what I wanted to know. I was considering something odd to get around having to constantly deal with the shark, but I don't think it will work giving this behaviour.

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Kuro_Neko00•

Happy to help. Eventually you'll unlock raft armor, which makes your raft impervious to the shark. Then you only need to worry about him when you go diving, and there's other ways to deal with him there.

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