Like so many other commenters, I salute You tutorials for being on the point and no BS. It seems 99% of ARK UA-camrs feel the need to make hour long videos to explain something that could be done in 2 minutes. You are the best!
I love your tutorials, very detailed and to the point. You've advanced my Ark lifestyle from a primitive caveman to an advanced architect. Keep making the tuts man, you're the best!
i have been watching all your building videos and i must say i have over 5000 hours in ark and i can say with certainty you are one of the very best strategic builders i have seen and there is not much i havent seen in ark at this point but you have definitely opened my eyes to some building ideas thanks and good luck with your channel
You're the "evolved" in "ARK: Survival Evolved", seriously. I am so glad I found your channel and subscribed! These tutorials are just epic! Thanks bunches for sharing your knowledge (which already has made me the 'queen of metal' on my server ;)) I will subscribe to your other channel for the sake of support, even if the outback is around 20.000 km away :( , but I do hope your channels will grow much more! You definetely deserve it! Thanks again and keep up these great videos!
This is a lifesaver! I play on a The Center server and one of the islands were completely de-populated. Naturally, me and my buddy set up camp! "Naah, no-one lives there." they said. "That's where all gigas spawn. It's crazy." Making a few of these armored plants in metal will make us very very happy campers. Thanks for the tip!! I think I'm gonna go make one of them now and blow my buddys mind :-)
You should do a tutorial on how to make that house, it looks awesome. im sure after an hour or so of fucking around i could figure it out, but an updated tutorial might be good, to see if it all still works or not.
another awesome video! I'm a predominantly a raft guy and have incorporated a most of your findings in my builds. the expedition raft is a great tool for collecting pearls on the center map. Set the plant x for all dinos and clear out those pesky piranhas:)
I just wanted to tell you that you are an ark God. lol. I just started playing a month ago and your videos helped the learning curve so much. I never comment videos but you deserved the thanks.
Hi OneWing, So, I've made a bunch of these armored plants and did some testing by kicking a tribe member and having them run around them, plus I've just experienced my first base raid and they killed all my dinos. I've discovered some interesting things. First thing, the plants can't see over the railing when they are in an elevated position looking down. I installed them atop a cliff and until I removed the front railing they just couldn't shoot a player down below, but when a Rex came the Rex was tall enough to get shot. Second, putting the wooden ramp for access is a death sentence for the plant. Just as the wild bronto killed the plant during a raid a Rex killed the plant as well, either that or a rocket did, Armour was fully intact plus the Ramp but the plant was dead with fertilizer in the the crop plot.
Bloody brilliant mate, solved the problem of my gigs munching my species while attacking wild stuff that flies into my base. Works like a treat. Subbed and shared you champion!
Quincy Rogers do you play on the PC? I have trouble with it. The trapdoor needs to be removed completely to access the crop plot and my plants take direct damage (with trapdoor closed of course). But maybe it’s a PC problem...
Jonathan Rollé I’m on console like OneWing; PC is a bit ahead of console to my knowledge so maybe there’s a collision mechanic patch that’s keeping you from utilizing this technique. Even for console plebs some of the info presented has been “patched-out” so to speak
I use this design, however on PC you cannot access the plot inventory when opening the trapdoor. Sometimes if you angle your view up close on the plant/trapdoor you might get lucky with being able to access the inventory. Testing in single-player mode, flame arrows can take out the plants.
You dont have to add the thatch ceilings. The hatch frame will snap to the first higher foundation, and the railings will snap to the bottom foundation. I tend to build these in clusters of 4.
Yes, it still works with minor changes.Plant X require a large crop plot, so you must step it down 3x instead of 2x to be protected by the hatch. It will still receive water and sun, and will grow. To actually access the plot inventory later you will need to remove a railing and access it from the side or use an auto-fertilizer spreading item. Once grown, you can click on the plant itself to edit targeting/range.
I tried your method. The hatchframe collapses, when I destroy the ceilings. Even if I don't remove the first foundation, the plant get the damage through the hatchframe.
Great video xONEWINGx, I will definitely be incorporating some of these techniques on the outside perimeter of our base. Really great tip and glad to see it prevents Giga attacks well, just tamed a high level Giga ourselves on our server.
for the foundation one you can also put ramps on teh bottom maken it a little harder to get to the foundation of it and you can also put a intake at the bottom corner with a tap if its at the beach - along with giant metal hatch frames around it so people cant run up to c4 it just slightly blocks them
The pillar method still works. xONEWINGx great video! The species X can still be damaged with Ptero's doing barrel roll and if a Rex gets up on top it can also damage it fyi everyone.
Very nice video. Being in the desert makes it harder for irrigation. I know I can use water skins but what a hassle. And I can irrigate them but I like to have single ones spread out and that creates alot of annoying piping. Guess I can make a few of these armored ones that could manage 10 or more. And then only have a few stretches of piping
in one of the patches post this video, they fucked up trapdoors. You'll have to remove the trap door to access the inventory, then replace the trapdoor. it's a pain, but it's what ya gotta do now.
Thank you for this and all your tutorials! My gameplay has been enhanced by this build. I have an issue concerning the armored crop plot. I am unable to access the plot’s inventory with trapdoor attached, even with door open, I cannot access plot inventory. I have to demolish the trapdoor to gain access. The option to add fertilizer and set plant’s aggression is available, even with trapdoor closed. Is there something I didn’t place quite right? Also, how protected is the plant from flame arrows?
theonlyrel That’s how it works on PS4 as well. Although considering I was only concerned with topping off fertilizer and not replanting the fully grown plant x, it wasn’t too much of an issue.
Amazing video and setup, pity i keep fudging it. Got the general gist but trying to do it on uneven terrain is freaking difficult. Base feels pretty secure except I'm not sure my plants always work, dunno if that's cos i've the railings on the wrong snap or something else... Keep these tasty vids coming!
the stealing o nly works on small bases with almost non protection, if you got plenty of plant x standing next to each other then you cant steel it without dying.
Excellent trick! I've already started implementing them in my base. I'm just curious how they hold up against quetzal attacks though. I play on a primitive server and right now the bred quetz can't be beat.
This guy in a war wouldn’t fight. That’s for the weaklings. He would roll up in 1 bronto with heavy modifications like this and just shred the base with different building types.
So there is a few problems with this. Early on, yes, armored plant x is a very good idea but def not a mid-late game plan. Maybe maybe a few armored plant x infront of your x plant lines to protect their growth but dont depend on it. Cost per unit makes it far more expensive to make per efficiency. Quetz and argies can easily destroy the plant x inside with little to no problem.
hey onewing for the building on an existing base method could you place a pillar on top of the roof then thatch roof on top of that and ceiling to the side and pillar under and do it the 2nd method you showed in this video? that way you dont have a pillar protruding inside of your base?
You can just have the pillar on the side rather then inside the base yes, if that is what you are saying. Just build a ceiling off the side and pillar down from that. Note they have changed the snap points of pillars its a little harder to find the correct one now.
something went wrong on one of mine the 4rth side would not accept the rail but i was able to close the seam by using a second stone foundation snapped to the problem side and sealed the seam with 2 fence foundations, i also have other failed ones that i go ahead and use because finding the access seam is not very easily done, and the planter looks legit so they maybe assume there is no error with it instead of checking for access
i had same problem but found out my crop plot was barely in the way so i couldn't put the railing so you could destroy the hatch roof and only leave 2 railings on then line up the plot perfectly put up new railings and hatch roof.
hatch frame always breaks when I remove the foundation So I just left one metal foundation still in place holding the hatch frame pointing away from area of attack and works just as well just with lil armor in the back now lol
Same for me, I just wanted to ask if anybody has similar issue. THe trapdoor need to be demolished in order to be able to access the crop plot inventory. Not a big deal, but interesting that on the video Onewing can access the iventory with the trapdoor already placed... maybe this is a difference between PS4 and PC?
Is it possible that this method isn’t working on the PC? I tried this method with around 30 large crop plots. The stone railings are placed correctly too. Unfortunately, the plant takes direct damage when it gets attacked, even though the trapdoor is closed?! And I have always the same problem: I cannot access the crop plot when a trapdoor is added to the hatchframe. I always have to remove the trapdoor when I want to plant some seeds. It only works trough the hatchframe with no trapdoor on it. Any help is LARGELY appreciated 🙈😊 Awesome video!
+xONEWINGx ya I know I like the fortress but with the last update you can't put turrets on quetzals anymore (auto turrets) do you know of anyway of putting turrets back on quetzals on a glitches foundation ? I've seen the final product of one but I don't know how to make it bro, thanks for the reply dude keep up the good work !
I managed to damage the foundation crop plot while crouching and hitting with a sword in between the gaps. Did something change, will this still work against dinos? It was made of stone. Love your videos btw.
I suddenly realized that for the two such protected plant turrets I made this morning and this evening... the railings are on the metal foundations, instead of the (no-longer-there) thatch ceilings. What's the impact of doing it this way? My hatch frame did not fall apart.
No problem that I know of. Its just a lot harder to place that way which may be the cause of your previous grief. Are you sure its on the foundation? Even when on the ceiling they look more to be on the foundation.
I may be wrong about that. Just did another one and the fact that I had the railings glowing green / snapping to the SIDE of a thatch ceiling...and then just tilted until the front side went green... confirms for me that I'm getting the correct height. It just kinda LOOKS like they're sitting on the foundation when you're done.
You can check mine at ua-cam.com/video/atuzaM557i4/v-deo.htmlm50s , the base of the railing hangs off the foundation a bit. But anyway as long as its all holding together it should be fine! I just checked the 2 stone armoured plants I have on 650, they were attacked with what looks to be grenades, they are still there with a couple railings nearly broken but a kill count of a lv250 ptera, a lv60 turtle and a few lv70 people.
Does this still work ? I just made one and it was done exactly like the video by the time the plant fully grows the crop plot is accessible without opening hatch frame. When there is no plant you cant access fertilizer . However once plant reaches midling you can access the fertilizer!!!!!!! Help Anyone , or is ark just being finicky ?
Hey xONEWingx! : ) So I've made quite a few pillar armored x plants. I turned them on to kill a wild Bronto level 44 knocking down all the trees giving my place camouflage. Well..... the wild Bronto took the plants out easily. I only went through a single fertilizer on three plants by the time I took it down, helping manually with my tamed Trike. I'm not sure what has occurred here. The Armor is intact, I have a wooden ramp on one side but the Bronto didn't destroy the ramp so the plant should have been protected. Do you think this might be a "wild vs tamed" attack thing?
Some dino attacks will get through its most effective against the tyrannosaurs, brontos must get through it seems. The ramp does seem to be a weak point though maybe I shouldn't have suggested it (but its a pain to recharge otherwise). I had a person on a giga chomping into my boat once and couldn't get through until I turned exposing the ramp side whereby the plant went first followed by the wood ramp then the crop plot with all the stone still intact.
if you think the ramp may be the weak point then I think what I will do is put a ceiling next to the plant allowing railing all around then put the ramp on that ceiling to gain access. Actually.....hmmm if I recall correctly I had a fully armored plant on the top of my building as well with no ramp and it was taken out too. I'm still going to follow through with the idea though, either that or do your slope roof version. I'm not into building with metal yet.
@xONEWINGx i tested out this build but i have a few questions. some ill be able to answer myself but one in particular that i would like your opinion on. When i placed a dino in range of this kind of turret i noticed something odd. By mistakei had placed the target dino close to the turret. nothing happened. As the dino moved away the turret aquired and killed the dino but it did so after getting about two or thee foundations away. And would appear to have a minimum range. Would lowering the foundation further into the ground fix this? And isn't this a probelm with pillar plant x turrets?
What dino? the targeting box of the dino may well of been below the rail height. You can lower it one more level but that's it, 3 down is as far as it will go on land. Being able to run under pillar turrets is always possible, I'd only use that as a second row behind the ground ones or in combination with spikes as shown.
Honestly I don't know, I tried with the catapult and couldn't kill it but then I'm not sure if you can kill your own plants with a catapult. I targeted an unarmoured one as well but hit the crop plot and destroyed it. I wouldn't have thought it would protect the plant but I cant confirm nor deny.
Hello! How long does it take to het a full grown plant?Mine is gone. I have seeded the plant.Water tap above it ( constant 600 water )Enough poop etc in the crop pot. Why is it not growing? Thanks in advance!( i also subscribed to youre Channel!)
What's the best way to counter this? I've seen a tribe use metal for this and I was thinking of raiding them. Would destroying the railings with say, 1 c4 remove the hatch? And possibly destroy the crop plot in the process? Or at least remove the hatch frame that is the real issue
on the second design (on the pillar) I can't seem to play the hatchframe. I made sure everything was even, snapped to the right places, etc. but it just won't let me. anyone know what I could have done wrong?
Finding this to be very frustrating. I thought I'd start with thatch, to save on materials and weight / hauling stuff to the site again and again. Once the lowest foundation was placed, I replaced it with metal. This seemed to work fine UNTIL it came time to put the metal railings on. I'd put the whole thing a little to close to a building on one side, but I figured that still would leave me with three railings to hold up the hatchframe. Swapped out the original thatch foundation (which was 2 levels higher) for a thatch ceiling. But I couldn't get a metal railing to snap to it. I got it to snap to the other two ceilings but not this one. I looked things over and thought....well, it kind of looks like my large crop plot is in the way a bit. (I don't know about you, but it seems that those fit very tightly onto a metal foundation. Not much room. So, I took out the crop plot, thinking I could always put it back. Metal railing #3 then snapped in onto thatch ceiling #3. But then I couldn't put a new crop plot in, even after I removed the hatch frame! Seemed like there wasn't enough room! So.... I removed the railings thinking "they're cheap to replace"... put the crop plot down... only now, I can't put the hatchframe on again, because I no longer have a foundation that's two units higher! And new ones want to snap to the existing metal one. (sigh) Giving up for tonight.
Yeh that has happened to me, that crop plot does need to be centred, it took me a few goes to find the best placing technique. Try preserving your higher thatch foundation by building another further out just so you can go back to it if things don't work out.
Thanks for the advice! I had about 40 minutes of time this morning to calmly try everything out again. In addition to your tip, I learned the following: 1) Unlike when working building floor made entirely out of thatch or stone, I found "overwriting" that "bottom, two levels down" foundation with a metal one IMPOSSIBLE. The green glowy image would NEVER merge with the existing foundation. So I ended up having to put it NEXT to the thatch one, then demo the thatch and add another "normal level" thatch foundation next to it. 2) It seems if I tried to add a "lower" foundation while looking directly AT the target spot... or at an angle where I was looking at the first foundation, it'd glow at a lower height, but would always snap in normally. (Grrr...) However, if I stood at a 45 degree angle or less to the original foundation, so that I was looking at the empty space, it'd click lower every time, it seemed. 3) Man, positioning that large plant plot PERFECTLY seems to be a pain. I think I need to learn some sort of camera trick in order to spin all around and size up its position. Once again, I ended up with railings snapping in right on 3 out of 4 sides. 4) What seemed to help me snap those railings into position on top of the thatch foundations easily was: Look to the left or right border of the thatch foundation (while standing on it)... get it to glow green...and then just slowly move to look forward. It'll pivot into checking the correct position easily. In this manner, it seems to me you can check to see how many of your railings will snap into place, before you commit to laying down a single one of them. Thanks for your tutorial! I think one thing that made it exceptional to other such tutorials was: You always said exactly WHAT the part you were placing was supposed to be hanging off of. That was key in preventing me from making stupid mistakes. Thank you !!
Does this still work if you create multiple armored xplants next to each other? e.g. a 2x2 square of armored xplants, or do the foundations need to be not snapped together?
Thank you so much. I'm playing on the new primitive+ servers and plant-x is really important. We are having problems with players rushing/suiciding on the plants in attempts to remove the fert and destroy the plants that way. Also they're luring wild gigas and things like that onto the plants and they're getting destroyed even though they are set to attack players only. So I'm converting to armored tonight. Thanks again
Does this still work on pillars i tried to make this on a pillar today could not get hatch frame to place. i know they just did something to pillars in the last patch and just wanted to know if its lagging issue from public server or not... thanks
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Wait so you don’t need to irrigate the plants it just needs to rain once?
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link sus
Like so many other commenters, I salute You tutorials for being on the point and no BS. It seems 99% of ARK UA-camrs feel the need to make hour long videos to explain something that could be done in 2 minutes. You are the best!
dafack yall talking bout, 13 minutes is way too long
Materials:
- 2 stone pillars
: 60 stone
: 30 wood
: 10 thatch
- 4 stone foundations
: 320 stone
: 160 wood
: 120 thatch
- 1 large crop plot
: 80 Wood
: 40 Thatch
: 60 Fiber
: 100 Stone
- 1 stone hatchframe
: 50 stone
: 25 wood
: 15 thatch
- 1 reinforced trapdoor
: 20 stone
: 14 wood
: 8 thatch
- 4 thatch roofs
: 60 thatch
: 16 wood
: 40 fiber
- 4 stone railings
: 80 stone
: 40 wood
: 28 thatch
Total: 630 stone, 365 wood, 281 thatch, 100 fiber
Plus: 1 species x seed, fertiliser, water source
You're welcome! :)
Abbie Roberts thanks ppl should do that on their tutorials.
Abbie Roberts Can't you do the lowering part with thatch foundations, like with rafts?
Abbie Roberts thanks
+1
Thanks this helped me a lot
I love your tutorials, very detailed and to the point. You've advanced my Ark lifestyle from a primitive caveman to an advanced architect. Keep making the tuts man, you're the best!
I guess you could say you're an ARKitect ;)
Thebackyardpilgrim _ Indeed
Thebackyardpilgrim _ oh ffs😂😂
nice one mate very good idea!
Geez mate, you are the only gaming youtuber I watch at all.
+xONEWINGx Hope he gives you new ideas for new defence systems against raiders.
+xONEWINGx Thanks man really appreciate it, keep up the awesome work!
Why are plants usefull?
i have been watching all your building videos and i must say i have over 5000 hours in ark and i can say with certainty you are one of the very best strategic builders i have seen and there is not much i havent seen in ark at this point but you have definitely opened my eyes to some building ideas thanks and good luck with your channel
You're the "evolved" in "ARK: Survival Evolved", seriously. I am so glad I found your channel and subscribed! These tutorials are just epic! Thanks bunches for sharing your knowledge (which already has made me the 'queen of metal' on my server ;))
I will subscribe to your other channel for the sake of support, even if the outback is around 20.000 km away :( , but I do hope your channels will grow much more! You definetely deserve it! Thanks again and keep up these great videos!
Thankyou for the kind words and the subs, you take the prize for nicest comment yet :)
xONEWINGx
YAY :) But seriously, your videos are so inspiring and helpful! Looking forward to the next ones... so please keep them coming :*
keytoyourfantasy what do u play on
Halo Man I host a nitrado server pvp map valguero if you want to co ez hang out. I’ll give you a lvl 450 pteranodon (pc or Xbox)
This is a lifesaver!
I play on a The Center server and one of the islands were completely de-populated. Naturally, me and my buddy set up camp!
"Naah, no-one lives there." they said. "That's where all gigas spawn. It's crazy."
Making a few of these armored plants in metal will make us very very happy campers.
Thanks for the tip!!
I think I'm gonna go make one of them now and blow my buddys mind :-)
Thanks for doing the test at the end of the video, it was good to see what are the potential weaknesses of the build!
You should do a tutorial on how to make that house, it looks awesome. im sure after an hour or so of fucking around i could figure it out, but an updated tutorial might be good, to see if it all still works or not.
another awesome video! I'm a predominantly a raft guy and have incorporated a most of your findings in my builds. the expedition raft is a great tool for collecting pearls on the center map. Set the plant x for all dinos and clear out those pesky piranhas:)
Your tutorials are spectacular. Very crisp, informative, and professional. Keep up the good work.
I just wanted to tell you that you are an ark God. lol. I just started playing a month ago and your videos helped the learning curve so much. I never comment videos but you deserved the thanks.
Hi OneWing, So, I've made a bunch of these armored plants and did some testing by kicking a tribe member and having them run around them, plus I've just experienced my first base raid and they killed all my dinos. I've discovered some interesting things. First thing, the plants can't see over the railing when they are in an elevated position looking down. I installed them atop a cliff and until I removed the front railing they just couldn't shoot a player down below, but when a Rex came the Rex was tall enough to get shot. Second, putting the wooden ramp for access is a death sentence for the plant. Just as the wild bronto killed the plant during a raid a Rex killed the plant as well, either that or a rocket did, Armour was fully intact plus the Ramp but the plant was dead with fertilizer in the the crop plot.
Bloody brilliant mate, solved the problem of my gigs munching my species while attacking wild stuff that flies into my base. Works like a treat. Subbed and shared you champion!
This gold information still works! On another note, It was a treat to see "old school" Ark in this vid again.
Quincy Rogers do you play on the PC? I have trouble with it. The trapdoor needs to be removed completely to access the crop plot and my plants take direct damage (with trapdoor closed of course). But maybe it’s a PC problem...
Jonathan Rollé I’m on console like OneWing; PC is a bit ahead of console to my knowledge so maybe there’s a collision mechanic patch that’s keeping you from utilizing this technique. Even for console plebs some of the info presented has been “patched-out” so to speak
This is a fantastic little trick you've figured out. Well done on adding some new weapons to the Ark arsenal.
I use this design, however on PC you cannot access the plot inventory when opening the trapdoor. Sometimes if you angle your view up close on the plant/trapdoor you might get lucky with being able to access the inventory. Testing in single-player mode, flame arrows can take out the plants.
You dont have to add the thatch ceilings. The hatch frame will snap to the first higher foundation, and the railings will snap to the bottom foundation. I tend to build these in clusters of 4.
Yes, it still works with minor changes.Plant X require a large crop plot, so you must step it down 3x instead of 2x to be protected by the hatch. It will still receive water and sun, and will grow. To actually access the plot inventory later you will need to remove a railing and access it from the side or use an auto-fertilizer spreading item. Once grown, you can click on the plant itself to edit targeting/range.
I tried your method. The hatchframe collapses, when I destroy the ceilings.
Even if I don't remove the first foundation, the plant get the damage through the hatchframe.
Great video xONEWINGx, I will definitely be incorporating some of these techniques on the outside perimeter of our base. Really great tip and glad to see it prevents Giga attacks well, just tamed a high level Giga ourselves on our server.
Best, most useful ARK video i've seen! Great job!
THE BEST DESIGN EVER STILL WORKING
Yep even now in 2121 👌🏼
@@TurokLegend what is it like in 2121?
for the foundation one you can also put ramps on teh bottom maken it a little harder to get to the foundation of it and you can also put a intake at the bottom corner with a tap if its at the beach - along with giant metal hatch frames around it so people cant run up to c4 it just slightly blocks them
Another wonderful guide. The community thanks you.
One, Another great video! I've started watching your trapping vids as well.
pure genius i have watch so many of your vids
Nice work dude, I enjoy your videos. Kudos to you. :-D
The pillar method still works.
xONEWINGx great video! The species X can still be damaged with Ptero's doing barrel roll and if a Rex gets up on top it can also damage it fyi everyone.
Your voice puts me to sleep but you are a genius lol
wow man, you have the best tuts
Hey FPSOutback love your slowmo rimfire comparisons, I didnt realise you have a gaming channel also
Yeh mate it cost so much to run that other channel, I have to make the money back somehow.
xONEWINGx as always you deserve more subs! on all channels
That is some "D day" looking base defences. Would love to see them in action
dude love your videos keep up the good work!
LOVE it. Keep them coming!
Very nice video. Being in the desert makes it harder for irrigation. I know I can use water skins but what a hassle. And I can irrigate them but I like to have single ones spread out and that creates alot of annoying piping. Guess I can make a few of these armored ones that could manage 10 or more. And then only have a few stretches of piping
i cant start out on any servers right now, because of turkey trials and when i set up something, a super turkey comes.
Another nice tutorial thanks man
I love everything you do
If i place the trap doors i can't access the crop plots
[Ru]Dolf same. Anyone know a fix to this?
Same
[Ru]Dolf This might be a stupid question but did u open the trap door first
Halo Man yes
in one of the patches post this video, they fucked up trapdoors. You'll have to remove the trap door to access the inventory, then replace the trapdoor. it's a pain, but it's what ya gotta do now.
Thank you for this and all your tutorials! My gameplay has been enhanced by this build. I have an issue concerning the armored crop plot. I am unable to access the plot’s inventory with trapdoor attached, even with door open, I cannot access plot inventory. I have to demolish the trapdoor to gain access. The option to add fertilizer and set plant’s aggression is available, even with trapdoor closed.
Is there something I didn’t place quite right? Also, how protected is the plant from flame arrows?
theonlyrel That’s how it works on PS4 as well. Although considering I was only concerned with topping off fertilizer and not replanting the fully grown plant x, it wasn’t too much of an issue.
Amazing video and setup, pity i keep fudging it. Got the general gist but trying to do it on uneven terrain is freaking difficult. Base feels pretty secure except I'm not sure my plants always work, dunno if that's cos i've the railings on the wrong snap or something else... Keep these tasty vids coming!
the stealing o nly works on small bases with almost non protection, if you got plenty of plant x standing next to each other then you cant steel it without dying.
danny de mooy
Steel? Seriously ?
Though a fast ptera can wipe nearly all the plants out. Unless you armor them
never seen that happen. most ppl dont get the change to get so far witht here bird, birds take more damage from turrets then other dinos
Works great thanks, ive built a pilar one, problem is. its impossible to access it without a bird, to feed it fertilizer etc.
Excellent trick! I've already started implementing them in my base. I'm just curious how they hold up against quetzal attacks though. I play on a primitive server and right now the bred quetz can't be beat.
This guy in a war wouldn’t fight. That’s for the weaklings. He would roll up in 1 bronto with heavy modifications like this and just shred the base with different building types.
Suzanne Millette ikr he’d use whit and superior constructive abilities to annihilate and decimate his enemies!!
Made these on a ramp and out of stone and it don't work. You have to delete the trapdoor to get in to the plants inventory
Yes I think they changed it in one of the latest patches :/
I can't find much info on it or any videos on a different way to armor it on a pillar
Kim Shh yep same
Same here, I would like to see suggestions on a fix.
can't even go down a damn ladder because of this. They need to fix it ASAP
could we get a video on how to secure a base against rocket attacks?
Get auto turrets
if you place a foundation outwards you van make double walls and doorways
So there is a few problems with this. Early on, yes, armored plant x is a very good idea but def not a mid-late game plan. Maybe maybe a few armored plant x infront of your x plant lines to protect their growth but dont depend on it. Cost per unit makes it far more expensive to make per efficiency. Quetz and argies can easily destroy the plant x inside with little to no problem.
you are awesome dude ! Like and fav
wow, thanks so much, this is awesome.
hey onewing for the building on an existing base method could you place a pillar on top of the roof then thatch roof on top of that and ceiling to the side and pillar under and do it the 2nd method you showed in this video? that way you dont have a pillar protruding inside of your base?
You can just have the pillar on the side rather then inside the base yes, if that is what you are saying. Just build a ceiling off the side and pillar down from that. Note they have changed the snap points of pillars its a little harder to find the correct one now.
nice thnk u so much helps a lot on prim plus
something went wrong on one of mine the 4rth side would not accept the rail but i was able to close the seam by using a second stone foundation snapped to the problem side and sealed the seam with 2 fence foundations, i also have other failed ones that i go ahead and use because finding the access seam is not very easily done, and the planter looks legit so they maybe assume there is no error with it instead of checking for access
i had same problem but found out my crop plot was barely in the way so i couldn't put the railing so you could destroy the hatch roof and only leave 2 railings on then line up the plot perfectly put up new railings and hatch roof.
They said I could be anything, so I became a unicorn- giga
For the house, I built it, but can not place items on the first level. Thinking about making a tower up in the center with another room.
Can't place last stone railing, it is obscured, it can be placed only on the hatchframe
Cezar Cobuz i keep having the saaaams problem and i cant figure it out.... I reaally hope thdy didn't patch this
Crop plot isn't centred.
You should read bed time stories for one video. Your voice is so soothing and crisp, that it relaxes my insomniatic wife.
Ariston Sparta he should
why do you want the railings on the ceilings? preferred or necessary? great videos!
The railings protect the sides of the plot as well a providing the protection to the plant itself from the rex/giga. It is necessary.
Keep doing what your doing
hatch frame always breaks when I remove the foundation So I just left one metal foundation still in place holding the hatch frame pointing away from area of attack and works just as well just with lil armor in the back now lol
the hatch and trapdoor dont work any more so i went with giant hatchways
How?
please do a tut on the house! that would be sweet
Can you make a video about the trapper boat?
Still working? I didn’t this a year or so back and sometimes when it would fully grow it would break upon becoming max size. What did I do wrong
I had issues with the last placement (my tip crouch and try different positions slowly)
The lowering of foundations only works for one level (patch 244.7)
Link to proof of this? I don't see anything in the patch notes for 244.7. And you can still use the pillar method anyway.
Great vid just one question whats the view range on those plants it seems like they would be blocked. I dont think it was covered in there.
Their ark of fire is still good, they were asleep when the rex was attacking as it was nearly dead.
on pc it wont let me access the crop plot inventory. the hatch door has the option to open and close but I can't get past that!
Same for me, I just wanted to ask if anybody has similar issue. THe trapdoor need to be demolished in order to be able to access the crop plot inventory.
Not a big deal, but interesting that on the video Onewing can access the iventory with the trapdoor already placed... maybe this is a difference between PS4 and PC?
Is it possible that this method isn’t working on the PC?
I tried this method with around 30 large crop plots. The stone railings are placed correctly too. Unfortunately, the plant takes direct damage when it gets attacked, even though the trapdoor is closed?!
And I have always the same problem: I cannot access the crop plot when a trapdoor is added to the hatchframe. I always have to remove the trapdoor when I want to plant some seeds. It only works trough the hatchframe with no trapdoor on it.
Any help is LARGELY appreciated 🙈😊 Awesome video!
Quick Tip: Stone is shit it only takes one C4 to destroy. What I'd do is make a wood base for C4 and coat it with stone walls for dinos.
I think I'm a ducking idiot now, I checked back with my source and apparently everything below metal takes only one C4.
Hm i also read somewhere that wood is more resistant to explosives than stone.
Please do a video on how to put turrets on a quetzal ? I've seen quetzals with turrets on them, also do you know a weight glitch for quetzals ?
I already have the "top 4 quetzal platforms" video, but plants ad autoturrets no longer work on dino platforms.
+xONEWINGx ya I know I like the fortress but with the last update you can't put turrets on quetzals anymore (auto turrets) do you know of anyway of putting turrets back on quetzals on a glitches foundation ? I've seen the final product of one but I don't know how to make it bro, thanks for the reply dude keep up the good work !
I managed to damage the foundation crop plot while crouching and hitting with a sword in between the gaps. Did something change, will this still work against dinos? It was made of stone. Love your videos btw.
cool vid seriously I kindly thank Xbox to have the chance to hear you but why don't you by a PC and play with the controller ?
your a legend mate
I suddenly realized that for the two such protected plant turrets I made this morning and this evening... the railings are on the metal foundations, instead of the (no-longer-there) thatch ceilings. What's the impact of doing it this way? My hatch frame did not fall apart.
No problem that I know of. Its just a lot harder to place that way which may be the cause of your previous grief. Are you sure its on the foundation? Even when on the ceiling they look more to be on the foundation.
I may be wrong about that. Just did another one and the fact that I had the railings glowing green / snapping to the SIDE of a thatch ceiling...and then just tilted until the front side went green... confirms for me that I'm getting the correct height. It just kinda LOOKS like they're sitting on the foundation when you're done.
You can check mine at ua-cam.com/video/atuzaM557i4/v-deo.htmlm50s , the base of the railing hangs off the foundation a bit. But anyway as long as its all holding together it should be fine! I just checked the 2 stone armoured plants I have on 650, they were attacked with what looks to be grenades, they are still there with a couple railings nearly broken but a kill count of a lv250 ptera, a lv60 turtle and a few lv70 people.
great vid thank you
The giga turned into a unigiga
Does this still work ? I just made one and it was done exactly like the video by the time the plant fully grows the crop plot is accessible without opening hatch frame. When there is no plant you cant access fertilizer . However once plant reaches midling you can access the fertilizer!!!!!!! Help Anyone , or is ark just being finicky ?
Hey xONEWingx! : ) So I've made quite a few pillar armored x plants. I turned them on to kill a wild Bronto level 44 knocking down all the trees giving my place camouflage. Well..... the wild Bronto took the plants out easily. I only went through a single fertilizer on three plants by the time I took it down, helping manually with my tamed Trike. I'm not sure what has occurred here. The Armor is intact, I have a wooden ramp on one side but the Bronto didn't destroy the ramp so the plant should have been protected. Do you think this might be a "wild vs tamed" attack thing?
Some dino attacks will get through its most effective against the tyrannosaurs, brontos must get through it seems. The ramp does seem to be a weak point though maybe I shouldn't have suggested it (but its a pain to recharge otherwise). I had a person on a giga chomping into my boat once and couldn't get through until I turned exposing the ramp side whereby the plant went first followed by the wood ramp then the crop plot with all the stone still intact.
if you think the ramp may be the weak point then I think what I will do is put a ceiling next to the plant allowing railing all around then put the ramp on that ceiling to gain access. Actually.....hmmm if I recall correctly I had a fully armored plant on the top of my building as well with no ramp and it was taken out too. I'm still going to follow through with the idea though, either that or do your slope roof version. I'm not into building with metal yet.
did this get changed or something in an update because I tried building this exactly how it says to in the video and it's not working
yeah, there seems to be a glitch where the shields are invisible, hopefully it gets patched...
@xONEWINGx i tested out this build but i have a few questions. some ill be able to answer myself but one in particular that i would like your opinion on. When i placed a dino in range of this kind of turret i noticed something odd. By mistakei had placed the target dino close to the turret. nothing happened. As the dino moved away the turret aquired and killed the dino but it did so after getting about two or thee foundations away. And would appear to have a minimum range. Would lowering the foundation further into the ground fix this? And isn't this a probelm with pillar plant x turrets?
Also as my second question. does this eliminate the weakness plant turrets usually experience against Manned Ballista?
What dino? the targeting box of the dino may well of been below the rail height. You can lower it one more level but that's it, 3 down is as far as it will go on land. Being able to run under pillar turrets is always possible, I'd only use that as a second row behind the ground ones or in combination with spikes as shown.
Honestly I don't know, I tried with the catapult and couldn't kill it but then I'm not sure if you can kill your own plants with a catapult. I targeted an unarmoured one as well but hit the crop plot and destroyed it. I wouldn't have thought it would protect the plant but I cant confirm nor deny.
I am scathing with thatch for whatever reason i can't get the pillar numb to poke out of ceiling ??? any suggestions
Great vid
Hello!
How long does it take to het a full grown plant?Mine is gone.
I have seeded the plant.Water tap above it ( constant 600 water )Enough poop etc in the crop pot.
Why is it not growing?
Thanks in advance!( i also subscribed to youre Channel!)
I've never timed it but it seems around 12hrs.
xONEWINGx Thanks for your reply!
6:09 is cool
wouldn't just having more plantx be better than all that time and mat spent on fortifying only a few?
awesome thanks man
I raided a guy who has this design on the intro screen I walked right up I ran over and took the fert out and they couldn't even hit me
What's the best way to counter this? I've seen a tribe use metal for this and I was thinking of raiding them. Would destroying the railings with say, 1 c4 remove the hatch? And possibly destroy the crop plot in the process? Or at least remove the hatch frame that is the real issue
Eggsecuter flame arrows will still destroy them
sweet, thanks. what about the oil slick? ive seen ur vid on the item sack cheese and u threw and oil jar, does that enhance the damage or prolong it?
If you use a c4 on a plant x then youve already wasted resources for very little pay out lol
is that armored to survive flame arrows???
is it true that you can't access the inventory of the crop plot once the hatchframe is in place and have to demo it to refresh the fertilizer?
No, just open the trapdoor.
on the second design (on the pillar) I can't seem to play the hatchframe. I made sure everything was even, snapped to the right places, etc. but it just won't let me. anyone know what I could have done wrong?
Start demolishing things until you can, then you'll know what went wrong for next time.
xONEWINGx thanks man
I can’t access the crop plot unless I demolish the trap door
U should do an update
Yes. Pls do a new plant x video. Keep up the good work.
Finding this to be very frustrating. I thought I'd start with thatch, to save on materials and weight / hauling stuff to the site again and again. Once the lowest foundation was placed, I replaced it with metal. This seemed to work fine UNTIL it came time to put the metal railings on. I'd put the whole thing a little to close to a building on one side, but I figured that still would leave me with three railings to hold up the hatchframe. Swapped out the original thatch foundation (which was 2 levels higher) for a thatch ceiling. But I couldn't get a metal railing to snap to it. I got it to snap to the other two ceilings but not this one. I looked things over and thought....well, it kind of looks like my large crop plot is in the way a bit. (I don't know about you, but it seems that those fit very tightly onto a metal foundation. Not much room. So, I took out the crop plot, thinking I could always put it back. Metal railing #3 then snapped in onto thatch ceiling #3. But then I couldn't put a new crop plot in, even after I removed the hatch frame! Seemed like there wasn't enough room! So.... I removed the railings thinking "they're cheap to replace"... put the crop plot down... only now, I can't put the hatchframe on again, because I no longer have a foundation that's two units higher! And new ones want to snap to the existing metal one. (sigh) Giving up for tonight.
Yeh that has happened to me, that crop plot does need to be centred, it took me a few goes to find the best placing technique. Try preserving your higher thatch foundation by building another further out just so you can go back to it if things don't work out.
Thanks for the advice! I had about 40 minutes of time this morning to calmly try everything out again. In addition to your tip, I learned the following:
1) Unlike when working building floor made entirely out of thatch or stone, I found "overwriting" that "bottom, two levels down" foundation with a metal one IMPOSSIBLE. The green glowy image would NEVER merge with the existing foundation. So I ended up having to put it NEXT to the thatch one, then demo the thatch and add another "normal level" thatch foundation next to it.
2) It seems if I tried to add a "lower" foundation while looking directly AT the target spot... or at an angle where I was looking at the first foundation, it'd glow at a lower height, but would always snap in normally. (Grrr...) However, if I stood at a 45 degree angle or less to the original foundation, so that I was looking at the empty space, it'd click lower every time, it seemed.
3) Man, positioning that large plant plot PERFECTLY seems to be a pain. I think I need to learn some sort of camera trick in order to spin all around and size up its position. Once again, I ended up with railings snapping in right on 3 out of 4 sides.
4) What seemed to help me snap those railings into position on top of the thatch foundations easily was: Look to the left or right border of the thatch foundation (while standing on it)... get it to glow green...and then just slowly move to look forward. It'll pivot into checking the correct position easily. In this manner, it seems to me you can check to see how many of your railings will snap into place, before you commit to laying down a single one of them.
Thanks for your tutorial! I think one thing that made it exceptional to other such tutorials was: You always said exactly WHAT the part you were placing was supposed to be hanging off of. That was key in preventing me from making stupid mistakes. Thank you !!
Does this still work if you create multiple armored xplants next to each other? e.g. a 2x2 square of armored xplants, or do the foundations need to be not snapped together?
Yeh it does, the building I showed at 10:00 has them next to each other. I don't know if they are easier to damage in that config though.
Thank you so much. I'm playing on the new primitive+ servers and plant-x is really important. We are having problems with players rushing/suiciding on the plants in attempts to remove the fert and destroy the plants that way. Also they're luring wild gigas and things like that onto the plants and they're getting destroyed even though they are set to attack players only. So I'm converting to armored tonight. Thanks again
my stone fence foundations stick out underneath. could they have changed the stone fence foundation?
nvm im just dumb and was not paying attention. stone railings not fence foundations
Does this still work on pillars i tried to make this on a pillar today could not get hatch frame to place. i know they just did something to pillars in the last patch and just wanted to know if its lagging issue from public server or not... thanks