The ocean survival game Raft, developed by Redbeet Games, sailed its way out of early access last week. It's a game that can be played solo or co-op, and tasks players with surviving one of the most harrowing experiences imaginable: being lost at sea. Crafting, looting, exploring, swimming, and, most of all, not being eaten are all woven together to create a tense and rewarding survival game.

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Given that the game takes place on a vast open ocean, there are plenty of details hidden around the world, as well as tricks players can employ to last a little longer while they hope for rescue. Some are just bugs, but others are very intentional and can make a big difference in the game, in both good ways and very, very bad.

10 The Ocean Floor

Raft there is an ocean floor, but it's barren

Starting with the least exciting secret, there is an ocean floor in the game that can be explored. Given that Raft is procedurally generated, it can give the impression that the game world extends endlessly in every direction, spawning around the player's raft as they sail.

It turns out this is not the case, at least below the ocean's surface. The sea floor can be reached if players swim straight down from their raft's position. The bottom is completely barren, with no items to be scavenged or unique enemies to battle, but it does exist. However, players need to brave a long stretch of pitch-black water to get there. It's probably not worth it.

9 The Secret Basement

Raft this hidden button leads to a secret basement

On the island of Tangaroa, there is an elevator that leads to a Plantation area beneath the city. However, that's not the only place this elevator can travel to. There is a hidden basement down here as well, with some unique loot for those who find it.

In the top left corner of the elevator door is an unlabeled button that can be pushed. This will result in the elevator taking players 20 floors down to a secret security room. This unlocks an achievement, as well as grants players a few safes, a briefcase, and a unique cassette.

8 Banana Animations

Raft this banana has some tricks

It's the little things. Found on Tangaroa amongst the strawberry farm, there are also bananas. Finding bananas on a tropical island in an ocean survival game isn't all that surprising. It's what players can do with the banana that makes it special.

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Equipping the banana allows players to hold it in their hands. Instead of eating it, their character will pretend to shoot things with their "banana gun" before doing a cool toss and catch that flips the banana around in the air. There isn't much in-game benefit to doing this, but it should bring a smile to the face of anyone that experiences it.

7 The Rhino Shark

Raft beware the absurdly deadly Rhino Shark

Picture a hammerhead shark. Now take the "hammer" part and replace it with a Rhino's head. That is an enemy in Raft, and it's not at all easy to kill.

This creature is found on Varuna Point, a story island that sticks out due to a massive crane standing at its center. The crane can be operated, but first players will need to find the key. It just so happens that the key is hidden in a room that is patrolled by the Rhino shark. It can be defeated through clever placement of explosive barrels and baiting its charge attack, but it's a harrowing fight that will burn a ton of resources.

6 The Frozen Island

Raft Temperance Island is only found via a hidden note in a submerged building

Using the crane key will drop the crane's cargo, causing it to crash through the roof of a submerged building and granting access to the rooms below. At the very bottom, players will find a note that comes with some coordinates, leading to their next destination nearly 2,000 meters away.

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This is known as Temperance Island, Raft's equivalent to the North Pole. This island is littered with loot, blueprints, items, and story information. Temperance Island is a story location, but without finding that one note in Varuna Point, players are unlikely to ever venture far enough to find it on their own.

5 Defend Crops From Seagulls

Raft it's possible to keep crops safe from these menaces

Raft veterans know that seagulls are perhaps the worst enemy in the game. They're very hard to hit with ranged weapons and will bide their time before swooping in and stealing every crop on an unsuspecting craft. They are, quite simply, infuriating.

The best way to keep them away from crops is for players to double-layer their rafts. Put crops on the bottom floor, as close to the center as possible, and the seagulls' AI won't be able to navigate the ship's confines to reach the food. It's a pretty foolproof solution to one of the game's biggest struggles.

4 Whale-Rider

Raft forget rafting, ride a porpoise

Whales are a relatively new addition to Raft, only appearing in the game earlier this year. They move in pods, dipping in and out of the ocean water. There was a giant whale at one point, which was an in-game event, but pods of whales existing in the game world are a recent inclusion.

Another new feature that came along with them is that players can ride these whales. It's not the most effective form of transportation in the game (it is a game about building a boat, after all) but it's nonetheless a cool and unique feature. Sometimes it's nice to relax and let the whales do the sailing.

3 Fish Are Engine Fuel

Raft turn fish into engine fuel

After reaching Balboa Island, players can explore and find the blueprint for a Biofuel Refiner. This device can be built on the raft and turn food items like honey into Biofuel, which can then be used to power engines.

However, another item that can be changed into Biofuel is raw fish. While fish are also a valuable food source, they are plentiful in all parts of the game world and can be acquired from anywhere. Fishing is one of the first things players can do in the game, and by the time they can build the Biofuel Refiner, spending a few minutes stockpiling catches and turning them into fuel can mean a near-endless supply of engine fuel for the rest of the game.

2 Is There A Utopia?

Raft there are two hidden achievements, one at the top of this tower

There are a pair of achievements in Raft that players will be unable to see until after they've unlocked them. One involves diving a certain distance below the surface (around 100m) and players are likely to stumble upon this one on their own. The other will require a more deliberate approach.

Players will need to locate a radio tower, and to do so must construct a receiver and three antennae on their raft. After doing that, they will pick up a signal from a secret island with a radio tower, also known as the Abandoned Sea Facility. Exploring this island will reward players with blueprints and materials, and climbing the radio tower will introduce them to a unique NPC who becomes a playable character after speaking with her. There is also a note at the top of the tower, and reading it will unlock the game's other hidden achievement.

1 Build A UFO

Raft the ultimate seafaring vessel

This is the weirdest secret in the game, but also the coolest. From the start of the game, players are granted a square of four small platforms as their first raft. The game treats this square as the center of the world, so players should build around it because all salvage will procedurally drift towards the area where it is positioned.

However, setting up four poles on that small platform's corners and then building a raft on top of them allows players to delete the original starting raft. Not only that but deleting the starting platform and the poles holding up the raft above it will mean the remaining raft will float. Not on the ocean, on the air. Anything built on top of the poles will still be functional, it will simply hover above the ocean as opposed to coasting on top of it. Essentially, players can build themselves a UFO. It's a great way to avoid a shark attack.

Raft graduated from Steam Early Access on June 20th, 2022, and is available on PC.

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