House Boat

The house boat is a medium size boat that was added in update v0.03 to The Forest.

Gameplay
The House Boat is similar to the raft, but as a shelter it is larger and has walls/windows it is smaller than the Large raft.

It could be used for traveling across the water and to stay safe from mutants and cannibals. Inside you are protected against rain, sharks and getting cold. It is possible to build fire inside without burning the House Boat.

You are able to both save your progress and sleep through the night in this shelter.


 * The House Boat offers protection from sharks and cannibals when traveling on the water.
 * Unlike the Large Raft, the upper portion of the House Boat is able to be built upon. Building a structure such as a Water Collector near the door will allow you to easily jump onto the roof where bigger structures like Catapults and large storage containers can be put safely.
 * A good place to build a campfire on the raft is on top of the small roof portion next to the Oar. It will keep you warm and dry while rowing with almost no risk of accidentally stepping in it.
 * You can fit log holders on it, enough to carry over 300 logs if you build them within each other.

Building
The house boat can be moored/anchored to the dock:

Known Bugs

 * When you place the house boat on the water while some other structure exceeds into its blueprint, the house boat will bounce off the ground upon construction.
 * You can glitch through the side of the house boat by crouching at a window, un-crouching, and sprinting forwards.
 * Sharks may swim through the bottom of the boat.
 * If you cancel unfinished constructions (i.e. bed or furniture) material tend to fall through the floor into the water
 * If snacks are put inside of a cabinet on the House Boat, the House Boat will jerk in the direction that the back of the cabinet is facing
 * If the house boat will collide with some fixed "swimming" object, e.g. hollow tree trunks like the ones met on lakes, it will turn at an strange angles; it won't cause player to fall off, if holding a paddle.
 * It is possible to put Rabbit Cage inside the boat house, but rabbits will fall under the boat, if it'll be moved.
 * It is possible to put Custom Wall on the roof, matching the boat roof edge's perfectly, but moving the boat will leave the walls still above in the air.
 * Placing a body on the boat will cause it to tip in the direction that the body is located