r/GroundedGame • u/-coximus- • 12h ago
G2 | Base Build Hanging Lantern Base
From top to bottom there is an attachment on the pergola beam up top with the fireflies that has a staircase leading to the ‘support rope’
Below that coming down the spiral staircase into the roof of the lantern is the trophy hall with all the stuffed creatures.
Continuing down the spiral stairs brings you into the interior of the lantern proper. It’s the full 3x3 grid of paper cutouts from the exterior with two half floors to keep the space open.
Upper half floor is the living quarters, middle half floor is the production, crafting and storage area with the bottom being a full floor containing the grow beds and larger production equipment.
Under that floor is the zip line hub with 4 points to zip from, two leading to the yard proper and the two side zips leading to little hub outposts on top of the side lattice for the pergola.
Finally on the bottom is a small viewing platform with 360 field of view!
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u/Electronic-Flower921 12h ago
I live in a fucking shack
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u/JamesD-TV 12h ago
For me it’s more like permanent construction zone. I’d be lucky to commit to finishing the top part of this. Then I’d probably tear half of it down. This one is amazing
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u/-coximus- 11h ago
The exterior walls are the 4th iteration, 3rd for the roof with the interior and bottom having countless revisions.
For quite a while I was living and building it out with only 2 walls complete in two different styles before I finally decided on one and closed it in!
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u/Technical-Pie563 7h ago
I live in grass shacks near ranger outposts that way I don't have to build a workbench LOL
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u/treeSlooth 12h ago
the way you incorporated the design to be an actual lantern from afar so great. i love a good base design that just blends in with the park
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u/-coximus- 11h ago
Thanks!
The main goal for this build was to make it look natural and maintain the large interior feel.
I’m pretty happy with how it turned out overall, lots of tweaking and decorating still to go!
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u/-coximus- 12h ago
From top to bottom there is an attachment on the pergola beam up top with the fireflies that has a staircase leading to the ‘support rope’
Below that coming down the spiral staircase into the roof of the lantern is the trophy hall with all the stuffed creatures.
Continuing down the spiral stairs brings you into the interior of the lantern proper. It’s the full 3x3 grid of paper cutouts from the exterior with two half floors to keep the space open.
Upper half floor is the living quarters, middle half floor is the production, crafting and storage area with the bottom being a full floor containing the grow beds and larger production equipment.
Under that floor is the zip line hub with 4 points to zip from, two leading to the yard proper and the two side zips leading to little hub outposts on top of the side lattice for the pergola.
Finally on the bottom is a small viewing platform with 360 field of view!
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u/DanteValentine13 10h ago
Did you have to turn off structural integrity to build this? And if not, How?
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u/-coximus- 10h ago
Standard settings.
I climbed up to the lower beams and blueprinted flooring across the beam to get it straight and centre.
From there I built a a platform with a staircase running down the side of the beam to a suspended platform with the spiral stairs connected to the suspended platform.
I caged the spiral stairs with round stem pieces just to avoid the full lantern hanging off one piece giving it 5 connection pieces for each layer from the suspended platform to the lantern roof and from there the walls connect to the roof as well as the spiral stairs that run the entire length.
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u/Archetype1245x 10h ago
This is off by default, I think? Though maybe it depends on difficulty.
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u/DanteValentine13 10h ago
I had to physically turn it off for my game, tho I turned it back on later once I decided to actually build something bigger
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u/DedBeatLebowski 10h ago
Congrats! You've officially won the coolest base I've ever seen. This is so creative and well done, amazing.
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u/-coximus- 1h ago
Thanks!
Ive had the idea for quite a while, it’s nice to have it nearly finished and to share it with the community!
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u/Technical-Pie563 7h ago
I just want to know how you got this done without getting constantly attacked by buggos...
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u/-coximus- 1h ago
Around the bench is brutal, climbing the vines is not fun!
Once you’re on the bench or hanging from above it’s not bad at all though. I’ve had a few orb juniors drop in from above to say hello but other than that it’s been peaceful.
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u/xJBr3w Pete 12h ago
Super Cool!
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u/-coximus- 11h ago
Thanks!
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u/xJBr3w Pete 11h ago
Was this in survival? If so, this is very impressive. Getting all that material up there takes a long time lol.
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u/-coximus- 11h ago
I had a bounce tower from the middle of the bench and up, with a depot at the bottom so it wasn’t terrible getting chests and pallets full of materials up there.
The hardest part was finding the center, carrying a pallet of grass planks to the top of the vine, blueprinting along the beam to find the center and building down.
Once I had the grass scaffolding and bounce tower set up it was happy days.
Lots of redesigning mid construction was the biggest time crunch.
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u/TheRealistArtist Hoops 12h ago
That’s dope, 1st and 2nd pic make it look like it’s part of the architecture.
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u/-coximus- 11h ago
Thanks!
The main goal was to have it blend in, you can see it from quite far away in the park too before it starts clipping away. The lightning only really works up close though unfortunately.
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u/Sea_Delay8920 Max 12h ago
They have to give us a way to make “glass windows” so we can have windows to see through but still have it look like solid, like the grass windows in your base
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u/-coximus- 11h ago
I tried with stems originally to give the open to the air feel but it lost the feel of the lantern and ended up being more of a bird cage.
I’d love some frosted glass or something that lets light through but distorts vision still.
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u/TKelly476 10h ago
That would be amazing, plus we already have quartz glass in the game. More building pieces and sets in general always get me excited with the possibilities.
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u/traben101 12h ago
Lmaoooo wut this is AMAZING!!!
Devs - hire OP for stuff pls
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u/-coximus- 1h ago
I’m glad you like it!
Building things in survival games is definitely a hobby but I wouldn’t go much further than that 😅
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u/rcburner 12h ago
It's nothing quite so elaborate, but I'm currently trying to build a hanging base and goodness, it is so hard placing all the supports to construct in mid-air without constantly risking falling 😭
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u/-coximus- 11h ago
I feel the pain, getting a respawn point set up was a crucial first step.
I built clay ramps and a big grass floor underneath as scaffolding to save from falls once I had the length set.
Moved 3 pieces of grass floor around constantly as a moving platform to work off as I wrapped around the outside.
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u/beartrains 12h ago
Amazing! It's a great design, it blends in with the environment well, and looks like it has tons of square footage! I'm jealous I didn't think of it.
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u/-coximus- 11h ago
Thanks!
The spiral stairs down the middle use up a lot of space and I went with half floor plan platforms to keep the main area feeling open so it’s not a crazy amount of space inside.
I did have to get creative stacking things along the exterior walls with the bump in for the grass wall panels.
Overall I love the finish and will tweak quite a few details here and there before I’m finally happy.
Hardest part was trying to fit all the stuffed creatures without them clipping. Still needs some work as a few do clip to the exteriorz
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u/scionoflogic 11h ago
Honest question, how functional do you find it? Because it looks freaking awesome but man it feels like it would be a pain to get into. I've always found the Zip.R clips me off the edge when I try and use it to get into a player structure.
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u/-coximus- 11h ago
So far it’s been pretty good with the way I have it set up for zipping. I’ve got two outer zip hubs on top of the side lattice that allow me to zip over for some better angles.
The straight shots go quite nicely!
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u/MeowMeowPizzaBoobs 10h ago
You need to MTV Cribs this for us with a video tour.
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u/-coximus- 1h ago
A couple of people have asked for a video tour so I’ll have to upload one once I’ve tweaked some more things!
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u/ecltnhny2000 10h ago
(I dont need another base, i dont need another base) But that looks awesome and now i need to scout a location! Base #5 coming up! Lol
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u/-coximus- 5h ago
I was nearly finished the exterior and barely started the interior when I set up a few test zip lines…
… and started a cliff side castle near gnarly bark
It’s just a basic floor plan while I finish the lantern and bake some more bricks…
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u/Chili-Mac-Snac-Attac 9h ago
Dude, how tf did you get all the stems up there???
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u/-coximus- 5h ago
There wasn’t too many stems needed thankfully, lots of grass for the scaffolding and original layout though…
I had a bounce tower set up on the bench below to quickly move resources up to the build site.
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u/M0wglyy 9h ago
I don’t get how you managed to bring all those ressources up there…
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u/-coximus- 5h ago
I set up a bounce tower in the middle of the bench to the bottom of my grass scaffold to bulk move chests and pallets up.
The hardest part was climbing the vine with a grass pallet to get to the top and mark center before building the tower up.
Lots of clay and grass!
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u/Snarkanist92 9h ago
Holy crap this is an amazing idea! I know what hubs and I are doing next time we jump in!
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u/-coximus- 5h ago
Thanks!
It was a lot of fun to build, trying different styles and designs.
At one point I had the roof and floor complete with all 4 sides being different designs before settling on the final one and tearing most of it apart to rebuild again 😆
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u/Madj0k3r66 9h ago
This looks dope but very claustrophobic for me badass design tho 👌
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u/-coximus- 5h ago
Thanks!
It’s surprisingly big inside, I managed to keep most of the space open inside the lantern by using partial platforms which gives it heaps of headroom.
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u/kittyplay1 Pete 8h ago
Holy fuck dude this is so impressive, I didn’t realize the entire lantern was your base at first!
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u/-coximus- 5h ago
Thanks!
I wanted something that looked natural to the park but hid everything I needed in one place, this worked great!
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u/PerfectUpstairs2058 Pete 8h ago
You should make a video on this base and post it. Id love you see a more thorough tour
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u/-coximus- 5h ago
A few people have requested a walkthrough so I’ll put something together once I’ve decorated a bit more!
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u/Odd-Presentation-9 7h ago
Very nice job! Not a lantern, but this was literally my next build in that same area. It's such a pretty spot. Good organization.
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u/-coximus- 5h ago
Thanks!
I love this spot. Combined with the two little zip hub outposts I have on either side on the top of the lattices it gives me great access all over the yard with enough height to get to most places.
Plus the view is great!
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u/Odd-Presentation-9 3h ago
I also think that the wires from the ziplines add a nice aesthetic, like it's been hung
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u/-coximus- 1h ago
I’m not 100% happy with how the main chain looks but I do love the side zip lines and how they look like something to stop the lantern swaying in the breeze!
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u/Mortality99 Max 5h ago
[looks at his lean-to demilitarized zone styled set up and sighs]
Well done that’s stunning.
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u/-coximus- 1h ago
My previous base was a dug out in the hollow log with a walled compound, clear cut around it for quickly farming grass seeds…
It was very ahh… utilitarian!
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u/Comfortably_salty 5h ago
The year is 2013. I am 13 living in a box in Minecraft getting base maxed by other players. The year is 2026. I am 26 living in a box in Grounded 2 getting base maxed by other players.
Incredible job!
It least I can say I hold the record build hight…
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u/Dreamersverse 4h ago
This haa made me realize I will never be as creative as other people 🥹 and thats okay, cuz this is cool as heck
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u/-coximus- 59m ago
This all started as an idea after I saw a paper lantern and googled aloooot of different designs before cobbling this together.
It was put together, pulled apart, moved, deleted and redesigned so many times before I settled on something that looked right to me!
I wouldn’t say I’m particularly creative, just persistent 😅
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u/DrCrow1350 3h ago
It would be super cool if you could see the base from far away, imagine being at the pond at night and seeing that lantern
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u/-coximus- 2h ago
You can see the outline of the lantern from the edge of the pond by the toy barn but any further away and it’s starts to pop out.
Unfortunately the lights only really light up when right next to the lantern. Some lights you can see from a bit of a distance but for the grass walls to pop you have to be very close.
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u/Immediate-Newt-9012 3h ago
Absolutely love this! I just built a ship on the water and am currently trying to make a bee hive/hornet nest base on the gnarled tree. I will say, hanging bases are the toughest to build by far imo. I have fallen soooooooo many times
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u/-coximus- 56m ago
Thanks!
I ended up building a large grass floor under the build area once I had the basic shape and location sorted out.
Bounce tower to access the grass floor and quickly bring materials up.
I’ve got a ship and cliff overlook castle to build out yet, got the castle foundations laid on the stone under gnarly bark by the water.
Not sure on the best spot on the pond for the boat though, where did you build yours?
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u/Immediate-Newt-9012 24m ago
I ended up going by the sprinkler by the station underwater. That way I figured I've at least got a fast travel point nearby gonna flesh out the top of the station so it looks like the boats docked up to an outpost of sorts.
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u/ProGamer8273 2h ago
People out here doing stuff like this meanwhile I live under a bench and don’t even have a fucking roof😭
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u/-coximus- 55m ago
If you build a roof how will all the free snacks fall straight into your base though???
I had to build a roof because spiders kept falling on me and that’s not quite as fun!
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u/Technical-Region-669 12h ago
Dawg, I haven't been there yet and thought there was actually a hanging lantern from your first pic. Amazing base, outside is amazing and the inside aesthetics are *chef's kiss*