How to Change the Look of Your Raft
Do you want to give your raft a new look? Painting is a great way to change the cosmetic appearance of your raft in Raft. With 40 different colors to choose from, you can turn your wooden raft into a beautiful stranded house.
But not everyone knows how to paint their rafts. According to Steam’s statistics, only 11.2% of players have painted at least 50 blocks on their raft, and a mere 2.2% have achieved the milestone of painting at least 1000 blocks.
If you’re among the players who want to paint their raft but don’t know how, then this guide is just what you need!
Before you start painting, you need to craft the Paint Brush, collect colored flowers on islands, and turn them into the corresponding color through the Paint Mill. Then, you can start painting in Raft by adding the Paint Brush to your hot bar, selecting it, and clicking the left mouse button on any structure to color it. You can also hold the right-click to open the color wheel and select different colors.
The Paint Mill
First, craft a Paint Mill using 6 Planks, 6 Scraps, 3 Ropes, and 2 Stones, and place it on your raft. The Paint Mill requires one open slot to work. Its requirement is the same as the Electric Purifier, so just put it on the outer foundations. Otherwise, you need to break a foundation in the center of your raft and put the Paint Mill there. Put different types of colored flowers into the Paint Mill to convert them into their corresponding color – Red Flowers will turn into Red Paint, Blue Flowers will turn into Blue Paint, and so on.
You can put up to 5 different flowers in the Paint Mill at a time, and the flowers will be converted after 45 seconds, regardless of their colors. Press “E” to collect the paint once it’s ready. It’s important to note that the raft must be moved in order to start the color-converting process, but once it has begun, the Paint Mill will continue regardless of whether the raft is moving or not.
Flowers and Colored Paint
Before you can use the Paint Mill to make paint, you need to collect a lot of flowers. Fortunately, all small Tropical Islands have at least 2 flowers of each color (Red, Blue, Yellow, Black, and White) on them, while large islands can have up to 50-65 flowers in total. Keep the flower seeds with you for emergency cases, and if you use all the flowers, you can grow them back by putting the seeds into small or medium crop plots. The conversion ratio is another factor to consider: the Red/Yellow/Blue Flower provides 18 of the corresponding Paint after conversion, while the Black/White Flower provides up to 24 Paint.
Let’s Paint
Once you have the colored Paint, craft the Paint Brush with 3 Feathers, 4 Planks, and 2 Ropes. Put it in your hot bar, select it, and hold the right mouse button to open the color wheel, which allows you to pick the exact color you want to use. Once you find the color you wish to use, left-click it to select it and release the right mouse button to close the color wheel menu. Then, look at any structure on your raft and click the left mouse button again to paint it the selected color.
If you want to use two colors, click the Secondary button to enable the secondary color wheel. Pick the color you wish to use and select one of the patterns right below the two color wheels. Once you’ve made your selection, close the color wheel menu and try to paint a structure again.
There are 2 hotkeys you need to learn to paint faster:
- V: toggle between single and both sides painting mode.
- Middle Mouse Button: quickly pick the color of the object you are looking at.
That’s how to paint in Raft!
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