Raft Tycoon Guides

This hub is the map of every Raft Tycoon tutorial on the wiki. The game looks like a chill ocean sandbox. The actual loop is a tycoon: claim a pad, buy droppers that feed a conveyor, cash the collector, expand plates, unlock a boat dock, then rebirth for a permanent multiplier. Sharks, tsunamis, and weather sit on top of that loop so you cannot AFK on the edge.

If you are brand new, do not start on scripts or a Golden Yacht. Read Getting Started, redeem codes, then follow how to make money. Those three pages remove 80% of the early stalls we see in recaps and beginner videos.

What each guide is for

• Getting Started — first 20 minutes: claim, HUD, first dropper, first collector trip, where Settings lives.
• How to Play — the full loop: conveyors, ATM, dock, spawn portal, friend bonus, what “done” means before rebirth.
• Controls — PC, mobile, and the HUD buttons you will mash more than jump.
• How to Make Money — dropper versus upgrader order, when to open a second belt, how Winter and Double Cash stack.
• Expand Your Raft — plates, mansion, helipad, tsunami height, what to skip.
• Boat Races — Jetski to Ice Breaker, when racing beats standing on the belt.
• Sharks and Weather — sword, edges, Tsunami warning, tornadoes, Bloodmoon notes.
• Rebirth — +50% income, what you keep, when to press the button.\n- Islands — volcano, icebergs, tropical chests.\n- Present hunt — winter gifts on the pad and the map.\n- Review — whether to click Play, F2P versus passes.\n\nUse the tier list hub when a guide says “buy a better boat” and you need the actual ranking. Use Items when you need prices and pass names instead of a rank letter.

Pain points these pages are built to fix

I spawned and nothing happens. You have not claimed a pad or you are in a friend’s tycoon. Getting Started shows the Claim button and the left HUD that proves the pad is yours.

I have cash codes and I am still slow. You bought a Motor Boat before Golden Upgraders. Make Money and the dropper tier list fix the spend order.

I keep dying to sharks. You are building on the rim without a sword and you drop into water for a barrel. Sharks and Weather covers swim-outs and the Tsunami climb.

Rebirth looks like a scam. It resets plates and cash but keeps Robux purchases and adds a permanent multiplier. The rebirth page is the math, not a pep talk.

Races feel pointless. They are downtime cash while belts run. Boat Races plus the boat tier list tell you when the free Jetski is enough and when Catamaran is the real upgrade.

How we write these guides

Facts come from the live Roblox description, Flappy Bit group, Sportskeeda / Deltia beginner notes, in-game HUD captures (Sunny / Tsunami banners, Dropper 2–3 prices, boat menu), and the YouTube loops embedded mid-article. We do not invent video IDs. Each guide keeps at most one video, in the middle, as a click-to-load embed.

When Update 7 added Winter, presents, and extra boats, the loop did not change: belts still pay more than cosmetics. Patch context sits on latest updates. If a screenshot in a guide shows a 67 Dropper ad pad or a Like Chest, treat those as extra income, not as a replacement for your main conveyor.

Suggested read order for a weekend session

1. Redeem codes with how to redeem.
2. Getting Started then controls if you are on mobile.
3. Make money until the second conveyor is online.
4. Expand far enough for a dock, then boat races.
5. Survive a Tsunami using weather.
6. Finish the first raft and rebirth.

After that, the gamepass page is the only Robux conversation worth having, and the scripts hub is optional, risky, and unrelated to learning the loop.