How to Kill Pufferfish in Raft for Explosive Powder

Explosions go boom.

Raft is filled with various materials and resources you’ll need to gather to keep upgrading your ship, self, and more. Luckily, we have plenty of tips and tricks on how to get some of the more challenging materials. Here’s how to kill pufferfish in Raft for explosive powder.

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How to Kill Pufferfish in Raft for Explosive Powder

So the first thing you’ll need is the find some pufferfish. You can find the poison puffers in the following areas underwater:

  • Large Tropical Islands
  • Caravan Island
  • Shipwreck Island
  • Plane Crash Island
  • Desert Biome Islands

Now that you’ve found some pufferfish, you’ll need a tool to kill them. The easiest and most efficient way to kill pufferfish is with a bow and arrow. This is because you won’t get poison or damage by attacking them with a ranged weapon. We’re not really sure why the bow worked underwater, but it does, and that makes it the best tool for taking down these fish.

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To craft a bow, you’ll need to following materials:

  • 6 Planks
  • 4 Ropes
  • 2 Vine Goo
  • 1 Bolt

You’ll also need some arrows. So here is the recipe for stone arrows:

  • 3 Planks
  • 6 Stones
  • 6 Plastic

This recipe will make 10 Stone arrows per batch, so you’ll need to make a few bundles before you go pufferfish hunting.

Now that you have everything you need to kill them go underwater find them and shoot the pufferfish while swimming backward to keep the distance between you and the fish. Once you kill it, you can go search for the explosive powder.

Well, that’s everything you need to know about how to kill pufferfish for explosive powder. We have plenty of guides to help new players, like everything you need to know about grass plots and more.


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