reallitup2 Posted July 22, 2023 Report Share Posted July 22, 2023 (edited) Hi all! This is my first post on here so please direct me to another thread if my question has been asked already. My brief skim of the questions forum helped me none, and the wiki can only do me so much good, so here i am! So yeah, what's the best way to find limestone or get lime so I can kickstart my leatherworks? I have made countless worlds and not one has had notable deposits of limestone or sufficient ways to get lime, so I'm starting to wonder if I'm doing anything wrong. Thanks in advance for any advice. Edit: I forgot to mention that I have been scrounging for seashells and grinding them in my quern, but a man can only dedicate so many days to seashell hunting before going mad. Edited July 22, 2023 by reallitup2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashery Posted July 22, 2023 Report Share Posted July 22, 2023 There are actually a few more potential sources of lime: Besides limestone and seashells, chalk is another type of sedimentary rock that can be ground into lime. Marble can be used as well, and it can be found in metamorphic layers (Phyllite and slate). Borax is your final option, and it's an ore that spawns in sedimentary layers. If you don't get lucky with nearby limestone or chalk layers, borax is probably the most reliable option as it can spawn in any sedimentary layer besides bauxite and you can find it with the propick. In terms of finding limestone or chalk, it largely comes down to a matter of luck and covering a lot of distance, as the rock layers can be absolutely massive. You can utilize some knowledge of the game mechanics to help narrow things down a bit (Granite top layer? Keep moving. Basalt? Might be worth checking a cave to see what the next layer is, but if that next layer's andesite, keep moving. Claystone? Peak into a cave and see what's underneath.), but how far you travel ultimately comes down to luck. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reallitup2 Posted July 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2023 30 minutes ago, Ashery said: There are actually a few more potential sources of lime: Besides limestone and seashells, chalk is another type of sedimentary rock that can be ground into lime. Marble can be used as well, and it can be found in metamorphic layers (Phyllite and slate). Borax is your final option, and it's an ore that spawns in sedimentary layers. If you don't get lucky with nearby limestone or chalk layers, borax is probably the most reliable option as it can spawn in any sedimentary layer besides bauxite and you can find it with the propick. In terms of finding limestone or chalk, it largely comes down to a matter of luck and covering a lot of distance, as the rock layers can be absolutely massive. You can utilize some knowledge of the game mechanics to help narrow things down a bit (Granite top layer? Keep moving. Basalt? Might be worth checking a cave to see what the next layer is, but if that next layer's andesite, keep moving. Claystone? Peak into a cave and see what's underneath.), but how far you travel ultimately comes down to luck. I did try most of the stuff in the first paragraph, but I had no clue that there was a method to lime hunting! Though, yeah. My luck has been completely awful with my last few worlds and I'm still working on building my food stores Thanks a ton for your suggestions though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maelstrom Posted July 25, 2023 Report Share Posted July 25, 2023 Certain traders will also sell lime. Take stuff to sell them then turn around and buy the lime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varenvel Posted July 29, 2023 Report Share Posted July 29, 2023 if you want you can try generating few worlds and settle on one who has limestone or chalk nearby (you can generate few worlds and see if any has any nearby chalk or limestone on surface) generaly i wish there was better way to get it but game keeps itself quite realistic other then finding it is traders(not recomended) and sometimes you can find it in loot id share you my seed but unless you would also ran with my settings(i just tried) would not generate same world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorfinn Posted July 29, 2023 Report Share Posted July 29, 2023 You can also use borax and I think alum for leather, too. Far and away, on those weird situations where I can't find limestone or chalk, so long as you have ample shoreline, it's not that hard to collect 25 shells, enough for a full barrel. Carry the quern with you because you won't find shells that stack. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushieater Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 Finding Limestone or Bauxite can easily take 5000 - 10000 tiles. So I think, you have unreasonable expectations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorfinn Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 10,000 isn't even that far. With good terrain, 2 days, with bad, maybe 4. In fact, if you crank view distance all the way up. you "see" a block over 3k across. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owktree Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 And be aware that if the top strata rock is basalt or a sedimentary rock (claystone, shale, etc.) there can be other sedimentary rock layers between the top rock strata and the igneous bedrock in the area. (For example near my current base the usual layers are basalt, shale, slate, andesite.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raging Thunder Posted August 11 Report Share Posted August 11 Guys common now...you gotta look for water and mountains. thats where i always find my limestone. if you see what looks like white sand on the map, go to that sand and you will find limestone very very close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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