Limestone

[Cyber_Wiz93]

It's been two months of traveling the land. Haven't found any! I went north, south, east and west. It's crazy I can't find limestone. Is there a effective way to find it? Or is it just a lot of bad luck I am having? Keep in mind this is my first world. I feel like I am stuck. Probably should go look for tin at this point?   

[LadyWYT]

42 minutes ago, Cyber_Wiz93 said:

Is there a effective way to find it?

Not really...it's mostly just a lot of traveling until you find white rocks. You do need to look in biomes that have sedimentary rock though, not igneous. If the rock type is granite, andesite, or some other kind of hard rock you'll need to keep moving, as limestone won't spawn here.

One thing I have noticed though is that limestone likes to spawn with bauxite, and both like to spawn with slate on occasion. So if you see rock layers that are orange, chocolate, and white, there's your limestone.

46 minutes ago, Cyber_Wiz93 said:

Or is it just a lot of bad luck I am having? Keep in mind this is my first world. I feel like I am stuck. Probably should go look for tin at this point? 

It's probably just bad luck; Vintage Story be like that sometimes. I'm assuming that you're after limestone for leatherworking? If that's the case you don't actually need limestone itself, although it is nice to have. Borax is more efficient at tanning, and also needed later on for blacksmithing work. Chalk and marble can both be ground into lime as well, I believe, although marble is quite rare so you'll probably want to save that for building. Seashells can also be ground into lime(two per shell); despite this being a tedious method, it's still useful if you're not having luck finding a source of lime otherwise.

Last but not least, if you have some spare rusty gears, you can visit a survival goods trader and potentially purchase lime, provided there is some for sale. I think commodities traders might sell it too, but I'm not 100% sure. Sometimes you can also find limestone rocks in ruins loot, but the chances of that are very slim, so you're better off with either haggling with traders or searching for one of the other options above.

Also welcome to the forums!

[Cyber_Wiz93]

Thank you! I actually did found slate super far away. Think I marked the position, but yea. It's been claystone and freaking granite for miles! It's almost winter, but maybe I can squeeze one more trip to find something. If not, seashells it is! Thank you for the help.