Clay!

[Jindřich Kugel]

I am not able to find clay absolutely anywhere, sorry developers

Edited February 9, 2025 by Jindřich Kugel

[Thorfinn]

Rain needs to be at least Uncommon, and it's possible under defaults to spawn too far north, where it is too cold to form. You might have just had bad luck.

Welcome to the forums, @Jindřich Kugel

[CastIronFabric]

Notice: If by chance when you say 'clay' you specifically mean Fire Clay well that has been changed. You can still find it but its much harder to find its easier to craft. I have only found fire clay under ground.

 

[Jindřich Kugel]

Thank you all for quick reply. I'll try to continue with my search.

[TheffeJ]

I've had luck finding it close to bodies of water

[Michael Gates]

As with so many resources, you've got to train your eyes a bit to see the red clay. It looks like this:

[Dilan Rona]

found my deposit of red clay half way up a mountain, topped with glacier ice.

[Blissharmony]

I went on an adventure to try and find clay and it took me a good hour or so and it was semi far from my house. But you know what the crazy thing was? I found some a lot closer to my house in the same meadow.... I hope you find some clay that you missed earlier on!! I'd recommend not bunny hopping around and take a nice slow hike

[RapscallionGamer]

Also if you don't view it as "too cheaty", checking the Color-Accurate World Map for new games can do wonders.  

Or for existing games taken from the Wiki's List of Server Commands:

 

World map

All of the following work^[1] in a singleplayer world to restore the parchment-style map to the classic colorful map:

• /worldconfig colorAccurateWorldmap true
• /worldconfigcreate bool colorAccurateWorldmap true
• /player [playername] privilege grant colorAccurateWorldmap

In a multiplayer world, the following restores the classic map for an individual:

• /player [playername] privilege grant colorAccurateWorldmap

while the following restores the classic map for all players:

• /worldconfig colorAccurateWorldmap true
• /worldconfigcreate bool colorAccurateWorldmap true

(needs confirmation)

 

[Jindřich Kugel]

Thanks all for support guys. I found it, it only took more time. I was my mistake. Second time I found the blue clay. I didnt payed enough attention to searching.

Edited February 16, 2025 by Jindřich Kugel

[AxolittleAxolotl]

Spent 2 hours pure searching with my friend trying to find any clay (in different directions). That's a total of 4 hours of gameplay just searching very narrowly for clay, ignoring the first few test worlds and first day exploration for a base. I want to love this game, but the initial progression gating is so huge, we felt put off of the whole thing and wondered if we got a bugged world or if it's worth even continuing with the game at all. At the end we found some, but felt more exhausted then accomplished...

[Drakonin]

im almost convince that everyone who played this game secretly cheated in clay. been running around biomes with cattails and trees and grass for about 5 hours just trying to find clay. im about to just cheat in a quorn so i can make SOMETHING with clay

[LadyWYT]

On 3/9/2025 at 11:27 AM, AxolittleAxolotl said:

Spent 2 hours pure searching with my friend trying to find any clay (in different directions). That's a total of 4 hours of gameplay just searching very narrowly for clay, ignoring the first few test worlds and first day exploration for a base. I want to love this game, but the initial progression gating is so huge, we felt put off of the whole thing and wondered if we got a bugged world or if it's worth even continuing with the game at all. At the end we found some, but felt more exhausted then accomplished...

 

44 minutes ago, Drakonin said:

im almost convince that everyone who played this game secretly cheated in clay. been running around biomes with cattails and trees and grass for about 5 hours just trying to find clay. im about to just cheat in a quorn so i can make SOMETHING with clay

Welcome to the forums! Clay is one of those resources that's hard to spot at first, but once you figure out what to look for it's much easier to find. What I tend to do is focus on other tasks while I'm out and about, and just mark down the deposits as I find them. That way I'm getting multiple things done, and know where the clay is so I can return to the deposits as needed.

A couple of important things to keep in mind as well; clays have specific spawn requirements in addition to the general spawn requirements that all share. Clay deposits only spawn in climates where it's warm enough(not the arctic) and has enough rainfall(they won't spawn in deserts). Red clay spawns at higher altitudes, while blue clay spawns around sea level. Fire clay only generates naturally under black coal and anthracite deposits, and can also generate in small deposits in bauxite biomes(I'm not sure if rainfall is a factor in this case).

[Human17]

I also had a LOT of trouble finding clay. I was only able to find it on the side of small hills - never on the ground so far, although I search thousands of blocks in each direction. I found so much peat and other types of soil, but alas, no clay.

I recommend looking at the sides of hills, but it's quite time consuming and once my current deposit runs out, I'll be right back to looking for another one!

 

Good luck!!

[limpstringcheese]

i straight up just kept restarting worlds until i got a good location with clay

[Zane Mordien]

Clay is everywhere on every map if you are playing the default settings. Don't give up, it is there. 

18 hours ago, Drakonin said:

im almost convince that everyone who played this game secretly cheated in clay. been running around biomes with cattails and trees and grass for about 5 hours just trying to find clay. im about to just cheat in a quorn so i can make SOMETHING with clay

 

Even if doesn't spawn in the artic it still spawns at a pretty cold temperature. When I do snow ball earth I can still find red clay at the "hot" start which is still very cold.

17 hours ago, LadyWYT said:

A couple of important things to keep in mind as well; clays have specific spawn requirements in addition to the general spawn requirements that all share. Clay deposits only spawn in climates where it's warm enough(not the arctic) and has enough rainfall(they won't spawn in deserts). Red clay spawns at higher altitudes, while blue clay spawns around sea level. 

 

[kopolla]

I was just about to post the same thing. But just as I opened this thread I found a massive deposit 150 blocks outside my first base. My recommendation: Don't look at night, you will miss it if you're not a pro (which I am not)