Clay not spawning.. I SWEAR

[roflpuppy]

Im playing modded vintage story, could this be the issue? Im not using any world get mods, but could this be because of expanded matter? I have looked for hours and I have not found it in a single one of the worlds Ive generated. How common actually is it??

[Nathan Flaminio]

I find tons of clay all over, so I would say it's very common. In my world, red is everywhere, blue is usually by coastlines or slightly submerged on tiny islands, and fire is often under black coal in claystone, or occationally in bauxite deserts. 

I have not used Expanded Matter, so I can't speak to that. 

Have you tried going into god mode (creative) and flying around?

[Maelstrom]

5 hours ago, Nathan Flaminio said:

Have you tried going into god mode (creative) and flying around?

Or try disabling the suspect mod and play the first day?

[Nathan Flaminio]

3 hours ago, Maelstrom said:

Or try disabling the suspect mod and play the first day?

Or that, lol

[Vexxvididu]

Clay is common!  But many new players fail to spot it without some practice.. very hard to know what is going on for you without knowing what the mod is.  If the mod affects world generation at all, this could be an issue.

[LadyWYT]

20 hours ago, roflpuppy said:

Im playing modded vintage story, could this be the issue? Im not using any world get mods, but could this be because of expanded matter?

Welcome to the forums and the game! Mods are often the cause of many issues in the game, even if the mod itself doesn't appear to affect the thing in question. I don't see any reported clay issues with Expanded Matter, but that doesn't rule out a different mod being the potential cause. If you suspect the issue is due to mods, the easiest way to figure out exactly which mod it is, is to disable all mods and verify that vanilla works correctly. Once you've done that, re-enable the mods one by one and test them as you do so; when the issue resurfaces you will have found the culprit.

20 hours ago, roflpuppy said:

I have looked for hours and I have not found it in a single one of the worlds Ive generated. How common actually is it??

Like others here have already said though, it's also not uncommon for newer players to struggle with finding clay until they know what to look for. Clay is more easily spotted from the side, as the texture stands out more readily from dirt, and from the top it will have bits of clay peaking through patches of grass. Clay deposits tend to spawn in areas that have sufficient rainfall and aren't too cold, though there are a couple of exceptions. Avoid looking in forests, since the forest floor will cover any clay that does spawn.

Red clay is the most common one to find, and can occur in highlands(but not mountain tops) and lowlands. It's also the only clay that can spawn naturally in the arctic regions, though in smaller deposits.

Blue clay only occurs near sea level, often near bodies of water, so searching near the shores of lakes can sometimes be a good idea.

Fire clay only occurs naturally in bauxite deserts or occasionally underneath deposits of black coal or anthracite. 

In addition to natural deposits, you can also buy clay from certain traders, find it in ruins, obtain it from cracked vessels, or rarely obtain it from panning, though it is worth noting that the first three options only count if you are playing with lore content enabled.

[dakko]

22 hours ago, roflpuppy said:

Im playing modded vintage story, could this be the issue? Im not using any world get mods, but could this be because of expanded matter? I have looked for hours and I have not found it in a single one of the worlds Ive generated. How common actually is it??

It would be interesting to try an experiment to see if the clay is really there or not. Just install the Visible Clay Particles mod and see if you see the particles rising from the ground.

[Maelstrom]

12 hours ago, Vexxvididu said:

many new players fail to spot it without some practice.

That was me with the new berry bushes.  And I've been playing since 1.14! 
My first world I nearly starved to death the first night coz I couldn't see what was in front of me the whole time!   Once I knew what to look for berry bushes were popping out all over the place.

[Grummsh]

10 hours ago, Maelstrom said:

That was me with the new berry bushes.  And I've been playing since 1.14! 
My first world I nearly starved to death the first night coz I couldn't see what was in front of me the whole time!   Once I knew what to look for berry bushes were popping out all over the place.

Aye - kinda same here i was lucky enough an area i decided to settle in have those new pink beauty berry bushes and those are big so You cant miss em - but after couple of in game days playing i circled back to the spawn and only then i noticed there are cranberry bushes ALL AROUND! those one are soooooo small now i couldnt really see them at all at first

[Vexxvididu]

On 5/21/2026 at 7:01 AM, Maelstrom said:

That was me with the new berry bushes.  And I've been playing since 1.14! 
My first world I nearly starved to death the first night coz I couldn't see what was in front of me the whole time!   Once I knew what to look for berry bushes were popping out all over the place.

One other thought about the new berry bushes is that for my meh eye sight, it's not super obvious to me to see the difference between ripe and other stages.  ...I usually have to get close and mouse of them to be sure.  I don't remember having this issue near as much before. I think the new look is more realistic, but I'd like the ripe berries to look bigger and juicier just to be more visually obvious.