I cant find granite at all

[Bazooka]

Hello,
i recently bought the game for some friends and myself, and started a MP server to give it a go. On our first world we were learning and having fun for about 3 hours, did the clay stuff ect. and we were trying to get the granite pickaxe because i think thats the only way to proceed in the game and mine stuff.

all four of us broke off and ran in different directions for 45 minutes, not a single morsel of granite was found. just miles and miles of limestone and basalt. is there something im missing in searching for it? does it spawn like a normal rock on the overworld?

i figured maybe it was a server config issue or something, so i killed the world and re-rolled it on a new seed, ran in a direction for another 45 minutes, no granite, but this time two different rocks.

my question is, is this a server configuration issue, or do i have to walk for hours sometimes in order to find something like granite? does anyone have a good server configuration that might help avoid this frustration? i see some other posts saying the exact opposite of me, with only granite, and frankly i'm a little jealous of them 

[LadyWYT]

Welcome to the game and forums!

4 minutes ago, Bazooka said:

we were trying to get the granite pickaxe because i think thats the only way to proceed in the game and mine stuff.

Are you playing with mods? There is no stone pickaxe in the game. The lowest-tier pickaxe is the copper pick, which you do not need granite to acquire. Copper can be found in surface deposits in any rock type except bauxite, but even bauxite spawns can be useful since they can contain fire clay deposits and bauxite is a resource that you will need later for steelmaking. Granite and other igneous spawn types are typically not liked by many players since some important minerals only spawn in sediment rocks, and if one wants igneous rock all that's necessary is to dig, as it forms the base layers of the world.

Surface copper is marked by pieces of ore on the surface--mark these on your map when you find them, as they indicate an ore deposit buried just beneath. You can also pan sand and gravel for bits of copper and other things, though it's tedious, and if you are playing with lore content enabled you can also find copper items/ore in ruined vessels or purchase the ore from traders. Mining will be your primary method of obtaining though, and if surface deposits are starting to run low you can always make a prospecting pick and seek out one of the more lucrative deep deposits. Do keep in mind though that you will need a hammer for processing ore chunks into usable bits.

[Bazooka]

Hi,

50 minutes ago, LadyWYT said:

Welcome to the game and forums!

Are you playing with mods? There is no stone pickaxe in the game

no, no mods. just completely regular game-play. i was under the impression that you needed granite to proceed in any capacity with the game? i would assume you can melt surface copper if you get enough of it in a crucible, and you could make a mold for a pickaxe head out of clay..

why were my friends so convinced that they needed granite to proceed in the game at all? i will have to ask them for some clarification, thanks for this! maybe we dont need granite after all.

 

[LadyWYT]

2 minutes ago, Bazooka said:

no, no mods. just completely regular game-play. i was under the impression that you needed granite to proceed in any capacity with the game? i would assume you can melt surface copper if you get enough of it in a crucible, and you could make a mold for a pickaxe head out of clay..

Gotcha. Yeah no, you don't need granite to actually progress. Hard rocks like granite are needed for certain things, like the quern and stone coffins, but other hard rock types will also work for those items.

As for copper, yes, once you have copper bits you can stick them in a crucible for smelting and casting. When mining though, you'll get ore chunks, which will need to be smashed into smaller ore bits with a hammer before they can be smelted.

5 minutes ago, Bazooka said:

why were my friends so convinced that they needed granite to proceed in the game at all? i will have to ask them for some clarification, thanks for this!

Not sure. If they've played before, and were using mods, they could be getting confused with a modded item--it's a pretty common mistake to make. It's also possible that they're trying to apply Minecraft logic to Vintage Story, since a core part of Minecraft's progression is getting a stone pick to obtain metal tools. 

[Maelstrom]

49 minutes ago, LadyWYT said:

It's also possible that they're trying to apply Minecraft logic to Vintage Story, since a core part of Minecraft's progression is getting a stone pick to obtain metal tools. 

Especially considering that VS does have some stone tools.

[Bazooka]

i confirmed with them they were mistaken. 

thanks for the help!