Clay - What's Happening?

[Loamy]

I've gone through about three maps and I've been dropped in the desert region non-stop so I can't find any clay. 
I haven't been able to make progress on any of my playthroughs because of how scarce clay has been for me. 
Is there any sort of worldgen that allows for more clay to appear? I'd love to have an option in the menu. 
Makes no sense to have Tin/Copper as a Uncommon to Rare spawn but not Clay, when it's the most essential piece 
of tech you need to survive in the stone age.  

Here are my settings. 
Seed: 476728603 
Landcover: 50% 
Landcover Scale: 300% 
Upheaval: 20% 
Landform Scale: 200%  

Mods: Watersheds  
Better Ruins 
Farseer 
Vistas Beyond 

[LadyWYT]

Welcome to the forums!

13 minutes ago, Loamy said:

Is there any sort of worldgen that allows for more clay to appear? I'd love to have an option in the menu. 

Not really, other than maybe mods. I see you're playing with Watersheds, which adds blue clay to its streams, so you might check stream beds when you run across them.

Otherwise, clay just depends on the local climate conditions. It tends not to spawn in areas that are too cold or too dry, though there are exceptions.

Red Clay: This is the most common variety, and can be found in both lowlands and higher elevations such as hills. It spawns in areas with enough rainfall, and is also the only clay type, I believe, that can spawn in the arctic regions.

Blue Clay: Also fairly common and spawns in areas with sufficient rainfall, but only spawns in the lowlands, typically near water.

Fire Clay: This clay variety only spawns in bauxite deserts(it could be bauxite biomes in general though, not sure) or occasionally underneath black coal and anthracite deposits.

Blue clay is an uncommon drop from panning, and if you're playing with lore content enabled you can sometimes find clay in cracked vessels or purchase it from traders.

[Loamy]

Thank you so much! I managed to find some last night!