Ap0calyp2e

Yeah that was poorly worded, i dont mind the search for resources in the later game stuff, but something critical to progression within the first hour of the game shouldn't take 5 hours to find imo, and in reality they are right, it isn't hard to find once you have the proper options to find it. The problem is knowledge. You cant change what you don't know is an option to be changed. I know they just made the sepia style map but it seems worse in every way. Why make it the default? Why make it so you cant see the crucial resources on it? Why not add some way to make that choice more visible? I know 95% of the screenshots ive seen is without the sepia one. it seems like most people agree if that's the case. I do want to say even tho i've being critical of this specific aspect of the game, it really is something minor in the long run. I'm excited to progress farther and still think its a pretty good game so far. I dont wanna come off as overly negative. Thanks for all the suggestions guys

So didn't know you could change the map coloring in the options. The video someone posted about changing it also mentioned that you cant see clay or peat on the new sepia style map so that's where most of my confusion came from. I thought like I was being gaslit with everyone saying you can see it on the map. Turns out I just don't have the option enabled for that to be true.

No im using the default settings, as the dev intended the game to be played... im not interested in just cranking everything up, i just dont wanna take 5 hours to find something, actual time btw found blue clay 1800 blocks from my base, This looks nothing like my map, either im missing a major biome which is possible, or you are using a modded map.

Seriously its a major problem. I've just started playing today and have been soft locked for 3 hours looking for clay. i've looked up the forums i know what it looks like and seen the post about look for low lvl rain areas, i know its not in snow, dessert or gravel areas, ive gone threw forests slowly and looking around water. i know about how its suppose to be everywhere but ive explored over 1000 blocks from my base in every direction and found about 12 different ruins, 7 different traders, about 15 different peat deposits and found about every surface metal from iron, copper, quartz and found some zinc in a hole. but seriously where the fuck is the clay. Taking hours to find an early game resource isnt fun and tbh has started to kill my enthusiasm for the game.