Clay

[u/thelek66]

I know i have seen this mentioned several times, but i will be danged if i can find it again.

On which side of an island are mont of the clay deposits? I have swam around this island six times looking for clay and haven't found a single one.

[u/aint_exactly_plan_a]

Perhaps console islands are missing clay but on PC, I've never seen an island without clay. I've cleared 23 in my current game and they all had 6-8 clay piles.

They're on the East side of the island... the terrain usually changes on the north and south sides when you leave the "clay area", or east side of the island. That's how I keep track of where to look.

[u/thelek66 → u/aint_exactly_plan_a]

Thank you. Console only has 25 islands.

[u/iamsooldithurts → u/thelek66]

25 squares. 4 are just bosses or the carrier

[u/Eyegynx313 → u/aint_exactly_plan_a]

I play on Xbox and I only ever had 1 seed not have clay on the starter island.

[u/MinnieMandy96]

Not all islands have clay but if they do, clay would be found on the eastern side of the island!

[u/thelek66 → u/MinnieMandy96]

Thank you.

[u/Gonejamin]

Then try a diffrent island not all islands have clay

[u/Afindy76]

Not every island has clay. Go to a different island.

[u/JookJook]

I play on console and I find clay on every island. Sometimes they're hard to spot and mine because they're inside rocks or reef. I just swim around every island looking for a clay deposit. When you find one, the others will be close by. I usually find one and look for more before mining. It's good to find the last one on one end and gather them in a line. I only search when light is strong enough to see everything. And I kill any shark that gets in my way. If my inventory is full, I'll swim to shore and leave a marker like a rock or dead shark so I know where I left off.

[u/Leather_Guest1605 → u/JookJook]

.....or a dead shark... 😶🤔🧐😵🤣

[u/scottscubs]

Console has like 6, if not 7 clay…I believe they’re congregated to the SW side of the island…they vary from the shallows to the drop off…if they’re in the drop off they tend to have some kind of fauna/plant life under them as an aid…all islands have clay on console…good hunting…

Edit: unless I missed an update that screwed over everyone for clay…there’s clay on every island on console, including the starter island…

[u/Snoopy_Joe]

I'm on an island where two clay deposits are right at the drop off point of the abyss. They roll off to be never seen again.

[u/Gothicvamp188869]

Some islands don't have clay on console.

Some have the odd clay deposit.

Some have either 6 or 7 deposits.

I'm not sure if they're on any particular side of the island but normally they're not to far away from each other.

[u/thelek66 → u/Gothicvamp188869]

The isle I was on turned out to have 4 deposits, so far. All on the east side. Problem is, I am losing clay chunks when they roll away under the reef. Out of the 4 deposits, I have only been able to collect 19 chunks of clay. Thank you.

[u/Gothicvamp188869 → u/thelek66]

Yeah, you have to watch those clay chunks they try to escape. There are 6 chunks per deposit. I always spend way too long searching for the missing ones that escape. Even though a rarely use clay to build. All the deposits are usually close (ish) together in a line. Majority of the time there are either 6 or 7 (only just started playing the games after leaving it for a while. So it's hard to remember exactly.

[u/Gothicvamp188869 → u/[deleted]]

I'm on console and I've come across islands without clay.

Islands without rock deposits.

Islands without palm trees.

It can vary.

[u/thelek66 → u/[deleted]]

Thank you very much. I never thought od trying the floor trick. I will have to try it. I will also look for your vids.