That is indeed what is happening. Kinda ruins the feel of gold fever knowing IRL it is found in california hills and in alaska wilds - but in RW it is only found in the south biome. Was much more fun motivation to keep on digging hoping to strike gold in the old version.
It is nothing now but illogical gate keeping.
Yes if you press J and click on resources, each ore type has a line about where to find it.
But the long and short of it is that gold can only be found in arid biomes and aluminum can only be found in tundra biomes.
Everything else can be found globally and at different depths.
That is indeed what is happening. Kinda ruins the feel of gold fever knowing IRL it is found in california hills and in alaska wilds - but in RW it is only found in the south biome. Was much more fun motivation to keep on digging hoping to strike gold in the old version.
It is nothing now but illogical gate keeping.
It's a reason to travel to foreign lands and subject to changes in the future, when more ores and more content arrives
It's a reason to travel to foreign lands and subject to changes in the future, when more ores and more content arrives
As I said it was much better when the reason was keep digging you might get lucky. If I want to go to foreign lands it is because I want to go to foreign lands and want to experience a new setting - and not because gold is illogically in the desert just because it was a rare and the desert needed a rare (when IRL gold is found where water left deposits). Certainly it makes sense for unique flora/fauna/minerals in different biomes, but they need to make logical sense. You would not put zebras and lions in the artic just because they lacked a feline and equus.
Is there any way to show the artic, desert or temperate zones maps when in a different zone? Just trying to best plan excursions and what to take with me. edit: This is after I have visited the areas of course.
Since you have to make the map that would be a good idea make each new page is a different island cluster, and the map equipment was actually your atlas where you can flip pages you have made.
Here is dev response on global maps
Finally got my little boat south and north. Was still almost freezing in the north since the winter clothes can't be made without the modern workbench which requires aluminum. Had the leather coat, but what I did was take a bonfire place it, warm up and then run around like a chicken with its head cut off hitting all rocks since a lot had snow. Then I would warm up again, pick up the bonfire and run to the next visible clump of rocks, wash, rinse, repeat 
Finally got a bunch of gold and aluminum.
Thanks again for all the help. We old geezers need it.
As I said it was much better when the reason was keep digging you might get lucky. If I want to go to foreign lands it is because I want to go to foreign lands and want to experience a new setting - and not because gold is illogically in the desert just because it was a rare and the desert needed a rare (when IRL gold is found where water left deposits). Certainly it makes sense for unique flora/fauna/minerals in different biomes, but they need to make logical sense. You would not put zebras and lions in the artic just because they lacked a feline and equus.
That counts for you, not for everyone. The setting alone is not reason enough for most people to travel. The game is a huge time sink for creative builders but not for other play styles. Those who prefer to play survival or explore want a reason to go somewhere else. A need in order to advance. For now the game doesn´t offer much ofthese reasons, therfore it had to be artificial. I dont mind that too much as i dont need gold and aluminium for many things. I just hoard them and while digging for them i also get other ores. Its not a big thing tbh.
I get though what you mean. And i am sure the game will at some point meet your expectations in this regard
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