# Acquiring Clay?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/acquiring-clay/14029>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [July 24, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/acquiring-clay/14029 "2017-07-24T21:24:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Outcast](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/outcast/32/619_2.png) [@Outcast](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Outcast)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/acquiring-clay/14029/1 "2017-07-24T21:24:36Z")

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I’ve been searching for clay and have gathered just about all of it that I can find in the nearby cities.

From what I’ve read there is another way to obtain clay:

[spoiler]My understanding is there is a way to extract it from the shallow water beside rivers.

I’ve tried using a stone shovel to dig into the shallows and the construction menu but there doesn’t seem to be an option to create a clay mound.[/spoiler]

Could someone please point me in the right direction?

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**Author:** ![Outcast](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/outcast/32/619_2.png) [@Outcast](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Outcast)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/acquiring-clay/14029/2 "2017-07-24T22:58:49Z")

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As far as I can tell the only option I have in the \* construction menu is “Extract Clay”, which requires “clay” to function.

My guess is this is similar to cutting a tree into logs, I just need to find the “tree”.

[spoiler]Is the information I’m reading about “Clay mounds” out of date, can they no longer be created?

With all the radiation hazards I’m encountering continuing the fight without a source of boiled clay is going to prove difficult. X\_X

… It isn’t found on a Z-Level under the river is it? I’ve found some swimming equipment but no diving gear yet, so I’m hoping that isn’t the case.[/spoiler]

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**Author:** ![DeWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@DeWolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeWolf)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/acquiring-clay/14029/3 "2017-07-25T00:14:15Z")

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I remember using the extract clay on shallow water then having to smash the pile that was made to retrieve the actual clay items.

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**Author:** ![NuG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nug/32/7057_2.png) [@NuG](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/NuG)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/acquiring-clay/14029/4 "2017-07-25T02:24:06Z")

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I think you have to find a clay tile, usually near river banks, then extract it. They did change it somewhat recently, but not sure what exactly changed.

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**Author:** ![Tamior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tamior](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tamior)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/acquiring-clay/14029/5 "2017-07-25T04:53:38Z")

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Yea, just follow a river bank until you find a tile with a clay deposit (it’s a tile in the shallow water that can be seen right away).

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**Author:** ![Treah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/treah/32/194_2.png) [@Treah](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Treah)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 6:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/acquiring-clay/14029/6 "2017-07-25T06:31:55Z")

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Yes like others have stated here this was changed in a PR. Clay tiles were added and will spawn near rivier banks and very rare to span in other places. You can no longer just obtain them from a hidden tile in shallow water. If your world is pre-change you will need to follow the river enough to have new map generated to get the new tiles.

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**Author:** ![Outcast](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/outcast/32/619_2.png) [@Outcast](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Outcast)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/acquiring-clay/14029/7 "2017-07-25T22:28:21Z")

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Short version:  
Found it!

(Side note: Apparently clay tiles are removed when you harvest them so I’ll have to hunt around for another one.)

Long version:

[spoiler]Armed with this new information I began an expedition down a nearby river that runs across a large swamp area.

Which apparently is infested with ants and fungal monsters! O\_O I’ll have to return when I’m better equipped with incendiary options.

After journeying long enough that my electric vehicle only had about 30% charge, I found it!

A single glorious tile of clay.

Night had fallen but I switched on a heavy flash light and went to work extracting the clay. . .

And that is when the Tank Drone unexpectedly rolled out of the darkness. X\_X  
(There is a wreckage field in that direction, makes me wonder if the Tank Drone was the cause of it.)

Fortunately most of its initial barrage missed so I had enough time to toss out 5 manhacks and turn off the flashlight.

The drone seemed to change its target to the manhacks and I managed to limp back to my electric car and drag my heavy rail rifle out of the trunk.

With only a few rounds of ammo left and 1 crippled manhack still hanging on somehow, I managed to finally shutdown the Tank Drone (Still not sure how I made it out of that.)

After collecting what was left of the manhacks I again set to work on extracting the clay and final obtained . . . “8” clay! XD

Although that wasn’t nearly the amount of clay I was hoping for, at least the search was suitably epic! ^\_^[/spoiler]

Thank you for the help. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Miloch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/miloch/32/1339_2.png) [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/acquiring-clay/14029/8 "2017-07-26T00:54:30Z")

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From my experiences with it, yes, you find clay and sand along rivers in single tiles. They don’t always disappear when you harvest, but they do sometimes. So I figure there is some set chance when you harvest it. Honestly, the clay deposits should be larger then this, but I figure it’s in the works.

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**Author:** ![Arkenstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90db22/32.png) [@Arkenstone](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Arkenstone)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/acquiring-clay/14029/9 "2017-07-27T21:27:44Z")

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In terms of realism, this makes very little sense to me. I grew up in the south admittedly, but there was clay everywhere thanks to the high water level and certainly around the river banks once I dug slightly deeper - and this is as a kid with a trowel being bored. It was workable enough that I put it in the sun and made crappy little pots from it.