Any advice on where to find endgame ore deposits?

[Conga Lyne]

I've accepted drills are the only feasible way to get decent amounts of ore lategame but I'm having trouble finding Octarine and Galaxite ore deposits to slap some drills on, any advice on where to find them or just be more lucky?

[Soloist]

This is probably a stupid question but are you looking in the correct biome? It is really hard to miss the Octarine ones due to the purple color on your map. I usually find at around 5 without even putting in effort. Look at the wide open spaces. Octarine deposits are usually found there.

[Conga Lyne]

I'm looking in the sunken sea for Octarine, there's just so much water and so little land I don't know where to looks, everything feels like a roll of the dice without any progress being made if I fail.

I'm confused what you mean by "look in wide open spaces" because of that, I keep looking through the vast ocean and explore any land I find, but nothing shows up, is there a specific place to look for them in the sea~?

[Soloist]

As in wide open spaces that don't have any walls just beach and coral wood and fruit. There are some islands like that. Or you can look at the edge of the biome, where you just reach it.
The ore deposits are not likely to spawn in the walls so look at the wide open spaces (not the sea) in the biome.

[Conga Lyne]

Alright, thankyou

[Lupu]

I'll be honest, while someone said "The ore deposits are not likely to spawn in the walls so look at the wide open spaces" - this does not count for galaxite when it comes to my game. Since the update, i only explored the galaxite sand area but i only found the ores in the walls tbh, none in open space... got like 5 galaxite veins in walls , next to them 2 copper and a tin too - again in wall.

Not sure if its a new thing or bound to that area cause for Octarine, I used to find it in open sand space as its being advised. I would say try both on land and in wall. Cause maybe they changed it to have them in walls.

[Rotan]

I feel like galaxite is more likely to appear in walls and octarine more likely to appear on shore, make a boat and drive around you should find some pretty quickly. Same for galaxite make a car and drive around. Theres a spawn of 3 galaxite rock, I got lucky and it was the first thing I found

[Soloist]

Sorry I haven't gone deep into the desert yet, only spent like half hr there. So I don't know if galaxite spawns in the walls. but most other ore deposits don't I think.

[Conga Lyne]

Originally posted by Soloist:

Sorry I haven't gone deep into the desert yet, only spent like half hr there. So I don't know if galaxite spawns in the walls. but most other ore deposits don't I think.

I reached the desert today and the first ore deposit I found was in the walls, I discovered it using the minimap after noticing a 2x2 vein of galaxite without any glowing particles attached to it.

I think the system of drilling ore deposits is a bit silly.. It removes any purpose to and actively discourages adventuring.

The recipes are so expensive lategame mining normally just isn't viable compared to using drills to do the work for you, which is a shame because it's genuinely fun roaming around the map hunting for ores, finding new landmarks as I adventure with friends and wondering what i'll find around every corner, all of that magic is removed once the best way and arguably only viable way to play is putting some drills down and leaving your computer turned on while you do other stuff.


Honestly, I would love to see drills & ore deposits removed from the game but in exchange, make the outerring recipes much, much cheaper.


If I already mined 100 galaxite, scarlet or whatever other ore, I've likely mined all of it, any further mining after that point is typically a repeat of previous events and I've already had fun with my fun with friends exploring the world map; why do I need an extra 800 or more for other items?
it just feels disrespectful to my time and forcing me into using drills, but when I use drills I don't get to explore the map, or fight wild creatures or do anything, the only way I can interact with drills is waiting and doing nothing while they generate ore for me.

[Soloist]

I have thousands of each ore, even 1k of galaxite at this point once I found 3 nodes.
I start a lot of new worlds and use the ores to build my base, I am the sort that don't stay on a world for long. Octarine runs out fast once you build teleporters. They are great except for that 20 min wait time to setup. If you have enough of them, you can splurge on some keys and now you have some prettier chests to play with.