Can't find oil

[Tohka]

I last played Factorio befor the Space Age DLC, is it still marked purpel on the map? I spread out about 6 radars now but non of them found oil around my starting area. Just want to be sure i didn't F up something.

[Hurkyl]

Try using CTRL+f on the map to search for oil. If it's there but you're just having trouble seeing it, that should solve the problem.

(this should work in vanilla too; AFAIK it's a 2.0 feature)

[Glyph]

Oil is out there. Start driving around in a car until you uncover some.

[Chindraba]

Unlike the main ores, oil is not guaranteed in the starting area and the map gen won't place an extra piece close by.
Another thing, for all resources, is that they are 'placed' by the generator before the terrain is, so where the oil 'is' could be under water by the time you get the map. The more water there is the more it can happen.

You could get the map exchange string and do a preview of the map as if starting a new game. That is, iirc, 32 chunks square in the preview.

[Tohka]

Found oil, it's just so far out i never needed to go so far befor.

[Fletch]

Originally posted by Tohka:

Found oil, it's just so far out i never needed to go so far befor.

Recommend a train with a couple of fluid wagons. I ran trains to my first (closest) oil field in my current playthrough (sometimes that first field is just that far away) - I have 4 fields tapped currently.

[Tohka]

The main issue i have currently is i need oil to progres down the tech tree, but i can't get to it cause i need more firepower wich i only get by going down the tech tree. I play on Marathon Death world. I have a defence wall but soon will run out of stone and i'm to weak to attack biter nests. I guess i have to restart after about 8h of play time.

[Glyph]

You kinda brought that on yourself from playing marathon death world. Use the world preview during world gen to guarantee close oil next time.

[Grumpy Old Gamer]

Next map check out the preview. I need there are map seeds that dont have some critical resource near the starting area. Cycle through until you have uranium and oil at least somewhat close.

[Hurkyl]

Woe betide you if you play on some of the variants. I believe I've seen a ribbon world map that was completely lacking one of the four starting resources on the entire preview.