Not enough leather

[Minoes]

I find myself stuck not having enough leather all the time.
First I figured that there is a max on the amount of animal (chickens and cows) so I killed some chickens. That seemed to help a little bit with the cow spawning.

Then my islands overgrew a lot, because I couldn't unclog them fast enough (Due to being stuck a while on not having leather.) Then the cows disappeared and there were still some chickens, but nothing new spawning. I figured I had to clear the overgrow, so did that on multiple places. One cow spawned and now and then a 'hostile cow' spawns, but that's it. There are no cows or chickens spawning anymore at all, even now there is room for it.

How do I get cows and leather? I am really stuck because of this.

[Cave]

Wizard Scrolls should help you out. It converts resources into animals.

[Minoes]

Thank you.

[TGWeaver]

Originally posted by Cave Johnson:

Wizard Scrolls should help you out. It converts resources into animals.

What? Don't you need purple pigment and Advanced Scrolls to even craft a wizard scroll?
That means you'll have to have unlocked a lot of pretty expensive lands to get it, right? But leather is an early-game resource. That doesn't help at all until it's late enough in the game you probably won't be short on leather anyway.
Even moreso since Beta 8 apparently upped the prices on crafting almost everything, right?

[Minoes]

Originally posted by TGWeaver:

Originally posted by Cave Johnson:

Wizard Scrolls should help you out. It converts resources into animals.

What? Don't you need purple pigment and Advanced Scrolls to even craft a wizard scroll?
That means you'll have to have unlocked a lot of pretty expensive lands to get it, right? But leather is an early-game resource. That doesn't help at all until it's late enough in the game you probably won't be short on leather anyway.
Even moreso since Beta 8 apparently upped the prices on crafting almost everything, right?

Yes, I am now grinding to get money, to get further to be able to make the scroll.
Honestly, it seems the spawning of animals is just off. First there is a quite lot of them and then all of the sudden they all disappear for no apparent reason.

I don't know if all animal type mobs are tied together somehow in game. There are a lot more beetles now since the animals disappeared.

I came a bit further in the game because I could buy some leather. Without that, I would still be stuck.

[Minoes]

So an update.
I found something to sell for a good price, made some money and got the first islands that I need for crafting the purple material. I also got the amulets now, those help a lot with collecting. So soon I can make a scroll.
Furthermore, one of the new biomes had some animals that gave some leather.

I still think leather is hard to come by, but I notice that being free to choose my skills without really knowing what I get plays a role as well. Now I know about the amulets, I will chose that sooner next play through.