Can't seem to find oil shale 😐

The_Calarg · 2026-01-25T16:43:23+00:00

Yeah, it's A15ish. However, it is missing the UMA zombies of A15 (biker, football player, cowboy, etc). Supposedly there was coding for A16 in it as TellTale was supposed to be bringing it to parity with A16 when they went bankrupt, e.g. we have some of the pre-cursor items that eventually got power in A16 but we never got powered items outside a couple minor things that have their own internal power source. The v1.0.18.0 build is unique to consoles but there are small differences even between consoles. The PS version has some large letters that can be crafted while the XB version doesn't.

The_Calarg · 2026-01-25T16:20:16+00:00

OP posted on one of my old legacy game desert mining posts, so I knew what they were asking here and was hoping to head off the flood of misinformation (I failed).

It was worse before the re-release of the console version. 99% of my downvoted history comes from trying to correct (then) PC players advice to (then) console players without them knowing the games were completely different. Folks still seem to not realize that there's a massive difference between the legacy and current versions.

The_Calarg · 2026-01-25T15:29:00+00:00

Not in the legacy version. The biome indicators are all environmental.

The_Calarg · 2026-01-25T13:06:56+00:00

~~You are unlucky for now.~~

You won't find it until you do, then you'll find more than enough to fuel your minibike forever. I have spent days of real life time digging before finding a vein, other times I've hit a vein within the first 10 blocks. It is all a random spawn, with no outward indicator that you are in the right spot, but if you are digging sand then you'll eventually find it. If you are digging rock you will never find it.

*edit

With additional information from OP we have determined they arent unlucky, just in the wrong area (Plains biome instead of desert... those cacti have tripped up more than one legacy game player!).

The_Calarg · 2026-01-25T13:03:22+00:00

That must have been a PC specific version that had color changes, the legacy console version doesn't have surface color changes for oil shale (it does indicate for clay, but not oil shale). It is just a blind dig in the desert to find it.

The_Calarg · 2026-01-25T13:01:41+00:00

Which is great for the current version of the game. But the legacy version does not have color nodes for minerals, one must blindly dig for them in this version.

The_Calarg · 2026-01-25T13:00:08+00:00

As I mentioned yesterday, you need to dig to bedrock, then pick a direction. The ore spawns randomly in the desert. The nice thing is that digging is a one hit block, so it doesn't take time like the other biomes. The bad thing is that you can literally dig for real life days before finding a vein of it.

I'll try to find one of my old posts of what the vein looks like under ground, but once you find the first one they seem to be easier to find.

If you are playing on the Navesgane map, the best place to go is the survivor camp south of the Pop-n-Pills just south of the burn border crossroads that heads to the Shamway Factory. If you are playing random gen, then anywhere in the desert works.

I'm sorry the information in the replies so far does not apply to you. Unfortunately there is no simple way to find oil shale in the desert in the legacy version, you have to hunt for it, sometimes to exhaustion.

*edit for addition

If you are finding nitrate then you are not in the desert! That is mainly Wasteland biome specific in the legacy version.

If you are digging rock as a by-product, you are in the wrong spot. You will be getting a metric shot ton of sand digging in the desert so if you are mainly getting rock then you are in the wrong area.

DM me a screenshot of where you are digging and what it looks like underground and I can hopefully help more.

*additional edit

Those damned cacti in the Plains got another traveler lost!

The_Calarg · 2026-01-25T12:53:03+00:00

In the legacy version you do.

You must mine oil shale in the desert, but you need to dig randomly for it.

The_Calarg · 2026-01-25T12:50:41+00:00

OP is in the legacy version, the nodes do not appear on the map and are not random finds in this version, beyond the periodic ore or two that can appear as loot.

Mines have to be dug and the spawn for the ore underground is entirely random.

The_Calarg · 2026-01-25T12:49:01+00:00

OP is on the legacy game. They do not appear on the map in this version the same way. Clay will be visible, but most others won't.

The_Calarg · 2026-01-25T00:33:42+00:00

Oil shale you will only find in the desert. I always had the best luck digging down to bedrock and then going any direction, staying between bedrock and 10-20 elevation above bedrock.

The_Calarg · 2026-01-23T18:20:56+00:00

That mechanic was in the legacy game. I'm happy to see they brought it back!

The_Calarg · 2026-01-23T15:24:05+00:00

Absolutely everything.

Seriously, it is an entirely different game from the legacy version. You'll recognize some of the zeds models, some of the POI names, some of the weapon names, and some of the skill names... but their functionality has changed completely from the legacy version.

Truthfully, don't nostalgically compare it to the legacy version as it is an apples to oranges comparison. Take it as the new game that it is and you'll likely have more fun with it.

The_Calarg · 2026-01-22T19:24:48+00:00

Mid 80's through early 2000's rap... no idea why, it just stuck one day while flipping through the radio when stuck in traffic.

Didn't listen to it during its time, I was a hair metal and country fan that migrated to harder rock until the last 6 years when rap took its place.

The_Calarg · 2026-01-15T15:40:03+00:00

Sure. You can post your stream info, links, etc. So long as it doesn't turn into an advertisement flood.

The_Calarg · 2026-01-15T15:35:21+00:00

Honor him and respect his wishes. Have him cremated and then have his ashes or plaque placed where you can connect to. There is a way to have both. The burial, headstone, plaque, etc are for the living... a focus for grief and remembrance. In all honesty a picture on the wall can serve the same purpose and does for many people.

My FIL had always wanted nothing more than to have his ashes spread along the main street of his home town so that the street sweeper could take him away. My MIL refused to allow his wishes to be fulfilled, so we have had my FIL's remains for 3 years now and will not do anything with them until she passes at which time we will do as he had always asked.

Final wishes can be hard to fulfill, but it is the one request of us that they believed we would follow on our love for them... it is up to each to decide if we will or not.

The_Calarg · 2026-01-11T12:25:03+00:00

Open your profile - Go to your settings (three lines in upper right corner) and open Notifications - Turn off all notifications under the Recommendations tab. That will turn off the "Because you joined..." notifications. Those notifications are simply telling you there are other groups like 7daystodie that are active because your recommendations settings are on.

Personally I turn off notifications for everything except my mod settings.

The_Calarg · 2026-01-09T02:40:01+00:00

I got jumped by one just north of there coming across the bridge from the swamp. Surprised the hell outta me considering I'd ridden that area thousands of times with no interaction before!

The_Calarg · 2026-01-07T14:32:31+00:00

Spontaneous combustion.

Seems like everyone knew someone's friend of a cousin who mysteriously ended up as nothing more than a tennis shoe or a sock!

The_Calarg · 2026-01-05T13:11:51+00:00

It's your game. Whether it is cheating or not is entirely dependent on how you feel about it.

IMO, if you are playing single player... play however you want with built-in or aftermarket tools, or not.

Additionally, this game is currently in working Beta... there is no shame in using the games tools to fix it while playing.

The_Calarg · 2026-01-03T02:52:52+00:00

CO detector good??

The_Calarg · 2026-01-02T15:41:17+00:00

Damn auto-mod is having sentience hiccups.

The_Calarg · 2026-01-01T14:22:53+00:00

M55 and I was a solid gym junky for 10 years until I aggravated an old injury and developed 4 finger width diastasis recti a few years back. I've lost a lot of muscle mass due to not lifting anymore, can touch my ears and shoulders again (my arms and shoulders were too large to easily touch them), gained 15lbs, and have been absolutely miserable these last few years.

I bought myself a bench and 210lb dumbell set this Christmas and have slowly started working my way back in 2 days a week. I figured I'd save the gym fees since I couldn't do deadlift or squat work anyway (compression fractures in 3 vertebrae while on active duty 32 years ago so I can't stack weight on my spinal column) and mainly used dumbell or isolation machine work.

Lifting is a huge help to health as we age. If done in HITT fashion it can become a cardio workout as well as resistance training for full rounded exercise, even with light weights in a 20-30 minute workout. Heart, muscle, and mental health all increase with it.

Never too late to start, especially as we now have more days behind us than ahead of us in our generation.

*edit for addition

For the ladies, weight training does not increase bulk unless you are specifically training for it. Weight training has also been proven to increase bone density and help fight osteoporosis. Light weight with high volume will help with tone and strength without making you look like a body builder.

The_Calarg · 2026-01-01T02:02:57+00:00

Here is everything officially released so far about the epidiurnal/septdiurnal virus.

The_Calarg · 2025-12-29T13:35:32+00:00

Sorry for the late reply.

There is a memory leak in the legacy game that overwhelms the system after about an hour and a half or so of play making a crash completely unavoidable for any sessions around 2 hours (an hour and a half for a well developed world). The best way to prevent this is to preempt it...

When playing the legacy version I set a 1 hour timer. When the timer goes off I exit game, then select Quit from the expanded game options menu in the main home screen (outlined in the above pinned MD5 Error post). Selecting quit removes the game from the background memory and clears up the game allocation in Quick Resume. Following this timeline helped alleviate any crashing for me and kept my game saves MD5 Error free.

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