The survival update added a lot of things, but also made ores harder to find.
Where to Find Ores
Since the Survival Update has changed how ore generation works on planets, finding ores is different now. The developers didn’t remove ores; they just changed how they appear on the surface.
You can’t find ores by looking for dark patches anymore. Instead, you need to look for subtle, light discoloration in the ground to locate ore veins.
In the snow, you might be able to notice yellow spots. This isn’t the sunlight, this is the ore patch.
It’s a lot more obvious when the snow is in the sunlight’s shadow, too.
It’s still difficult to find these patches just because they’re so hard to spot, especially on noisy grass or rock terrain, but you can try scrolling out your view with alt+mousewheel to get a good picture of the terrain, and you might be able to find these patches easier.
But What About Other Spots?
Good question! It seems someone has already published a list of all the different texture variations you can encounter in your quest to find ores.
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