u/Better-Try-6623

I started playing dread reborn a few days ago (with a few friends) and I finally learned how to craft some guns, and now we have 2. we're doing pretty well on gear and ores, (but we have all been slain a few times and lost some stuff around the world) but I have a question. Gunpowder is RIDICULOUSLY hard to find, and I was wondering if there is ANY easy way to obtain it. (we explored every structure within 1000 blocks of our base) And I spent 3 hours travelling almost 3k blocks and STILL came home with ZERO. If anyone has any tips, that'd be incredible please