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Mining Drill
Mining Drill (Genesis Part 1)
An incredibly effective gasoline-powered harvesting tool that utilizes an energy beam to collect valuable resources at distance.
Type
Ammo used
Weight
20
Stack size
1
Durability
700
Added in
Spawn Command
cheat gfi MiningDrill 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Weapons/MiningDrill/PrimalItem_WeaponMiningDrill.PrimalItem_WeaponMiningDrill'" 1 0 0
Required level
Engram points
35 EP
Crafting XP
720 XP
Crafting time
15s
Required stations

The Mining Drill is a Weapon in the Expansion Pack Genesis: Part 1.

Overview[]

The Mining Drill functions as a powerful harvesting tool that aids in the collection of just about nearly every resource from any natural-spawning resource node. Utilizing Gasoline Gasoline, it fires a laser to drill through the resources at a single point, at the risk of it overheating if used for too long, making it use a substantial amount of durability and force a brief break from using the drill.

Notably it can damage virtually any structure at a low DPS taking around a minute to destroy a Thatch Foundation Thatch Foundation and longer with higher tiers such as Stone Structures Stone Structures. but not any creatures.

This tool can be equipped and used for underwater resource gathering. It cannot be used to harvest bodies.

The Mining Drill's resource output is only affected by server settings, therefore the Melee Damage of the Survivor using it will not make any difference.

Gathering[]

Resource Efficiency
Mutagel (Genesis Part 2) Mutagel (Genesis: Part 2) ★★★☆☆

Weight Reduction[]

The Mining Drill reduces the Weight of the following resources by the listed amount while they are in the player's inventory and the Mining Drill is equipped (works on Ravager, Rock Drake, Griffin...)

Resource Reduction
Wood Wood 75%
Stone Stone 75%
Metal Metal 75%

Changelog[]

Patch Changes
309.4 Fixed a rare case where the mining drill could damage the tek sensor
309.53 Increased the amount of materials harvested by the mining drill by 33%
338.23 Allowed Mining Drill to harvest underwater

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