Guide to Mining

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Clocking In

At the beginning of your shift, you'll find you and your fellow miners in the Mining Dock. Make sure to grab your equipment and head onto the mining shuttle. If it's your first time mining, it's always a good idea to grab a buddy. Lavaland can be pretty unforgiving to the unexperienced!

Equipment

Survival Medipen An emergency autoinjector for miners facing the harsh conditions of Lavaland. WARNING: Do not inject more than one in quick succession.
Mining Satchel A satchel which will automatically collect ores if set on your belt slot, in one of your hands, or in a pocket. Use the satchel in your hand to dump the ores.
Mining Voucher A single use voucher, used to buy a starting item at the Mining Equipment Vendor.
Seclite This seclite is attachable to guns such as the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator.
Survival Knife Attaches to a Proto-Kinetic Accelerator to act as a bayonet. You can remove it again with a screwdriver.
Marker Beacon You get 10 of these initially. Use them in your hand to set down a small light source where you're standing.

Items Available in the Lockers

Proto-Kinetic Accelerator

The Proto-Kinetic Accelerator is a prototype mining tool/weapon. It uses bursts of energy to create a kinetic blast at the location it is aimed at. However, in order for the kinetic blast to have any effect, it needs to be in a very low pressure environment. In lower pressure environments the blast can mine rock quickly, kill animals, and even break the bones of other people.

On it's own, the PKA is a formidable tool, however you can bolster it with upgrades.

Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Upgrades

Kinetic Crusher

The Kinetic Crusher is a more manual means of mining and fighting. You can smash things with large amounts of kinetic force from short range. Additionally, you can mark mobs from a distance and then hit them close up to deal larger amounts of damage. Killing mobs in Lavaland with the crusher will allow you to unlock crusher trophies that can upgrade your kinetic crusher.

Crusher Trophies

Resonator

Miners preparing to go down to Lavaland at the start of their shift

A handheld device that creates small fields of energy that resonate until they detonate, crushing rock. It can also be activated without a target to create a field at the user's location, to act as a delayed time trap. It's more effective in a vaccuum.

This is another form of mining equipment that is commonly used by Free Golems. It is only acquirable from the golem shuttle or by purchasing it from the mining vendor. The default resonator is not a powerful device, instead the super resonator should be used instead. It can create unlimited fields at once and mines quicker.

Mining Vendor

There is a mining vendor located in the Mining Dock as well as on the Mining Base. After dropping off your ore into the ORM, you can receive mining points. These mining points can be spent on a variety of items that are available in the mining vendor. They can range from comfort items such as space cash or even valuable items such as jetpacks.

Item Cost Description
Advanced Scanner
800 A scanner that automatically checks surrounding rock for useful minerals; it can also be used to stop gibtonite detonations. Wear meson scanners for optimal results. This one has an extended range.
Explorer's Webbing
500 Used to hold shelter capsules, medipens, and marker beacons.
Fulton Beacon
400 When placed down, can be targeted by a Fulton Extraction Pack.
Mining Conscription Kit
1500 Everything in the Mining Conscription kit, available for only 1500 mining points
Advanced Jetpack Module
2000 Use this on a MODsuit to install it with a jetpack; allowing you to control your flight if you end up in the void of space.
It uses the MODsuit's charge in order to function. Learn how to install modules into your suit here.
Jump Boots
2500 Allows you to dash forward 5 tiles; meaning you can clear a 4-tile gap. Presumably helpful for jumping over chasms. Can be used to store a knife inside.
Lazarus Capsule
800 Use it on creatures revived by a lazarus injector to capture them and register them as yours. You can then release them, and they will fight hostile mobs for you.
Lazarus Capsule Belt
200 Stores lazarus capsules. You can hold six.
Mining MODsuit
3500 A Nanotrasen mining suit for on-site operations, fit with accreting ash armor and a sphere form. A built-in ore bag can later be acquired from Robotics. You equip it on your backpack slot, deploy the parts and then activate it. Learn more about MODsuits here.
Asteroid MODsuit Skin
1000 Apply to your Mining MODsuit to make it space proof. Learn more about MODsuits here.
Tracking Implant Kit
600 Contains 3 tracking implants; an implanter; an implant modifier, and an implant locator.
Mining Charge Detonator
150 Use it on a mining charge to link it. Linked mining charges start their detonation timer only when you use the detonator.
Item Cost Description
10 Marker Beacons
100 Prism-brand path illumination device. Used by miners to mark paths and warn of danger.
Brute First-Aid Kit
600 Contains 1 brute automender, 1 healing patch, 1 autoinjector and a health analyzer.
Fulton Pack
1000 Use it in your hand to link it to a placed Fulton Beacon first, then use it on any unbolted object or person to extract them to that point.
Jaunter
750 Wear it on your belt slot to save yourself from death if you happen to fall into a chasm.
Lazarus Injector
1000 Revives small animals and Lavaland monsters, making them docile. The Head of Personnel will usually ask for this if somebody kills Ian.
Mining Charge
150 A weak explosive charge that destroys rocks a short time after being placed on them, unless first linked to a detonator.
Industrial Mining Charge
500 An explosive charge that destroys rocks a short time after being placed on them, unless first linked to a detonator.
Point Transfer Card
500 A card preloaded with 500 mining points. Swipe your ID over it to claim it.
Shelter Capsule
400 Use it in your hand and then drop it to spawn a 5x5-tile shelter.
Stabilizing Serum
400 Stabilizes regenerative cores, allowing them to be used at a later time.
Survival Medipen
500 An emergency autoinjector for miners facing the harsh conditions of Lavaland. WARNING: Do not inject more than one in quick succession.
Item Cost Description
Proto-Kinetic Accelerator
750 A miner's favorite. Allows rocks to be broken from a distance and works well as an offensive weapon in a low-pressure environment.
KA Adjustable Tracer Rounds
150 Causes the proto-kinetic accelerator bolts to have a colored tracer trail. You can customize the color if you use it in your hand before installing it.
KA AoE Damage
2000 Causes the proto-kinetic accelerator to do AoE damage to mobs. Does not destroy multiple rocks at once. Occupies 30% of the KA's mod capacity.
KA Cooldown Decrease
1000 Decreases the proto-kinetic accelerator's cooldown by 2 seconds. Occupies 30% of the KA's mod capacity.
KA Damage Increase
1000 Increases the proto-kinetic accelerator's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of the KA's mod capacity.
KA Hyper Chassis
300 Changes the proto-kinetic accelerator chassis to an orange-red color scheme. You can remove it with a crowbar.
KA Minebot Passthrough
100 Allows your proto-kinetic accelerator shots to pass through minebots. Pretty much required if you utilize minebots.
KA Range Increase
1000 Increases the proto-kinetic accelerator's range by 1 tile. Occupies 24% of the KA's mod capacity.
KA Super Chassis
250 Changes the proto-kinetic accelerator chassis to a yellow-orange color scheme. You can remove it with a crowbar.
KA White Tracer Rounds
100 Causes the proto-kinetic accelerator bolts to have a white tracer trail.
Item Cost Description
Diamond Pickaxe
2000 Stronger than the silver pickaxe.
Proto-Kinetic Accelerator
750 A miner's favorite. Allows rocks to be broken from a distance and works well as an offensive weapon in a low-pressure environment.
Kinetic Crusher
750 Melee weapon. Mark a mob with the destabilizing force, then hit them in melee to activate it for extra damage. Extra damage for backstab.
Resonator
800 A device creating small fields of energy that eventually detonate. Works better in a low-pressure environment.
Silver Pickaxe
1000 Stronger than the regular pickaxe.
Super Resonator
2500 The same as the normal resonator, but this one can have 5 fields active.
Mecha Grenade Launcher
2500 A weapon for a mech able to fire mining bombs stronger than the ones supplied in the Mining MODsuit.
Item Cost Description
Nanotrasen Minebot
800 A little drone to help you with mining.
Minebot AI Upgrade
1000 Offers the mining drone sentience. Save points to buy one of these for Science, as it boosts their research levels.
Minebot Armor Upgrade
400 Increases the mining drone's health by 45.
Minebot Cooldown Upgrade
600 Decreases the mining drone's shooting cooldown by 20.
Minebot Melee Upgrade
400 Increases the mining drone's melee damage by 7.
Item Cost Description
Absinthe
100 Almost potent enough to make you forget the ash in your lungs.
Alien Toy
300 A facehugger toy.
Cigar
150 A premium cigar for a premium price.
GAR Mesons
500 Same as any other Optical Meson Scanner, but more fashionable.
Laser Pointer
300 To make presentations more interesting. Or to shine it in someone's eyes.
Luxury Shelter Capsule
3000 Spawns a needlessly luxurious shelter. Requires a 7x7 clearing.
Soap
200 A cheap bar of soap.
Space Cash
2000 A stack of 200 credits. Can be placed into an ATM to transfer it to your bank account.
Whiskey
100 The true reward for your endeavors.
HRD-MDE Project
3500 A grenade that enrages megafauna, granting them increased stats and new abilities. Only use this if you have the fighting skills for it.
Kit Contents
Minebot Kit
  • 1x Mining Drone Cube
  • 1x Upgraded Welding Tool
  • 1x Welding Helmet
Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing
  • Explorer's Webbing
  • 1x Bluespace Shelter Capsule
Resonator Kit
  • 1x Resonator
  • 1x Pocket Fire Extinguisher
Extraction and Rescue Kit
  • 1x Fulton Extraction Pack
  • 1x Extraction Beacon Signaller
  • 30x Marker Beacons
Crusher Kit
  • 1x Proto-Kinetic Crusher
  • 1x Pocket Fire Extinguisher
Plasma Cutter

  • 1x Plasma Cutter
Jaunter Kit

  • 1x Wormhole Jaunter
  • 1x Adv. Burn Kit
Mining Explosives Kit

  • 5x Lesser Mining Charges
  • 3x Industrial Mining Charges
  • 1x Mining Detonator
Mining Conscription Kit

  • 1x Survival Medipen
  • 1x Mining Satchel
  • 1x Mining Voucher
  • 1x Seclite
  • 1x Survival Knife
  • 10x Marker Beacon

Mining

When you're geared up and ready to go, head to the airlocks to your west. Buckle up, then use the Mining Shuttle Console and send the shuttle to the lavaland mine.

If you head down and west from where you dock, there is a break room should your character get hungry. There is also a small medical bay in case you get injured, and then a storage room with five more lockers and an equipment vendor for additional miners.

Once the shuttle docks, head straight east. You'll immediately see the EVA equipment room.

  • Equip an explorer suit, an explorer breath mask and take a GPS from the suit storage units. GPS can come handy should any kind of accident happen to you. If you click on it while it is in your hands, you can set your own tag. Make sure to put the hood up on your suit to protect yourself from the scorching heat of Lavaland.
  • Dispense an Oxygen Tank from the Tank Storage Unit.
  • Grab an Ore Box from anywhere on the station and pull it after you (with control-click). You'll be emptying your mining satchel into it frequently, as the satchel itself can't hold much.

Working in the Mines

To mine a rock, click it with your Proto-Kinetic Accelerator or with a pickaxe in your hands. You can mine multiple tiles at once with the pickaxe. If you use the shovel or the pickaxe on the ground, you will mine Volcanic Ash/Sand, which is needed to make glass. Keep this in mind, as Robotics and R&D use a boatload of it over time, and they will very likely start screaming at you to get some if they need it.

Keep the satchel in your pocket and walk over the ores to collect them. If the satchel is full, empty it into the ore box you are dragging with you.


The Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)

The ORM is what turns your ores into sheets, making them usable by Engineers, Roboticists, Scientists, and whoever else gets access to it.

Whenever you are done with mining, return to the Cargo Office. The ORM is in the northeast room. Place the ore box right above it, right click the ore box and empty it. Then swipe your ID card and claim your points. These are the points you can use at the #Mining Equipment Vendor.

Surviving The Wastes

Lavaland will kill you if you do not tread carefully. Your PKA or Crusher will be your best friend in keeping you alive for the most part. The general rule of thumb is to keep distance and avoid getting hit by fauna. If you do not think you can take a mob on, it is best to leave it alone and go find somewhere else to mine. The atmosphere on Lavaland is burning hot as well, so you need to put on full protective gear, such as an explorer suit or a MODsuit and to keep your hood on.

Make sure to utilize your emergency injector and possibly invest in a brute medkit/fulton extraction kit for when you inevitably take serious brute damage. Always keep an active GPS on your body in case you die. Communication is also a key here - letting your fellow miners know that you are going down increases chances of being found dramatically.

If you encounter an ash storm (which you will), it's imperative that you throw down a bluespace shelter or find a place to shelter under before the storm comes. Chances are if you don't, you will not survive for very long.

If you want to learn more about the horrors that await you in lavaland, see the Guide to Lavaland.

You and R&D

Ripley Mech

One of your biggest partners in your and stations success is Research and Development. They require all the ores you can mine on lavaland and can use said materials to produce awesome items. They will rely on you to provide materials so make sure to at least take up 1-2 loads of ore before messing around and dying.

R&D can provide your KPA with upgrades for free and also give you upgraded mining satchels and equipment. Robotics may even be able to supply you with a Ripley APLU mech that is impervious to ash storms and can instantly mine out 1x3 areas of rock. (Note: Firefighter APLU are Lavaproof)