Mining Machine Mk2
Mining Machine Mk2 needs a 9×13 solid column below and drops Tier 2 loot MK1 cannot: Meteorite, Hellstone, Hardmode bars, Chlorophyte, fossils, and all MK1 entries.
Drilling minerals by consuming electrical energy
It needs to be placed in an appropriate location to work properly
Special minerals can be extracted in special environments— In-game tooltip
| Field | MK1 | Mk2 |
|---|---|---|
| Max UE storage | 800 | 2400 |
| Cost per drop | 5 UE | 8 UE |
| Roll interval | ~0.33 s / 1-in-6 | ~0.4 s / 1-in-4 |
| Tile size | 3×3 | 9×10 |
| Solid check | 3×6 | 9×13 |
| Ore tier | Tier 1 | Tier 2 |
| Rarity | Orange | Pink |
| Sell price | 1 gold 10 silver | 10 gold 50 silver |
Average ~1 drop / 1.6 s ≈ 5 UE/s. Higher tier drops compensate cost.
Recipe
Section titled “Recipe”| Material | Count |
|---|---|
| Mining Machine | 1 |
| Adamantite Bar / Titanium Bar | 25 |
| Workstation | Orichalcum Anvil / Mythril Anvil |
| Material | Count |
|---|---|
| Mining Machine | 1 |
| Adamantite Bar / Titanium Bar | 25 |
| Suspicious Scrap | 15 |
| Mysterious Circuit | 15 |
| Workstation | Orichalcum Anvil / Mythril Anvil |
Placement
Section titled “Placement”Requires 9×13 solid below—usually buried in mountain or bulk ore layers, not a shallow pit.
Failure message:
It needs to be placed on a hard surface in order to carry out excavation work.
Tier 2 Table
Section titled “Tier 2 Table”Tier 2 applies about +20% weight vs MK1 on the same entries, plus extras:
| Ore | Base weight | Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Copper / Tin / Iron / Lead / Coal | 0.10 | Any |
| Silver / Tungsten | 0.09 | Any |
| Gold / Platinum | 0.08 | Any |
| Demonite | 0.07 | Not Crimson world |
| Crimtane | 0.07 | Not Corruption world |
| Meteorite, Obsidian | 0.05 | Tier ≥ 2 |
| Hellstone | 0.05 | Tier ≥ 2 + Underworld |
| Cobalt / Palladium / Orichalcum / Mythril / Adamantite / Titanium | 0.02–0.04 | Tier ≥ 2 + Hardmode |
| Chlorophyte | 0.02 | Tier ≥ 2 + Hardmode + Jungle + Underground/Cavern |
| Fossil | 0.05 | Desert + Underground/Cavern |
| Suspicious Scrap / Mysterious Circuit | 0.05 | Calamity installed |
Biome = tile directly below machine.