Mining Machine Mk2
Mk2 is larger than MK1. Every tile in the 9×13 pad below must hold a block. It can drop ores MK1 cannot: Meteorite, Hellstone, Hardmode metals, Chlorophyte, fossils, plus the whole MK1 table.
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 dig | 5 UE | 8 UE |
| Dig interval | About 0.35 s | About 0.42 s |
| Drop chance | about 10% | about 16% |
| Tile size | 3×3 | 9×10 |
| Block check | 3×6 | 9×13 |
| Ore table | Basic | Advanced |
| Rarity | Orange | Pink |
| Sell price | 1 gold 10 silver | 10 gold 50 silver |
While running it spends 8 UE about every 0.42 s, about 19 UE/s. About 16% of digs drop ore, so about every 2.5 s on average.
Recipe
Section titled “Recipe”Mythril / Orichalcum Anvil.
| Material | Count |
|---|---|
| Mining Machine | 1 |
| Adamantite Bar / Titanium Bar | 25 |
| Circuit Board | 15 |
| Workstation | Mythril / Orichalcum Anvil |
Placement
Section titled “Placement”It checks 9 wide × 13 deep under the bottom. Every tile needs a block. An open pit will not do. Bury it, or sit it on a large ore mass.
If the check fails it idles and prints:
It needs to be placed on a hard surface in order to carry out excavation work.
Advanced ore table
Section titled “Advanced ore table”Shared rows are about 20% heavier than MK1, plus extra ores:
| Ore | Base chance | Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Copper / Tin / Iron / Lead / Coal | 0.10 | Any |
| Silver / Tungsten | 0.09 | Any |
| Gold / Platinum | 0.08 | Any |
| Demonite | 0.07 | Not a Crimson world |
| Crimtane | 0.07 | Not a Corruption world |
| Meteorite, Obsidian | 0.05 | Advanced table |
| Hellstone | 0.05 | Advanced table + Underworld |
| Cobalt / Palladium / Mythril / Orichalcum / Adamantite / Titanium | 0.02–0.04 | Advanced table + Hardmode |
| Chlorophyte | 0.02 | Advanced table + Hardmode + Jungle + Underground / Cavern |
| Fossil | 0.05 | Desert + Underground / Cavern |
| Dubious Plating / Mysterious Circuitry | 0.05 | Calamity installed |
Biome is still the tile directly under the machine.