Mining Machine
The Mining Machine does not break blocks. It rolls a loot table by depth and biome and drops ores. Solid ground must sit under the machine.
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 | Value |
|---|---|
| Max UE storage | 800 |
| Cost per drop | 5 UE |
| Roll interval | About every 0.33 s, 1/6 success chance |
| Tile size | 3×3 |
| Ore tier | Tier 1 |
Effective max ~1 drop / 2 s ≈ 2.5 UE/s average.
Recipe
Section titled “Recipe”| Material | Count |
|---|---|
| Iron Bar / Lead Bar | 15 |
| Iron Pickaxe / Lead Pickaxe | 1 |
| Workstation | Anvil |
| Material | Count |
|---|---|
| Iron Bar / Lead Bar | 15 |
| Iron Pickaxe / Lead Pickaxe | 1 |
| Suspicious Scrap | 5 |
| Mysterious Circuit | 5 |
| Workstation | Anvil |
Placement
Section titled “Placement”On place, scans 3 wide × 6 deep below the machine. Any non-solid tile disables work and shows a warning about every 3 s:
It needs to be placed on a hard surface in order to carry out mining operations.
Liquids, platforms, and inactive walls don’t count. Works in Underworld or asteroid fields if the column is solid.
Loot Table
Section titled “Loot Table”About every 0.33 s, 1/6 chance from Tier 1 table. Biome = tile directly below machine.
| 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 |
| Fossil | 0.05 | Desert + Underground/Cavern |
| Suspicious Scrap / Mysterious Circuit | 0.05 | Calamity installed |
For Meteorite, Hellstone, Hardmode ores, and Chlorophyte use Mining Machine Mk2.
Drops spawn under the machine—use Collector or pick up manually.
Controls
Section titled “Controls”- Left-click: place tile
- Right-click with item: no interaction in current version
No UI; runs when powered.