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Shaft Miner

2022-07-28T15:29:29Z

CivilCornball: Simplifying earlier sections, consolidating "Loot" section, etc.

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|stafftype = SUPPLY
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|img_generic = Generic_shaft.png
|img = Lava_miner.png
|jobtitle = Shaft Miner
|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
|guides = [[Lavaland]], [[Megafauna]], [[Auxiliary Base Construction Area]]
|quote = Ooh! A spare vouc- oh.
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Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]], connected to [[Cargo]], is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.
===Hazards, Summarized===
Your workplace, [[Lavaland]], has several hazards.
* [[#The Wildlife|Native creatures]] will attempt to kill you in all sorts of horrific ways.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't stand in lava, walk into into chasms, or wander during an ash storm.
You'll get a red text warning in chat not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

If you’re worried about not being robust enough to notice these hazards, there’s gear and strategies that can mitigate or nullify the danger.
* If you accidentally stand in lava, you can always “stop, drop, and roll” by spamming Resist on the [[Starter guide#Interface 101|HUD]]. (Make sure you aren't standing on lava when you do this, or you'll just get set on fire again!)
* Wearing a [[#Wormhole Jaunter|Wormhole Jaunter]] on your belt slot will cause it to teleport you if you fall into a chasm.
* Running away is (almost) always an option.
===Mining’s Transferable Skills===
Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with [[Keyboard Shortcuts|Hotkey mode]] (accessible via pressing TAB), as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, using SHIFT+E to move their Proto-Kinetic Accelerator in and out of their belt slot, and quickly shifting through intents with the 1-4 numbered keys, among others.
===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on the Lavaland [[Mining Station|Mining Base]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind in case you want access to the [[Gulag]].
===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you've had enough, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the yellow indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" after clicking on the ORM to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!
==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
If you’re still unfamiliar with the HUD, it’s explained in the [[Starter guide#Interface 101|Starter Guide]].

You’ll need to know how to view your worn equipment in order to equip new gear. If you can find it, it’s under the Backpack button on the bottom left. (Not the backpack you’re wearing, the other one.)
* [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, the very basics you will need are Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, a bluespace shelter capsule, and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator.
* You should also use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
* If you really want the extra defense, you can ask Security (or the QM) for a Security Jumpsuit to replace your current one. It gives you +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head.
* Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. You can’t pick up the box, so you’ll have to pull it behind you. (The “Pull” command can be found under the right-click menu.)
If you forgot something, don’t worry! The [[Mining Station]] has extra mining lockers and ore boxes for exactly this scenario. They even have mining vendors down there!
* Down on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], accessible via the Mining Shuttle, you’ll want to take an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']].
* While not necessary, it is highly recommended that you take a GPS device, set it to your name, and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back on-station and [[Cloning|clone]] you.
===Smashing rocks===
* Find minerals. The further from other miners, the better ore.
* Make sure your scanner’s on! If it’s on, it’ll send out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you every once in a while.
* Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
* Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room will not give you mining points'''.
* Drag your ore box to the delivery tile (yellow arrow) next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. That'll automatically empty the box into it, earning you mining points.
* If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and click it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted by hand into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
* Click on the ORM, then click "Claim." You no longer need to insert your ID, thank god.
* Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].
* Before going back to Lavaland, you should probably use the science channel (:n) to gently remind [[Rnd|RnD]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] so they get more of those minerals they’re always short on. (ex: “:n Hey, RnD. Have you upgraded the ORM yet? We just finished our first load.”)
===Life beyond smashing rocks===
Mining, of course, isn’t just a cycle of “mine ore, deliver ore, repeat.” There’s a bunch of extra stuff you can do while taking care of your job’s main responsibility.
* Butcher (harm intent, knife or PKA) dead [[#The Wildlife|Goliaths]] for their hide, and put it on your explorer’s suit to upgrade its damage resistances. This can be done up to 3 times, giving you +10% melee resist each time.
* Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]] and explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
* Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab/whatever it’s called for even more efficient mining.
* If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] signals with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - the extra shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a [[#Resonator|Resonator]] and brute treatment kit. While the resonator is underwhelming - especially if used incorrectly - the brute treatment kit can come in handy on Lavaland. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone, as well as an industrial welding tool and a welding mask for repairing your new friend. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. Oh, and you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. Not sure why they’re in there. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The melee-only crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.
===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Later, you might find that you're running out of room to store your gear. Here's some ways to save space:
* Your PDA can hold your ID, but this makes your ID vulnerable to PDA bombing attacks from traitors.
* Your seclite and knife can be attached to your proto-kinetic accelerator by clicking on it with a seclite/knife in hand. Aside from saving space, it also lets you butcher corpses (on Harm intent) without having to take out your knife and helps you bash things harder!
* Your mining scanner and GPS are small enough to fit in your boots. Make sure they’re both on and put them in there just like how you attached your seclite and knife to your PKA - click on your boots with the item in hand. (To retrieve items, alt+click your boots.)
* Your explorer suit can also hold small items. To access its inventory, drag it from your inventory to your character. (You can access an extra slot by pulling up the hood via clicking the button at the top of your screen that has the explorer suit icon.)

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Mining Gear==
===Default Gear===
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Suit}}Explorer Suit
|Provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
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![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Gas Mask and Oxygen Tank}}Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] {{anchor|Meson Scanners}}[[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]]
|Used for seeing walls and floors through anything - and ONLY walls & floors. Does not detect [[#The Wildlife|creatures]], or objects (like [[#ore box|ore boxes]].)
|-
![[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Scanner}}Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used on activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]] to pause the explosion and allow it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] {{anchor|GPS}}Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.
In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Accelerator}}Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Good thing we have [[#RnD Gear|modkits]]. Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed. Some miners prefer mining with two of these.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Knife}}Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] {{anchor|Seclite}}Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in anywhere but your backpack.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Medipen}}Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. You can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Bluespace shelter capsule}}Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore Satchel}}Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore box}}Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Voucher}}Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
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====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
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|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Pickaxe}}Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels and robust things in melee combat as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Shovel}}Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Crowbar}}[[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your [[internals box]].
|-
![[File:Markerbeacon.png]] {{anchor|Marker Beacon}}Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
![[File:Plant bag.png]] {{anchor|Plant Bag}}Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. Botany will appreciate getting new plants.
|}
===Advanced Gear===
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Markerbeacon.png]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.
Of course, the donk pockets are better at healing you than the nanomed. The only useful thing the nanomed holds are its bandages.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] {{anchor|Stabilizing Serum}}Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] {{anchor|Brute First-Aid Kit}}Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] {{anchor|Burn First-Aid Kit}}Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] {{anchor|Advanced First-Aid Kit}}Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Fulton Beacon}}Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] {{anchor|Fulton Extraction Pack}}Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract anything outside that's not bolted down to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using (Z or click) the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] {{anchor|Wormhole Jaunter}}Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to teleport you if you happen to encounter a chasm.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Advanced Mining Scanner}}Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer's Webbing}}Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] {{anchor|Jump Boots}}Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Crusher}}Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Unless you have a Bag of Holding, you can only store this in the slot normally occupied by a backpack. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Resonator}}Resonator
|This will, when used on rock or an empty space, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. Using it on an already-marked spot will instantly rupture the field.
With no fields up, you can activate it in your hand (Z) to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds.

However, if there are fields up, activating it in your hand will rupture the fields early.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Upgraded Resonator}}Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Silver-plated Pickaxe}}Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Diamond Pickaxe}}Diamond Pickaxe
|For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Bot Companion}}Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Melee}}Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Armor}}Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown}}Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Drone: AI Upgrade}}Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly}}P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. Does not occupy any mod capacity.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots}}P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. Does not occupy any mod capacity.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots}}P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. Does not occupy any mod capacity.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Range}}P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Damage}}P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown}}P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius}}P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. Occupies 30% of mod capacity..
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis}}P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. Does not occupy any mod capacity.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis}}P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. Does not occupy any mod capacity..
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Hardsuit}}Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Like the standard explorer’s suit, can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] {{anchor|Expanded E. Oxygen Tank}}Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this. If you REALLY want one of these, go loot a dead [[#The Wildlife|Legion]]. (drag corpse to you)
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Conscription Kit}}Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] {{anchor|Tracking Implant Kit}}Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] {{anchor|Point Transfer Card}}Point Transfer Card
|A small card that contains 500 Mining Points. Swipe your ID card over it to transfer the points, then discard.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] {{anchor|GAR Mesons}}GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Luxury Shelter Capsule}}Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Outpost Capsule}}Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Luxury Bar Capsule}}Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] {{anchor|Lazarus Injector}}Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on all player-controlled beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd (blend plasma+iron) to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Cash 1000.png|32px]]{{anchor|1000 Space Cash}}1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Pizzabox.png]]{{anchor|Pizza}}Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] {{anchor|Whiskey}}Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] {{anchor|Absinthe}}Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Cigar}}Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] {{anchor|Soap}}Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] {{anchor|Laser Pointer}}Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] {{anchor|Toy Facehugger}}Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
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|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width="200" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] {{anchor|Extra ID}}Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] {{anchor|Science Goggles}}Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles. Helpful with locating scannable targets.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] {{anchor|Monkey Cube}}Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] {{anchor|Toolbelt}}Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] {{anchor|Royal Cape of the Liberator}}Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] {{anchor|Grey Slime Extract}}Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Trigger Guard Modification Kit}}Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and probably should be, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] {{anchor|The Liberator's Legacy}}The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}
===RnD Gear===
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width="200" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it does.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}
All of this gear is printed out at the supply department [[Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe|protolathe/techfab]]/whatever they’re calling it now. [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]]. It's the thing that isn't the one that crafts basic stuff, okay?
==Lavaland Loot==
Lavaland has more than just ores. There are several jobs that might want something from Lavaland.
(note for future editors: add drops from

* You can get [[RnD]] discovery points by using a Discovery Scanner to scan the corpses of [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]].
It’s recommended that you announce the mob being scanned in the science channel (:n) to notify other miners of what’s already been scanned (and also remind [[RnD]] that the miners are helping them, so they should ''probably research advanced mining already.'')
* [[RnD]] also appreciates Lazarus Injectors, from the mining vendor.
* You can get Cargo the tribal equipment they need for bounties, since it's crafted with the loot of Lavaland mobs.
* You can get [[Botany]] samples of plants from the surface. They especially appreciate Strange Plants, which can contain any chemical.
* You can buy Synthflesh for Medical in an emergency. Synthflesh can be found in the vendor’s Advanced Medical Kits.
* When they’re unlocked, remind medical that plasma cutters are great for removing limbs in emergencies.
===The Ores===
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok, but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.

But if you see Bluespace Crystals, grab them. Diamonds are the only minerals of comparable rarity, and those drop from [[#The Wildlife|Watchers.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%"
! scope="col" style="background-color:grey;color:white;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:grey;color:white;" |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style="background-color:grey;color:white;" |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style="background-color:grey;color:white;" |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:grey;color:white;" |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style="background-color:grey;color:white;" |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:grey;color:white;" |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Use sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
====Who Needs What====
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
*[[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
*[[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
*The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
*The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
*A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
*A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally. Good luck finding it, though.
*The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
*Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.
At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
*[[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
*[[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
*A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
*[[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
*[[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
*The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!
===Chest Loot===
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;"
|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level. (Usually space.)
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they can knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}
===Crusher trophies===
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width="180" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="140" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings. Lame.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass. Lets you cheese most megafauna.
|}
===Craftables===
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10
Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2
Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2
Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Less protection than just pulling down the explorer suit’s hood. Only wear this for style.
|Bone: 4
|}
==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;"
|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width="200" |Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you will become a Legion yourself. It's not all bad - you still have control, even though you can't hold anything ever, and your fellow Miners can still save you by cloning you if they know where you last were. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you, but will wander off if it can't find a clear path. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Pulsatingtumor.png]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}
==Shiny Mobs ==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width="200" |Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|}
==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''
You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed plant vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
=====Syndicate Agents=====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.
==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
*General Tips
**If you're new to the job, take a GPS and “check in” on Supply comms (:u) every ash storm. This ensures that, when you meet a terrible (and non-Chasm) fate, the other miners will probably notice and take steps to get you revived. You can also try sticking close to a more experienced miner, but that means you’ll both get less mining points.
**The cacti down on the surface slowly heal minor wounds.
**You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
**Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
**Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
**You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
**Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
**You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
**At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. As long as you can see them, you can scan Lavaland enemies (dead or alive) for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, Goldgrubs 1,000, and [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
**As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
*Minebot Tips:
**Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave, saving you a bunch of trouble.
**On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
*Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
**The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
**The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
**The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate when there’s no gravity. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
*Equipment tips:
**Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
**Security Jumpsuit : Can be worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoS to give you one.
**Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
**[[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
*Other helpful tips:
**If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
**Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude. You can, however, politely remind them to research mining gear if you're about 30 minutes into the round.
**The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
**If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
**While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site, and it's close to base.)
==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
*If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
**Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
**Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
**Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
*You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an [[Atmospherics items#Portable Pump|air pump]] to gather the gas, then put all of the plasma gas produced into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
*More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
*Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
*Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
*Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
*You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
*Blending Plasma and Iron together creates an EMP explosion that messes with suit sensors and bricks headsets.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Paramedic

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|headerbgcolor = #0066ff
|headerfontcolor = black
|stafftype = MEDICAL
|imagebgcolor = #66ccff
|img_generic =
|img = Paramedic_basic2.png
|jobtitle = Paramedic
|access = [[Medbay]], [[Morgue]], [[Maintenance]], [[E.V.A.]], Most department lobbies, Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Genetics Lab]], [[Operating Theatre|Surgery]]
|difficulty = Easy
|superior = [[Chief Medical Officer]]
|duties = Run around the station looking for patients, respond to emergencies, give patients a roller bed ride to medbay
|guides = [[Guide to medicine|Guide to Medicine]], [[Surgery|Guide to Surgery]], [[Guide to Traumas]]
|quote = I swear, the next schmuck that gets spaced without suit sensors is staying there.
}}
You are essentially a rescue medic. You spend most of your time outside medbay and therefore have reduced access. However you have increased access to the rest of the station.

You spawn with a [[File:Medicalbelt.png]] [[Medical_Belt#Medical_Belt|Medical Belt]] full of stuff, a collapsed ~~Roller Bed~~ body bag and a Proximity Crew Pinpointer in [[Medbay|Medbay Lobby]]. 
You will most likely want to get the Handheld Crew Monitor from your belt, a better Crew Pinpointer from one of the NanoMed Plus vending machines, a Health Scanner HUD, a Health Analyzer, and a collapsed Roller Bed '''(collapse a normal Roller Bed by dragging it to your character)'''. After gearing up, go patrol the station looking for patients.

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Find and bring injured crew members to [[Medbay]] so they can be treated by [[Medical_Doctor|the doctors]]. 
'''Basic skills:''' Enforce suit sensors, perform first aid, '''don't drag bleeding people over the halls'''. 
'''Advanced skills:''' Be able to do deal with all kinds of damage on the spot, know how to use a defibrillator, be efficient at healing more with less, rescue people from [[Space|faraway places]].
[[File:Medbay.png|300px|thumb|alt=Medbay|link=http://puu.sh/3EEVj.png|[[Medbay]]]] 
==[[File:Roller_Bed.png]] Medbay to bar, quick!==
When you are a Paramedic, your job is to rescue people, take them to medbay, and leave them to be treated there. You can also perform first aid, diagnosing injuries and diseases with the help of a

[[File:Health analyzer.gif|frameless]] [[health analyzer]], printable from the medical techfab, or even your PDA. 
Most of the times, your Handheld Crew Monitor will tell you enough. At least as long as people have their suit sensors on. Keep the monitor screen on and put it in your pocket or jacket slot, it's extremely useful. When someone shows up as damaged, find them with your pinpointer and either suggest them to go to medbay or take them there. 
The job is very simple. Find and transport people safely to medbay. But even that can prove challenging under [[Nuclear_Operative|certain]] [[Revolutionary|hostile]] [[Blood_Cult|scenarios]], so be prepared. 

As a first step towards becoming a good Paramedic, you are recommended to read the [[Guide to medicine]]. You will learn how to treat many different ailments.
==[[File:Medicallocker.png]] Medical Storage==
The main reason you'll come into this room is to grab one of the [[File:MedGlasses.png]] [[Clothes_and_internals#Health_Scanner_HUD|Health Scanners]] on the table. These totally not anime inspired eyewear pieces let you see people's healthbars over their head. Not only is this useful for finding critical patients quickly in a crowd, but the [[HUD#Medical_HUD_Icons|red cross next to their healthbar]] will change to a sickly face if they're infected with a virus, or a purple xenomorph if they're infected with an [[alien]] larva. Chemists, Geneticists and many others will sometimes want these, too.

You might want to also buy a better pinpointer from the NanoMed Plus and a Health Scanner. You can find biosuits for when the [[virologist]] fucks up. There are also spare first-aid kits that are very disputed, so try to be mindful when you take them and perhaps even warn [[Chief_Medical_Officer|your boss]].
==[[File:Health analyzer adv.gif|link=link=Special:FilePath/Health_analyzer_adv.gif|alt=]] Advanced Paramedic Work==
Giving drunk bar patrons roller bed rides not your style? Want to be a hero? Well, you probably won't, but you certainly can do more. 
Never forget that you have [[Maintenance]] and [[E.V.A.]] for a reason: You are expected to retrieve lost bodies. [[Engineering]] blew up again? Get your spacesuit and bring the boys back home so they can fix their own mess. Space man [[Head_of_Personnel|HoP]] forgot to refill his oxygen tank? Off you go. In some cases, you can even go in your own little lavaland adventure to retrieve a [[Shaft_Miner|miner's]] corpse. 
With you around, nobody has to stay dead!
===[[File:Medicalbelt.png]] The emergency utility belt ===
Once you get used to [[Guide_to_medicine|standard medical procedures]], you can ask [[Medical_Doctor|the doctors]] for their starting [[File:SMed.png]] medkit. It and one or two chems in your bag should be more than ideal. 
If they are stingy, make do by stuffing a second belt full of things that allow you to get people up and running by yourself.
*[[File:Bpack.png|frameless]] Brute packs. In all basic medkits and extremely cheap to heal brute damage.
*[[File:Oint.png|frameless]]Ointment. In all basic medkits and extremely cheap to heal burn damage.
*[[File:Scalpel.png]] Basic [[surgery]] tools. While you could technically perform surgery, this is a work better left for [[Medical_Doctor|doctors]]. Have a set of basic tools ([[File:Drapes.png]]Drapes, [[File:Scalpel.png]]Scalpel, [[File:Hemostat.png]]Hemostat and [[File:Cautery.png]]) to do [[Surgery]] such as [[Surgery#Tend_Wounds|Tend Wounds]].
*[[File:Bandaid_brute.png]] [[Guide_to_chemistry|Chem]] patches, syringes and sprays. These allow you to heal damage a lot faster, but the ones found in the NanoMed and in medkits are usually limited. [[Guide to chemistry#Bicardine|Bicardine]], [[Guide to chemistry#Kelotane|Kelotane]] and [[Guide to chemistry#Charcoal|Charcoal]] are good examples of cheap useful chems.
*[[File:MediPen.png]] Medipens. Exceptional for stabilizing patients in critical condition using the Ephedrine and stopping organ decay with the Formaldehyde found in them.
===[[File:Defib.png]] Clear!===
If a patient has died recently, you may be able to use the '''defibrillator''' to revive them on the spot. The [[Medical_items#Defibrillator|defibrillator]] can be found in [[Medical Doctor]] lockers (plus a more portable version in the CMO's locker or medical techfab after some research is done).

To use a normal bulky defibrillator, take off your backpack or satchel, put the defib on your back and click it, get your other hand free and activate the paddles to wield them in both hands, then click on the patient while targeting their chest. If the patient is wearing a thick suit like a space suit or firesuit you need to strip it off as well. STOP DRAGGING the patient, if you are, to prevent yourself from being shocked as well.

In order to successfully resuscitate a patient, several criteria must be met:

1. The patient must not have over 180 brute or burn damage; 179 brute and 179 burn is fine, just not 180 of one type. Reduce their damage below 180, and you can try again.

2. The patient must not be a suicide.

3. The patient must not be catatonic.

4. The patient must be in their body (their ghost gets sent back into their body while being defibrillated).

5. The patient must have a heart. Plasmamen do '''not''' have hearts, for example ([[Surgery#Revival|Revival Surgery]] works even without a heart).

6. If the patient has a heart, it must not have decayed completely. If there's too much heart decay, you'll need to replace it or perform a [[Surgery#Coronary_Bypass|coronary bypass]].

If all these factors are met, then the patient will come back to life! However, this doesn't mean they can just get right back up. Instead, they'll likely still be deep in critical condition, as a successful revival only removes a bit of each damage type. They must quickly receive medical attention if you want to keep them alive. Make sure to use a health analyzer or your PDA to check how they died; if they have harmful chemicals in their body, they most likely still do (chemicals remain in bodies after death, but do not metabolize).
==[[File:MedGlasses.png]] Paramedic Equipment==
Medbay has quite the collection of tools and chemicals to make your job easier (or harder). Some deserve the mention, others are situational.

Here is a list of stuff that either Paramedics spawn with, or are available in medbay:
*[[File:Compactdefib.png]] [[Medical_items#Compact_Defibrillator|Compact Defibrillator]]. The only way to defib on the go. Needs research or a lot of begging to the CMO.
*[[File:Pinpointer_crew.png]] Crew Pinpointers. The one that you spawn with only activates close to whoever you're tracking. You can, however, buy a proper Crew Pinpointer in the Nanomed Plus vending machine with your starting money.
*[[File:Space helmet.png|alt=|frameless]] [[Clothing_and_Accessories#EVA_Helmet|E.V.A. Helmet]] and Suit. These two form, together, a spacesuit. They will only work together or coupled with an analogous spaceproof clothing. '''Don't rush E.V.A. and steal everything. Do it only if needed.'''
*[[File:Crew monitor.gif|frameless]]Handheld Crew Monitors. Arguably the most useful item you can hope to have. Using the information from suit sensors, it will give you all you need to know anywhere. Allows you to chill by the bar without much care.
*[[File:Health_analyzer.gif|link=Special:FilePath/Health_analyzer.gif]] [[Health Analyzer|Health Analyzers]]. Allow you to check someone's condition further than the Crew Monitor, showing diseases, traumas and chemicals in their blood (activate the item to toggle Chemical mode). An advanced version can be researched and printed at the medical techfab.
*[[File:MedGlasses.png]] [[Clothes_and_internals#Health_Scanner_HUD|Health Scanners]]. Immediate visual information for any living mob in your field of view. Not as robust as a proper Health Analyzer, but will help you quickly identify problems on passersby. A night vision upgrade is researchable.
*[[File:Medicalbelt.png]] [[Medical_Belt#Medical_Belt|Medical Belt]]. Extremely useful, as it can hold most relevant tools and medicine. Can also hold cigarettes and lighters. The one you spawn with has a Handheld Crew Monitor and some less important medicine that you can right click to check their use. Fits in your bag.
*[[File:Nitrile_gloves.png]] [[Clothing_and_Accessories#Nitrile_Gloves|Nitrile Gloves]]. Keep your fingerprints to yourself. The [[Detective]] will thank you for keeping those on.
*[[File:Roller_Bed.png]] Roller Beds. Dragging bleeding people will make them bleed even more, as well as making you slower. These are often helpful and sometimes vital. Also fun and collapsible.
==[[File:Light_Bulb.png]] Tips==
*The bar has several drinks that help top off damage. Cream for brute, Lime Juice for toxin, Orange Juice for oxygen, Tomato Juice for burn, Blood Mary for blood and more.
*Raw carrots heal eye damage.
*Star-Kist is just cola with orange juice. This means that it will metabolize a bit faster and can be used as a poor man's medicine to speed up CPR.
*Wearing earmuffs will heal ear damage.
*Wearing a blindfold will heal eye damage.
*People with hardsuits on cannot be defibbed.
*If you're not sure if someone's damage is too much, you can PDA them to ask if they need medical assistance.
*When needed, ask your patients for their epipen. You could also take it while they are down. It's safer to have yours saved for an emergency.
*[[Guide_to_chemistry#Miner's Salve|Miner's Salve]] can be made with a twinkie, plasma sheet and iron sheet in a grinder.
*Don't forget to check the NanoMed for Bicardine and Kelotane pills.
===Tips for Traitoring===
*A stethoscope can be used to [[Hacking#Safe|break into the safe]].
*You can replace the cryoxadone with acid, so instead of healing people cryo will melt them to death.
*Syringe gun is one of the most lethal weapons on the station. A simple 15 unit lexorin syringe will kill unless the victim receives medical care (or immediately injects themselves with their Epinephrine). Anyone with a thick suit will block syringes though.
*Carry a body in your roller bed and you won't get questioned too often. Use maintenance for safety.
==[[File:Doubleagent.gif]] Don't worry, I'll take you to a better place==
You happen to be a traitor? Excellent! You have enough access to dispose of bodies, access to EVA for some space murder action, and maintenance access to boot! Not to mention that you don't look out of place in any department and people won't find anything strange about you wandering the halls with a corpse. 
You can do almost anything a doctor could: cryo sabotage, morgue shenanigans, overdoses, etc. But you have the access and freedom to do a lot more as well, like poisoning someone, taking them to the safety of maintenance to finish the job, then you could either drop them off at the morgue or behead them and throw it into sapc. 
Also, you can disable the safeties on defibrillators in two ways: emagging it or having it be hit by any form of EMP (you can re-enable safety by doing the same thing again). The emag does it silently, but the EMP makes the defibrillator emit a warning sound. When the safeties are off, help intent functions normally, disarm intent to instantly knockdown, deal stamina damage, and cause convulsions, and harm intent will induce a heart attack on your unwilling subject.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Paramedic

2022-05-30T21:52:39Z

CivilCornball: added way to collapse roller beds

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|headerfontcolor = black
|stafftype = MEDICAL
|imagebgcolor = #66ccff
|img_generic =
|img = Paramedic_basic2.png
|jobtitle = Paramedic
|access = [[Medbay]], [[Morgue]], [[Maintenance]], [[E.V.A.]], Most department lobbies, Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Genetics Lab]], [[Operating Theatre|Surgery]]
|difficulty = Easy
|superior = [[Chief Medical Officer]]
|duties = Run around the station looking for patients, respond to emergencies, give patients a roller bed ride to medbay
|guides = [[Guide to medicine|Guide to Medicine]], [[Surgery|Guide to Surgery]], [[Guide to Traumas]]
|quote = I swear, the next schmuck that gets spaced without suit sensors is staying there.
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You are essentially a rescue medic. You spend most of your time outside medbay and therefore have reduced access. However you have increased access to the rest of the station.

You spawn with a [[File:Medicalbelt.png]] [[Medical_Belt#Medical_Belt|Medical Belt]] full of stuff, a collapsed ~~Roller Bed~~ body bag and a Proximity Crew Pinpointer in [[Medbay|Medbay Lobby]]. 
You will most likely want to get the Handheld Crew Monitor from your belt, a better Crew Pinpointer from one of the NanoMed Plus vending machines, a Health Scanner HUD, a Health Analyzer, and a collapsed Roller Bed (collapse a normal Roller Bed by dragging it to your character). After gearing up, go patrol the station looking for patients.

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Find and bring injured crew members to [[Medbay]] so they can be treated by [[Medical_Doctor|the doctors]]. 
'''Basic skills:''' Enforce suit sensors, perform first aid, '''don't drag bleeding people over the halls'''. 
'''Advanced skills:''' Be able to do deal with all kinds of damage on the spot, know how to use a defibrillator, be efficient at healing more with less, rescue people from [[Space|faraway places]].
[[File:Medbay.png|300px|thumb|alt=Medbay|link=http://puu.sh/3EEVj.png|[[Medbay]]]] 
==[[File:Roller_Bed.png]] Medbay to bar, quick!==
When you are a Paramedic, your job is to rescue people, take them to medbay, and leave them to be treated there. You can also perform first aid, diagnosing injuries and diseases with the help of a

[[File:Health analyzer.gif|frameless]] [[health analyzer]], printable from the medical techfab, or even your PDA. 
Most of the times, your Handheld Crew Monitor will tell you enough. At least as long as people have their suit sensors on. Keep the monitor screen on and put it in your pocket or jacket slot, it's extremely useful. When someone shows up as damaged, find them with your pinpointer and either suggest them to go to medbay or take them there. 
The job is very simple. Find and transport people safely to medbay. But even that can prove challenging under [[Nuclear_Operative|certain]] [[Revolutionary|hostile]] [[Blood_Cult|scenarios]], so be prepared. 

As a first step towards becoming a good Paramedic, you are recommended to read the [[Guide to medicine]]. You will learn how to treat many different ailments.
==[[File:Medicallocker.png]] Medical Storage==
The main reason you'll come into this room is to grab one of the [[File:MedGlasses.png]] [[Clothes_and_internals#Health_Scanner_HUD|Health Scanners]] on the table. These totally not anime inspired eyewear pieces let you see people's healthbars over their head. Not only is this useful for finding critical patients quickly in a crowd, but the [[HUD#Medical_HUD_Icons|red cross next to their healthbar]] will change to a sickly face if they're infected with a virus, or a purple xenomorph if they're infected with an [[alien]] larva. Chemists, Geneticists and many others will sometimes want these, too.

You might want to also buy a better pinpointer from the NanoMed Plus and a Health Scanner. You can find biosuits for when the [[virologist]] fucks up. There are also spare first-aid kits that are very disputed, so try to be mindful when you take them and perhaps even warn [[Chief_Medical_Officer|your boss]].
==[[File:Health analyzer adv.gif|link=link=Special:FilePath/Health_analyzer_adv.gif|alt=]] Advanced Paramedic Work==
Giving drunk bar patrons roller bed rides not your style? Want to be a hero? Well, you probably won't, but you certainly can do more. 
Never forget that you have [[Maintenance]] and [[E.V.A.]] for a reason: You are expected to retrieve lost bodies. [[Engineering]] blew up again? Get your spacesuit and bring the boys back home so they can fix their own mess. Space man [[Head_of_Personnel|HoP]] forgot to refill his oxygen tank? Off you go. In some cases, you can even go in your own little lavaland adventure to retrieve a [[Shaft_Miner|miner's]] corpse. 
With you around, nobody has to stay dead!
===[[File:Medicalbelt.png]] The emergency utility belt ===
Once you get used to [[Guide_to_medicine|standard medical procedures]], you can ask [[Medical_Doctor|the doctors]] for their starting [[File:SMed.png]] medkit. It and one or two chems in your bag should be more than ideal. 
If they are stingy, make do by stuffing a second belt full of things that allow you to get people up and running by yourself.
*[[File:Bpack.png|frameless]] Brute packs. In all basic medkits and extremely cheap to heal brute damage.
*[[File:Oint.png|frameless]]Ointment. In all basic medkits and extremely cheap to heal burn damage.
*[[File:Scalpel.png]] Basic [[surgery]] tools. While you could technically perform surgery, this is a work better left for [[Medical_Doctor|doctors]]. Have a set of basic tools ([[File:Drapes.png]]Drapes, [[File:Scalpel.png]]Scalpel, [[File:Hemostat.png]]Hemostat and [[File:Cautery.png]]) to do [[Surgery]] such as [[Surgery#Tend_Wounds|Tend Wounds]].
*[[File:Bandaid_brute.png]] [[Guide_to_chemistry|Chem]] patches, syringes and sprays. These allow you to heal damage a lot faster, but the ones found in the NanoMed and in medkits are usually limited. [[Guide to chemistry#Bicardine|Bicardine]], [[Guide to chemistry#Kelotane|Kelotane]] and [[Guide to chemistry#Charcoal|Charcoal]] are good examples of cheap useful chems.
*[[File:MediPen.png]] Medipens. Exceptional for stabilizing patients in critical condition using the Ephedrine and stopping organ decay with the Formaldehyde found in them.
===[[File:Defib.png]] Clear!===
If a patient has died recently, you may be able to use the '''defibrillator''' to revive them on the spot. The [[Medical_items#Defibrillator|defibrillator]] can be found in [[Medical Doctor]] lockers (plus a more portable version in the CMO's locker or medical techfab after some research is done).

To use a normal bulky defibrillator, take off your backpack or satchel, put the defib on your back and click it, get your other hand free and activate the paddles to wield them in both hands, then click on the patient while targeting their chest. If the patient is wearing a thick suit like a space suit or firesuit you need to strip it off as well. STOP DRAGGING the patient, if you are, to prevent yourself from being shocked as well.

In order to successfully resuscitate a patient, several criteria must be met:

1. The patient must not have over 180 brute or burn damage; 179 brute and 179 burn is fine, just not 180 of one type. Reduce their damage below 180, and you can try again.

2. The patient must not be a suicide.

3. The patient must not be catatonic.

4. The patient must be in their body (their ghost gets sent back into their body while being defibrillated).

5. The patient must have a heart. Plasmamen do '''not''' have hearts, for example ([[Surgery#Revival|Revival Surgery]] works even without a heart).

6. If the patient has a heart, it must not have decayed completely. If there's too much heart decay, you'll need to replace it or perform a [[Surgery#Coronary_Bypass|coronary bypass]].

If all these factors are met, then the patient will come back to life! However, this doesn't mean they can just get right back up. Instead, they'll likely still be deep in critical condition, as a successful revival only removes a bit of each damage type. They must quickly receive medical attention if you want to keep them alive. Make sure to use a health analyzer or your PDA to check how they died; if they have harmful chemicals in their body, they most likely still do (chemicals remain in bodies after death, but do not metabolize).
==[[File:MedGlasses.png]] Paramedic Equipment==
Medbay has quite the collection of tools and chemicals to make your job easier (or harder). Some deserve the mention, others are situational.

Here is a list of stuff that either Paramedics spawn with, or are available in medbay:
*[[File:Compactdefib.png]] [[Medical_items#Compact_Defibrillator|Compact Defibrillator]]. The only way to defib on the go. Needs research or a lot of begging to the CMO.
*[[File:Pinpointer_crew.png]] Crew Pinpointers. The one that you spawn with only activates close to whoever you're tracking. You can, however, buy a proper Crew Pinpointer in the Nanomed Plus vending machine with your starting money.
*[[File:Space helmet.png|alt=|frameless]] [[Clothing_and_Accessories#EVA_Helmet|E.V.A. Helmet]] and Suit. These two form, together, a spacesuit. They will only work together or coupled with an analogous spaceproof clothing. '''Don't rush E.V.A. and steal everything. Do it only if needed.'''
*[[File:Crew monitor.gif|frameless]]Handheld Crew Monitors. Arguably the most useful item you can hope to have. Using the information from suit sensors, it will give you all you need to know anywhere. Allows you to chill by the bar without much care.
*[[File:Health_analyzer.gif|link=Special:FilePath/Health_analyzer.gif]] [[Health Analyzer|Health Analyzers]]. Allow you to check someone's condition further than the Crew Monitor, showing diseases, traumas and chemicals in their blood (activate the item to toggle Chemical mode). An advanced version can be researched and printed at the medical techfab.
*[[File:MedGlasses.png]] [[Clothes_and_internals#Health_Scanner_HUD|Health Scanners]]. Immediate visual information for any living mob in your field of view. Not as robust as a proper Health Analyzer, but will help you quickly identify problems on passersby. A night vision upgrade is researchable.
*[[File:Medicalbelt.png]] [[Medical_Belt#Medical_Belt|Medical Belt]]. Extremely useful, as it can hold most relevant tools and medicine. Can also hold cigarettes and lighters. The one you spawn with has a Handheld Crew Monitor and some less important medicine that you can right click to check their use. Fits in your bag.
*[[File:Nitrile_gloves.png]] [[Clothing_and_Accessories#Nitrile_Gloves|Nitrile Gloves]]. Keep your fingerprints to yourself. The [[Detective]] will thank you for keeping those on.
*[[File:Roller_Bed.png]] Roller Beds. Dragging bleeding people will make them bleed even more, as well as making you slower. These are often helpful and sometimes vital. Also fun and collapsible.
==[[File:Light_Bulb.png]] Tips==
*The bar has several drinks that help top off damage. Cream for brute, Lime Juice for toxin, Orange Juice for oxygen, Tomato Juice for burn, Blood Mary for blood and more.
*Raw carrots heal eye damage.
*Star-Kist is just cola with orange juice. This means that it will metabolize a bit faster and can be used as a poor man's medicine to speed up CPR.
*Wearing earmuffs will heal ear damage.
*Wearing a blindfold will heal eye damage.
*People with hardsuits on cannot be defibbed.
*If you're not sure if someone's damage is too much, you can PDA them to ask if they need medical assistance.
*When needed, ask your patients for their epipen. You could also take it while they are down. It's safer to have yours saved for an emergency.
*[[Guide_to_chemistry#Miner's Salve|Miner's Salve]] can be made with a twinkie, plasma sheet and iron sheet in a grinder.
*Don't forget to check the NanoMed for Bicardine and Kelotane pills.
===Tips for Traitoring===
*A stethoscope can be used to [[Hacking#Safe|break into the safe]].
*You can replace the cryoxadone with acid, so instead of healing people cryo will melt them to death.
*Syringe gun is one of the most lethal weapons on the station. A simple 15 unit lexorin syringe will kill unless the victim receives medical care (or immediately injects themselves with their Epinephrine). Anyone with a thick suit will block syringes though.
*Carry a body in your roller bed and you won't get questioned too often. Use maintenance for safety.
==[[File:Doubleagent.gif]] Don't worry, I'll take you to a better place==
You happen to be a traitor? Excellent! You have enough access to dispose of bodies, access to EVA for some space murder action, and maintenance access to boot! Not to mention that you don't look out of place in any department and people won't find anything strange about you wandering the halls with a corpse. 
You can do almost anything a doctor could: cryo sabotage, morgue shenanigans, overdoses, etc. But you have the access and freedom to do a lot more as well, like poisoning someone, taking them to the safety of maintenance to finish the job, then you could either drop them off at the morgue or behead them and throw it into sapc. 
Also, you can disable the safeties on defibrillators in two ways: emagging it or having it be hit by any form of EMP (you can re-enable safety by doing the same thing again). The emag does it silently, but the EMP makes the defibrillator emit a warning sound. When the safeties are off, help intent functions normally, disarm intent to instantly knockdown, deal stamina damage, and cause convulsions, and harm intent will induce a heart attack on your unwilling subject.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Shaft Miner

2022-05-26T15:27:14Z

CivilCornball: /* Smashing rocks */ another wording change. i should’ve just edited the section as a whole

{{JobPageHeader
|headerbgcolor = purple
|headerfontcolor = white
|stafftype = SUPPLY
|imagebgcolor = #cc9966
|img_generic = Generic_shaft.png
|img = Lava_miner.png
|jobtitle = Shaft Miner
|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
|guides = [[Lavaland]], [[Megafauna]], [[Auxiliary Base Construction Area]]
|quote = Ooh! A spare vouc- oh.
}}
Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]], connected to [[Cargo]], is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

===Hazards, Summarized===
Your workplace, [[Lavaland]], has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't stand in lava, walk into into chasms, or wander during an ash storm.
You'll get a red text warning in chat not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

If you’re worried about not being robust enough to notice these hazards, there’s gear and strategies that can mitigate or nullify the danger.
* If you accidentally stand in lava, you can always “stop, drop, and roll” by spamming Resist on the [[Starter_Guide#HUD|HUD]]
* Wearing a [[#Wormhole Jaunter|Wormhole Jaunter]] on your belt slot will cause it to teleport you if you fall into a chasm.
* If you’re lucky, the Roboticist will fully augment you if you ask, making you immune to ash storms as a side effect.

===Mining’s Transferable Skills===
Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, using SHIFT+E to move their Proto-Kinetic Accelerator in and out of their belt slot, and quickly shifting through intents with the 1-4 numbered keys, among others.

===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on the Lavaland [[Mining Base]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind in case you want access to the [[Gulag]].

===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you've had enough, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the yellow indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" after clicking on the ORM to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!
==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
If you’re still unfamiliar with the HUD, it’s explained in [[Starter_Guide#HUD]].

You’ll need to know how to view your worn equipment in order to equip new gear. If you can find it, it’s under the Backpack button on the bottom left. (Not the backpack you’re wearing, the other one.)

* [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, the very basics you will need are Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, a bluespace shelter capsule, and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator.
* You should also use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
* If you really want the extra defense, you can ask Security (or the QM) for a Security Jumpsuit to replace your current one. It gives you +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head.
* Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. You can’t pick up the box, so you’ll have to pull it behind you. (The “Pull” command can be found under the right-click menu.)

If you forgot something, don’t worry! The [[Mining Station]] has extra mining lockers and ore boxes for exactly this scenario. They even have mining vendors down there!

* Down on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], accessible via the Mining Shuttle, you’ll want to take an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']].
* While not necessary, it is highly recommended that you take a GPS device, set it to your name, and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back on-station and [[Cloning|clone]] you.

It’s difficult to hold all this gear, isn’t it? In fact, most miners carry their gear in places other than their backpack.
* Your PDA can hold your ID, but this makes your ID vulnerable to PDA bombing attacks from traitors.
* Dump your marker beacons ASAP. You don’t usually need them.
* Your seclite and knife can be attached to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses (on Harm intent) without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
* Your mining scanner and GPS are small enough to fit in your boots. Make sure they’re both on and put them in there just like how you attached your seclite and knife to your PKA.
* Your explorer suit can also hold small items. To access its inventory, drag it from your inventory to your character. (You can access an extra slot by pulling up the hood via clicking the button at the top of your screen that has the explorer suit icon.)

===Smashing rocks===
* Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. It also helps to not trail directly behind other miners - they tend to pick the path clean of ores.
* Make sure your scanner’s on! If it’s on, it’ll send out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you every once in a while.
* Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
* Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room will not give you mining points'''.
* Drag your ore box to the delivery tile (yellow arrow) next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into it, earning you mining points.
* If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and click it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
* Click on the ORM, then click "Claim." You no longer need to insert your ID, thank god.
* Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].
* Before going back to Lavaland, you should probably use the science channel (:n) to gently remind [[Rnd|RnD]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] so they get more of those minerals they’re always short on. (ex: “:n Hey, RnD. Have you upgraded the ORM yet? We just finished our first load.”)

===Life beyond smashing rocks===
Mining, of course, isn’t just a cycle of “mine ore, deliver ore, repeat.” There’s a bunch of extra stuff you can do while taking care of your job’s main responsibility.

* Butcher (harm intent, knife or PKA) dead [[#The Wildlife|Goliaths]] for their hide, and put it on your explorer’s suit to upgrade its damage resistances. This can be done up to 3 times, giving you +10% melee resist each time.
* Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]] and explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
* Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab/whatever it’s called for even more efficient mining.
* If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] signals with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.

Mining can also supply several departments with more than just ores.
All of these things are helpful, even at roundstart.
(If you lack access to their departmental channel, try messaging one of them on your PDA.)
* Ask [[RnD]] for a Discovery Scanner. Scanning the corpses of [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] gives oodles of discovery points.
It’s recommended that you announce the mob being scanned in the science channel (:n) to notify other miners of what’s already been scanned and also remind [[RnD]] that the miners are helping them, so they should probably research advanced mining already.
* Ask Cargo if there’s any tribal equipment needed for bounties. This equipment is crafted with the loot of Lavaland mobs.
* Ask [[Botany]] if they want Strange Plants, which can contain any chemical.
* If you have spare mining points, ask [[RnD]] if they want you to buy them some Lazarus Injectors from the mining vendor.
* Likewise, remind Medical that mining can purchase Synthflesh for them in an emergency. Synthflesh can be found in the vendor’s Advanced Medical Kits.
* When they’re unlocked, remind medical that plasma cutters are great for removing limbs in emergencies.

Well, that’s the basics covered. Time to go more in-depth.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - the extra shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a [[#Resonator|Resonator]] and brute treatment kit. While the resonator is underwhelming - especially if used incorrectly - the brute treatment kit can come in handy on Lavaland. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone, as well as an industrial welding tool and a welding mask for repairing your new friend. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. Oh, and you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. Not sure why they’re in there. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The melee-only crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.
===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.

==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
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![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Suit}}Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Gas Mask and Oxygen Tank}}Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] {{anchor|Meson Scanners}}[[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]]
|Used for seeing walls and floors through anything - and ONLY walls & floors. Does not detect [[#The Wildlife|creatures]], or objects (like [[#ore box|ore boxes]].)
|-
![[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Scanner}}Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] {{anchor|GPS}}Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.
In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Accelerator}}Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed. Some miners prefer mining with two of these.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Knife}}Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] {{anchor|Seclite}}Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in anywhere but your backpack.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Medipen}}Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Bluespace shelter capsule}}Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore Satchel}}Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore box}}Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Voucher}}Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
|}
====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Pickaxe}}Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Shovel}}Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Crowbar}}[[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your [[internals box]].
|-
![[File:MarkerBeacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Marker Beacon}}Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
![[File:PlantBag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Plant Bag}}Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}
==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
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|+Mining Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.

Of course, the donk pockets are better at healing you than the nanomed. The only useful thing the nanomed holds are its bandages.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] {{anchor|Stabilizing Serum}}Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] {{anchor|Brute First-Aid Kit}}Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] {{anchor|Burn First-Aid Kit}}Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] {{anchor|Advanced First-Aid Kit}}Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Fulton Beacon}}Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] {{anchor|Fulton Extraction Pack}}Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] {{anchor|Wormhole Jaunter}}Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Advanced Mining Scanner}}Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer's Webbing}}Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] {{anchor|Jump Boots}}Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Crusher}}Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Resonator}}Resonator
|This will, when used on rock or an empty space, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. Using it on an already-marked spot will instantly rupture the field.
With no fields up, you can activate it in your hand (Z) to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds.

However, if there are fields up, activating it in your hand will rupture the fields.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Upgraded Resonator}}Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Silver-plated Pickaxe}}Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Diamond Pickaxe}}Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Bot Companion}}Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Melee}}Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Armor}}Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown}}Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Drone: AI Upgrade}}Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly}}P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots}}P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots}}P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Range}}P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Damage}}P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown}}P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius}}P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis}}P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis}}P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Hardsuit}}Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Like the standard explorer’s suit, can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] {{anchor|Expanded E. Oxygen Tank}}Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this. If you REALLY want one of these, go loot a dead [[#The Wildlife|Legion]]. (drag corpse to you)
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Conscription Kit}}Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] {{anchor|Tracking Implant Kit}}Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] {{anchor|Point Transfer Card}}Point Transfer Card
|A small card that contains 500 Mining Points. Swipe your ID card over it to transfer the points, then discard.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] {{anchor|GAR Mesons}}GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Luxury Shelter Capsule}}Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Outpost Capsule}}Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Luxury Bar Capsule}}Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] {{anchor|Lazarus Injector}}Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd (blend plasma+iron) to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Cash 1000.png|32px]]{{anchor|1000 Space Cash}}1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Pizza Box.png|32px]]{{anchor|Pizza}}Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] {{anchor|Whiskey}}Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] {{anchor|Absinthe}}Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Cigar}}Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] {{anchor|Soap}}Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] {{anchor|Laser Pointer}}Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] {{anchor|Toy Facehugger}}Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
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|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] {{anchor|Extra ID}}Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] {{anchor|Science Goggles}}Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles. Helpful with locating scannable targets.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] {{anchor|Monkey Cube}}Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] {{anchor|Toolbelt}}Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] {{anchor|Royal Cape of the Liberator}}Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] {{anchor|Grey Slime Extract}}Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Trigger Guard Modification Kit}}Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] {{anchor|The Liberator's Legacy}}The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}

==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}
All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab/whatever they’re calling it now. [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].

==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok, but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.

But if you see Bluespace Crystals, grab them. The only other ore of its rarity, Diamond, drops from [[#The Wildlife|Watchers.]]
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally. Good luck finding it, though.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.
At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!
==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you will become a Legion yourself. It's not all bad - you still have control, even though you can't hold anything ever, and your fellow Miners can still save you by cloning you if they know where you last were. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you, but will wander off if it can't find a clear path. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}
==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
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|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level. (Usually space.)
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they can knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}
==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings. Lame.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass. Lets you cheese most megafauna.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10
Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2
Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2
Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Less protection than just pulling down the explorer suit’s hood. Only wear this for style.
|Bone: 4
|}
==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''
You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed plant vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.
==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, take a GPS and “check in” on Supply comms (:u) every ash storm. This ensures that, when you meet a terrible (and non-Chasm) fate, the other miners will probably notice and take steps to get you revived. You can also try sticking close to a more experienced miner, but that means you’ll both get less mining points.
** The cacti down on the surface slowly heal minor wounds.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. As long as you can see them, you can scan Lavaland enemies (dead or alive) for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, Goldgrubs 1,000, and [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave, saving you a bunch of trouble.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate when there’s no gravity. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Can be worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoS to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude. You can, however, politely remind them to research mining gear if you're about 30 minutes into the round.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site, and it's close to base.)

==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an [[Atmospherics items#Portable Pump|air pump]] to gather the gas, then put all of the plasma gas produced into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Shaft Miner

2022-05-26T15:24:54Z

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{{JobPageHeader
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|headerfontcolor = white
|stafftype = SUPPLY
|imagebgcolor = #cc9966
|img_generic = Generic_shaft.png
|img = Lava_miner.png
|jobtitle = Shaft Miner
|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
|guides = [[Lavaland]], [[Megafauna]], [[Auxiliary Base Construction Area]]
|quote = Ooh! A spare vouc- oh.
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Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]], connected to [[Cargo]], is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

===Hazards, Summarized===
Your workplace, [[Lavaland]], has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't stand in lava, walk into into chasms, or wander during an ash storm.
You'll get a red text warning in chat not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

If you’re worried about not being robust enough to notice these hazards, there’s gear and strategies that can mitigate or nullify the danger.
* If you accidentally stand in lava, you can always “stop, drop, and roll” by spamming Resist on the [[Starter_Guide#HUD|HUD]]
* Wearing a [[#Wormhole Jaunter|Wormhole Jaunter]] on your belt slot will cause it to teleport you if you fall into a chasm.
* If you’re lucky, the Roboticist will fully augment you if you ask, making you immune to ash storms as a side effect.

===Mining’s Transferable Skills===
Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, using SHIFT+E to move their Proto-Kinetic Accelerator in and out of their belt slot, and quickly shifting through intents with the 1-4 numbered keys, among others.

===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on the Lavaland [[Mining Base]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind in case you want access to the [[Gulag]].

===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you've had enough, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the yellow indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" after clicking on the ORM to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!
==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
If you’re still unfamiliar with the HUD, it’s explained in [[Starter_Guide#HUD]].

You’ll need to know how to view your worn equipment in order to equip new gear. If you can find it, it’s under the Backpack button on the bottom left. (Not the backpack you’re wearing, the other one.)

* [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, the very basics you will need are Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, a bluespace shelter capsule, and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator.
* You should also use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
* If you really want the extra defense, you can ask Security (or the QM) for a Security Jumpsuit to replace your current one. It gives you +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head.
* Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. You can’t pick up the box, so you’ll have to pull it behind you. (The “Pull” command can be found under the right-click menu.)

If you forgot something, don’t worry! The [[Mining Station]] has extra mining lockers and ore boxes for exactly this scenario. They even have mining vendors down there!

* Down on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], accessible via the Mining Shuttle, you’ll want to take an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']].
* While not necessary, it is highly recommended that you take a GPS device, set it to your name, and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back on-station and [[Cloning|clone]] you.

It’s difficult to hold all this gear, isn’t it? In fact, most miners carry their gear in places other than their backpack.
* Your PDA can hold your ID, but this makes your ID vulnerable to PDA bombing attacks from traitors.
* Dump your marker beacons ASAP. You don’t usually need them.
* Your seclite and knife can be attached to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses (on Harm intent) without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
* Your mining scanner and GPS are small enough to fit in your boots. Make sure they’re both on and put them in there just like how you attached your seclite and knife to your PKA.
* Your explorer suit can also hold small items. To access its inventory, drag it from your inventory to your character. (You can access an extra slot by pulling up the hood via clicking the button at the top of your screen that has the explorer suit icon.)

===Smashing rocks===
* Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. It also helps to not trail directly behind other miners - they tend to pick the path clean of ores.
* Make sure your scanner’s on! If it’s on, it’ll send out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you every once in a while.
* Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
* Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''.
* Drag your ore box to the delivery tile (yellow arrow) next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into it, earning you mining points.
* If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and click it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
* Click "Claim." You no longer need to insert your ID, thank god.
* Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].
* Before going back to Lavaland, you should probably use the science channel (:n) to gently remind [[Rnd|RnD]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] so they get more of those minerals they’re always short on. (ex: “:n Hey, RnD. Have you upgraded the ORM yet? We just finished our first load.”)

===Life beyond smashing rocks===
Mining, of course, isn’t just a cycle of “mine ore, deliver ore, repeat.” There’s a bunch of extra stuff you can do while taking care of your job’s main responsibility.

* Butcher (harm intent, knife or PKA) dead [[#The Wildlife|Goliaths]] for their hide, and put it on your explorer’s suit to upgrade its damage resistances. This can be done up to 3 times, giving you +10% melee resist each time.
* Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]] and explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
* Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab/whatever it’s called for even more efficient mining.
* If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] signals with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.

Mining can also supply several departments with more than just ores.
All of these things are helpful, even at roundstart.
(If you lack access to their departmental channel, try messaging one of them on your PDA.)
* Ask [[RnD]] for a Discovery Scanner. Scanning the corpses of [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] gives oodles of discovery points.
It’s recommended that you announce the mob being scanned in the science channel (:n) to notify other miners of what’s already been scanned and also remind [[RnD]] that the miners are helping them, so they should probably research advanced mining already.
* Ask Cargo if there’s any tribal equipment needed for bounties. This equipment is crafted with the loot of Lavaland mobs.
* Ask [[Botany]] if they want Strange Plants, which can contain any chemical.
* If you have spare mining points, ask [[RnD]] if they want you to buy them some Lazarus Injectors from the mining vendor.
* Likewise, remind Medical that mining can purchase Synthflesh for them in an emergency. Synthflesh can be found in the vendor’s Advanced Medical Kits.
* When they’re unlocked, remind medical that plasma cutters are great for removing limbs in emergencies.

Well, that’s the basics covered. Time to go more in-depth.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - the extra shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a [[#Resonator|Resonator]] and brute treatment kit. While the resonator is underwhelming - especially if used incorrectly - the brute treatment kit can come in handy on Lavaland. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone, as well as an industrial welding tool and a welding mask for repairing your new friend. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. Oh, and you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. Not sure why they’re in there. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The melee-only crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.
===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.

==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
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![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Suit}}Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Gas Mask and Oxygen Tank}}Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] {{anchor|Meson Scanners}}[[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]]
|Used for seeing walls and floors through anything - and ONLY walls & floors. Does not detect [[#The Wildlife|creatures]], or objects (like [[#ore box|ore boxes]].)
|-
![[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Scanner}}Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] {{anchor|GPS}}Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.
In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Accelerator}}Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed. Some miners prefer mining with two of these.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Knife}}Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] {{anchor|Seclite}}Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in anywhere but your backpack.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Medipen}}Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Bluespace shelter capsule}}Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore Satchel}}Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore box}}Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Voucher}}Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
|}
====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Pickaxe}}Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Shovel}}Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Crowbar}}[[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your [[internals box]].
|-
![[File:MarkerBeacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Marker Beacon}}Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
![[File:PlantBag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Plant Bag}}Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}
==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
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|+Mining Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.

Of course, the donk pockets are better at healing you than the nanomed. The only useful thing the nanomed holds are its bandages.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] {{anchor|Stabilizing Serum}}Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] {{anchor|Brute First-Aid Kit}}Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] {{anchor|Burn First-Aid Kit}}Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] {{anchor|Advanced First-Aid Kit}}Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Fulton Beacon}}Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] {{anchor|Fulton Extraction Pack}}Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] {{anchor|Wormhole Jaunter}}Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Advanced Mining Scanner}}Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer's Webbing}}Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] {{anchor|Jump Boots}}Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Crusher}}Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Resonator}}Resonator
|This will, when used on rock or an empty space, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. Using it on an already-marked spot will instantly rupture the field.
With no fields up, you can activate it in your hand (Z) to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds.

However, if there are fields up, activating it in your hand will rupture the fields.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Upgraded Resonator}}Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Silver-plated Pickaxe}}Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Diamond Pickaxe}}Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Bot Companion}}Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Melee}}Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Armor}}Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown}}Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Drone: AI Upgrade}}Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly}}P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots}}P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots}}P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Range}}P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Damage}}P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown}}P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius}}P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis}}P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis}}P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Hardsuit}}Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Like the standard explorer’s suit, can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] {{anchor|Expanded E. Oxygen Tank}}Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this. If you REALLY want one of these, go loot a dead [[#The Wildlife|Legion]]. (drag corpse to you)
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Conscription Kit}}Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] {{anchor|Tracking Implant Kit}}Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] {{anchor|Point Transfer Card}}Point Transfer Card
|A small card that contains 500 Mining Points. Swipe your ID card over it to transfer the points, then discard.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] {{anchor|GAR Mesons}}GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Luxury Shelter Capsule}}Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Outpost Capsule}}Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Luxury Bar Capsule}}Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] {{anchor|Lazarus Injector}}Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd (blend plasma+iron) to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Cash 1000.png|32px]]{{anchor|1000 Space Cash}}1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Pizza Box.png|32px]]{{anchor|Pizza}}Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] {{anchor|Whiskey}}Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] {{anchor|Absinthe}}Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Cigar}}Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] {{anchor|Soap}}Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] {{anchor|Laser Pointer}}Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] {{anchor|Toy Facehugger}}Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
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|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] {{anchor|Extra ID}}Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] {{anchor|Science Goggles}}Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles. Helpful with locating scannable targets.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] {{anchor|Monkey Cube}}Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] {{anchor|Toolbelt}}Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] {{anchor|Royal Cape of the Liberator}}Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] {{anchor|Grey Slime Extract}}Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Trigger Guard Modification Kit}}Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] {{anchor|The Liberator's Legacy}}The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}

==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}
All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab/whatever they’re calling it now. [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].

==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok, but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.

But if you see Bluespace Crystals, grab them. The only other ore of its rarity, Diamond, drops from [[#The Wildlife|Watchers.]]
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally. Good luck finding it, though.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.
At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!
==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you will become a Legion yourself. It's not all bad - you still have control, even though you can't hold anything ever, and your fellow Miners can still save you by cloning you if they know where you last were. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you, but will wander off if it can't find a clear path. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}
==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
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|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level. (Usually space.)
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they can knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}
==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings. Lame.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass. Lets you cheese most megafauna.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10
Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2
Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2
Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Less protection than just pulling down the explorer suit’s hood. Only wear this for style.
|Bone: 4
|}
==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''
You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed plant vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.
==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, take a GPS and “check in” on Supply comms (:u) every ash storm. This ensures that, when you meet a terrible (and non-Chasm) fate, the other miners will probably notice and take steps to get you revived. You can also try sticking close to a more experienced miner, but that means you’ll both get less mining points.
** The cacti down on the surface slowly heal minor wounds.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. As long as you can see them, you can scan Lavaland enemies (dead or alive) for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, Goldgrubs 1,000, and [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave, saving you a bunch of trouble.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate when there’s no gravity. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Can be worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoS to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude. You can, however, politely remind them to research mining gear if you're about 30 minutes into the round.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site, and it's close to base.)

==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an [[Atmospherics items#Portable Pump|air pump]] to gather the gas, then put all of the plasma gas produced into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

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Shaft Miner

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|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
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Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]], connected to [[Cargo]], is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

===Hazards, Summarized===
Your workplace, [[Lavaland]], has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't stand in lava, walk into into chasms, or wander during an ash storm.
You'll get a red text warning in chat not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

If you’re worried about not being robust enough to notice these hazards, there’s gear and strategies that can mitigate or nullify the danger.
* If you accidentally stand in lava, you can always “stop, drop, and roll” by spamming Resist on the [[Starter_Guide#HUD|HUD]]
* Wearing a [[#Wormhole Jaunter|Wormhole Jaunter]] on your belt slot will cause it to teleport you if you fall into a chasm.
* If you’re lucky, the Roboticist will fully augment you if you ask, making you immune to ash storms as a side effect.

===Mining’s Transferable Skills===
Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, using SHIFT+E to move their Proto-Kinetic Accelerator in and out of their belt slot, and quickly shifting through intents with the 1-4 numbered keys, among others.

===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on the Lavaland [[Mining Base]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind in case you want access to the [[Gulag]].

===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you've had enough, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the yellow indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" after clicking on the ORM to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!
==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
If you’re still unfamiliar with the HUD, it’s explained in [[Starter_Guide#HUD]].

You’ll need to know how to view your worn equipment in order to equip new gear. If you can find it, it’s under the Backpack button on the bottom left. (Not the backpack you’re wearing, the other one.)

* [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, the very basics you will need are Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, a bluespace shelter capsule, and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator.
* You should also use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
* If you really want the extra defense, you can ask Security (or the QM) for a Security Jumpsuit. It gives you +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head.
* Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals.

If you forgot something, don’t worry! The [[Mining Station]] has extra mining lockers and ore boxes for exactly this scenario. They even have mining vendors down there!

* Down on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], accessible via the Mining Shuttle, you’ll want to take an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']].
* While not necessary, it is highly recommended that you take a GPS device, set it to your name, and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back on-station and [[Cloning|clone]] you.

It’s difficult to hold all this gear, isn’t it? In fact, most miners carry their gear in places other than their backpack.
* Your PDA can hold your ID, but this makes your ID vulnerable to PDA bombing attacks from traitors.
* Dump your marker beacons ASAP. You don’t usually need them.
* Your seclite and knife can be attached to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses (on Harm intent) without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
* Your mining scanner and GPS are small enough to fit in your boots. Make sure they’re both on and put them in there just like how you attached your seclite and knife to your PKA.
* Your explorer suit can also hold small items. If you drag it from your inventory to your character, you can access its tiny inventory. (You can access an extra inventory slot by pulling up the hood via clicking the button at the top of your screen that has the explorer suit icon.)

===Smashing rocks===
* Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. It also helps to not trail directly behind other miners - they tend to pick the path clean of ores.
* Make sure your scanner’s on! If it’s on, it’ll send out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you every once in a while.
* Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
* Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''.
* Drag your ore box to the delivery tile (yellow arrow) next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into it, earning you mining points.
* If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and click it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
* Click "Claim." You no longer need to insert your ID, thank god.
* Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].
* Before going back to Lavaland, you should probably use the science channel (:n) to gently remind [[Rnd|RnD]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] so they get more of those minerals they’re always short on. (ex: “:n Hey, RnD. Have you upgraded the ORM yet? We just finished our first load.”)

===Life beyond smashing rocks===
Mining, of course, isn’t just a cycle of “mine ore, deliver ore, repeat.” There’s a bunch of extra stuff you can do while taking care of your job’s main responsibility.

* Butcher (harm intent, knife or PKA) dead [[#The Wildlife|Goliaths]] for their hide, and put it on your explorer’s suit to upgrade its damage resistances. This can be done up to 3 times, giving you +10% melee resist each time.
* Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]] and explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
* Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab/whatever it’s called for even more efficient mining.
* If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] signals with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.

Mining can also supply several departments with more than just ores.
All of these things are helpful, even at roundstart.
(If you lack access to their departmental channel, try messaging one of them on your PDA.)
* Ask [[RnD]] for a Discovery Scanner. Scanning the corpses of [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] gives oodles of discovery points.
It’s recommended that you announce the mob being scanned in the science channel (:n) to notify other miners of what’s already been scanned and also remind [[RnD]] that the miners are helping them, so they should probably research advanced mining already.
* Ask Cargo if there’s any tribal equipment needed for bounties. This equipment is crafted with the loot of Lavaland mobs.
* Ask [[Botany]] if they want Strange Plants, which can contain any chemical.
* If you have spare mining points, ask [[RnD]] if they want you to buy them some Lazarus Injectors from the mining vendor.
* Likewise, remind Medical that mining can purchase Synthflesh for them in an emergency. Synthflesh can be found in the vendor’s Advanced Medical Kits.
* When they’re unlocked, remind medical that plasma cutters are great for removing limbs in emergencies.

Well, that’s the basics covered. Time to go more in-depth.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - the extra shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a [[#Resonator|Resonator]] and brute treatment kit. While the resonator is underwhelming - especially if used incorrectly - the brute treatment kit can come in handy on Lavaland. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone, as well as an industrial welding tool and a welding mask for repairing your new friend. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. Oh, and you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. Not sure why they’re in there. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The melee-only crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.
===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.

==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
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![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Suit}}Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Gas Mask and Oxygen Tank}}Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] {{anchor|Meson Scanners}}[[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]]
|Used for seeing walls and floors through anything - and ONLY walls & floors. Does not detect [[#The Wildlife|creatures]], or objects (like [[#ore box|ore boxes]].)
|-
![[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Scanner}}Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] {{anchor|GPS}}Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.
In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Accelerator}}Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed. Some miners prefer mining with two of these.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Knife}}Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] {{anchor|Seclite}}Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in anywhere but your backpack.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Medipen}}Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Bluespace shelter capsule}}Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore Satchel}}Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore box}}Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Voucher}}Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
|}
====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Pickaxe}}Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Shovel}}Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Crowbar}}[[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your [[internals box]].
|-
![[File:MarkerBeacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Marker Beacon}}Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
![[File:PlantBag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Plant Bag}}Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}
==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.

Of course, the donk pockets are better at healing you than the nanomed. The only useful thing the nanomed holds are its bandages.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] {{anchor|Stabilizing Serum}}Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] {{anchor|Brute First-Aid Kit}}Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] {{anchor|Burn First-Aid Kit}}Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] {{anchor|Advanced First-Aid Kit}}Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Fulton Beacon}}Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] {{anchor|Fulton Extraction Pack}}Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] {{anchor|Wormhole Jaunter}}Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Advanced Mining Scanner}}Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer's Webbing}}Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] {{anchor|Jump Boots}}Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Crusher}}Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Resonator}}Resonator
|This will, when used on rock or an empty space, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. Using it on an already-marked spot will instantly rupture the field.
With no fields up, you can activate it in your hand (Z) to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds.

However, if there are fields up, activating it in your hand will rupture the fields.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Upgraded Resonator}}Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Silver-plated Pickaxe}}Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Diamond Pickaxe}}Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Bot Companion}}Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Melee}}Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Armor}}Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown}}Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Drone: AI Upgrade}}Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly}}P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots}}P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots}}P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Range}}P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Damage}}P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown}}P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius}}P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis}}P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis}}P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Hardsuit}}Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Like the standard explorer’s suit, can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] {{anchor|Expanded E. Oxygen Tank}}Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this. If you REALLY want one of these, go loot a dead [[#The Wildlife|Legion]]. (drag corpse to you)
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Conscription Kit}}Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] {{anchor|Tracking Implant Kit}}Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] {{anchor|Point Transfer Card}}Point Transfer Card
|A small card that contains 500 Mining Points. Swipe your ID card over it to transfer the points, then discard.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] {{anchor|GAR Mesons}}GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Luxury Shelter Capsule}}Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Outpost Capsule}}Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Luxury Bar Capsule}}Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] {{anchor|Lazarus Injector}}Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd (blend plasma+iron) to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Cash 1000.png|32px]]{{anchor|1000 Space Cash}}1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Pizza Box.png|32px]]{{anchor|Pizza}}Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] {{anchor|Whiskey}}Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] {{anchor|Absinthe}}Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Cigar}}Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] {{anchor|Soap}}Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] {{anchor|Laser Pointer}}Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] {{anchor|Toy Facehugger}}Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
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|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] {{anchor|Extra ID}}Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] {{anchor|Science Goggles}}Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles. Helpful with locating scannable targets.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] {{anchor|Monkey Cube}}Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] {{anchor|Toolbelt}}Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] {{anchor|Royal Cape of the Liberator}}Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] {{anchor|Grey Slime Extract}}Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Trigger Guard Modification Kit}}Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] {{anchor|The Liberator's Legacy}}The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}

==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}
All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab/whatever they’re calling it now. [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].

==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok, but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.

But if you see Bluespace Crystals, grab them. The only other ore of its rarity, Diamond, drops from [[#The Wildlife|Watchers.]]
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally. Good luck finding it, though.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.
At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!
==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you will become a Legion yourself. It's not all bad - you still have control, even though you can't hold anything ever, and your fellow Miners can still save you by cloning you if they know where you last were. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you, but will wander off if it can't find a clear path. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}
==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
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|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level. (Usually space.)
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they can knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}
==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings. Lame.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass. Lets you cheese most megafauna.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10
Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2
Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2
Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Less protection than just pulling down the explorer suit’s hood. Only wear this for style.
|Bone: 4
|}
==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''
You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed plant vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.
==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, take a GPS and “check in” on Supply comms (:u) every ash storm. This ensures that, when you meet a terrible (and non-Chasm) fate, the other miners will probably notice and take steps to get you revived. You can also try sticking close to a more experienced miner, but that means you’ll both get less mining points.
** The cacti down on the surface slowly heal minor wounds.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. As long as you can see them, you can scan Lavaland enemies (dead or alive) for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, Goldgrubs 1,000, and [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave, saving you a bunch of trouble.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate when there’s no gravity. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Can be worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoS to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude. You can, however, politely remind them to research mining gear if you're about 30 minutes into the round.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site, and it's close to base.)

==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an [[Atmospherics items#Portable Pump|air pump]] to gather the gas, then put all of the plasma gas produced into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Shaft Miner

2022-05-24T19:08:37Z

CivilCornball: Mainly overhauled job introduction. Also some minor changes elsewhere.

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|headerfontcolor = white
|stafftype = SUPPLY
|imagebgcolor = #cc9966
|img_generic = Generic_shaft.png
|img = Lava_miner.png
|jobtitle = Shaft Miner
|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
|guides = [[Lavaland]], [[Megafauna]], [[Auxiliary Base Construction Area]]
|quote = Ooh! A spare vouc- oh.
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Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]], connected to [[Cargo]], is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

===Hazards, Summarized===
Your workplace, [[Lavaland]], has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't stand in lava, walk into into chasms, or wander during an ash storm.
You'll get a red text warning in chat not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

If you’re worried about not being robust enough to notice these hazards, there’s gear and strategies that can mitigate or nullify the danger.
* If you accidentally stand in lava, you can always “stop, drop, and roll” by spamming Resist on the [[Starter_Guide#HUD|HUD]]
* Wearing a [[#Wormhole Jaunter|Wormhole Jaunter]] on your belt slot will cause it to teleport you if you fall into a chasm.
* If you’re lucky, the Roboticist will fully augment you if you ask, making you immune to ash storms as a side effect.

===Mining’s Transferable Skills===
Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, using SHIFT+E to move their Proto-Kinetic Accelerator in and out of their belt slot, and quickly shifting through intents with the 1-4 numbered keys, among others.

===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on the Lavaland [[Mining Base]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind in case you want access to the [[Gulag]].

===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you've had enough, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the yellow indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" after clicking on the ORM to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!
==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
If you’re still unfamiliar with the HUD, it’s explained in [[Starter Guide#HUD]].

You’ll need to know how to view your worn equipment in order to equip new gear. If you can find it, it’s under the Backpack button on the bottom left. (Not the backpack you’re wearing, the other one.)

# [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, the very basics you will need are Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, a bluespace shelter capsule, and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator.
# You should also use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
# If you really want the extra defense, you can ask Security (or the QM) for a Security Jumpsuit. It gives you +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals.

If you forgot something, don’t worry! The [[Mining Station]] has extra mining lockers and ore boxes for exactly this scenario. They even have mining vendors down there!

# Down on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], accessible via the Mining Shuttle, you’ll want to take an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']].
# While not necessary, it is highly recommended that you take a GPS device, set it to your name, and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back on-station and [[Cloning|clone]] you.

It’s difficult to hold all this gear, isn’t it? In fact, most miners carry their gear in places other than their backpack.
# Your PDA can hold your ID, but this makes your ID vulnerable to PDA bombing attacks from traitors.
# Dump your marker beacons ASAP. You don’t usually need them.
# Your seclite and knife can be attached to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses (on Harm intent) without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
# Your mining scanner and GPS are small enough to fit in your boots. Make sure they’re both on and put them in there just like how you attached your seclite and knife to your PKA.
# Your explorer suit can also hold small items. If you drag it from your inventory to your character, you can access its tiny inventory. (You can access an extra inventory slot by pulling up the hood via clicking the button at the top of your screen that has the explorer suit icon.)

===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. It also helps to not trail directly behind other miners - they tend to pick the path clean of ores.
# Make sure your scanner’s on! If it’s on, it’ll send out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you every once in a while.
# Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile (yellow arrow) next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into it, earning you mining points.
# If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and click it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim." You no longer need to insert your ID, thank god.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].
# Before going back to Lavaland, you should probably use the science channel (:n) to gently remind [[Rnd|RnD]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] so they get more of those minerals they’re always short on. (ex: “:n Hey, RnD. Have you upgraded the ORM yet? We just finished our first load.”)

===Life beyond smashing rocks===
Mining, of course, isn’t just a cycle of “mine ore, deliver ore, repeat.” There’s a bunch of extra stuff you can do while taking care of your job’s main responsibility.

# Butcher (harm intent, knife or PKA) dead [[#The Wildlife|Goliaths]] for their hide, and put it on your explorer’s suit to upgrade its damage resistances. This can be done up to 3 times, giving you +10% melee resist each time.
# Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]] and explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab/whatever it’s called for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] signals with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.

Mining can also supply several departments with more than just ores.
All of these things are helpful, even at roundstart.
(If you lack access to their departmental channel, try messaging one of them on your PDA.)
# Ask [[RnD]] for a Discovery Scanner. Scanning the corpses of [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] gives oodles of discovery points.
It’s recommended that you announce the mob being scanned in the science channel (:n) to notify other miners of what’s already been scanned and also remind [[RnD]] that the miners are helping them, so they should probably research advanced mining already.
# Ask Cargo if there’s any tribal equipment needed for bounties. This equipment is crafted with the loot of Lavaland mobs.
# Ask [[Botany]] if they want Strange Plants, which can contain any chemical.
# If you have spare mining points, ask [[RnD]] if they want you to buy them some Lazarus Injectors from the mining vendor.
# Likewise, remind Medical that mining can purchase Synthflesh for them in an emergency. Synthflesh can be found in the vendor’s Advanced Medical Kits.
# When they’re unlocked, remind medical that plasma cutters are great for removing limbs in emergencies.

Well, that’s the basics covered. Time to go more in-depth.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - the extra shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a [[#Resonator|Resonator]] and brute treatment kit. While the resonator is underwhelming - especially if used incorrectly - the brute treatment kit can come in handy on Lavaland. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone, as well as an industrial welding tool and a welding mask for repairing your new friend. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. Oh, and you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. Not sure why they’re in there. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The melee-only crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.
===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
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![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Suit}}Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Gas Mask and Oxygen Tank}}Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] {{anchor|Meson Scanners}}[[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]]
|Used for seeing walls and floors through anything - and ONLY walls & floors. Does not detect [[#The Wildlife|creatures]], or objects (like [[#ore box|ore boxes]].)
|-
![[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Scanner}}Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] {{anchor|GPS}}Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.
In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Accelerator}}Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed. Some miners prefer mining with two of these.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Knife}}Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] {{anchor|Seclite}}Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in anywhere but your backpack.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Medipen}}Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Bluespace shelter capsule}}Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore Satchel}}Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore box}}Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Voucher}}Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
|}
====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Pickaxe}}Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Shovel}}Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Crowbar}}[[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your [[internals box]].
|-
![[File:MarkerBeacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Marker Beacon}}Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
![[File:PlantBag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Plant Bag}}Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}
==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.

Of course, the donk pockets are better at healing you than the nanomed. The only useful thing the nanomed holds are its bandages.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] {{anchor|Stabilizing Serum}}Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] {{anchor|Brute First-Aid Kit}}Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] {{anchor|Burn First-Aid Kit}}Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] {{anchor|Advanced First-Aid Kit}}Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Fulton Beacon}}Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] {{anchor|Fulton Extraction Pack}}Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] {{anchor|Wormhole Jaunter}}Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Advanced Mining Scanner}}Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer's Webbing}}Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] {{anchor|Jump Boots}}Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Crusher}}Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Resonator}}Resonator
|This will, when used on rock or an empty space, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. Using it on an already-marked spot will instantly rupture the field.
With no fields up, you can activate it in your hand (Z) to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds.

However, if there are fields up, activating it in your hand will rupture the fields.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Upgraded Resonator}}Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Silver-plated Pickaxe}}Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Diamond Pickaxe}}Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Bot Companion}}Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Melee}}Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Armor}}Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown}}Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Drone: AI Upgrade}}Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly}}P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots}}P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots}}P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Range}}P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Damage}}P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown}}P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius}}P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis}}P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis}}P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Hardsuit}}Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Like the standard explorer’s suit, can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] {{anchor|Expanded E. Oxygen Tank}}Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this. If you REALLY want one of these, go loot a dead [[#The Wildlife|Legion]]. (drag corpse to you)
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Conscription Kit}}Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] {{anchor|Tracking Implant Kit}}Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] {{anchor|Point Transfer Card}}Point Transfer Card
|A small card that contains 500 Mining Points. Swipe your ID card over it to transfer the points, then discard.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] {{anchor|GAR Mesons}}GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Luxury Shelter Capsule}}Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Outpost Capsule}}Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Luxury Bar Capsule}}Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] {{anchor|Lazarus Injector}}Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd (blend plasma+iron) to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Cash 1000.png|32px]]{{anchor|1000 Space Cash}}1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Pizza Box.png|32px]]{{anchor|Pizza}}Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] {{anchor|Whiskey}}Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] {{anchor|Absinthe}}Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Cigar}}Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] {{anchor|Soap}}Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] {{anchor|Laser Pointer}}Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] {{anchor|Toy Facehugger}}Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
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|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] {{anchor|Extra ID}}Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] {{anchor|Science Goggles}}Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles. Helpful with locating scannable targets.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] {{anchor|Monkey Cube}}Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] {{anchor|Toolbelt}}Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] {{anchor|Royal Cape of the Liberator}}Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] {{anchor|Grey Slime Extract}}Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Trigger Guard Modification Kit}}Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] {{anchor|The Liberator's Legacy}}The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}

==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}
All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab/whatever they’re calling it now. [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].

==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok, but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.

But if you see Bluespace Crystals, grab them. The only other ore of its rarity, Diamond, drops from [[#The Wildlife|Watchers.]]
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally. Good luck finding it, though.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.
At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!
==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you will become a Legion yourself. It's not all bad - you still have control, even though you can't hold anything ever, and your fellow Miners can still save you by cloning you if they know where you last were. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you, but will wander off if it can't find a clear path. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}
==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
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|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level. (Usually space.)
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they can knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}
==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings. Lame.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass. Lets you cheese most megafauna.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10
Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2
Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2
Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Less protection than just pulling down the explorer suit’s hood. Only wear this for style.
|Bone: 4
|}
==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''
You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed plant vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.
==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, take a GPS and “check in” on Supply comms (:u) every ash storm. This ensures that, when you meet a terrible (and non-Chasm) fate, the other miners will probably notice and take steps to get you revived. You can also try sticking close to a more experienced miner, but that means you’ll both get less mining points.
** The cacti down on the surface slowly heal minor wounds.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. As long as you can see them, you can scan Lavaland enemies (dead or alive) for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, Goldgrubs 1,000, and [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave, saving you a bunch of trouble.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate when there’s no gravity. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Can be worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoS to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude. You can, however, politely remind them to research mining gear if you're about 30 minutes into the round.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site, and it's close to base.)

==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an [[Atmospherics items#Portable Pump|air pump]] to gather the gas, then put all of the plasma gas produced into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Shaft Miner

2022-04-04T22:36:23Z

CivilCornball: /* Dead Space */ added link to air pumps, also tried to make sense of the explanation

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|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
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Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]] is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

Your workplace, Lavaland, has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned. However, chasms only appear as a part of a structure or as a result of a [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendril]] being defeated. You don't need to be ''that'' careful.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't walk into lava, chasms, or outside during an ash storm. You'll get a text warning not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

You can click on an adjacent rock or run directly into it to begin picking or drilling the rock, but the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator (often shortened to P-KA or just KA) is much faster and more efficient. Keep in mind that if you do decide to pick or drill your way through rock, you can have multiple dig jobs running at the same time to mine faster.

Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, and using SHIFT+B to move items in and out of their backpack, to name a few.
===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on [[Lavaland]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind.
===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you're full to bursting with ores, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!
==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
# [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, you will need Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, your pickaxe (optional), a bluespace shelter capsule (DON'T FORGET!) and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator. If you want, there is also an additional mining satchel, and a shovel for digging up ash (for glass).
# Attach your seclite and knife to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
# Use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
# Go to the Lavaland [[Mining Station]] and get an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']]. On the [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western side]] of the base, there is a mini-Medbay where you can find first-aid kits, a break room that always has donk pockets, and a maintenance room where you can top off internals. The nearby storage room has more gear lockers and Ore boxes.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. Ore boxes are available on the mining station, the mining shuttle and rarely on the field. More can be built with wood planks.
# For extra safety, grab a GPS device, set it to your name and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back to cloning. Put it and your mining scanner in your boots to free up inventory space.
===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. If you haven't already, activate your scanner and shove it into your boots, internals box, or bag. Every once in a while it sends out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you. The people back on the station need a variety of different minerals, so try to get a mixture of every type.
# Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''. Recommended: Ask [[Rnd|RND]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. Miners have access to the science channel (with :n), but if they are just a bunch of braindeads you can go to the next step.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]].
# If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and activate it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim." You do not need to insert your ID.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].
===Life beyond smashing rocks===
# Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]].
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel robust enough, explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs, and their strengths, are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - having a second shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a resonator and brute treatment kit. While the resonator is underwhelming, the brute treatment kit can come in handy on Lavaland.. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with an industrial welding tool, a welding mask and a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. As a bonus, you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' attack cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.
===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Using a Regen. Core Stabilizer on Legion Cores would let you save their heal and anti-slowdown effects for later. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
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![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Suit}}Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Gas Mask and Oxygen Tank}}Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] {{anchor|Meson Scanners}}[[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]]
|Used for seeing walls and floors through anything - and ONLY walls & floors. Does not detect [[#The Wildlife|creatures]], or objects (like [[#ore box|ore boxes]].)
|-
![[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Scanner}}Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] {{anchor|GPS}}Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.
In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Accelerator}}Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Knife}}Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Medipen}}Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Bluespace shelter capsule}}Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore Satchel}}Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore box}}Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Voucher}}Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] {{anchor|Seclite}}Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in your pocket.
|-
|}
====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Pickaxe}}Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Shovel}}Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Crowbar}}[[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your [[internals box]].
|-
![[File:MarkerBeacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Marker Beacon}}Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
![[File:PlantBag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Plant Bag}}Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}
==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
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|+Mining Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] {{anchor|Stabilizing Serum}}Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] {{anchor|Brute First-Aid Kit}}Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] {{anchor|Burn First-Aid Kit}}Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] {{anchor|Advanced First-Aid Kit}}Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Fulton Beacon}}Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] {{anchor|Fulton Extraction Pack}}Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] {{anchor|Wormhole Jaunter}}Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Advanced Mining Scanner}}Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer's Webbing}}Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] {{anchor|Jump Boots}}Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Crusher}}Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Resonator}}Resonator
|This will, when used on rock or an empty space, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. Using it on an already-marked spot will instantly rupture the field.
With no fields up, you can activate it in your hand (Z) to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds.

However, if there are fields up, activating it in your hand will rupture the fields.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Upgraded Resonator}}Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Silver-plated Pickaxe}}Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Diamond Pickaxe}}Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Bot Companion}}Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Melee}}Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Armor}}Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown}}Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Drone: AI Upgrade}}Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly}}P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots}}P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots}}P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Range}}P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Damage}}P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown}}P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius}}P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis}}P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis}}P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Hardsuit}}Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] {{anchor|Expanded E. Oxygen Tank}}Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this. If you REALLY want one of these, go loot a dead [[#The Wildlife|Legion]].
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Conscription Kit}}Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] {{anchor|Tracking Implant Kit}}Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] {{anchor|Point Transfer Card}}Point Transfer Card
|A small card that contains 500 Mining Points. Swipe your ID card over it to transfer the points, then discard.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] {{anchor|GAR Mesons}}GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Luxury Shelter Capsule}}Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Outpost Capsule}}Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Luxury Bar Capsule}}Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] {{anchor|Lazarus Injector}}Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Cash 1000.png|32px]]{{anchor|1000 Space Cash}}1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Pizza Box.png|32px]]{{anchor|Pizza}}Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] {{anchor|Whiskey}}Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] {{anchor|Absinthe}}Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Cigar}}Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] {{anchor|Soap}}Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] {{anchor|Laser Pointer}}Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] {{anchor|Toy Facehugger}}Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

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|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
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|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] {{anchor|Extra ID}}Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] {{anchor|Science Goggles}}Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles. Helpful with locating scannable targets.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] {{anchor|Monkey Cube}}Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] {{anchor|Toolbelt}}Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] {{anchor|Royal Cape of the Liberator}}Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] {{anchor|Grey Slime Extract}}Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Trigger Guard Modification Kit}}Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] {{anchor|The Liberator's Legacy}}The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}

==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}
All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].
==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.
At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!
==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you will become a Legion yourself. It's not all bad - you still have control, even though you can't hold anything ever, and your fellow Miners can still save you by cloning you if they know where you last were. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you, but will wander off if it can't find a clear path. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}
==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they'll just knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}
==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10
Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2
Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2
Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Can be equipped in addition to a mask.
|Bone: 4
|}
==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''
You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.
==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, stick with another miner for safety. If able, go with at least two other people. Not only can you mine faster together, the chance that they could both be 'lings/traitors is rather low. If that eventuality arises, however, a pickaxe to the skull tends to put down most people.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. As long as you can see them, you can scan Lavaland enemies (dead or alive) for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, Goldgrubs 1,000, and [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
** Every ash storm, check in over supply comms. If someone doesn't check in, and their GPS signal isn't moving, you'll know that they're dead and can take their corpse back to the station to be cloned. Mining is a dangerous job. This way, if they die, they can be revived. (To chat on the supply channel, it's ".u" or ":u".)
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate space. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Can be worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoS to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude. You can, however, politely remind them to research mining gear if you're about 30 minutes into the round.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site, and it's close to base.)

==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an [[Atmospherics items#Portable Pump|air pump]] to gather the gas, then put all of the plasma gas produced into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Shaft Miner

2022-04-04T22:31:42Z

CivilCornball: /* Tips */ wrong section, but i had a few things to add anyways

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|headerfontcolor = white
|stafftype = SUPPLY
|imagebgcolor = #cc9966
|img_generic = Generic_shaft.png
|img = Lava_miner.png
|jobtitle = Shaft Miner
|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
|guides = [[Lavaland]], [[Megafauna]], [[Auxiliary Base Construction Area]]
|quote = Spare vouc- oh.
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Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]] is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

Your workplace, Lavaland, has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned. However, chasms only appear as a part of a structure or as a result of a [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendril]] being defeated. You don't need to be ''that'' careful.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't walk into lava, chasms, or outside during an ash storm. You'll get a text warning not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

You can click on an adjacent rock or run directly into it to begin picking or drilling the rock, but the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator (often shortened to P-KA or just KA) is much faster and more efficient. Keep in mind that if you do decide to pick or drill your way through rock, you can have multiple dig jobs running at the same time to mine faster.

Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, and using SHIFT+B to move items in and out of their backpack, to name a few.
===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on [[Lavaland]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind.
===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you're full to bursting with ores, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!
==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
# [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, you will need Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, your pickaxe (optional), a bluespace shelter capsule (DON'T FORGET!) and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator. If you want, there is also an additional mining satchel, and a shovel for digging up ash (for glass).
# Attach your seclite and knife to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
# Use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
# Go to the Lavaland [[Mining Station]] and get an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']]. On the [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western side]] of the base, there is a mini-Medbay where you can find first-aid kits, a break room that always has donk pockets, and a maintenance room where you can top off internals. The nearby storage room has more gear lockers and Ore boxes.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. Ore boxes are available on the mining station, the mining shuttle and rarely on the field. More can be built with wood planks.
# For extra safety, grab a GPS device, set it to your name and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back to cloning. Put it and your mining scanner in your boots to free up inventory space.
===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. If you haven't already, activate your scanner and shove it into your boots, internals box, or bag. Every once in a while it sends out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you. The people back on the station need a variety of different minerals, so try to get a mixture of every type.
# Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''. Recommended: Ask [[Rnd|RND]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. Miners have access to the science channel (with :n), but if they are just a bunch of braindeads you can go to the next step.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]].
# If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and activate it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim." You do not need to insert your ID.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].
===Life beyond smashing rocks===
# Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]].
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel robust enough, explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs, and their strengths, are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - having a second shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a resonator and brute treatment kit. While the resonator is underwhelming, the brute treatment kit can come in handy on Lavaland.. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with an industrial welding tool, a welding mask and a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. As a bonus, you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' attack cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.
===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Using a Regen. Core Stabilizer on Legion Cores would let you save their heal and anti-slowdown effects for later. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Suit}}Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Gas Mask and Oxygen Tank}}Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] {{anchor|Meson Scanners}}[[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]]
|Used for seeing walls and floors through anything - and ONLY walls & floors. Does not detect [[#The Wildlife|creatures]], or objects (like [[#ore box|ore boxes]].)
|-
![[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Scanner}}Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] {{anchor|GPS}}Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.
In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Accelerator}}Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Knife}}Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Medipen}}Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Bluespace shelter capsule}}Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore Satchel}}Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore box}}Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Voucher}}Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] {{anchor|Seclite}}Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in your pocket.
|-
|}
====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Pickaxe}}Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Shovel}}Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Crowbar}}[[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your [[internals box]].
|-
![[File:MarkerBeacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Marker Beacon}}Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
![[File:PlantBag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Plant Bag}}Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}
==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
{{Item
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Mining Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] {{anchor|Stabilizing Serum}}Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] {{anchor|Brute First-Aid Kit}}Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] {{anchor|Burn First-Aid Kit}}Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] {{anchor|Advanced First-Aid Kit}}Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Fulton Beacon}}Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] {{anchor|Fulton Extraction Pack}}Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] {{anchor|Wormhole Jaunter}}Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Advanced Mining Scanner}}Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer's Webbing}}Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] {{anchor|Jump Boots}}Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Crusher}}Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Resonator}}Resonator
|This will, when used on rock or an empty space, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. Using it on an already-marked spot will instantly rupture the field.
With no fields up, you can activate it in your hand (Z) to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds.

However, if there are fields up, activating it in your hand will rupture the fields.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Upgraded Resonator}}Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Silver-plated Pickaxe}}Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Diamond Pickaxe}}Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Bot Companion}}Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Melee}}Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Armor}}Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown}}Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Drone: AI Upgrade}}Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly}}P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots}}P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots}}P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Range}}P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Damage}}P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown}}P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius}}P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis}}P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis}}P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Hardsuit}}Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] {{anchor|Expanded E. Oxygen Tank}}Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this. If you REALLY want one of these, go loot a dead [[#The Wildlife|Legion]].
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Conscription Kit}}Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] {{anchor|Tracking Implant Kit}}Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] {{anchor|Point Transfer Card}}Point Transfer Card
|A small card that contains 500 Mining Points. Swipe your ID card over it to transfer the points, then discard.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] {{anchor|GAR Mesons}}GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Luxury Shelter Capsule}}Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Outpost Capsule}}Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Luxury Bar Capsule}}Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] {{anchor|Lazarus Injector}}Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Cash 1000.png|32px]]{{anchor|1000 Space Cash}}1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Pizza Box.png|32px]]{{anchor|Pizza}}Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] {{anchor|Whiskey}}Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] {{anchor|Absinthe}}Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Cigar}}Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] {{anchor|Soap}}Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] {{anchor|Laser Pointer}}Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] {{anchor|Toy Facehugger}}Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] {{anchor|Extra ID}}Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] {{anchor|Science Goggles}}Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles. Helpful with locating scannable targets.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] {{anchor|Monkey Cube}}Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] {{anchor|Toolbelt}}Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] {{anchor|Royal Cape of the Liberator}}Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] {{anchor|Grey Slime Extract}}Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Trigger Guard Modification Kit}}Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] {{anchor|The Liberator's Legacy}}The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}

==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}
All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].
==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.
At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!
==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you will become a Legion yourself. It's not all bad - you still have control, even though you can't hold anything ever, and your fellow Miners can still save you by cloning you if they know where you last were. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you, but will wander off if it can't find a clear path. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}
==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they'll just knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}
==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10
Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2
Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2
Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Can be equipped in addition to a mask.
|Bone: 4
|}
==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''
You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.
==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, stick with another miner for safety. If able, go with at least two other people. Not only can you mine faster together, the chance that they could both be 'lings/traitors is rather low. If that eventuality arises, however, a pickaxe to the skull tends to put down most people.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. As long as you can see them, you can scan Lavaland enemies (dead or alive) for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, Goldgrubs 1,000, and [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
** Every ash storm, check in over supply comms. If someone doesn't check in, and their GPS signal isn't moving, you'll know that they're dead and can take their corpse back to the station to be cloned. Mining is a dangerous job. This way, if they die, they can be revived. (To chat on the supply channel, it's ".u" or ":u".)
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate space. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Can be worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoS to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude. You can, however, politely remind them to research mining gear if you're about 30 minutes into the round.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site, and it's close to base.)

==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an air pump to take it, then put [REDACTED] KPa into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Shaft Miner

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{{JobPageHeader
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|headerfontcolor = white
|stafftype = SUPPLY
|imagebgcolor = #cc9966
|img_generic = Generic_shaft.png
|img = Lava_miner.png
|jobtitle = Shaft Miner
|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
|guides = [[Lavaland]], [[Megafauna]], [[Auxiliary Base Construction Area]]
|quote = Spare vouc- oh.
}}
Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]] is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

Your workplace, Lavaland, has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned. However, chasms only appear as a part of a structure or as a result of a [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendril]] being defeated. You don't need to be ''that'' careful.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't walk into lava, chasms, or outside during an ash storm. You'll get a text warning not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

You can click on an adjacent rock or run directly into it to begin picking or drilling the rock, but the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator (often shortened to P-KA or just KA) is much faster and more efficient. Keep in mind that if you do decide to pick or drill your way through rock, you can have multiple dig jobs running at the same time to mine faster.

Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, and using SHIFT+B to move items in and out of their backpack, to name a few.
===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on [[Lavaland]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind.
===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you're full to bursting with ores, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!
==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
# [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, you will need Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, your pickaxe (optional), a bluespace shelter capsule (DON'T FORGET!) and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator. If you want, there is also an additional mining satchel, and a shovel for digging up ash (for glass).
# Attach your seclite and knife to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
# Use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
# Go to the Lavaland [[Mining Station]] and get an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']]. On the [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western side]] of the base, there is a mini-Medbay where you can find first-aid kits, a break room that always has donk pockets, and a maintenance room where you can top off internals. The nearby storage room has more gear lockers and Ore boxes.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. Ore boxes are available on the mining station, the mining shuttle and rarely on the field. More can be built with wood planks.
# For extra safety, grab a GPS device, set it to your name and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back to cloning. Put it and your mining scanner in your boots to free up inventory space.
===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. If you haven't already, activate your scanner and shove it into your boots, internals box, or bag. Every once in a while it sends out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you. The people back on the station need a variety of different minerals, so try to get a mixture of every type.
# Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''. Recommended: Ask [[Rnd|RND]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. Miners have access to the science channel (with :n), but if they are just a bunch of braindeads you can go to the next step.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]].
# If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and activate it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim." You do not need to insert your ID.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].
===Life beyond smashing rocks===
# Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]].
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel robust enough, explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs, and their strengths, are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - having a second shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a resonator and brute treatment kit. While the resonator is underwhelming, the brute treatment kit can come in handy on Lavaland.. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with an industrial welding tool, a welding mask and a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. As a bonus, you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' attack cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.
===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Using a Regen. Core Stabilizer on Legion Cores would let you save their heal and anti-slowdown effects for later. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Suit}}Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Gas Mask and Oxygen Tank}}Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] {{anchor|Meson Scanners}}[[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]]
|Used for seeing walls and floors through anything - and ONLY walls & floors. Does not detect [[#The Wildlife|creatures]], or objects (like [[#ore box|ore boxes]].)
|-
![[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Scanner}}Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] {{anchor|GPS}}Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.
In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Accelerator}}Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Knife}}Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Medipen}}Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Bluespace shelter capsule}}Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore Satchel}}Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore box}}Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Voucher}}Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] {{anchor|Seclite}}Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in your pocket.
|-
|}
====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Pickaxe}}Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Shovel}}Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Crowbar}}[[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your [[internals box]].
|-
![[File:MarkerBeacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Marker Beacon}}Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
![[File:PlantBag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Plant Bag}}Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}
==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
{{Item
|name=Mining Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Mining Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] {{anchor|Stabilizing Serum}}Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] {{anchor|Brute First-Aid Kit}}Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] {{anchor|Burn First-Aid Kit}}Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] {{anchor|Advanced First-Aid Kit}}Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Fulton Beacon}}Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] {{anchor|Fulton Extraction Pack}}Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] {{anchor|Wormhole Jaunter}}Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Advanced Mining Scanner}}Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer's Webbing}}Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] {{anchor|Jump Boots}}Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Crusher}}Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Resonator}}Resonator
|This will, when used on rock or an empty space, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. Using it on an already-marked spot will instantly rupture the field.
With no fields up, you can activate it in your hand (Z) to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds.

However, if there are fields up, activating it in your hand will rupture the fields.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Upgraded Resonator}}Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Silver-plated Pickaxe}}Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Diamond Pickaxe}}Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Bot Companion}}Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Melee}}Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Armor}}Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown}}Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] {{anchor|Drone: AI Upgrade}}Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly}}P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots}}P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots}}P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Range}}P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Damage}}P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown}}P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius}}P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis}}P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis}}P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Hardsuit}}Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] {{anchor|Expanded E. Oxygen Tank}}Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this. If you REALLY want one of these, go loot a dead [[#The Wildlife|Legion]].
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Conscription Kit}}Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] {{anchor|Tracking Implant Kit}}Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] {{anchor|Point Transfer Card}}Point Transfer Card
|A small card that contains 500 Mining Points. Swipe your ID card over it to transfer the points, then discard.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] {{anchor|GAR Mesons}}GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Luxury Shelter Capsule}}Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Outpost Capsule}}Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Luxury Bar Capsule}}Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] {{anchor|Lazarus Injector}}Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Cash 1000.png|32px]]{{anchor|1000 Space Cash}}1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Pizza Box.png|32px]]{{anchor|Pizza}}Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] {{anchor|Whiskey}}Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] {{anchor|Absinthe}}Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Cigar}}Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] {{anchor|Soap}}Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] {{anchor|Laser Pointer}}Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] {{anchor|Toy Facehugger}}Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] {{anchor|Extra ID}}Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] {{anchor|Science Goggles}}Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles. Helpful with locating scannable targets.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] {{anchor|Monkey Cube}}Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] {{anchor|Toolbelt}}Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] {{anchor|Royal Cape of the Liberator}}Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] {{anchor|Grey Slime Extract}}Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Trigger Guard Modification Kit}}Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] {{anchor|The Liberator's Legacy}}The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}

==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}
All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].
==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.
At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!
==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you will become a Legion yourself. It's not all bad - you still have control, even though you can't hold anything ever, and your fellow Miners can still save you by cloning you if they know where you last were. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you, but will wander off if it can't find a clear path. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}
==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they'll just knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}
==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10
Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2
Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2
Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Can be equipped in addition to a mask.
|Bone: 4
|}
==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''
You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.
==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, stick with another miner for safety. If able, go with at least two other people. Not only can you mine faster together, the chance that they could both be 'lings/traitors is rather low. If that eventuality arises, however, a pickaxe to the skull tends to put down most people.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. As long as you can see them, you can scan Lavaland enemies (dead or alive) for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, Goldgrubs 1,000, and [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
** Every ash storm, check in over supply comms. If someone doesn't check in, and their GPS signal isn't moving, you'll know that they're dead and can take their corpse back to the station to be cloned. Mining is a dangerous job. This way, if they die, they can be revived. (To chat on the supply channel, it's ".u" or ":u".)
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate space. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoP to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site. At the start of the shift, it's the first place I go.)
==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an air pump to take it, then put [REDACTED] KPa into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Shaft Miner

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{{JobPageHeader
|headerbgcolor = purple
|headerfontcolor = white
|stafftype = SUPPLY
|imagebgcolor = #cc9966
|img_generic = Generic_shaft.png
|img = Lava_miner.png
|jobtitle = Shaft Miner
|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
|guides = [[Lavaland]], [[Megafauna]], [[Auxiliary Base Construction Area]]
|quote = Spare vouc- oh.
}}
Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]] is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

Your workplace, Lavaland, has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned. However, chasms only appear as a part of a structure or as a result of a [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendril]] being defeated. You don't need to be ''that'' careful.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't walk into lava, chasms, or outside during an ash storm. You'll get a text warning not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

You can click on an adjacent rock or run directly into it to begin picking or drilling the rock, but the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator (often shortened to P-KA or just KA) is much faster and more efficient. Keep in mind that if you do decide to pick or drill your way through rock, you can have multiple dig jobs running at the same time to mine faster.

Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, and using SHIFT+B to move items in and out of their backpack, to name a few.
===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on [[Lavaland]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind.
===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you're full to bursting with ores, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!
==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
# [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, you will need Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, your pickaxe (optional), a bluespace shelter capsule (DON'T FORGET!) and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator. If you want, there is also an additional mining satchel, and a shovel for digging up ash (for glass).
# Attach your seclite and knife to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
# Use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
# Go to the Lavaland [[Mining Station]] and get an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']]. On the [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western side]] of the base, there is a mini-Medbay where you can find first-aid kits, a break room that always has donk pockets, and a maintenance room where you can top off internals. The nearby storage room has more gear lockers and Ore boxes.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. Ore boxes are available on the mining station, the mining shuttle and rarely on the field. More can be built with wood planks.
# For extra safety, grab a GPS device, set it to your name and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back to cloning. Put it and your mining scanner in your boots to free up inventory space.
===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. If you haven't already, activate your scanner and shove it into your boots, internals box, or bag. Every once in a while it sends out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you. The people back on the station need a variety of different minerals, so try to get a mixture of every type.
# Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''. Recommended: Ask [[Rnd|RND]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. Miners have access to the science channel (with :n), but if they are just a bunch of braindeads you can go to the next step.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]].
# If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and activate it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim." You do not need to insert your ID.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].
===Life beyond smashing rocks===
# Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]].
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel robust enough, explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs, and their strengths, are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - having a second shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a resonator and brute treatment kit. While the resonator is underwhelming, the brute treatment kit can come in handy on Lavaland.. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with an industrial welding tool, a welding mask and a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. As a bonus, you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' attack cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.
===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Using a Regen. Core Stabilizer on Legion Cores would let you save their heal and anti-slowdown effects for later. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Suit}}Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Gas Mask and Oxygen Tank}}Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] {{anchor|Meson Scanners}}[[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]]
|Used for seeing walls and floors through anything - and ONLY walls & floors. Does not detect [[#The Wildlife|creatures]], or objects (like [[#ore box|ore boxes]].)
|-
![[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Scanner}}Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] {{anchor|GPS}}Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.
In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Accelerator}}Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Knife}}Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Medipen}}Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Bluespace shelter capsule}}Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore Satchel}}Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore box}}Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Voucher}}Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] {{anchor|Seclite}}Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in your pocket.
|-
|}
====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Pickaxe}}Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Shovel}}Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Crowbar}}[[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your [[internals box]].
|-
![[File:MarkerBeacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Marker Beacon}}Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
![[File:PlantBag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Plant Bag}}Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}
==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
{{Item
|name=Mining Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Mining Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Resonator
|This will, when used on rock or an empty space, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. Using it on an already-marked spot will instantly rupture the field.
With no fields up, you can activate it in your hand (Z) to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds.

However, if there are fields up, activating it in your hand will rupture the fields.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] Point Transfer Card
|A small card that allows you to transfer mining points from one ID to the other.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
!1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
!Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}
==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}
All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].
==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.
At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!
==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you will become a Legion yourself. It's not all bad - you still have control, even though you can't hold anything ever, and your fellow Miners can still save you by cloning you if they know where you last were. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you, but will wander off if it can't find a clear path. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}
==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
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|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they'll just knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}
==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10
Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2
Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2
Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Can be equipped in addition to a mask.
|Bone: 4
|}
==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''
You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.
==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, stick with another miner for safety. If able, go with at least two other people. Not only can you mine faster together, the chance that they could both be 'lings/traitors is rather low. If that eventuality arises, however, a pickaxe to the skull tends to put down most people.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. As long as you can see them, you can scan Lavaland enemies (dead or alive) for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, Goldgrubs 1,000, and [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
** Every ash storm, check in over supply comms. If someone doesn't check in, and their GPS signal isn't moving, you'll know that they're dead and can take their corpse back to the station to be cloned. Mining is a dangerous job. This way, if they die, they can be revived. (To chat on the supply channel, it's ".u" or ":u".)
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate space. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoP to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site. At the start of the shift, it's the first place I go.)
==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an air pump to take it, then put [REDACTED] KPa into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Shaft Miner

2022-01-29T20:35:16Z

CivilCornball: /* Advanced Gear */ whoops lol

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|headerfontcolor = white
|stafftype = SUPPLY
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|img_generic = Generic_shaft.png
|img = Lava_miner.png
|jobtitle = Shaft Miner
|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
|guides = [[Lavaland]], [[Megafauna]], [[Auxiliary Base Construction Area]]
|quote = Spare vouc- oh.
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Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]] is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

Your workplace, Lavaland, has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned. However, chasms only appear as a part of a structure or as a result of a [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendril]] being defeated. You don't need to be ''that'' careful.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't walk into lava, chasms, or outside during an ash storm. You'll get a text warning not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

You can click on an adjacent rock or run directly into it to begin picking or drilling the rock, but the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator (often shortened to P-KA or just KA) is much faster and more efficient. Keep in mind that if you do decide to pick or drill your way through rock, you can have multiple dig jobs running at the same time to mine faster.

Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, and using SHIFT+B to move items in and out of their backpack, to name a few.
===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on [[Lavaland]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind.
===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you're full to bursting with ores, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!
==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
# [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, you will need Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, your pickaxe (optional), a bluespace shelter capsule (DON'T FORGET!) and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator. If you want, there is also an additional mining satchel, and a shovel for digging up ash (for glass).
# Attach your seclite and knife to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
# Use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
# Go to the Lavaland [[Mining Station]] and get an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']]. On the [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western side]] of the base, there is a mini-Medbay where you can find first-aid kits, a break room that always has donk pockets, and a maintenance room where you can top off internals. The nearby storage room has more gear lockers and Ore boxes.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. Ore boxes are available on the mining station, the mining shuttle and rarely on the field. More can be built with wood planks.
# For extra safety, grab a GPS device, set it to your name and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back to cloning. Put it and your mining scanner in your boots to free up inventory space.
===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. If you haven't already, activate your scanner and shove it into your boots, internals box, or bag. Every once in a while it sends out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you. The people back on the station need a variety of different minerals, so try to get a mixture of every type.
# Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''. Recommended: Ask [[Rnd|RND]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. Miners have access to the science channel (with :n), but if they are just a bunch of braindeads you can go to the next step.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]].
# If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and activate it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim." You do not need to insert your ID.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].
===Life beyond smashing rocks===
# Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]].
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel robust enough, explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs, and their strengths, are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - having a second shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a resonator and brute treatment kit. While the resonator is underwhelming, the brute treatment kit can come in handy on Lavaland.. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with an industrial welding tool, a welding mask and a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. As a bonus, you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' attack cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.
===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Using a Regen. Core Stabilizer on Legion Cores would let you save their heal and anti-slowdown effects for later. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Suit}}Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Gas Mask and Oxygen Tank}}Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] {{anchor|Meson Scanners}}[[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]]
|Used for seeing walls and floors through anything - and ONLY walls & floors. Does not detect [[#The Wildlife|creatures]], or objects (like [[#ore box|ore boxes]].)
|-
![[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Scanner}}Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] {{anchor|GPS}}Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.
In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Accelerator}}Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Knife}}Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Medipen}}Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Bluespace shelter capsule}}Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore Satchel}}Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore box}}Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Voucher}}Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] {{anchor|Seclite}}Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in your pocket.
|-
|}

====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
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|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Pickaxe}}Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Shovel}}Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Crowbar}}[[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your [[internals box]].
|-
![[File:MarkerBeacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Marker Beacon}}Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
![[File:PlantBag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Plant Bag}}Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}

==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
[[#TEST ANCHOR]]
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.{{anchor|TEST ANCHOR}}
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Resonator
|This will, when used on rock or an empty space, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. Using it on an already-marked spot will instantly rupture the field.
With no fields up, you can activate it in your hand (Z) to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds.

However, if there are fields up, activating it in your hand will rupture the fields.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] Point Transfer Card
|A small card that allows you to transfer mining points from one ID to the other.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
!1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
!Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}

==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}
All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].
==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.
At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!
==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you will become a Legion yourself. It's not all bad - you still have control, even though you can't hold anything ever, and your fellow Miners can still save you by cloning you if they know where you last were. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you, but will wander off if it can't find a clear path. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}
==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they'll just knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}
==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10
Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2
Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2
Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Can be equipped in addition to a mask.
|Bone: 4
|}
==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''
You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.
==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, stick with another miner for safety. If able, go with at least two other people. Not only can you mine faster together, the chance that they could both be 'lings/traitors is rather low. If that eventuality arises, however, a pickaxe to the skull tends to put down most people.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. As long as you can see them, you can scan Lavaland enemies (dead or alive) for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, Goldgrubs 1,000, and [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
** Every ash storm, check in over supply comms. If someone doesn't check in, and their GPS signal isn't moving, you'll know that they're dead and can take their corpse back to the station to be cloned. Mining is a dangerous job. This way, if they die, they can be revived. (To chat on the supply channel, it's ".u" or ":u".)
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate space. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoP to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site. At the start of the shift, it's the first place I go.)
==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an air pump to take it, then put [REDACTED] KPa into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Shaft Miner

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{{JobPageHeader
|headerbgcolor = purple
|headerfontcolor = white
|stafftype = SUPPLY
|imagebgcolor = #cc9966
|img_generic = Generic_shaft.png
|img = Lava_miner.png
|jobtitle = Shaft Miner
|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
|guides = [[Lavaland]], [[Megafauna]], [[Auxiliary Base Construction Area]]
|quote = Spare vouc- oh.
}}
Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]] is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

Your workplace, Lavaland, has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned. However, chasms only appear as a part of a structure or as a result of a [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendril]] being defeated. You don't need to be ''that'' careful.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't walk into lava, chasms, or outside during an ash storm. You'll get a text warning not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

You can click on an adjacent rock or run directly into it to begin picking or drilling the rock, but the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator (often shortened to P-KA or just KA) is much faster and more efficient. Keep in mind that if you do decide to pick or drill your way through rock, you can have multiple dig jobs running at the same time to mine faster.

Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, and using SHIFT+B to move items in and out of their backpack, to name a few.
===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on [[Lavaland]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind.
===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you're full to bursting with ores, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!
==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
# [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, you will need Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, your pickaxe (optional), a bluespace shelter capsule (DON'T FORGET!) and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator. If you want, there is also an additional mining satchel, and a shovel for digging up ash (for glass).
# Attach your seclite and knife to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
# Use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
# Go to the Lavaland [[Mining Station]] and get an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']]. On the [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western side]] of the base, there is a mini-Medbay where you can find first-aid kits, a break room that always has donk pockets, and a maintenance room where you can top off internals. The nearby storage room has more gear lockers and Ore boxes.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. Ore boxes are available on the mining station, the mining shuttle and rarely on the field. More can be built with wood planks.
# For extra safety, grab a GPS device, set it to your name and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back to cloning. Put it and your mining scanner in your boots to free up inventory space.
===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. If you haven't already, activate your scanner and shove it into your boots, internals box, or bag. Every once in a while it sends out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you. The people back on the station need a variety of different minerals, so try to get a mixture of every type.
# Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''. Recommended: Ask [[Rnd|RND]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. Miners have access to the science channel (with :n), but if they are just a bunch of braindeads you can go to the next step.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]].
# If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and activate it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim." You do not need to insert your ID.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].
===Life beyond smashing rocks===
# Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]].
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel robust enough, explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs, and their strengths, are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - having a second shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a resonator and brute treatment kit. While the resonator is underwhelming, the brute treatment kit can come in handy on Lavaland.. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with an industrial welding tool, a welding mask and a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. As a bonus, you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' attack cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.
===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Using a Regen. Core Stabilizer on Legion Cores would let you save their heal and anti-slowdown effects for later. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
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![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Suit}}Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Gas Mask and Oxygen Tank}}Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] {{anchor|Meson Scanners}}[[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]]
|Used for seeing walls and floors through anything - and ONLY walls & floors. Does not detect [[#The Wildlife|creatures]], or objects (like [[#ore box|ore boxes]].)
|-
![[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Scanner}}Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] {{anchor|GPS}}Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.
In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Accelerator}}Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Knife}}Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Medipen}}Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Bluespace shelter capsule}}Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore Satchel}}Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore box}}Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Voucher}}Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] {{anchor|Seclite}}Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in your pocket.
|-
|}

====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Pickaxe}}Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Shovel}}Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Crowbar}}[[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your [[internals box]].
|-
![[File:MarkerBeacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Marker Beacon}}Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
![[File:PlantBag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Plant Bag}}Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}

==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
{{#TEST ANCHOR}}
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.{{anchor|TEST ANCHOR}}
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Resonator
|This will, when used on rock or an empty space, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. Using it on an already-marked spot will instantly rupture the field.
With no fields up, you can activate it in your hand (Z) to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds.

However, if there are fields up, activating it in your hand will rupture the fields.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] Point Transfer Card
|A small card that allows you to transfer mining points from one ID to the other.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
!1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
!Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}

==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}
All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].
==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.
At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!
==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you will become a Legion yourself. It's not all bad - you still have control, even though you can't hold anything ever, and your fellow Miners can still save you by cloning you if they know where you last were. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you, but will wander off if it can't find a clear path. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}
==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
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|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they'll just knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}
==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10
Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2
Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2
Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Can be equipped in addition to a mask.
|Bone: 4
|}
==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''
You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.
==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, stick with another miner for safety. If able, go with at least two other people. Not only can you mine faster together, the chance that they could both be 'lings/traitors is rather low. If that eventuality arises, however, a pickaxe to the skull tends to put down most people.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. As long as you can see them, you can scan Lavaland enemies (dead or alive) for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, Goldgrubs 1,000, and [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
** Every ash storm, check in over supply comms. If someone doesn't check in, and their GPS signal isn't moving, you'll know that they're dead and can take their corpse back to the station to be cloned. Mining is a dangerous job. This way, if they die, they can be revived. (To chat on the supply channel, it's ".u" or ":u".)
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate space. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoP to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site. At the start of the shift, it's the first place I go.)
==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an air pump to take it, then put [REDACTED] KPa into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Shaft Miner

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|headerfontcolor = white
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|img = Lava_miner.png
|jobtitle = Shaft Miner
|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
|guides = [[Lavaland]], [[Megafauna]], [[Auxiliary Base Construction Area]]
|quote = Spare vouc- oh.
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Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]] is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

Your workplace, Lavaland, has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned. However, chasms only appear as a part of a structure or as a result of a [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendril]] being defeated. You don't need to be ''that'' careful.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't walk into lava, chasms, or outside during an ash storm. You'll get a text warning not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

You can click on an adjacent rock or run directly into it to begin picking or drilling the rock, but the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator (often shortened to P-KA or just KA) is much faster and more efficient. Keep in mind that if you do decide to pick or drill your way through rock, you can have multiple dig jobs running at the same time to mine faster.

Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, and using SHIFT+B to move items in and out of their backpack, to name a few.
===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on [[Lavaland]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind.
===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you're full to bursting with ores, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!
==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
# [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, you will need Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, your pickaxe (optional), a bluespace shelter capsule (DON'T FORGET!) and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator. If you want, there is also an additional mining satchel, and a shovel for digging up ash (for glass).
# Attach your seclite and knife to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
# Use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
# Go to the Lavaland [[Mining Station]] and get an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']]. On the [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western side]] of the base, there is a mini-Medbay where you can find first-aid kits, a break room that always has donk pockets, and a maintenance room where you can top off internals. The nearby storage room has more gear lockers and Ore boxes.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. Ore boxes are available on the mining station, the mining shuttle and rarely on the field. More can be built with wood planks.
# For extra safety, grab a GPS device, set it to your name and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back to cloning. Put it and your mining scanner in your boots to free up inventory space.
===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. If you haven't already, activate your scanner and shove it into your boots, internals box, or bag. Every once in a while it sends out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you. The people back on the station need a variety of different minerals, so try to get a mixture of every type.
# Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''. Recommended: Ask [[Rnd|RND]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. Miners have access to the science channel (with :n), but if they are just a bunch of braindeads you can go to the next step.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]].
# If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and activate it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim." You do not need to insert your ID.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].
===Life beyond smashing rocks===
# Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]].
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel robust enough, explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs, and their strengths, are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - having a second shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a resonator and brute treatment kit. While the resonator is underwhelming, the brute treatment kit can come in handy on Lavaland.. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with an industrial welding tool, a welding mask and a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. As a bonus, you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' attack cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.
===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Using a Regen. Core Stabilizer on Legion Cores would let you save their heal and anti-slowdown effects for later. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Suit}}Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Gas Mask and Oxygen Tank}}Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] {{anchor|Meson Scanners}}[[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]]
|Used for seeing walls and floors through anything - and ONLY walls & floors. Does not detect [[#The Wildlife|creatures]], or objects (like [[#ore box|ore boxes]].)
|-
![[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Scanner}}Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] {{anchor|GPS}}Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.
In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Accelerator}}Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Knife}}Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Medipen}}Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Bluespace shelter capsule}}Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore Satchel}}Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore box}}Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Voucher}}Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] {{anchor|Seclite}}Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in your pocket.
|-
|}

====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Pickaxe}}Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Shovel}}Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Crowbar}}[[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your [[internals box]].
|-
![[File:MarkerBeacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Marker Beacon}}Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
![[File:PlantBag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Plant Bag}}Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}

==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Mining Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Resonator
|This will, when used on rock or an empty space, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. Using it on an already-marked spot will instantly rupture the field.
With no fields up, you can activate it in your hand (Z) to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds.

However, if there are fields up, activating it in your hand will rupture the fields.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] Point Transfer Card
|A small card that allows you to transfer mining points from one ID to the other.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
!1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
!Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}
==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
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|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}
All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].
==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.
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! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
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|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.
At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!
==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you will become a Legion yourself. It's not all bad - you still have control, even though you can't hold anything ever, and your fellow Miners can still save you by cloning you if they know where you last were. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you, but will wander off if it can't find a clear path. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}
==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they'll just knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}
==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10
Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2
Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2
Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Can be equipped in addition to a mask.
|Bone: 4
|}
==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''
You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.
==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, stick with another miner for safety. If able, go with at least two other people. Not only can you mine faster together, the chance that they could both be 'lings/traitors is rather low. If that eventuality arises, however, a pickaxe to the skull tends to put down most people.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. As long as you can see them, you can scan Lavaland enemies (dead or alive) for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, Goldgrubs 1,000, and [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
** Every ash storm, check in over supply comms. If someone doesn't check in, and their GPS signal isn't moving, you'll know that they're dead and can take their corpse back to the station to be cloned. Mining is a dangerous job. This way, if they die, they can be revived. (To chat on the supply channel, it's ".u" or ":u".)
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate space. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoP to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site. At the start of the shift, it's the first place I go.)
==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an air pump to take it, then put [REDACTED] KPa into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Shaft Miner

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|headerfontcolor = white
|stafftype = SUPPLY
|imagebgcolor = #cc9966
|img_generic = Generic_shaft.png
|img = Lava_miner.png
|jobtitle = Shaft Miner
|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
|guides = [[Lavaland]], [[Megafauna]], [[Auxiliary Base Construction Area]]
|quote = Spare vouc- oh.
}}
Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]] is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

Your workplace, Lavaland, has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned. However, chasms only appear as a part of a structure or as a result of a [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendril]] being defeated. You don't need to be ''that'' careful.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't walk into lava, chasms, or outside during an ash storm. You'll get a text warning not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

You can click on an adjacent rock or run directly into it to begin picking or drilling the rock, but the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator (often shortened to P-KA or just KA) is much faster and more efficient. Keep in mind that if you do decide to pick or drill your way through rock, you can have multiple dig jobs running at the same time to mine faster.

Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, and using SHIFT+B to move items in and out of their backpack, to name a few.
===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on [[Lavaland]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind.
===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you're full to bursting with ores, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!
==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
# [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, you will need Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, your pickaxe (optional), a bluespace shelter capsule (DON'T FORGET!) and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator. If you want, there is also an additional mining satchel, and a shovel for digging up ash (for glass).
# Attach your seclite and knife to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
# Use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
# Go to the Lavaland [[Mining Station]] and get an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']]. On the [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western side]] of the base, there is a mini-Medbay where you can find first-aid kits, a break room that always has donk pockets, and a maintenance room where you can top off internals. The nearby storage room has more gear lockers and Ore boxes.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. Ore boxes are available on the mining station, the mining shuttle and rarely on the field. More can be built with wood planks.
# For extra safety, grab a GPS device, set it to your name and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back to cloning. Put it and your mining scanner in your boots to free up inventory space.
===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. If you haven't already, activate your scanner and shove it into your boots, internals box, or bag. Every once in a while it sends out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you. The people back on the station need a variety of different minerals, so try to get a mixture of every type.
# Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''. Recommended: Ask [[Rnd|RND]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. Miners have access to the science channel (with :n), but if they are just a bunch of braindeads you can go to the next step.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]].
# If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and activate it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim." You do not need to insert your ID.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].
===Life beyond smashing rocks===
# Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]].
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel robust enough, explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs, and their strengths, are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - having a second shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a resonator and brute treatment kit. While the resonator is underwhelming, the brute treatment kit can come in handy on Lavaland.. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with an industrial welding tool, a welding mask and a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. As a bonus, you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' attack cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.
===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Using a Regen. Core Stabilizer on Legion Cores would let you save their heal and anti-slowdown effects for later. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Suit}}Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Gas Mask and Oxygen Tank}}Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] {{anchor|Meson Scanners}}[[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]]
|Used for seeing walls and floors through anything - and ONLY walls & floors. Does not detect [[The Wildlife|creatures]], or objects (like [[#ore box|ore boxes]].)
|-
![[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Scanner}}Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] {{anchor|GPS}}Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.
In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Accelerator}}Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Knife}}Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Medipen}}Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Bluespace shelter capsule}}Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore Satchel}}Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore box}}Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Voucher}}Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] {{anchor|Seclite}}Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in your pocket.
|-
|}

====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Pickaxe}}Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Shovel}}Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Crowbar}}[[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your [[internals box]].
|-
![[File:MarkerBeacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Marker Beacon}}Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
![[File:PlantBag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Plant Bag}}Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}

==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
{{Item
|name=Mining Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Mining Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Resonator
|This will, when used on rock or an empty space, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. Using it on an already-marked spot will instantly rupture the field.
With no fields up, you can activate it in your hand (Z) to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds.

However, if there are fields up, activating it in your hand will rupture the fields.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] Point Transfer Card
|A small card that allows you to transfer mining points from one ID to the other.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
!1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
!Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}
==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}
All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].
==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.
At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!
==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you will become a Legion yourself. It's not all bad - you still have control, even though you can't hold anything ever, and your fellow Miners can still save you by cloning you if they know where you last were. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you, but will wander off if it can't find a clear path. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}
==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they'll just knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}
==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10
Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2
Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2
Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Can be equipped in addition to a mask.
|Bone: 4
|}
==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''
You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.
==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, stick with another miner for safety. If able, go with at least two other people. Not only can you mine faster together, the chance that they could both be 'lings/traitors is rather low. If that eventuality arises, however, a pickaxe to the skull tends to put down most people.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. As long as you can see them, you can scan Lavaland enemies (dead or alive) for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, Goldgrubs 1,000, and [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
** Every ash storm, check in over supply comms. If someone doesn't check in, and their GPS signal isn't moving, you'll know that they're dead and can take their corpse back to the station to be cloned. Mining is a dangerous job. This way, if they die, they can be revived. (To chat on the supply channel, it's ".u" or ":u".)
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate space. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoP to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site. At the start of the shift, it's the first place I go.)
==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an air pump to take it, then put [REDACTED] KPa into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Shaft Miner

2022-01-29T20:33:25Z

CivilCornball: /* Default Gear */ Putting in "Anchors" for easier in-guide reference, in preparation for another overhaul... i think? kinda overwhelmed, doing some easy stuff first.

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|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
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|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
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|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
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Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]] is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

Your workplace, Lavaland, has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned. However, chasms only appear as a part of a structure or as a result of a [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendril]] being defeated. You don't need to be ''that'' careful.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't walk into lava, chasms, or outside during an ash storm. You'll get a text warning not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

You can click on an adjacent rock or run directly into it to begin picking or drilling the rock, but the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator (often shortened to P-KA or just KA) is much faster and more efficient. Keep in mind that if you do decide to pick or drill your way through rock, you can have multiple dig jobs running at the same time to mine faster.

Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, and using SHIFT+B to move items in and out of their backpack, to name a few.
===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on [[Lavaland]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind.
===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you're full to bursting with ores, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!
==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
# [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, you will need Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, your pickaxe (optional), a bluespace shelter capsule (DON'T FORGET!) and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator. If you want, there is also an additional mining satchel, and a shovel for digging up ash (for glass).
# Attach your seclite and knife to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
# Use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
# Go to the Lavaland [[Mining Station]] and get an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']]. On the [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western side]] of the base, there is a mini-Medbay where you can find first-aid kits, a break room that always has donk pockets, and a maintenance room where you can top off internals. The nearby storage room has more gear lockers and Ore boxes.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. Ore boxes are available on the mining station, the mining shuttle and rarely on the field. More can be built with wood planks.
# For extra safety, grab a GPS device, set it to your name and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back to cloning. Put it and your mining scanner in your boots to free up inventory space.
===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. If you haven't already, activate your scanner and shove it into your boots, internals box, or bag. Every once in a while it sends out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you. The people back on the station need a variety of different minerals, so try to get a mixture of every type.
# Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''. Recommended: Ask [[Rnd|RND]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. Miners have access to the science channel (with :n), but if they are just a bunch of braindeads you can go to the next step.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]].
# If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and activate it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim." You do not need to insert your ID.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].
===Life beyond smashing rocks===
# Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]].
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel robust enough, explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs, and their strengths, are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - having a second shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a resonator and brute treatment kit. While the resonator is underwhelming, the brute treatment kit can come in handy on Lavaland.. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with an industrial welding tool, a welding mask and a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. As a bonus, you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' attack cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.
===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Using a Regen. Core Stabilizer on Legion Cores would let you save their heal and anti-slowdown effects for later. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Suit}}Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
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![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Explorer Gas Mask and Oxygen Tank}}Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] {{anchor|Meson Scanners}}[[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]]
|Used for seeing walls and floors through anything - and ONLY walls & floors. Does not detect [[The Wildlife|creatures]], or objects (like [[#ore box|ore boxes]].)
|-
![[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Scanner}}Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] {{anchor|GPS}}Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.
In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] {{anchor|Proto-kinetic Accelerator}}Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Knife}}Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] {{anchor|Survival Medipen}}Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] {{anchor|Bluespace shelter capsule}}Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore Satchel}}Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] {{anchor|Ore box}}Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] {{anchor|Mining Voucher}}Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] {{anchor|Seclite}}Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in your pocket.
|-
|}
====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
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![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] {{anchor|Pickaxe}}Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] {{anchor|Shovel}}Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] {{anchor|Crowbar}}[[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your [[internals box]].
|-
![[File:MarkerBeacon.png|32px]] {{anchor|Marker Beacon}}Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
![[File:PlantBag.png|32px]] {{anchor|Plant Bag}}Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}

==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
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|+Mining Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Resonator
|This will, when used on rock or an empty space, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. Using it on an already-marked spot will instantly rupture the field.
With no fields up, you can activate it in your hand (Z) to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds.

However, if there are fields up, activating it in your hand will rupture the fields.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] Point Transfer Card
|A small card that allows you to transfer mining points from one ID to the other.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
!1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
!Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

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The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
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|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}
==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
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|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}
All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].
==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
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|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
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{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.
At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!
==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you will become a Legion yourself. It's not all bad - you still have control, even though you can't hold anything ever, and your fellow Miners can still save you by cloning you if they know where you last were. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you, but will wander off if it can't find a clear path. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}
==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
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|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they'll just knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}
==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10
Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2
Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2
Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Can be equipped in addition to a mask.
|Bone: 4
|}
==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''
You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.
==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, stick with another miner for safety. If able, go with at least two other people. Not only can you mine faster together, the chance that they could both be 'lings/traitors is rather low. If that eventuality arises, however, a pickaxe to the skull tends to put down most people.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. As long as you can see them, you can scan Lavaland enemies (dead or alive) for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, Goldgrubs 1,000, and [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
** Every ash storm, check in over supply comms. If someone doesn't check in, and their GPS signal isn't moving, you'll know that they're dead and can take their corpse back to the station to be cloned. Mining is a dangerous job. This way, if they die, they can be revived. (To chat on the supply channel, it's ".u" or ":u".)
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate space. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoP to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site. At the start of the shift, it's the first place I go.)
==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an air pump to take it, then put [REDACTED] KPa into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
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Guide to food and drink

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CivilCornball: another redirect that i'm gonna be using a lot

#redirect [[Guide to food and drinks]]

Research and Development Tech Web

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== Basic Theory ==

{{TechWeb
|techname = Basic Research Technology
|image = R&dconsolestart.png
|researchcost = N/A
|prereq = N/A
|designs = Basic Matter Bin, Basic Cell, Basic Scanning Module, Basic Capacitator, Basic Micro-Laser, Micro Manipulator,
Destructive Analyzer, Circuit Imprinter, Experimentor, RD Console, Design Disk, Tech Disk, RD Server, RD Server Control, MechFab,
Space Heater
}}

== Biotech Theory ==

{{TechWeb
|techname = Biological Technology
|image = BioTech.png
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = N/A
|designs = Chem Heater, Chem Master, Chem Dispenser, Sleeper, Pandemic, Defibrillator, Defibrillator Mount, Operating Computer, Portable Soda Dispenser, Portable Booze Dispenser , Health analyzer, Medical Gel, Genetic Sequence Analyzer, Medical Spray Bottle, Intravenous Medicine Bag, Blood Pack
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Advanced Biotechnology
|image = AdvancedBioTech.png
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = Biological Technology
|designs = Piercing Syringe, Crew pinpointer, Smoke Machine, Plasma-Man Jumpsuit Refill, Limbgrower, Metamaterial Beaker, Advanced Health Analyzer, Organ Harvester, PENLITE Holobarrier Projector, Forensic Scanner, Compact Defibrillator
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Biological Processing
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = Biological Technology
|designs = Smartfridge, Gibber, Deepfryer, Monkey Recycler, Food/Slime Processor, Microwave, All-In-One Grinder, Dish Drive, Lipid Extractor
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Improved Wound-Tending Surgery
|researchcost = 1000
|prereq = Biological Technology
|designs = [[Surgery#Tend_Wounds|Tend Wounds (brute)]] upgrade, [[Surgery#Tend_Wounds|Tend Wounds (burn)]] upgrade
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Advanced Surgery
|researchcost = 4000
|prereq = Improved Wound-Tending Surgery
|designs = [[Surgery#Revival|Revival Surgery]], [[Surgery#Lobotomy|Lobotomy]], [[Surgery#Tend_Wounds|Tend Wounds (brute)]] upgrade, [[Surgery#Tend_Wounds|Tend Wounds (burn)]] upgrade, [[Surgery#Tend_Wounds|Tend Wounds (physical)]] upgrade
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Experimental Surgery
|researchcost = 5000
|prereq = Advanced Surgery
|designs = [[Surgery#Pacification|Pacification Surgery]], [[Surgery#Vein_Threading|Vein Threading]], [[Surgery#Muscled_Veins|Muscled Veins]], [[Surgery#Nerve_Splicing|Nerve Splicing]], [[Surgery#Nerve_Grounding|Nerve Grounding]], [[Surgery#Ligament_Hook|Ligament Hook]], [[Surgery#Ligament_Reinforcement|Ligament Reinforcement]], [[Surgery#Viral_Bonding|Viral Bonding]], [[Surgery#Tend_Wounds|Tend Wounds (physical)]] upgrade
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Alien Surgery
|researchcost = 10000
|prereq = Alien Technology, Experimental Surgery
|designs = [[Surgery#Brainwashing|Brainwashing]], [[Surgery#Necrotic_Revival|Necrotic Revival]], [[Surgery#Tend_Wounds|Tend Wounds (Physical)]] Upgrade
}}

== Data Theory ==

{{TechWeb
|techname = Data Theory
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = N/A
|designs = N/A
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Advanced Data Theory
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = Data Theory
|designs = Integrated Printer, Integrated Printer Upgrades.
}}

== Engineering Theory ==

{{TechWeb
|techname = Industrial Engineering
|researchcost = 7500
|prereq = N/A
|designs = Solar Control, Recharger, Power Monitor, RPED, P.A.C.M.A.N, Advanced Capacitor, Advanced Scanning Module, Emitter, High-Power Cell, Advanced Matter Bin, Atmospheric Alerts Board, Atmospherics Control Board, Recycler, Autolathe, High-Power Micro Laser, Nano Manipulator, Welding Mask, Meson Goggles, Thermomachine, Tesla Coil, Grounding Rod, APC Control.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Advanced Engineering
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = Industrial Engineering, Electromagnetic Theory
|designs = Engineering Scanner Goggles, Diagnostic HUD, Magboots.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Anomaly Research
|researchcost = 5500
|prereq = Industrial Engineering
|designs = Anomaly Neutralizer.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = High Efficency Parts
|researchcost = 7500
|prereq = Industrial Engineering, Data Theory
|designs = Pico Manipulator, Super Matter Bin.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Advanced Power Manipulation
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = Industrial Engineering
|designs = SMES, Super-Powered Cell, Hyper-Powered Cell, Super Capacitor, S.U.P.E.R P.A.C.M.A.N, M.R.P.A.C.M.A.N, Power Turbine, Power Turbine Console, Power Compressor.
}}

== Bluespace Theory ==

{{TechWeb
|techname = Basic Bluespace Theory
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = N/A
|designs = Artificial Bluespace Crystal, Bluespace Beacon, Xenobiology Console.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Bluespace Travel
|researchcost = 5000
|prereq = Applied Bluespace
|designs = Teleporter Station, Teleporter Hub, Quantum Pad, Bluespace Launchpad, Launchpad Console, Teleporter Console, Supply Drop Pod Upgrade Disk
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Miniaturized Bluespace Research
|researchcost = 10000
|prereq = Bluespace Travel, Applied Bluespace, High Efficency Parts
|designs = Bluespace Matter Bin, Femto Manipulator, Bluespace Bodybag, Triphasic Scanning Module, Quantum Keycard, Teleporter Station, Wormhole Projector.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Advanced Bluespace Storage
|researchcost = 5000
|prereq = Miniaturized Bluespace Research, Advanced Sanitation Technology
|designs = Bag of Holding
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Applied Bluespace Research
|researchcost = 5000
|prereq = Basic Bluespace Theory, Industrial Engineering
|designs = Bluespace RPED, Satchel of Holding, GPS, Bluespace Beaker, Bluespace Syringe, Phasic Scanning Module, Advanced Roasting Stick, Ore Silo.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Bluespace Power Technology
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = Advanced Power Manipulation, Applied Bluespace Research
|designs = Bluespace Cell, Quadratic Capacitor.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Unregulated Bluespace Research
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = Bluespace Travel, Illegal Technology
|designs = Desynchronizer.
}}

== Plasma Theory ==

{{TechWeb
|techname = Basic Plasma Research
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = Industrial Engineering
|designs = Mech Power Generator.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Advanced Plasma Research
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = Basic Plasma Research
|designs = Mech Plasma Cutter.
}}

== Robotics Theory ==

{{TechWeb
|techname = Basic Robotics Research
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = N/A
|designs = Personal AI Cartridge.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Advanced Robotics Research
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = Basic Robotics Research
|designs = Cyborg Diamond Mining Drill.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Neural Programming
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = Biological Technology, Data Theory.
|designs = N/A
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Man Machine Interface
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = Biological Technology, Neural Programming
|designs = Man Machine Interaface.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Positronic Brain
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = Man Machine Interface, Neural Programming
|designs = Positronic Brain.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Cyborg Construction
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = Man Machine Interface, Basic Robotics Research
|designs = Cyborg Parts, Flash, Robotics Control, Cyborg Upload Console, Cyborg Recharger, Cyborg Restart Module, Cyborg Reclassification Module.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Cyborg Upgrades: Utility
|researchcost = 2000
|prereq = Industrial Engineering, Cyborg Construction
|designs = Cyborg Satchel of Holding, Cyborg Lavaproof Tracks, Cyborg Ion Thrusters, Cyborg Selfrepair, Cyborg Expand, Cyborg RPED.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Cyborg Upgrades: Medical
|researchcost = 2000
|prereq = Industrial Engineering, Cyborg Construction
|designs = Cyborg Defibrillator, Cyborg Piercing Hypospray, Cyborg High Strength Synthesiser, Cyborg Expanded Synthesiser.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Cyborg Upgrades: Combat
|researchcost = 2000
|prereq = Advanced Robotics Research, Advanced Engineering
|designs = Cyborg VTEC, Cyborg Disabler Cooler.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Artificial Intelligence
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = Basic Robotics Research, Neural Programming
|designs = AI Core, Safeguard Module, Onehuman Module, Protect Station Module, Quaraantine Module, Oxygen is Harmful Module, Freeform Module, Reset Module, Purge Module, Remove Module, Freeform Core Module, Asimov Module, Paladin Module, Tyrant Module, Corporate Module, BORIS Module, AI Mecha Tracking Beacon, AI Upload Console, Intellicard.
}}

== EMP Tech ==
{{TechWeb
|techname = Electromagnetic Theory
|researchcost = 2500
|prereq = Basic Research Technology
|designs = Holosign, Holosignsec, Holosignengi, Holosignatmos, Inducer, T-Ray Goggles, Holopad.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Advanced Electromagnetic Theory
|researchcost = 3000
|prereq = Electromagnetic Theory
|designs = Ultra Micro Laser.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Quantum Electromagnetic Technology
|researchcost = 3000
|prereq = Electromagnetic Theory
|designs = Quadultra Micro Laser.
}}

== Clown Tech ==
{{TechWeb
|techname = Clown Technology
|researchcost = 3000
|prereq = Basic Research Technology
|designs = Air Horn, Honker Main, Honk Chasis, Honk Parts, Honk Banana Mortar, Honk Mousetrap Mortar, Honk Honker, Honk Punching Face, Trombone Implant.
}}

== Computer Tech ==
{{TechWeb
|techname = Computer Consoles
|researchcost = 2000
|prereq = Data Theory
|designs = Cargo Console, Library Console, Mining Shuttle Console, Crew Monitor Console, RD Camera Console, Common Console, ID Card Console, Sec Camera Console.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Computer Hardware
|researchcost = 1000
|prereq = Computer Consoles
|designs = HDD Basic, HDD Advanced, HDD Super, HDD Cluster, SSD Small, SSD Micro, Netcard Basic, Netcard Advanced, Netcard Wired, Portadrive basic, Portadrive Advances, Portadrive Super, Card Slot, AI Slot, Mini-Printer, APC Link, Bat Control, Bat Normal, Bat Advanced, Bat Super, Bat Micro, Bat Nano, CPU Normal, PCPU Normal, CPU Small, PCPU Small.
}}
 
{{TechWeb
|techname = Arcade Games
|researchcost = 1000
|prereq = Computer Consoles
|designs = Arcade Battle, Arcade Orion, Slot Machine.
}}
 
'''To be completed.'''
 
/datum/techweb_node/computer_board_gaming
id = "computer_board_gaming"
display_name = "Arcade Games"
description = "For the slackers on the station."
prereq_ids = list("comptech")
design_ids = list("arcade_battle", "arcade_orion", "slotmachine")
research_cost = 1000
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/comp_recordkeeping
id = "comp_recordkeeping"
display_name = "Computerized Recordkeeping"
description = "Organized record databases and how they're used."
prereq_ids = list("comptech")
design_ids = list("secdata", "med_data", "prisonmanage", "vendor", "automated_announcement")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/telecomms
id = "telecomms"
display_name = "Telecommunications Technology"
description = "Subspace transmission technology for near-instant communications devices."
prereq_ids = list("comptech", "bluespace_basic")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000
design_ids = list("s-receiver", "s-bus", "s-broadcaster", "s-processor", "s-hub", "s-server", "s-relay", "comm_monitor", "comm_server",
"s-ansible", "s-filter", "s-amplifier", "ntnet_relay", "s-treatment", "s-analyzer", "s-crystal", "s-transmitter")

/datum/techweb_node/integrated_HUDs
id = "integrated_HUDs"
display_name = "Integrated HUDs"
description = "The usefulness of computerized records, projected straight onto your eyepiece!"
prereq_ids = list("comp_recordkeeping", "emp_basic")
design_ids = list("health_hud", "security_hud", "diagnostic_hud", "scigoggles")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/NVGtech
id = "NVGtech"
display_name = "Night Vision Technology"
description = "Allows seeing in the dark without actual light!"
prereq_ids = list("integrated_HUDs", "adv_engi", "emp_adv")
design_ids = list("health_hud_night", "security_hud_night", "diagnostic_hud_night", "night_visision_goggles", "nvgmesons")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

////////////////////////Medical////////////////////////
/datum/techweb_node/cloning
id = "cloning"
display_name = "Genetic Engineering"
description = "We have the technology to make him."
prereq_ids = list("biotech")
design_ids = list("clonecontrol", "clonepod", "clonescanner", "scan_console", "cloning_disk")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/cryotech
id = "cryotech"
display_name = "Cryostasis Technology"
description = "Smart freezing of objects to preserve them!"
prereq_ids = list("adv_engi", "emp_basic", "biotech")
design_ids = list("splitbeaker", "noreactsyringe", "cryotube", "cryo_Grenade")
research_cost = 2000
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/subdermal_implants
id = "subdermal_implants"
display_name = "Subdermal Implants"
description = "Electronic implants buried beneath the skin."
prereq_ids = list("biotech")
design_ids = list("implanter", "implantcase", "implant_chem", "implant_tracking")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/cyber_organs
id = "cyber_organs"
display_name = "Cybernetic Organs"
description = "We have the technology to rebuild him."
prereq_ids = list("adv_biotech", "cyborg")
design_ids = list("cybernetic_heart", "cybernetic_liver", "cybernetic_liver_u", "cybernetic_lungs")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/cyber_implants
id = "cyber_implants"
display_name = "Cybernetic Implants"
description = "Electronic implants that improve humans."
prereq_ids = list("adv_biotech", "cyborg", "adv_datatheory")
design_ids = list("ci-nutriment", "ci-nutrimentplus", "ci-breather", "ci-gloweyes", "ci-welding", "ci-medhud", "ci-sechud")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/adv_cyber_implants
id = "adv_cyber_implants"
display_name = "Advanced Cybernetic Implants"
description = "Upgraded and more powerful cybernetic implants."
prereq_ids = list("neural_programming", "cyber_implants","integrated_HUDs")
design_ids = list("ci-toolset", "ci-surgery", "ci-reviver")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/combat_cyber_implants
id = "combat_cyber_implants"
display_name = "Combat Cybernetic Implants"
description = "Military grade combat implants to improve performance."
prereq_ids = list("adv_cyber_implants","weaponry","NVGtech","high_efficiency")
design_ids = list("ci-xray", "ci-thermals", "ci-antidrop", "ci-antistun", "ci-thrusters")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

////////////////////////Tools////////////////////////
/datum/techweb_node/basic_mining
id = "basic_mining"
display_name = "Mining Technology"
description = "Better than Efficiency V."
prereq_ids = list("engineering")
design_ids = list("drill", "superresonator", "triggermod", "damagemod", "cooldownmod", "rangemod", "ore_redemption", "mining_equipment_vendor", "cargoexpress")//e a r l y g a m e)
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/adv_mining
id = "adv_mining"
display_name = "Advanced Mining Technology"
description = "Efficiency Level 127" //dumb mc references
prereq_ids = list("basic_mining", "adv_engi", "adv_power", "adv_plasma")
design_ids = list("drill_diamond", "jackhammer", "hypermod", "plasmacutter", "plasmacutter_adv")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/janitor
id = "janitor"
display_name = "Advanced Sanitation Technology"
description = "Clean things better, faster, stronger, and harder!"
prereq_ids = list("adv_engi")
design_ids = list("advmop", "buffer", "blutrash", "light_replacer")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/botany
id = "botany"
display_name = "Botanical Engineering"
description = "Botanical tools"
prereq_ids = list("adv_engi", "biotech")
design_ids = list("diskplantgene", "portaseeder", "plantgenes", "flora_gun", "hydro_tray", "biogenerator", "seed_extractor")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/exp_tools
id = "exp_tools"
display_name = "Experimental Tools"
description = "Highly advanced construction tools."
design_ids = list("exwelder", "jawsoflife", "handdrill")
prereq_ids = list("adv_engi")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/exp_flight
id = "exp_flight"
display_name = "Experimental Flight Equipment"
description = "Highly advanced construction tools."
design_ids = list("flightshoes", "flightpack", "flightsuit")
prereq_ids = list("adv_engi","integrated_HUDs", "adv_power" , "high_efficiency")
research_cost = 5000
export_price = 5000

/////////////////////////weaponry tech/////////////////////////
/datum/techweb_node/weaponry
id = "weaponry"
display_name = "Weapon Development Technology"
description = "Our researchers have found new to weaponize just about everything now."
prereq_ids = list("engineering")
design_ids = list("pin_testing")
research_cost = 10000
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/adv_weaponry
id = "adv_weaponry"
display_name = "Advanced Weapon Development Technology"
description = "Our weapons are breaking the rules of reality by now."
prereq_ids = list("adv_engi", "weaponry")
design_ids = list("pin_loyalty")
research_cost = 10000
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/electric_weapons
id = "electronic_weapons"
display_name = "Electric Weapons"
description = "Weapons using electric technology"
prereq_ids = list("weaponry", "adv_power" , "emp_basic")
design_ids = list("stunrevolver", "stunshell", "tele_shield")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/radioactive_weapons
id = "radioactive_weapons"
display_name = "Radioactive Weaponry"
description = "Weapons using radioactive technology."
prereq_ids = list("adv_engi", "adv_weaponry")
design_ids = list("nuclear_gun")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/medical_weapons
id = "medical_weapons"
display_name = "Medical Weaponry"
description = "Weapons using medical technology."
prereq_ids = list("adv_biotech", "adv_weaponry")
design_ids = list("rapidsyringe", "shotgundartcryostatis")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/beam_weapons
id = "beam_weapons"
display_name = "Beam Weaponry"
description = "Various basic beam weapons"
prereq_ids = list("adv_weaponry")
design_ids = list("beamrifle", "ioncarbine")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/adv_beam_weapons
id = "adv_beam_weapons"
display_name = "Advanced Beam Weaponry"
description = "Various advanced beam weapons"
prereq_ids = list("beam_weapons")
design_ids = list("xray_laser")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/explosive_weapons
id = "explosive_weapons"
display_name = "Explosive & Pyrotechnical Weaponry"
description = "If the light stuff just won't do it."
prereq_ids = list("adv_weaponry")
design_ids = list("temp_gun", "large_Grenade", "pyro_Grenade", "adv_Grenade")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/ballistic_weapons
id = "ballistic_weapons"
display_name = "Ballistic Weaponry"
description = "This isn't research.. This is reverse-engineering!"
prereq_ids = list("weaponry")
design_ids = list("mag_oldsmg", "mag_oldsmg_ap", "mag_oldsmg_ic")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/tech_shell
id = "tech_shell"
display_name = "Technological Shells"
description = "They're more technological than regular shot."
prereq_ids = list("adv_weaponry")
design_ids = list("techshotshell")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/gravity_gun
id = "gravity_gun"
display_name = "One-point Bluespace-gravitational Manipulator"
description = "Fancy wording for gravity gun."
prereq_ids = list("adv_weaponry", "adv_bluespace")
design_ids = list("gravitygun", "mech_gravcatapult")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

////////////////////////mech technology////////////////////////
/datum/techweb_node/mech
id = "mecha"
display_name = "Mechanical Exosuits"
description = "Mechanized exosuits that are several magnitudes stronger and more powerful than the average human."
prereq_ids = list("robotics", "adv_engi")
design_ids = list("mecha_tracking", "mechacontrol", "mechapower", "mech_recharger", "ripley_chassis", "firefighter_chassis", "ripley_torso", "ripley_left_arm", "ripley_right_arm", "ripley_left_leg", "ripley_right_leg",
"ripley_main", "ripley_peri", "mech_hydraulic_clamp")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/adv_mecha
id = "adv_mecha"
display_name = "Advanced Exosuits"
description = "For when you just aren't Gundam enough."
prereq_ids = list("adv_robotics", "mecha")
design_ids = list("mech_repair_droid")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/odysseus
id = "mecha_odysseus"
display_name = "EXOSUIT: Odysseus"
description = "Odysseus exosuit designs"
prereq_ids = list("mecha")
design_ids = list("odysseus_chassis", "odysseus_torso", "odysseus_head", "odysseus_left_arm", "odysseus_right_arm" ,"odysseus_left_leg", "odysseus_right_leg",
"odysseus_main", "odysseus_peri")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/gygax
id = "mech_gygax"
display_name = "EXOSUIT: Gygax"
description = "Gygax exosuit designs"
prereq_ids = list("adv_mecha", "weaponry")
design_ids = list("gygax_chassis", "gygax_torso", "gygax_head", "gygax_left_arm", "gygax_right_arm", "gygax_left_leg", "gygax_right_leg", "gygax_main",
"gygax_peri", "gygax_targ", "gygax_armor")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/durand
id = "mech_durand"
display_name = "EXOSUIT: Durand"
description = "Durand exosuit designs"
prereq_ids = list("adv_mecha", "adv_weaponry")
design_ids = list("durand_chassis", "durand_torso", "durand_head", "durand_left_arm", "durand_right_arm", "durand_left_leg", "durand_right_leg", "durand_main",
"durand_peri", "durand_targ", "durand_armor")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/phazon
id = "mecha_phazon"
display_name = "EXOSUIT: Phazon"
description = "Phazon exosuit designs"
prereq_ids = list("adv_mecha", "weaponry" , "adv_bluespace")
design_ids = list("phazon_chassis", "phazon_torso", "phazon_head", "phazon_left_arm", "phazon_right_arm", "phazon_left_leg", "phazon_right_leg", "phazon_main",
"phazon_peri", "phazon_targ", "phazon_armor")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/mech_tools
id = "mech_tools"
display_name = "Basic Exosuit Equipment"
description = "Various tools fit for basic mech units"
prereq_ids = list("mecha")
design_ids = list("mech_drill", "mech_mscanner", "mech_extinguisher", "mech_cable_layer")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/adv_mecha_tools
id = "adv_mecha_tools"
display_name = "Advanced Exosuit Equipment"
description = "Tools for high level mech suits"
prereq_ids = list("adv_mecha", "mech_tools")
design_ids = list("mech_rcd")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/med_mech_tools
id = "med_mech_tools"
display_name = "Medical Exosuit Equipment"
description = "Tools for high level mech suits"
prereq_ids = list("mecha", "adv_biotech", "mech_tools")
design_ids = list("mech_sleeper", "mech_syringe_gun", "mech_medi_beam")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/mech_modules
id = "adv_mecha_modules"
display_name = "Simple Exosuit Modules"
description = "An advanced piece of mech weaponry"
prereq_ids = list("adv_mecha", "bluespace_power")
design_ids = list("mech_energy_relay", "mech_ccw_armor", "mech_proj_armor", "mech_generator_nuclear")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/mech_scattershot
id = "mecha_tools"
display_name = "Exosuit Weapon (LBX AC 10 \"Scattershot\")"
description = "An advanced piece of mech weaponry"
prereq_ids = list("mecha", "adv_weaponry", "ballistic_weapons")
design_ids = list("mech_scattershot")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/mech_carbine
id = "mech_carbine"
display_name = "Exosuit Weapon (FNX-99 \"Hades\" Carbine)"
description = "An advanced piece of mech weaponry"
prereq_ids = list("mecha", "adv_weaponry", "ballistic_weapons")
design_ids = list("mech_carbine")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/mech_ion
id = "mmech_ion"
display_name = "Exosuit Weapon (MKIV Ion Heavy Cannon)"
description = "An advanced piece of mech weaponry"
prereq_ids = list("mecha", "adv_weaponry", "emp_adv")
design_ids = list("mech_ion")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/mech_tesla
id = "mech_tesla"
display_name = "Exosuit Weapon (MKI Tesla Cannon)"
description = "An advanced piece of mech weaponry"
prereq_ids = list("mecha", "weaponry", "adv_power")
design_ids = list("mech_tesla")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/mech_laser
id = "mech_laser"
display_name = "Exosuit Weapon (CH-PS \"Immolator\" Laser)"
description = "A basic piece of mech weaponry"
prereq_ids = list("mecha", "beam_weapons")
design_ids = list("mech_laser")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/mech_laser_heavy
id = "mech_laser_heavy"
display_name = "Exosuit Weapon (CH-LC \"Solaris\" Laser Cannon)"
description = "An advanced piece of mech weaponry"
prereq_ids = list("mecha", "adv_weaponry", "adv_beam_weapons")
design_ids = list("mech_laser_heavy")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/mech_grenade_launcher
id = "mech_grenade_launcher"
display_name = "Exosuit Weapon (SGL-6 Grenade Launcher)"
description = "An advanced piece of mech weaponry"
prereq_ids = list("mecha", "explosive_weapons")
design_ids = list("mech_grenade_launcher")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/mech_missile_rack
id = "mech_missile_rack"
display_name = "Exosuit Weapon (SRM-8 Missile Rack)"
description = "An advanced piece of mech weaponry"
prereq_ids = list("mecha", "explosive_weapons")
design_ids = list("mech_missile_rack")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/clusterbang_launcher
id = "clusterbang_launcher"
display_name = "Exosuit Module (SOB-3 Clusterbang Launcher)"
description = "An advanced piece of mech weaponry"
prereq_ids = list("mecha", "weaponry")
design_ids = list("clusterbang_launcher")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/mech_teleporter
id = "mech_teleporter"
display_name = "Exosuit Module (Teleporter Module)"
description = "An advanced piece of mech Equipment"
prereq_ids = list("mecha", "mech_tools", "adv_bluespace")
design_ids = list("mech_teleporter")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/mech_wormhole_gen
id = "mech_wormhole_gen"
display_name = "Exosuit Module (Localized Wormhole Generator)"
description = "An advanced piece of mech weaponry"
prereq_ids = list("mecha", "mech_tools", "adv_bluespace")
design_ids = list("mech_wormhole_gen")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/mech_taser
id = "mech_taser"
display_name = "Exosuit Weapon (PBT \"Pacifier\" Mounted Taser)"
description = "A basic piece of mech weaponry"
prereq_ids = list("mecha", "adv_weaponry")
design_ids = list("mech_taser")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/mech_lmg
id = "mech_lmg"
display_name = "Exosuit Weapon (\"Ultra AC 2\" LMG)"
description = "An advanced piece of mech weaponry"
prereq_ids = list("adv_mecha", "adv_weaponry", "ballistic_weapons")
design_ids = list("mech_lmg")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

/datum/techweb_node/mech_diamond_drill
id = "mech_diamond_drill"
display_name = "Exosuit Diamond Drill"
description = "A diamond drill fit for a large exosuit"
prereq_ids = list("mecha", "adv_mining")
design_ids = list("mech_diamond_drill")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 5000

////////////////////////Alien technology////////////////////////
/datum/techweb_node/alientech //AYYYYYYYYLMAOO tech
id = "alientech"
display_name = "Alien Technology"
description = "Things used by the greys."
prereq_ids = list("biotech","engineering")
boost_item_paths = list(/obj/item/gun/energy/alien = 0, /obj/item/scalpel/alien = 0, /obj/item/hemostat/alien = 0, /obj/item/retractor/alien = 0, /obj/item/circular_saw/alien = 0,
/obj/item/cautery/alien = 0, /obj/item/surgicaldrill/alien = 0, /obj/item/screwdriver/abductor = 0, /obj/item/wrench/abductor = 0, /obj/item/crowbar/abductor = 0, /obj/item/device/multitool/abductor = 0,
/obj/item/weldingtool/abductor = 0, /obj/item/wirecutters/abductor = 0, /obj/item/circuitboard/machine/abductor = 0, /obj/item/abductor_baton = 0, /obj/item/device/abductor = 0)
research_cost = 5000
export_price = 20000
hidden = TRUE
design_ids = list("alienalloy")

/datum/techweb_node/alien_bio
id = "alien_bio"
display_name = "Alien Biological Tools"
description = "Advanced biological tools."
prereq_ids = list("alientech", "adv_biotech")
design_ids = list("alien_scalpel", "alien_hemostat", "alien_retractor", "alien_saw", "alien_drill", "alien_cautery")
boost_item_paths = list(/obj/item/gun/energy/alien = 0, /obj/item/scalpel/alien = 0, /obj/item/hemostat/alien = 0, /obj/item/retractor/alien = 0, /obj/item/circular_saw/alien = 0,
/obj/item/cautery/alien = 0, /obj/item/surgicaldrill/alien = 0, /obj/item/screwdriver/abductor = 0, /obj/item/wrench/abductor = 0, /obj/item/crowbar/abductor = 0, /obj/item/device/multitool/abductor = 0,
/obj/item/weldingtool/abductor = 0, /obj/item/wirecutters/abductor = 0, /obj/item/circuitboard/machine/abductor = 0, /obj/item/abductor_baton = 0, /obj/item/device/abductor = 0)
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 20000
hidden = TRUE

/datum/techweb_node/alien_engi
id = "alien_engi"
display_name = "Alien Engineering"
description = "Alien engineering tools"
prereq_ids = list("alientech", "adv_engi")
boost_item_paths = list(/obj/item/screwdriver/abductor = 0, /obj/item/wrench/abductor = 0, /obj/item/crowbar/abductor = 0, /obj/item/device/multitool/abductor = 0,
/obj/item/weldingtool/abductor = 0, /obj/item/wirecutters/abductor = 0, /obj/item/circuitboard/machine/abductor = 0, /obj/item/abductor_baton = 0, /obj/item/device/abductor = 0)
design_ids = list("alien_wrench", "alien_wirecutters", "alien_screwdriver", "alien_crowbar", "alien_welder", "alien_multitool")
research_cost = 2500
export_price = 20000
hidden = TRUE

/datum/techweb_node/syndicate_basic
id = "syndicate_basic"
display_name = "Illegal Technology"
description = "Dangerous research used to create dangerous objects."
prereq_ids = list("adv_engi", "adv_weaponry", "explosive_weapons")
design_ids = list("decloner", "borg_syndicate_module", "suppressor", "largecrossbow")
research_cost = 10000
export_price = 5000
hidden = TRUE

Shaft Miner

2022-01-29T16:07:32Z

CivilCornball: Resonators are actually kinda ok.

{{JobPageHeader
|headerbgcolor = purple
|headerfontcolor = white
|stafftype = SUPPLY
|imagebgcolor = #cc9966
|img_generic = Generic_shaft.png
|img = Lava_miner.png
|jobtitle = Shaft Miner
|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
|guides = [[Lavaland]], [[Megafauna]], [[Auxiliary Base Construction Area]]
|quote = Spare vouc- oh.
}}
Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]] is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

Your workplace, Lavaland, has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned. However, chasms only appear as a part of a structure or as a result of a [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendril]] being defeated. You don't need to be ''that'' careful.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't walk into lava, chasms, or outside during an ash storm. You'll get a text warning not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

You can click on an adjacent rock or run directly into it to begin picking or drilling the rock, but the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator (often shortened to P-KA or just KA) is much faster and more efficient. Keep in mind that if you do decide to pick or drill your way through rock, you can have multiple dig jobs running at the same time to mine faster.

Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, and using SHIFT+B to move items in and out of their backpack, to name a few.
===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on [[Lavaland]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind.
===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you're full to bursting with ores, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!
==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
# [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, you will need Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, your pickaxe (optional), a bluespace shelter capsule (DON'T FORGET!) and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator. If you want, there is also an additional mining satchel, and a shovel for digging up ash (for glass).
# Attach your seclite and knife to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
# Use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
# Go to the Lavaland [[Mining Station]] and get an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']]. On the [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western side]] of the base, there is a mini-Medbay where you can find first-aid kits, a break room that always has donk pockets, and a maintenance room where you can top off internals. The nearby storage room has more gear lockers and Ore boxes.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. Ore boxes are available on the mining station, the mining shuttle and rarely on the field. More can be built with wood planks.
# For extra safety, grab a GPS device, set it to your name and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back to cloning. Put it and your mining scanner in your boots to free up inventory space.
===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. If you haven't already, activate your scanner and shove it into your boots, internals box, or bag. Every once in a while it sends out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you. The people back on the station need a variety of different minerals, so try to get a mixture of every type.
# Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''. Recommended: Ask [[Rnd|RND]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. Miners have access to the science channel (with :n), but if they are just a bunch of braindeads you can go to the next step.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]].
# If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and activate it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim." You do not need to insert your ID.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].
===Life beyond smashing rocks===
# Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]].
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel robust enough, explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs, and their strengths, are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - having a second shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a resonator and brute treatment kit. While the resonator is underwhelming, the brute treatment kit can come in handy on Lavaland.. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with an industrial welding tool, a welding mask and a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. As a bonus, you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' attack cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.
===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Using a Regen. Core Stabilizer on Legion Cores would let you save their heal and anti-slowdown effects for later. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] [[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] [[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]] and Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.
In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in your pocket.
|-
|}
====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] [[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your box.
|-
!Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
!Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}
==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
{{Item
|name=Mining Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Mining Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Resonator
|This will, when used on rock or an empty space, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. Using it on an already-marked spot will instantly rupture the field.
With no fields up, you can activate it in your hand (Z) to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds.

However, if there are fields up, activating it in your hand will rupture the fields.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] Point Transfer Card
|A small card that allows you to transfer mining points from one ID to the other.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
!1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
!Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}
==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}
All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].
==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.
At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!
==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you will become a Legion yourself. It's not all bad - you still have control, even though you can't hold anything ever, and your fellow Miners can still save you by cloning you if they know where you last were. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you, but will wander off if it can't find a clear path. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}
==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
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|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they'll just knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}
==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10
Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2
Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2
Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2
Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Can be equipped in addition to a mask.
|Bone: 4
|}
==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''
You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.
==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, stick with another miner for safety. If able, go with at least two other people. Not only can you mine faster together, the chance that they could both be 'lings/traitors is rather low. If that eventuality arises, however, a pickaxe to the skull tends to put down most people.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. As long as you can see them, you can scan Lavaland enemies (dead or alive) for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, Goldgrubs 1,000, and [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
** Every ash storm, check in over supply comms. If someone doesn't check in, and their GPS signal isn't moving, you'll know that they're dead and can take their corpse back to the station to be cloned. Mining is a dangerous job. This way, if they die, they can be revived. (To chat on the supply channel, it's ".u" or ":u".)
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate space. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoP to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site. At the start of the shift, it's the first place I go.)
==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an air pump to take it, then put [REDACTED] KPa into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
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Chat Prefixes

2022-01-29T15:44:45Z

CivilCornball: another quick access redirect

#redirect [[Radio channels]]

Keybinds

2022-01-25T21:50:34Z

CivilCornball: Redirected page to Keyboard Shortcuts

#redirect [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]

Keyboard Shortcuts

2022-01-25T21:50:13Z

CivilCornball: /* Hotkey-mode Enabled */ couldn't find the emote key when i was looking for it, maybe this'll help

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|text= Yeah, kid? Still rambling on about an "interface"? God damn it... lemme put it straight with you, pal. You might want to go consult the Chief Medical Officer about your... condition. Maybe they will know something about your "key shortcuts" problem, whatever the hell that means.
|image=[[File:Generic detective.png|64px|right]]
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Keyboard shortcuts so you spend less time fiddling with our god-awful GUI.

= Humans and Other Carbon-based Lifeforms' Hotkeys =
[[File:hotkeys.png|300px|thumb|alt=A diagram of (most) human hotkeys.|A diagram of (most) human hotkeys. Don't worry, you'll only really use WASD, R, and T. SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT are just "modifier" keys.]]
=== Any Mode ===
* <code>'''Shift + Click'''</code> = Examine something.
* <code>'''Shift + Middle Click'''</code> = Point at something.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a tile'''</code> = Open a new tab with a list of all the items of the clicked tile next to you.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a PDA'''</code> = Remove the ID from the PDA.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a locker'''</code> = Lock the locker.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a clothing'''</code> = Toggles any possible aesthetic settings (breath mask up/down, rolling down jumpsuit, buttons labcoat, flip baseball cap etc).
* <code>'''Alt + Click a bag/container'''</code> = Opens the container. also works on things that are in another container.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Microwave_Oven|microwave]]'''</code> = Turns the microwave on.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a [[Guide_to_chemistry#Chemistry_Dispensers|chem dispenser]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Chemical_Heater|chemical heater]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#ChemMaster_3000|ChemMaster 3000]] or [[Virus#PanD.E.M.I.C_2200|PanD.E.M.I:C]] '''</code> = Ejects any loaded beaker.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a vent or scrubber while having a "ventcrawl" ability'''</code> = Crawl into the pipes. Monkeys, slimes and several other creatures can do this.
* <code>'''Control + Up/Down'''</code> = In your text bar will shift through the history of everything you've entered in the red bar at the bottom.
* <code>'''Control + Click'''</code> = Pull an object or person you're standing next to.
* <code>'''Control + Click a [[PDA]]'''</code> = Take out pen.
* <code>'''End'''</code> or <code>'''Ctrl + W'''</code> = Toggle [[Throw|throwing]] mode.
* <code>'''Page Down'''</code> or <code>'''Ctrl + A'''</code> = Use the object in your active hand.
* <code>'''Middle Mouse Button''', '''Page Up''', '''Ctrl + S'''</code> or <code>'''Numpad 9'''</code> = Switch your active hand.
* <code>'''Home''', '''Ctrl + D'''</code> or <code>'''Numpad 7'''</code> = Drop the item in your active hand.
* <code>'''Insert'''</code> or <code>'''Numpad 0'''</code> = Cycle through [[Intent|intent]]s.
* <code>'''Delete'''</code> = Stop pulling.
* <code>'''F12'''</code> = Toggle minimal HUD.
* <code>'''Spacebar'''</code> = While entering commands auto-completes them.
* <code>'''Tab'''</code> = Toggle between [[#Hotkey-mode_Enabled|hotkey]] and normal mode. While in [[#Hotkey-mode_Enabled|hotkey]] mode, WASD will move your character.
* <code>'''Click-drag a bag/container onto another bag/container'''</code> = Attempts to move all contents of the first bag to the other.

===Hotkey-mode Enabled===
Hotkey-mode can be toggled on by pressing '''Tab'''.
* <code>'''W, A, S, D'''</code> = Move your character
* <code>'''Q'''</code> = Drop
* <code>'''E'''</code> = Equip
* <code>'''R'''</code> = Throw
* <code>'''B'''</code> = Resist / Unbuckle yourself / Stop drop and roll when on fire /
* <code>'''T'''</code> = Say (opens a new input window)
* <code>'''F'''</code> = Cycle intents left
* <code>'''G'''</code> = Cycle intents right
* <code>'''Z/Y'''</code> = Activate held object
* <code>'''X'''</code> = Swap hands
* <code>'''1'''</code> = Help intent
* <code>'''2'''</code> = Disarm intent
* <code>'''3'''</code> = Grab intent
* <code>'''4'''</code> = Harm intent
* <code>'''O'''</code> = OOC
* <code>'''M'''</code> = Me (opens a new input window)
* <code>'''H'''</code> = Stop Pulling
* <code>'''Shift + B'''</code> = Put in hand item into backpack, or take out last item put into backpack.
* <code>'''Shift + E'''</code> = Put in hand item into belt or belt slot, or take out last item put into belt.
* <code>'''Numpad 8, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3'''</code> = Used for selecting body target. Numbers correspond to location on the target doll. 8 Cycles through Head -> Eyes -> Mouth

These also work with the non-hotkey mode if you press down '''Ctrl'''.

E.g. <code>'''Ctrl + 1'''</code> = Help intent, even without the hotkey-mode toggled on.

= Hotkeys for the [[AI]] =
* <code>'''Double-Click a tile'''</code> = Instantly jump there.
* <code>'''Double-Click people'''</code> = Start tracking the person.
* <code>'''Ctrl + number key (0-9)'''</code> = Saves your current camera location.
* <code>'''Number key (0-9)'''</code> = Jumps camera to saved camera location. Tilde and zero will return you to the last spot you jumped from.

= Hotkeys for the [[AI]] and [[Cyborg]]s =
* <code>'''Shift + Click a door'''</code> = Open/close.
* <code>'''Control + Click a door'''</code> = Bolts down/up.
* <code>'''Control + Shift + Click a door'''</code> = Emergency access on/off.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a door'''</code> = Electrify on/off.
* <code>'''Control + Click an APC'''</code> = Power on/off.
* <code>'''Control + Click a Turret Control'''</code> = Power on/off.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a Turret Control'''</code> = Lethal/stun mode.

=== [[Cyborg]] Hotkey-mode Enabled ===
* Cyborgs have all the [[#Any_Mode|basic hotkeys]] which humans have, plus...
* <code>'''X'''</code> = Cycle active modules
* <code>'''1'''</code> = Activate first module
* <code>'''2'''</code> = Activate second module
* <code>'''3'''</code> = Activate third module

[[Category:Guides]]

Shaft Miner

2022-01-12T00:58:07Z

CivilCornball: /* The Wildlife */ legion souls are no joke. Also added a tip about Watchers.

{{JobPageHeader
|headerbgcolor = purple
|headerfontcolor = white
|stafftype = SUPPLY
|imagebgcolor = #cc9966
|img_generic = Generic_shaft.png
|img = Lava_miner.png
|jobtitle = Shaft Miner
|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
|guides = [[Lavaland]], [[Megafauna]], [[Auxiliary Base Construction Area]]
|quote = Spare vouc- oh.
}}
Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]] is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

Your workplace, Lavaland, has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned. However, chasms only appear as a part of a structure or as a result of a [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendril]] being defeated. You don't need to be ''that'' careful.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't walk into lava, chasms, or outside during an ash storm. You'll get a text warning not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

You can click on an adjacent rock or run directly into it to begin picking or drilling the rock, but the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator (often shortened to P-KA or just KA) is much faster and more efficient. Keep in mind that if you do decide to pick or drill your way through rock, you can have multiple dig jobs running at the same time to mine faster.

Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, and using SHIFT+B to move items in and out of their backpack, to name a few.
===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on [[Lavaland]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind.
===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you're full to bursting with ores, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!

==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
# [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, you will need Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, your pickaxe (optional), a bluespace shelter capsule (DON'T FORGET!) and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator. If you want, there is also an additional mining satchel, and a shovel for digging up ash (for glass).
# Attach your seclite and knife to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
# Use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
# Go to the Lavaland [[Mining Station]] and get an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']]. On the [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western side]] of the base, there is a mini-Medbay where you can find first-aid kits, a break room that always has donk pockets, and a maintenance room where you can top off internals. The nearby storage room has more gear lockers and Ore boxes.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. Ore boxes are available on the mining station, the mining shuttle and rarely on the field. More can be built with wood planks.
# For extra safety, grab a GPS device, set it to your name and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back to cloning. Put it and your mining scanner in your boots to free up inventory space.
===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. If you haven't already, activate your scanner and shove it into your boots, internals box, or bag. Every once in a while it sends out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you. The people back on the station need a variety of different minerals, so try to get a mixture of every type.
# Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''. Recommended: Ask [[Rnd|RND]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. Miners have access to the science channel (with :n), but if they are just a bunch of braindeads you can go to the next step.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]].
# If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and activate it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim." You do not need to insert your ID.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].

===Life beyond smashing rocks===
# Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]].
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel robust enough, explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs, and their strengths, are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - having a second shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a resonator and brute treatment kit. The resonator is underwhelming, being effectively a melee weapon that punishes you for using it as a melee weapon. The only saving grace is the brute treatment kit, which you could just ask medbay for. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with an industrial welding tool, a welding mask and a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. As a bonus, you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' attack cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.

===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Using a Regen. Core Stabilizer on Legion Cores would let you save their heal and anti-slowdown effects for later. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] [[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] [[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]] and Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.

In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in your pocket.
|-
|}

====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] [[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your box.
|-
!Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
!Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}
==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
{{Item
|name=Mining Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Mining Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Resonator
|An incredibly inefficient weapon. This will, when used on rock or an empty space that is next to you, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. You can activate it in your hand to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds. Using it on an already-marked spot while only 1 tile away will instantly rupture the field, dealing less damage than if you'd left it alone.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] Point Transfer Card
|A small card that allows you to transfer mining points from one ID to the other.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
!1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
!Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}
==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}

All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].
==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.

At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!

==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you will become a Legion yourself. It's not all bad - you still have control, even though you can't hold anything ever, and your fellow Miners can still save you by cloning you if they know where you last were. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you, but will wander off if it can't find a clear path. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}

==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they'll just knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}

==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10

Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2

Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2

Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2

Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Can be equipped in addition to a mask.
|Bone: 4
|}

==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''

You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.

==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, stick with another miner for safety. If able, go with at least two other people. Not only can you mine faster together, the chance that they could both be 'lings/traitors is rather low. If that eventuality arises, however, a pickaxe to the skull tends to put down most people.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. As long as you can see them, you can scan Lavaland enemies (dead or alive) for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, Goldgrubs 1,000, and [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
** Every ash storm, check in over supply comms. If someone doesn't check in, and their GPS signal isn't moving, you'll know that they're dead and can take their corpse back to the station to be cloned. Mining is a dangerous job. This way, if they die, they can be revived. (To chat on the supply channel, it's ".u" or ":u".)
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate space. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoP to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site. At the start of the shift, it's the first place I go.)

==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an air pump to take it, then put [REDACTED] KPa into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Shaft Miner

2022-01-10T23:49:58Z

CivilCornball: /* Tips */ learnt a new thing this round! scanners are ranged.

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|img = Lava_miner.png
|jobtitle = Shaft Miner
|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
|guides = [[Lavaland]], [[Megafauna]], [[Auxiliary Base Construction Area]]
|quote = Spare vouc- oh.
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Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]] is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

Your workplace, Lavaland, has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned. However, chasms only appear as a part of a structure or as a result of a [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendril]] being defeated. You don't need to be ''that'' careful.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't walk into lava, chasms, or outside during an ash storm. You'll get a text warning not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

You can click on an adjacent rock or run directly into it to begin picking or drilling the rock, but the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator (often shortened to P-KA or just KA) is much faster and more efficient. Keep in mind that if you do decide to pick or drill your way through rock, you can have multiple dig jobs running at the same time to mine faster.

Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, and using SHIFT+B to move items in and out of their backpack, to name a few.
===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on [[Lavaland]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind.
===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you're full to bursting with ores, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!

==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
# [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, you will need Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, your pickaxe (optional), a bluespace shelter capsule (DON'T FORGET!) and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator. If you want, there is also an additional mining satchel, and a shovel for digging up ash (for glass).
# Attach your seclite and knife to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
# Use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
# Go to the Lavaland [[Mining Station]] and get an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']]. On the [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western side]] of the base, there is a mini-Medbay where you can find first-aid kits, a break room that always has donk pockets, and a maintenance room where you can top off internals. The nearby storage room has more gear lockers and Ore boxes.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. Ore boxes are available on the mining station, the mining shuttle and rarely on the field. More can be built with wood planks.
# For extra safety, grab a GPS device, set it to your name and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back to cloning. Put it and your mining scanner in your boots to free up inventory space.
===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. If you haven't already, activate your scanner and shove it into your boots, internals box, or bag. Every once in a while it sends out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you. The people back on the station need a variety of different minerals, so try to get a mixture of every type.
# Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''. Recommended: Ask [[Rnd|RND]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. Miners have access to the science channel (with :n), but if they are just a bunch of braindeads you can go to the next step.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]].
# If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and activate it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim." You do not need to insert your ID.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].

===Life beyond smashing rocks===
# Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]].
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel robust enough, explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs, and their strengths, are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - having a second shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a resonator and brute treatment kit. The resonator is underwhelming, being effectively a melee weapon that punishes you for using it as a melee weapon. The only saving grace is the brute treatment kit, which you could just ask medbay for. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with an industrial welding tool, a welding mask and a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. As a bonus, you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' attack cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.

===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Using a Regen. Core Stabilizer on Legion Cores would let you save their heal and anti-slowdown effects for later. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] [[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] [[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]] and Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.

In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in your pocket.
|-
|}

====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
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|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] [[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your box.
|-
!Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
!Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}
==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
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!cPrice
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![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Resonator
|An incredibly inefficient weapon. This will, when used on rock or an empty space that is next to you, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. You can activate it in your hand to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds. Using it on an already-marked spot while only 1 tile away will instantly rupture the field, dealing less damage than if you'd left it alone.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] Point Transfer Card
|A small card that allows you to transfer mining points from one ID to the other.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
!1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
!Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}
==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}

All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].
==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.

At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!

==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you're forever bound to Lavaland unless your fellow Miners save you and/or clone you. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}

==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
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|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they'll just knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}

==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10

Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2

Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2

Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2

Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Can be equipped in addition to a mask.
|Bone: 4
|}

==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''

You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.

==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, stick with another miner for safety. If able, go with at least two other people. Not only can you mine faster together, the chance that they could both be 'lings/traitors is rather low. If that eventuality arises, however, a pickaxe to the skull tends to put down most people.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. As long as you can see them, you can scan Lavaland enemies (dead or alive) for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, Goldgrubs 1,000, and [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
** Every ash storm, check in over supply comms. If someone doesn't check in, and their GPS signal isn't moving, you'll know that they're dead and can take their corpse back to the station to be cloned. Mining is a dangerous job. This way, if they die, they can be revived. (To chat on the supply channel, it's ".u" or ":u".)
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate space. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoP to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site. At the start of the shift, it's the first place I go.)

==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an air pump to take it, then put [REDACTED] KPa into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
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|stafftype = SUPPLY
|imagebgcolor = #cc9966
|img_generic = Generic_shaft.png
|img = Lava_miner.png
|jobtitle = Shaft Miner
|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
|guides = [[Lavaland]], [[Megafauna]], [[Auxiliary Base Construction Area]]
|quote = Spare vouc- oh.
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Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]] is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

Your workplace, Lavaland, has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned. However, chasms only appear as a part of a structure or as a result of a [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendril]] being defeated. You don't need to be ''that'' careful.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't walk into lava, chasms, or outside during an ash storm. You'll get a text warning not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

You can click on an adjacent rock or run directly into it to begin picking or drilling the rock, but the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator (often shortened to P-KA or just KA) is much faster and more efficient. Keep in mind that if you do decide to pick or drill your way through rock, you can have multiple dig jobs running at the same time to mine faster.

Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, and using SHIFT+B to move items in and out of their backpack, to name a few.
===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on [[Lavaland]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind.
===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you're full to bursting with ores, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!

==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
# [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, you will need Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, your pickaxe (optional), a bluespace shelter capsule (DON'T FORGET!) and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator. If you want, there is also an additional mining satchel, and a shovel for digging up ash (for glass).
# Attach your seclite and knife to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
# Use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
# Go to the Lavaland [[Mining Station]] and get an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']]. On the [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western side]] of the base, there is a mini-Medbay where you can find first-aid kits, a break room that always has donk pockets, and a maintenance room where you can top off internals. The nearby storage room has more gear lockers and Ore boxes.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. Ore boxes are available on the mining station, the mining shuttle and rarely on the field. More can be built with wood planks.
# For extra safety, grab a GPS device, set it to your name and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back to cloning. Put it and your mining scanner in your boots to free up inventory space.
===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. If you haven't already, activate your scanner and shove it into your boots, internals box, or bag. Every once in a while it sends out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you. The people back on the station need a variety of different minerals, so try to get a mixture of every type.
# Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''. Recommended: Ask [[Rnd|RND]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. Miners have access to the science channel (with :n), but if they are just a bunch of braindeads you can go to the next step.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]].
# If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and activate it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim." You do not need to insert your ID.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].

===Life beyond smashing rocks===
# Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]].
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel robust enough, explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of six. These packs, and their strengths, are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - having a second shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a resonator and brute treatment kit. The resonator is underwhelming, being effectively a melee weapon that punishes you for using it as a melee weapon. The only saving grace is the brute treatment kit, which you could just ask medbay for. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with an industrial welding tool, a welding mask and a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. As a bonus, you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' attack cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 800 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1000 pts.

===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Using a Regen. Core Stabilizer on Legion Cores would let you save their heal and anti-slowdown effects for later. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
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![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
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![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] [[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] [[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]] and Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
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![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.

In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
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![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
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![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
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![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
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![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
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![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
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![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in your pocket.
|-
|}

====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
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|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] [[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your box.
|-
!Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
!Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}
==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
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![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
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![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Resonator
|An incredibly inefficient weapon. This will, when used on rock or an empty space that is next to you, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. You can activate it in your hand to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds. Using it on an already-marked spot while only 1 tile away will instantly rupture the field, dealing less damage than if you'd left it alone.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] Point Transfer Card
|A small card that allows you to transfer mining points from one ID to the other.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
!1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
!Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
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|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}
==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}

All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].
==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.

At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!

==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you're forever bound to Lavaland unless your fellow Miners save you and/or clone you. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}

==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
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|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they'll just knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}

==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10

Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2

Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2

Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2

Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Can be equipped in addition to a mask.
|Bone: 4
|}

==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''

You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.

==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, stick with another miner for safety. If able, go with at least two other people. Not only can you mine faster together, the chance that they could both be 'lings/traitors is rather low. If that eventuality arises, however, a pickaxe to the skull tends to put down most people.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. You can scan dead Lavaland enemies for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, and rumor has it that [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
** Every ash storm, check in over supply comms. If someone doesn't check in, and their GPS signal isn't moving, you'll know that they're dead and can take their corpse back to the station to be cloned. Mining is a dangerous job. This way, if they die, they can be revived. (To chat on the supply channel, it's ".u" or ":u".)
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate space. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoP to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site. At the start of the shift, it's the first place I go.)

==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an air pump to take it, then put [REDACTED] KPa into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Shaft Miner

2022-01-10T16:24:03Z

CivilCornball: /* Workin' In The Coal Mine */ added section about how Mining is great for practice with the keyboard shortcuts

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|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
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Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]] is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

Your workplace, Lavaland, has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned. However, chasms only appear as a part of a structure or as a result of a [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendril]] being defeated. You don't need to be ''that'' careful.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't walk into lava, chasms, or outside during an ash storm. You'll get a text warning not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

You can click on an adjacent rock or run directly into it to begin picking or drilling the rock, but the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator (often shortened to P-KA or just KA) is much faster and more efficient. Keep in mind that if you do decide to pick or drill your way through rock, you can have multiple dig jobs running at the same time to mine faster.

Mining is an excellent job for familiarizing yourself with the [[Keyboard Shortcuts]], as there are multiple opportunities to utilize them while out in the field. Robust miners often end up ALT+clicking a container in their backpack to access its contents, CTRL+clicking their ore box to drag it with them quickly, and using SHIFT+B to move items in and out of their backpack, to name a few.
===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on [[Lavaland]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind.
===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you're full to bursting with ores, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!

==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
# [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, you will need Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, your pickaxe (optional), a bluespace shelter capsule (DON'T FORGET!) and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator. If you want, there is also an additional mining satchel, and a shovel for digging up ash (for glass).
# Attach your seclite and knife to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
# Use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
# Go to the Lavaland [[Mining Station]] and get an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']]. On the [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western side]] of the base, there is a mini-Medbay where you can find first-aid kits, a break room that always has donk pockets, and a maintenance room where you can top off internals. The nearby storage room has more gear lockers and Ore boxes.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. Ore boxes are available on the mining station, the mining shuttle and rarely on the field. More can be built with wood planks.
# For extra safety, grab a GPS device, set it to your name and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back to cloning. Put it and your mining scanner in your boots to free up inventory space.
===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. If you haven't already, activate your scanner and shove it into your boots, internals box, or bag. Every once in a while it sends out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you. The people back on the station need a variety of different minerals, so try to get a mixture of every type.
# Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''. Recommended: Ask [[Rnd|RND]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. Miners have access to the science channel (with :n), but if they are just a bunch of braindeads you can go to the next step.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]].
# If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and activate it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim." You do not need to insert your ID.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].

===Life beyond smashing rocks===
# Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]].
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel robust enough, explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of four. These packs, and their strengths, are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - having a second shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a resonator and brute treatment kit. The resonator is underwhelming, being effectively a melee weapon that punishes you for using it as a melee weapon. The only saving grace is the brute treatment kit, which you could just ask medbay for. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with an industrial welding tool, a welding mask and a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. As a bonus, you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' attack cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 2450 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1500 pts.

===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Using a Regen. Core Stabilizer on Legion Cores would let you save their heal and anti-slowdown effects for later. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
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![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] [[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] [[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]] and Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.

In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in your pocket.
|-
|}

====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] [[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your box.
|-
!Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
!Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}
==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Mining Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Resonator
|An incredibly inefficient weapon. This will, when used on rock or an empty space that is next to you, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. You can activate it in your hand to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds. Using it on an already-marked spot while only 1 tile away will instantly rupture the field, dealing less damage than if you'd left it alone.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] Point Transfer Card
|A small card that allows you to transfer mining points from one ID to the other.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
!1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
!Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
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|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
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The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
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|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}
==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}

All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].
==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.
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! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
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|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.

At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!

==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you're forever bound to Lavaland unless your fellow Miners save you and/or clone you. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}

==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
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|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they'll just knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}

==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10

Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2

Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2

Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2

Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Can be equipped in addition to a mask.
|Bone: 4
|}

==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''

You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.

==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, stick with another miner for safety. If able, go with at least two other people. Not only can you mine faster together, the chance that they could both be 'lings/traitors is rather low. If that eventuality arises, however, a pickaxe to the skull tends to put down most people.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. You can scan dead Lavaland enemies for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, and rumor has it that [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
** Every ash storm, check in over supply comms. If someone doesn't check in, and their GPS signal isn't moving, you'll know that they're dead and can take their corpse back to the station to be cloned. Mining is a dangerous job. This way, if they die, they can be revived. (To chat on the supply channel, it's ".u" or ":u".)
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate space. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoP to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site. At the start of the shift, it's the first place I go.)

==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an air pump to take it, then put [REDACTED] KPa into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Keyboard Shortcuts

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Keyboard shortcuts so you spend less time fiddling with our god-awful GUI.

= Humans and Other Carbon-based Lifeforms' Hotkeys =
[[File:hotkeys.png|300px|thumb|alt=A diagram of (most) human hotkeys.|A diagram of (most) human hotkeys. Don't worry, you'll only really use WASD, R, and T. SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT are just "modifier" keys.]]
=== Any Mode ===
* <code>'''Shift + Click'''</code> = Examine something.
* <code>'''Shift + Middle Click'''</code> = Point at something.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a tile'''</code> = Open a new tab with a list of all the items of the clicked tile next to you.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a PDA'''</code> = Remove the ID from the PDA.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a locker'''</code> = Lock the locker.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a clothing'''</code> = Toggles any possible aesthetic settings (breath mask up/down, rolling down jumpsuit, buttons labcoat, flip baseball cap etc).
* <code>'''Alt + Click a bag/container'''</code> = Opens the container. also works on things that are in another container.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Microwave_Oven|microwave]]'''</code> = Turns the microwave on.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a [[Guide_to_chemistry#Chemistry_Dispensers|chem dispenser]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Chemical_Heater|chemical heater]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#ChemMaster_3000|ChemMaster 3000]] or [[Virus#PanD.E.M.I.C_2200|PanD.E.M.I:C]] '''</code> = Ejects any loaded beaker.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a vent or scrubber while having a "ventcrawl" ability'''</code> = Crawl into the pipes. Monkeys, slimes and several other creatures can do this.
* <code>'''Control + Up/Down'''</code> = In your text bar will shift through the history of everything you've entered in the red bar at the bottom.
* <code>'''Control + Click'''</code> = Pull an object or person you're standing next to.
* <code>'''Control + Click a [[PDA]]'''</code> = Take out pen.
* <code>'''End'''</code> or <code>'''Ctrl + W'''</code> = Toggle [[Throw|throwing]] mode.
* <code>'''Page Down'''</code> or <code>'''Ctrl + A'''</code> = Use the object in your active hand.
* <code>'''Middle Mouse Button''', '''Page Up''', '''Ctrl + S'''</code> or <code>'''Numpad 9'''</code> = Switch your active hand.
* <code>'''Home''', '''Ctrl + D'''</code> or <code>'''Numpad 7'''</code> = Drop the item in your active hand.
* <code>'''Insert'''</code> or <code>'''Numpad 0'''</code> = Cycle through [[Intent|intent]]s.
* <code>'''Delete'''</code> = Stop pulling.
* <code>'''F12'''</code> = Toggle minimal HUD.
* <code>'''Spacebar'''</code> = While entering commands auto-completes them.
* <code>'''Tab'''</code> = Toggle between [[#Hotkey-mode_Enabled|hotkey]] and normal mode. While in [[#Hotkey-mode_Enabled|hotkey]] mode, WASD will move your character.
* <code>'''Click-drag a bag/container onto another bag/container'''</code> = Attempts to move all contents of the first bag to the other.

===Hotkey-mode Enabled===
Hotkey-mode can be toggled on by pressing '''Tab'''.
* <code>'''W, A, S, D'''</code> = Move your character
* <code>'''Q'''</code> = Drop
* <code>'''E'''</code> = Equip
* <code>'''R'''</code> = Throw
* <code>'''B'''</code> = Resist / Unbuckle yourself / Stop drop and roll when on fire /
* <code>'''T'''</code> = Say (opens a new input window)
* <code>'''F'''</code> = Cycle intents left
* <code>'''G'''</code> = Cycle intents right
* <code>'''Z/Y'''</code> = Activate held object
* <code>'''X'''</code> = Swap hands
* <code>'''1'''</code> = Help intent
* <code>'''2'''</code> = Disarm intent
* <code>'''3'''</code> = Grab intent
* <code>'''4'''</code> = Harm intent
* <code>'''O'''</code> = OOC
* <code>'''M'''</code> = emote
* <code>'''H'''</code> = Stop Pulling
* <code>'''Shift + B'''</code> = Put in hand item into backpack, or take out last item put into backpack.
* <code>'''Shift + E'''</code> = Put in hand item into belt or belt slot, or take out last item put into belt.
* <code>'''Numpad 8, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3'''</code> = Used for selecting body target. Numbers correspond to location on the target doll. 8 Cycles through Head -> Eyes -> Mouth

These also work with the non-hotkey mode if you press down '''Ctrl'''.

E.g. <code>'''Ctrl + 1'''</code> = Help intent, even without the hotkey-mode toggled on.

= Hotkeys for the [[AI]] =
* <code>'''Double-Click a tile'''</code> = Instantly jump there.
* <code>'''Double-Click people'''</code> = Start tracking the person.
* <code>'''Ctrl + number key (0-9)'''</code> = Saves your current camera location.
* <code>'''Number key (0-9)'''</code> = Jumps camera to saved camera location. Tilde and zero will return you to the last spot you jumped from.

= Hotkeys for the [[AI]] and [[Cyborg]]s =
* <code>'''Shift + Click a door'''</code> = Open/close.
* <code>'''Control + Click a door'''</code> = Bolts down/up.
* <code>'''Control + Shift + Click a door'''</code> = Emergency access on/off.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a door'''</code> = Electrify on/off.
* <code>'''Control + Click an APC'''</code> = Power on/off.
* <code>'''Control + Click a Turret Control'''</code> = Power on/off.
* <code>'''Alt + Click a Turret Control'''</code> = Lethal/stun mode.

=== [[Cyborg]] Hotkey-mode Enabled ===
* Cyborgs have all the [[#Any_Mode|basic hotkeys]] which humans have, plus...
* <code>'''X'''</code> = Cycle active modules
* <code>'''1'''</code> = Activate first module
* <code>'''2'''</code> = Activate second module
* <code>'''3'''</code> = Activate third module

[[Category:Guides]]

Megafauna

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|reason = Missing info about Xenomorphs. If Swarmers are in here, surely they belong here too.
}}
Megafauna are huge, extremely powerful creatures found in [[Lavaland]]. They emit a GPS Signal that is trackable by any GPS Device, so they are easy to avoid, as long as you're careful.

All types of megafauna will devour unconscious or dead victims, restoring their health by half of the creature's maximum health, and gibbing it.
=Types of Megafauna=
==Ash Drake==
[[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]]

An enormous drake that roams the land. Once considered the easiest of Megafauna, code changes have made it into one of the most fierce opponents that can be found on Lavaland.
===GPS Signal===
"Fiery Signal"
===Statistics===
'''Health:''' 2500

'''Melee Damage:''' 40

'''Burn Resistance:''' 50%

'''Speed:''' Slow
===Behaviour===
Normally, it chases its target trying to bite it. Whenever possible, it will also breathe fire in the three cardinal directions, dealing 20 burn damage and igniting whoever walks into the trail. It will send one trail directly at you and two more on either side of you, requiring a bit of tact to dodge it. 
It's advisable to carry a fire extinguisher when fighting a drake, in case you can't avoid one of these.

The drake will also sometimes take flight and swoop down on a target, creating pooling lava below it and marking a 3x3 area before crushing anyone left inside, dealing 75 brute damage and gibbing unconscious targets. It will also send a standard firebreath attack at you as soon as it lands. The best way to deal with this attack is to stay on the move and keep your distance as it lands so that you have time to dodge the incoming fire.

As the drake gets damaged, swoop attacks will become more common, and the drake will begin using an additional attack. 
If the drake falls below 50% health, it will use a special attack where it swoops up high and traps the target in a small arena of fire. One tile in the arena will be a safe spot, marked with a green rune. The rest of the tiles will turn into lava after a moment. This process will repeat 3 times before the attack ends. The drake will swoop back down and attempt to crush you in the standard 3x3 ring in the process.
==={{anchor|Drake Loot}}Loot===
The drake leaves a carcass that can be butchered: it contains 5 Diamond ores, 5 Sinew, 10 Ash Drake Hide, and 30 Bones.
Ash Drake Hide can be used to make Ash Drake Armour, which is extremely resistant, ash storm proof and fireproof.
It will also drop a chest, which will contain the following:
* [[File:Wiz_vial.gif]]'''Bottle of Dragon's Blood:''' When drunk, it has one of these effects:
** Transforms the drinker into a dark red [[Guide_to_races#Lizardpeople|lizard]] with digitigrade legs, preventing the use of shoes.
** Transforms the drinker into a [[Guide_to_races#Skeletons|skeleton]], giving it a few racial bonuses.
** Gives the drinker permanent immunity to lava.
===How to Fight===
Take your time and don't get greedy. Keep your distance so that you can more easily react to the incoming firebreath, coming in for shots in between the drakes attacks. Take only 1 or 2 shots at a time at the drake before you back up to prepare to dodge the incoming attack. Keep your distance when the drake is trying to crush you from up high so that you can avoid the incoming fire. Keep your cool and stay focused during the fire arena attack, messing this attack up is extremely difficult to recover from. Bringing the H.E.C.K. suit from Bubblegum will make this fight somewhat easier, making it much less punishing if you are hit with a fire attack. The drake will not immediately breathe fire at you when it lands from the fire arena attack, giving you a window to get a couple quick hits in. Still be prepared to retreat though, its next attack will come out pretty quickly after landing. Unless you are very robust and experienced, do not attempt this fight without several regenerative cores.
==Colossus==
[[File:Colossus.png|182px]]

A huge, towering being. Slow, but extremely dangerous.
===GPS Signal===
"Angelic Signal"
===Statistics===
'''Health:''' 2500

'''Melee Damage:''' 40

'''Burn Resistance:''' 50%

'''Speed:''' Slow
===Behaviour===
The Colossus, when attacking, shoots Death Bolts in different patterns, telegraphing each burst with a screen shake and a red flash. 
Death bolts are slow, and deal 25 brute damage ignoring armor. They'll break rocks, and if on station, walls and reinforced walls on hit. 
'''Patterns:''' 
* Random Shots: The colossus shoots a random amount of bolts aiming in random directions.
* Blast: Shoots a shotgun-like blast of death bolts.
* Directional Shots: Shoots bolts in the 8 cardinal directions.
* Alternating Directional Shots: Shoots bolts alternating between a + shape and an X shape, four times.
* Spiral Shot: Shoots following a spiral around the Colossus. Becomes more frequent as the Colossus loses health. The Colossus screams: "Judgement".
* Double Spiral: Only used when the colossus is below 33% health, shoots two opposite spirals at the same time. The Colossus screams: "Die".
When shot, the Colossus will display glowing yellow shields, but they are cosmetic and do not in fact reduce the damage it takes.

If challenged by someone using [[Syndicate_items#Martial Arts Scroll|Sleeping Carp]], the Colossus will enrage and chase him down.
==={{anchor|Colossus Loot}}Loot===
The colossus drops the Voice of God. See [[Voice_of_God|here]] for the Voice of God.
===How to Fight===
People claim to have trouble with this boss, but he's pretty easy as long as you don't get hit. For this boss, if you're not an asshole to your fellow miners, you'll have him clear his own area. Of course this has its own risks, he could hit gibonite, stun you, and instant kill you. I'm personally an asshole, and could give less than two fucks about some shitty mining station, and I'd rather not die, so I lure him back to the big area below the mining base. Once you get here, colossus has a few attacks you should know about.
:'''Shotgun''': The bane of my existence, it's a quick attack with no tell, and it's a spread of death bolts which are basically an instant kill if you get hit in a bad way. This attack is why this boss kills so many noobs.

:'''Circle''': Just a bunch of death bolts in a circle, easier to dodge, there are very clear openings.

:'''Easiest Attack''': Just slowly shoots death bolts in cardinal and then alternate cardinal with it changing each attack, does this 4 times before going back to a normal pattern, pretty easy to get one or two hits in here.

:'''Judgement''': Easy, just stay to the side of him, as soon as you see the death bolt come out on your side, move up and go in to shoot. By the time it rotates back around to shoot, you should have walked away again and be ready to go back in to shoot in the same way. Just keep moving up or down and be sure to keep moving to stay away from the colossus, don't get trapped against the lava.

:'''Die''': Same thing as Judgement, except two spirals start at both sides, this causes the sides to have two attacks coming out, you have two options here. The easier option is to now change to being below or above the colossus, if you're above or below it's basically just judgement since both the death bolts are on one tile, try not to get hit though or you'll be hurting. The second one which I prefer to do, is to stay to the side, and move in after two shots are fire, the timing on this one is way less forgiving, and you need to fire before you're in range so it shoots by the time you're running to not get hit.

:'''Triple Shotgun''': Same thing as before, this is the reason you don't go in after the shotgun attacks EVER. Looks like a normal shotgun, but is always shot in patterns of 3, these attacks have way less cooldown than if it was a normal shotgun with a normal shotgun attack right after it, you can get shots inbetween these, but I'd recommend against it unless you're comfortable.

:All of the death bolts rip through all armor, no casuls allowed.
====Alternatively, Cheesing It====
*Step 1: Get Crusher trophy from Hierophant
*Step 2: Profit!
==Bubblegum (Outdated)==
[[File:Bubblegum.gif|182px]]

A fleshy monstruosity, making the earth tremble with every step it takes. In what passes for a heirarchy among slaughter demons, this one is king.
===GPS Signal===
"Bubbly Signal"
===Statistics===
'''Health:''' 2500

'''Melee Damage:''' 40

'''Burn Resistance:''' 50%

'''Speed:''' Slow
===Behaviour===
Bubblegum's fight is centered on blood: never stand on a bloodied tile if you can help it.

Bubblegum will attempt to hit a target in melee if it is able to; if it cannot, it will start its attack cycle.

When attacking, Bubblegum will prioritize up to 2 targets on blood, then use a blood attack: it can either smack them, dealing 25 instant brute damage, or rarely grab them, pulling them closer to him through the blood. If a target is unconscious and on blood, it is automatically grabbed and devoured. 
If Bubblegum finds no targets, it'll shoot a line of blood in a random direction, with increasing range as it loses health. After spraying blood, it'll bloodcrawl onto a random bloodied tile. If it is undamaged it'll wait until the next attack cycle, but as its health drops the chance of a followup attack after bloodcrawling increases.

If Bubblegum either attacked through blood or decided to continue attacking after bloodcrawling:
* Most of the time it'll charge, destroying terrain and dealing 40 damage to anyone it hits. The end point of the charge is displayed with a large red symbol: use it to avoid its path. Bubblegum will try attacking through blood once more after charging.
* Rarely, becoming more frequent as Bubblegum gets damaged, it'll spawn up to 6 slaughterlings, small creatures that die in one hit and deal minor damage, but can tank a few shots for Bubblegum and can be dangerous if you let them swarm you.
* If Bubblegum falls below 50% health, it will either Triple Charge or Blood Charge instead of charging.
** Triple Charging is, in fact, three quick charges in a row. After each charge Bubblegum will try a blood attack.
** Blood Charge is a bloodcrawl quickly followed by a charge. This can only happen if Bubblegum succeeded on a blood attack.
When wounded by brute damage, Bubblegum has a chance to spray blood under himself.
==={{anchor|Bubblegum Loot}}Loot===
On death, Bubblegum spawns a H.E.C.K. suit
* [[File:Hostile_env.png]] '''H.E.C.K. suit:''' A powerful mining suit that can be customized with spraypaint. Great melee resistance, good against explosions and bullets and completely fire-, lava-, rad-, acid and ash storm proof. Not spaceproof!
===How to Fight===
The king of all megafauna, this battle is movement and positioning. I'd heavily recommend the big area below the mining base, or one of similar size to even have a chance at beating this monster. You should ALWAYS be shooting him as fast as you can, this monster shoots blood everywhere which gives him more moves, and can spawn little blood fuckers which stop you from moving away from the bubblegum. I'd recommend shooting the bubblegum before he gets to the area since you'll most likely be luring him, and use the upper area adjacent to the mining base for just a bit so you don't cover up the bottom with too much blood. You should try to always have the bubblegum spray horizontally or near the edge of the arena so you can keep luring him in circles away from blood, don't have blood going up or down the arena or you'll have to run through it every time to get across. Staying near the lava but not running too close is pretty recommended because he'll spray most of his row of blood into the lava and save you some space. Bubbblegum blood does not spread if you step on it, and if you skip past it quickly he wont have a chance to bloodmaul you. There are also a few moves you should know about.
:Oh yeah, and after every PKA shot he can bleed on the tile he's on.

:'''Blood Crawl''': Bubblegum disappears and reappears instantly near the player at a nearby blood tile, this attack isn't too dangerous, and as long as you have decent reaction times, you can just walk away. He has a bit of hit cooldown, so even if you're right up next to him after accidentally running into him, he won't instantly hit you.

:'''Blood Leech''' (Something like that): Spawns a bunch of little blood fuckers around you, something like 1-6 of them. These guys aren't hard and do barely any damage, consider them easier legions, normally you wouldn't care but they block your path and make it easier for the bubblegum to tear your asshole apart, always be on harm intent and ready to bash these fuckers with your PKA.

:'''Blood Charge''': Bubblegum shows a rune with where he's going to dash, and fucks everything inbetween the dash, the tiles are pretty much a straight line with where he's going to dash, so if you're ballsy you can just move one tile over and he won't hit you.

:'''Blood Spray''': Bubblegum is a total asshole and periodically shoots out lines of blood to make himself stronger and you want to kill yourself, not too bad just try not to be on, or adjacent to these tiles. Don't let him spray blood over your arena in a way where you'll have to walk over it again.

:'''Triple Charge''': This is where the speediness of this fight becomes apparent, this attack is actually pretty nice compared to the copious amount of blood he shoots earlier, since this attack takes so long you can run straight through the blood and he won't use any of his blood moves on you.

:Everything that was just said can be done with a PKA. I do it often, and many others do it often (probably).
==Legion==
[[File:Biglegion.png|42px]][[File:Biglegion.png|85px]][[File:Biglegion.png|128px]][[File:Biglegion.png|171px]][[File:Biglegion.png|214px]][[File:Biglegion.png|171px]][[File:Biglegion.png|128px]][[File:Biglegion.png|85px]][[File:Biglegion.png|42px]]

A horrifying, enormous skull, that is summoned when you knock on the doors of the necropolis.
===GPS Signal===
"Echoing Signal"
===Statistics===
'''Stages:''' 5

'''Stage 1 Health:''' 800

'''Stage 2 Health:''' 480

'''Stage 3 Health:''' 288

'''Stage 4 Health:''' 173

'''Stage 5 Health:''' 104

'''Total Health:''' 5960

'''Melee Damage:''' 25

'''Burn Resistance:''' 50%

'''Speed:''' Very Slow
===Behaviour===
Legion's pattern is simple: It can either summon a legion skull (the same summoned by small legions) or start charging. When charging, Legion spins, gains a speedboost, and tries to attack you directly. If not charging, instead, Legion will avoid coming closer and tries staying 5 tiles away from you.

When a Legion is killed, it splits into two smaller Legions, with less health, but the same attacks and damage. This process repeats five times, then the smallest skulls will shatter into bone instead of splittting.
==={{anchor|Legion Loot}}Loot===
Every time you shatter a skull (when it's too small to split) there's a 5% chance of it dropping a necropolis tendril loot chest.

When the last piece of Legion is destroyed, it spawns an Anomalous Crystal

[[File:Anomaly_crystal.png|64px]]

An anomalous crystal's activation method and effect is random, and must be tested to find out what it does.

'''Possible activation methods:'''
*'''On touch:''' Using the crystal with an empty hand will trigger it.
*'''On bump:''' Moving against the crystal will trigger it.
*'''On weapon:''' Hitting the crystal with anything will trigger it.
*'''On heat:''' Hitting the crystal with a weapon that can ignite will trigger it. (I.E. welders, lighters)
*'''On speech:''' Speaking near the crystal will trigger it.
*'''On bomb:''' Explosions, no matter how weak, will trigger it. Also triggered by Kinetic Accelerator hits.
*'''On laser:''' Laser-like shots will trigger it. (Includes disablers, pratice and laser tag gun lasers too)
*'''On bullet:''' Physical bullets will trigger it. (Also includes syringe gun syringes)
*'''On energy:''' Energy shots will trigger it. (Includes tasers, energy bolas, somatorays, ions)
'''Possible Effects:'''
*'''HONK:''' Whover activates the crystal will drop all his equipment and become a [[clown]], with starting equipment included. If this effect is picked, it's only activated by bump or speech.
*'''Theme Warp:''' Transforms the theme of the room the crystal is in, morphing the floor, tables and chairs and spawning some flora. Possible themes are Lavaland, Winter, Jungle and Abductor.
*'''Emitter:''' The crystal shoots a random projectile, chosen between fireball, spellblade, x-ray laser, meteorshot or colossus' death bolt.
*'''Dark Reprise:''' Revives any corpses nearby as a [[Guide_to_races#Shadowpeople|shadowman]]. Those resurrected this way become unclonable, but can still be resurrected with this crystal.
*'''Lightgeists:''' Once activated, the crystal will allow ghosts to spawn as lightgeists, extremely fragile jelly-like beings that cannot speak and can heal people.
*'''Refresher:''' The crystal will 'refresh' a random item in front of it, transforming them into freshly-spawned versions of themselves; it can, for example, refill a gun. Some items are blacklisted, and admin-spawned items cannot be refreshed.
*'''Possession:''' The crystal will transfer your mind and body into any '''harmless''' animal close to the crystal. If no animals are in range, the crystal will spawn a cockroach. Once inside the animal, you can get out at any time, but it will gib the animal's body. If the animal dies while you're possessing it, you'll die as well.
===How to Fight===
Total asshole, keeps splitting up every time he reaches a damage threshhold and each of the little guys he splits up into will shoot legion skulls. Pretty much impossible to do without a kinetic accelerator AoE damage mod on /tg/'s version, but doesn't really matter since he doesn't drop anything good. Normally I'd recommend two kinetic accelerators, but /tg/'s code has it so they shoot differently and it's very annoying.
==Blood-Drunk Miner==
[[File:Bdminer.gif|182px]][[File:Transformedminer.gif|182px]]

"A miner destined to wander forever, engaged in an endless hunt."
===GPS Signal===
"Drunk Signal"
===Statistics===
'''Health:''' 900

'''Melee Damage:''' 20

'''Speed:''' Slow
===Behavior===
Effectively a highly aggressive miner, the blood-drunk miner has very few attacks but compensates by being highly aggressive.

The blood-drunk miner's attacks are as follows
:- If not in KA range, it will rapidly dash at its target
:- If in KA range, it will fire its kinetic accelerator
:- If in melee range, will rapidly attack, akin to an actual player
:- After any of these attacks, may transform its cleaving saw:
* Untransformed, it attacks very rapidly for smaller amounts of damage
* Transformed, it attacks at normal speed for higher damage and cleaves enemies hit
Difficulty: Medium
===Loot===
When the blood-drunk miner dies, it leaves behind the cleaving saw.
Its Cleaving Saw [[File:Cleaving saw.png]] can be toggled between two modes: open, and closed.
While the saw is open, it will deal a wide range of AOE damage around the user. However, it attacks somewhat slowly in this mode.
While the saw is closed, it will attack a single target extremely quickly, causing a high amount of damage in a short amount of time.
Both modes will build up existing bleed effects to mining mobs, doing a burst of high damage if the bleed is built up high enough.
Transforming it immediately after an attack causes the next attack to come out faster.
===How to Fight===
This guys pretty easy actually, just follow a few simple steps:
* 1. Get fully auged
* 2. Fully upgrade your suit
* 3. (optional) Get sec jumpsuit for a bit extra reduction
* 4. Get in his face and start murdering him with your weapon of choice. He will deal very low damage, regardless of mode.
Alternately
* 1. Dig a large tunnel that loops back on itself
* 2. Kite boss to tunnel
* 3. Keep running and fire behind you
If your going crusher, this should be the first boss you kill
==Hierophant==
[[File:Hierophant.gif|82px]]

"A massive metal club that hangs in the air as though waiting. It'll make you dance to its beat."
===GPS Signal===
"Zealous Signal"
===Statistics===
'''Health:''' 2500

'''Melee Damage:''' 15

'''Speed:''' Slow
===Behavior===
The Hierophant spawns in its arena, which makes fighting it challenging but not impossible.

The text this boss speaks is ROT4, use ROT22 to decode

The Hierophant's attacks are as follows;
:- These attacks happen at a random, increasing chance:
* If target is at least 2 tiles away; Blinks to the target after a very brief delay, damaging everything near the start and end points.
* As above, but does so multiple times if below half health.
* Rapidly creates cardinal and diagonal Cross Blasts under a target.
* If chasers are off cooldown, creates 4 chasers.
:- IF TARGET IS OUTSIDE THE ARENA: Creates an arena around the target for 10 seconds, blinking to the target if not in the created arena.
* The arena has a 20 second cooldown, giving people a small window to get the fuck out.
:- If no chasers exist, creates a chaser that will seek its target, leaving a trail of blasts.
* Is more likely to create a second, slower, chaser if hurt.
:- If the target is at least 2 tiles away, may Blink to the target after a very brief delay, damaging everything near the start and end points.
:- Creates a cardinal or diagonal blast(Cross Blast) under its target, exploding after a short time.
* If below half health, the created Cross Blast may fire in all directions.
:- Creates an expanding AoE burst.

:- IF ATTACKING IN MELEE: Creates an expanding AoE burst.
Cross Blasts and the AoE burst gain additional range as Hierophant loses health, while Chasers gain additional speed.

When Hierophant dies, it stops trying to murder you and shrinks into a small form, which, while much weaker, is still quite effective.
- The smaller club can place a teleport beacon, allowing the user to teleport themself and their allies to the beacon.

Difficulty: Hard
===Loot===
When the Hierophant is defeated, it will let out one final huge expanding burst attack that will fill about half the arena. After this, the Hierophant will fall to the ground as an item, allowing you to loot and wield it as the '''Hierophant's Club''' [[File:Hierophantsclub.gif]]. You will be able to perform several attacks very similar to the one performed by the Hierophant while wielding it. Clicking on another mob will send a Chaser attack after it. Clicking the mob again will create a Cross Blast. You can create a Cross Blast by clicking any tile that is out of range. Clicking a tile within melee range will create a 3x3 AoE burst centered around your character. The close range burst has a much shorter cooldown and can be spammed rapidly, making it extremely useful for mining and clearing out paths. It can also be used to help do a bit of extra damage against the other Megafauna, or for traitorous shenanigans back up on the station. It also comes with a beacon that can be detached, allowing you to teleport yourself and anyone standing next to you back to the detached beacon from any location.
===How to Fight===
This fight is all about reaction time. Try to stay on the move often to avoid taking damage from the chasers, and when using a ranged weapon try to stay at least 1 tile away from the Hierophant so that it won't use its large AoE burst. When it begins a rapid attack, try not to panic. This is the only attack the Hierophant has that I'd consider difficult to deal with, and it's been the bane of many a cocky miner. Remain calm and pay close attention to where the tiles are spawning, and you should be okay.
Note that unlike most megafauna, this one will almost never bring you from full health to dead right away. There are a lot of attacks, and some of them can be hard to dodge, but they deal fairly low damage. The attacks only deal damage when they turn white (from purple). Having a few stable legion cores makes this fight considerably easier.
==Swarmer==
[[File:Replication.gif|182px]]
===GPS Signal===
“Hungry Signal”
This signal only gives the location of the Swarmer Beacon, not its minions.
(might be wrong, please double check)
===Statistics===
'''Health:''' 750

'''Melee Damage:''' N/A, spawns mobs

'''Speed:''' Stationary
===Behavior===
Swarmer Beacon

A strange machine appears anywhere a normal lavaland mob can it produces a swarmer at a rate of
1/15 seconds, until there are GetTotalAISwarmerCap()/2 swarmers, after this it is up to the swarmers themselves to
increase their population (it will repopulate them should they fall under GetTotalAISwarmerCap()/2 again)

tl;dr A million of the little hellraisers spawn (controlled by AI) and try to eat mining

Loot: Not much, besides a shit load of artificial bluespace crystals, Oh and mining doesn't get eaten
that's a plus I suppose.

Difficulty: Special

= Jungle Mobs =
Never naturally implemented, will only appear due to admemes. A lot of these were designed to be normal fauna to inhabit the jungle, and therefore cannot be compared to the megafauna in lavaland.
== Mega Arachnid ==
[[File:Junglearachnid.png|182px]]
===Statistics===
'''Health:''' 300

'''Melee Damage:''' 30

'''Speed:''' Normal
===Behavior===
Large and powerful, but very timid. It won't engage anything above 50 health, or anything without legcuffs. It has a single spell, which makes it fire fleshy snares that will legcuff anyone that it hits, making them look especially tasty to the arachnid.

Difficulty: Easy
== Leaper ==
[[File:Leaper.png|182px]]
===Statistics===
'''Health:''' 300

'''Melee Damage:''' N/A

'''Speed:''' Very Fast
===Behavior===
Huge, carnivorous toads that spit an immobilizing toxin at its victims before leaping onto them. It has no melee attack, and its damage comes from the toxin in its bubbles and its crushing leap. Its eyes will turn red to signal an imminent attack! It has two spells, one in which it ejects leaper bubbles, and one in which it jumps up and attempts to crush someone, much like the Ash Drake's swoop. Whenever anyone is hit by the leaper bubbles, they are knocked down and poisoned by the leaper's venom. In low amounts, the venom is not very potent, but with higher amounts, it can easily incapacitate somebody.

Difficulty: Medium
== Seedling ==
[[File:Seedling.png|182px]]
===Statistics===
'''Health:''' 100

'''Melee Damage:''' N/A

'''Speed:''' Stationary
===Behavior===
A plant rooted in the ground that forfeits its melee attack in favor of ranged barrages. It will fire flurries of solar energy, and occasionally charge up a powerful blast that makes it vulnerable to attack. Each individual projectile of solar deals 10 burn damage upon contact. Occasionally, it will charge up a solar beam, which will create several visual indicators. The solar beam deals very high burn damage upon contact.

Difficulty: Medium

Shaft Miner

2022-01-07T20:03:20Z

CivilCornball: /* Essential Equipment */ surprised I noticed this. fixed link

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Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]] is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

Your workplace, Lavaland, has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned. However, chasms only appear as a part of a structure or as a result of a [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendril]] being defeated. You don't need to be ''that'' careful.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't walk into lava, chasms, or outside during an ash storm. You'll get a text warning not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

You can click on an adjacent rock or run directly into it to begin picking or drilling the rock, but the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator (often shortened to P-KA or just KA) is much faster and more efficient. Keep in mind that if you do decide to pick or drill your way through rock, you can have multiple dig jobs running at the same time to mine faster.
===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on [[Lavaland]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind.
===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you're full to bursting with ores, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!
==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
# [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, you will need Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, your pickaxe (optional), a bluespace shelter capsule (DON'T FORGET!) and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator. If you want, there is also an additional mining satchel, and a shovel for digging up ash (for glass).
# Attach your seclite and knife to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
# Use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
# Go to the Lavaland [[Mining Station]] and get an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']]. On the [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western side]] of the base, there is a mini-Medbay where you can find first-aid kits, a break room that always has donk pockets, and a maintenance room where you can top off internals. The nearby storage room has more gear lockers and Ore boxes.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. Ore boxes are available on the mining station, the mining shuttle and rarely on the field. More can be built with wood planks.
# For extra safety, grab a GPS device, set it to your name and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back to cloning. Put it and your mining scanner in your boots to free up inventory space.
===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. If you haven't already, activate your scanner and shove it into your boots, internals box, or bag. Every once in a while it sends out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you. The people back on the station need a variety of different minerals, so try to get a mixture of every type.
# Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''. Recommended: Ask [[Rnd|RND]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. Miners have access to the science channel (with :n), but if they are just a bunch of braindeads you can go to the next step.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]].
# If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and activate it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim." You do not need to insert your ID.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].

===Life beyond smashing rocks===
# Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]].
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel robust enough, explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of four. These packs, and their strengths, are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - having a second shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a resonator and brute treatment kit. The resonator is underwhelming, being effectively a melee weapon that punishes you for using it as a melee weapon. The only saving grace is the brute treatment kit, which you could just ask medbay for. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with an industrial welding tool, a welding mask and a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. As a bonus, you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' attack cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 2450 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1500 pts.

===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Using a Regen. Core Stabilizer on Legion Cores would let you save their heal and anti-slowdown effects for later. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
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![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
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![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] [[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] [[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]] and Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.

In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD Gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in your pocket.
|-
|}

====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] [[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your box.
|-
!Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
!Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}
==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Mining Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Resonator
|An incredibly inefficient weapon. This will, when used on rock or an empty space that is next to you, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. You can activate it in your hand to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds. Using it on an already-marked spot while only 1 tile away will instantly rupture the field, dealing less damage than if you'd left it alone.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] Point Transfer Card
|A small card that allows you to transfer mining points from one ID to the other.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
!1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
!Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
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|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
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The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
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|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}
==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}

All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].
==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.
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! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.

At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!

==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you're forever bound to Lavaland unless your fellow Miners save you and/or clone you. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}

==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they'll just knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}

==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10

Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2

Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2

Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2

Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Can be equipped in addition to a mask.
|Bone: 4
|}

==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''

You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.

==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, stick with another miner for safety. If able, go with at least two other people. Not only can you mine faster together, the chance that they could both be 'lings/traitors is rather low. If that eventuality arises, however, a pickaxe to the skull tends to put down most people.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. You can scan dead Lavaland enemies for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, and rumor has it that [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
** Every ash storm, check in over supply comms. If someone doesn't check in, and their GPS signal isn't moving, you'll know that they're dead and can take their corpse back to the station to be cloned. Mining is a dangerous job. This way, if they die, they can be revived. (To chat on the supply channel, it's ".u" or ":u".)
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate space. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoP to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site. At the start of the shift, it's the first place I go.)

==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an air pump to take it, then put [REDACTED] KPa into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
{{Jobs}}
[[Category: Jobs]]

Shaft Miner

2022-01-05T14:52:34Z

CivilCornball: /* Smashing rocks */ Wrong about this too.

{{JobPageHeader
|headerbgcolor = purple
|headerfontcolor = white
|stafftype = SUPPLY
|imagebgcolor = #cc9966
|img_generic = Generic_shaft.png
|img = Lava_miner.png
|jobtitle = Shaft Miner
|access = [[Mining Station]], [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], [[Cargo Office]], Mineral Storage
|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Varies from piss easy to extremely hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine [[#The Ores|ores]] and process them into useful materials. Kill [[#The Wildlife|hostile wildlife]]. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
|guides = [[Lavaland]], [[Megafauna]], [[Auxiliary Base Construction Area]]
|quote = Spare vouc- oh.
}}
Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, explore an ever-changing landscape, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|link=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]] is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

Your workplace, Lavaland, has several hazards, including [[#The Wildlife|dangerous beasts]]. However, the environmental hazards - listed below - can be just as deadly.
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A heavy rain of dark particles outdoors indicates an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world. This includes miners - if you fall in one, you can't get cloned. However, chasms only appear as a part of a structure or as a result of a [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendril]] being defeated. You don't need to be ''that'' careful.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't walk into lava, chasms, or outside during an ash storm. You'll get a text warning not long before an ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near a structure (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

You can click on an adjacent rock or run directly into it to begin picking or drilling the rock, but the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator (often shortened to P-KA or just KA) is much faster and more efficient. Keep in mind that if you do decide to pick or drill your way through rock, you can have multiple dig jobs running at the same time to mine faster.
===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on [[Lavaland]] and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind.
===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you're full to bursting with ores, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box to the indicator on the floor next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" to retrieve mining points as a reward to your current work ID. Now print [[#RnD Gear|new gear]] from the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|supply techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] for free and/or use those mining points to buy new gear from the mining vendor [[File:Mining_vendor_default.png|link=#Advanced Gear|Mining Vendor]], then take your crate and head back to [[Lavaland]]!
==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
# [[#Essential Equipment|Gear up!]] From the mining equipment locker, you will need Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, your pickaxe (optional), a bluespace shelter capsule (DON'T FORGET!) and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator. If you want, there is also an additional mining satchel, and a shovel for digging up ash (for glass).
# Attach your seclite and knife to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you butcher corpses without having to take out your knife. It also helps you bash things harder!
# Use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of [[#Voucher Equipment|advanced mining tools]].
# Go to the Lavaland [[Mining Station]] and get an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from [[Mining_Station#EVA_Room|Mining 'EVA']]. On the [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western side]] of the base, there is a mini-Medbay where you can find first-aid kits, a break room that always has donk pockets, and a maintenance room where you can top off internals. The nearby storage room has more gear lockers and Ore boxes.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. Ore boxes are available on the mining station, the mining shuttle and rarely on the field. More can be built with wood planks.
# For extra safety, grab a GPS device, set it to your name and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back to cloning. Put it and your mining scanner in your boots to free up inventory space.
===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. If you haven't already, activate your scanner and shove it into your boots, internals box, or bag. Every once in a while it sends out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you. The people back on the station need a variety of different minerals, so try to get a mixture of every type.
# Pick up minerals by having your mining bag in either your belt slot or pockets when you walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the [[Mining_Station#Old_Smeltery|processing plant]] on the Lavaland [[Mining Station]], as that room is outdated'''. Recommended: Ask [[Rnd|RND]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. Miners have access to the science channel (with :n), but if they are just a bunch of braindeads you can go to the next step.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]].
# If there's minerals still in your mining satchel, you can take your mining satchel into your hand and activate it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no points (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any points. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim." You do not need to insert your ID.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the points you've earned, or the [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development#Techfab|Cargo techfab]] [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab]] to craft advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Science|RnD]].

===Life beyond smashing rocks===
# Use your better gear to push deeper into [[Lavaland]].
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe/techfab for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel robust enough, explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] with your GPS and try to kill them for extremely valuable loot.
===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item pack out of a selection of four. These packs, and their strengths, are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (equipped on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - having a second shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a resonator and brute treatment kit. The resonator is underwhelming, being effectively a melee weapon that punishes you for using it as a melee weapon. The only saving grace is the brute treatment kit, which you could just ask medbay for. 1350 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Very good at taking hits for you, but will never win a 1-on-1 fight with a [[#The Wildlife|Goliath]]. Becomes even more useful once you install the [[#Advanced Gear|sentience upgrade module]]. Comes with an industrial welding tool, a welding mask and a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. As a bonus, you get a stack of 30 marker beacons too. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher and a mini fire extinguisher. The crusher is hard to use without getting hit, and its ranged 'mark' attack cannot be used unless you equip it with both hands (click it while holding it in your selected hand), but it has a chance to make fauna drop [[#Crusher trophies|powerful trophies]]. 2450 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1500 pts.

===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue mining points; you can then use those points to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch, for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Using a Regen. Core Stabilizer on Legion Cores would let you save their heal and anti-slowdown effects for later. Or you could spend it all on booze and cigars. We won't judge.
==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment. You usually won't have to pay for this:
====Essential Equipment====
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![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] Explorer Suit
|This comes with an inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear in the suit storage slot. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates, up to 3 times, for +10% melee resist each. Can store up to 2 small(er) things - you open its inventory by dragging it to you.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, located right around where you find your suit, and can be worn on your suit's storage slot. You can put your emergency oxygen tank from your internals box in the same spot. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] [[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] [[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]] and Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box, or your boots. Can be used to slap activated [[#The_Ores|gibtonite]], stopping it from exploding and allowing it to be relocated. Of course, you need both hands to pick up gibtonite, but we can't always get what we want. (For best results, count 8 flashes of the ore before doing so. This includes the large flashes at the start.)
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.

In addition, it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. [[Megafauna]], [[#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]], and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue mining gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging small tunnels, and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a base range of three steps. Oh, and did we mention that you can use [[#RnD gear|modkits]] to improve it? Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed.
 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
 
Can fit in your belt slot.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains [[Guide_to_chemistry#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Leporazine|Leporazine]], [[Guide_to_chemistry#Epinephrine|Epinephrine]], Mining Nanites and [[Guide_to_chemistry#Omnizine|Omnizine]]. Slowly heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature. Rumor has it that you can overdose on these if you use more than one in quick succession.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Despite what its "on-use" message would have you believe, you do not need to throw it. Ash storms cannot hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. (Broken walls will still protect from the ash storm.) The shelter contains a cupboard with a guitar (or dice) and some warm donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use, and a nanomed on the wall above it with some gauze. Never leave home without one.
 
You're issued one for free in the mining lockers on station. Note that there are also mining lockers in the [[Mining Station]]'s oft-overlooked [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|western end]] that contain these.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart. Holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can pull it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.

Useful as cover from [[#The Wildlife|Watcher]] bolts.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of [[Shaft Miner#Voucher equipment|several selections]] which include various valuable and useful items.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space. Gives off light even if it's in your pocket.
|-
|}

====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.
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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your PKA. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe.
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] [[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your box.
|-
!Marker Beacon
|Stationary lights that you can color and toss everywhere to annoy the crew. Or light your way through Lavaland. That too.
|-
!Plant Bag
|Stores the plants you harvest on [[Lavaland]]. The botanist will likely appreciate the new plants, but it's only useful for that.
|}
==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor:
====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with mining points. Mining points are usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station.
{{Item
|name=Mining Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+Mining Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Marker Beacon.png|32px]] 30 Marker Beacons
|A pack of 30 Marker Beacons, used to light your way through Lavaland.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a nanomed, a stasis bed and some warm donk-pockets.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion cores to prevent them from decaying. Legion cores give their healing instantly, compared to the healing over time from the Survival Medipen.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Brutefak.png|32px]] Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, brute-healing patches, and a bicaridine pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Bmed.png|32px]] Burn First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages, burn-healing patches, and a kelotane pill bottle.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Radfak.png|32px]] Advanced First-Aid Kit
|Contains burn and brute healing patches, atropine medipens, and a pentetic acid pill bottle.
!a1200 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton extraction packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses (usually 3 in a fresh pack); examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] Wormhole Jaunter
|A one-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent chasms from permakilling you by making your body unrecoverable for cloning.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:AdvancedMiningScanner.png|32px]] Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] Explorer's Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot. Stores mining equipment.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful melee weapon. Can only be stored in the slot normally occupied by a backpack, or in a Bag of Holding. If wielded in both hands (left-click it while it's in the selected hand), shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''[[#Crusher trophies|trophies]]''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic modular mining weapon. Often called "P-KA" or just "KA". If you forgot to get one at roundstart, or otherwise lack a P-KA, don't buy it from here - there's extra mining lockers in the Lavaland Mining Station's [[Mining_Station#Living_Quarters|westward side]] with the same contents as those on the station.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Resonator
|An incredibly inefficient weapon. This will, when used on rock or an empty space that is next to you, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. You can activate it in your hand to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds. Using it on an already-marked spot while only 1 tile away will instantly rupture the field, dealing less damage than if you'd left it alone.
!a750 Points
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early. Doesn't even give an extra tile of range.
!a1500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to research drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA. Only useful for pretending you're playing Minecraft.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] Mining Bot Companion
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with [[#Advanced Gear|special modules]] bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a800 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Melee
|Increases the Minebot's melee damage. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Armor
|Increases the Minebot's health. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a400 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Minebot Upgrade: Cooldown
|Decreases the Minebot's ranged weapon's cooldown. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a600 Points
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone). WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Bot-Friendly
|A modkit that allows your PKA to ignore minebots. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Tracer Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Adj. T. Shots
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Range
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Cooldown
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity. Can usually be fabricated at the cargo techfab/protolathe - don't buy it here.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Upgrade: Damage Radius
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit. Does not destroy rock. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Super Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] P-KA Cosmetic Hyper Chassis
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators. WRITEME: Include capacity taken up.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath hide for up to 60 melee resistance.
!a2000 Points
|-
![[File:Extended_Emergency_Oxygen_Tank.png|32px]] Expanded E. Oxygen Tank
|An expanded emergency oxygen tank. Lasts for twice as long as the one in your internals box. Just get a normal oxygen tank from the [[Mining Station#EVA Room|Mining Station EVA]], the shift'll never be long enough for you to need this.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a mini-pickaxe, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key which gives your headset access to the supply channel, and a card which adds mining access to your ID.
!a 1500 Points
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|A robust knife. Used to butcher fauna and hit harder with your PKA. Don't lose it!
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Point_Transfer_Card.png|32px]] Point Transfer Card
|A small card that allows you to transfer mining points from one ID to the other.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Mining Outpost Capsule
|For the miner who wants a homebase in hell, the mining encampment comes with standard shelter amenities and more, including tolietries and a personal equipment vendor for multiple miners to really call home.
!a7500 Points
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Points
|-
![[File:Lazarus_Hypo.png|32px]] Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Points
|-
!1000 Space Cash
|One thousand credits in space cash!
!a2000 Points
|-
!Pizza
|A 100 credit pizza.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Points
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Points
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Points
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shine it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Points
|}

{{Item
|name=Free Golem Equipment Vendor
|bgcolor1 = #cc9966
|bgcolor2 = #cc9966
|image = Mining_vendor_default.png
}}
The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:
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|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles.
!a250 Points
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Points
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Points
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Points
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiology]] on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Points
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator. Occupies 20% of mod capacity. Can also be fabricated at a techfab - and you probably should do so, with its huge point cost.
!a1700 Points
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own [[Science|RnD]] department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Points
|}
==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advanced items that can be unlocked only by [[Rnd|RnD]], using a combination of minerals and high tech research.
 
(RnD, if you're reading this - we like the KA Mods, Plasma Cutters, Mining Satchels of Holding, and Night Vision Mesons the best.)
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of [[#The Ores|Diamonds]] needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks. Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1. Occupies 25% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20). Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in pressurized environments.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it (max 20).
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness - negating the need for flashlights and marker beacons in Lavaland.
|}

All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe/techfab [[File:Proto.png|link=Guide to Research and Development#Techfab|Techfab/Protolathe]].
==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Mining Point Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|To obtain, use a shovel on an empty space. Used for making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious (and [[Guide to food and drinks#Fetching Fizz|useful]]) cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged, stored on your person, or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 
How to obtain high-quality Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}
===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}
{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}
===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver materials directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.
* [[Scientist]]s need at least a bit of every ore. They'll also appreciate you sending them Lazarus Injectors, and scanning the [[#The Wildlife|wildlife]] for discovery points.
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs (and robots) for everybody!
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits, and/or materials from [[#The Wildlife|Lavaland mobs]] to craft into Bounty objectives. Plasma and Bones in particular are both common and valuable.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium, plasma, or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.

At this point, you might be thinking, "Why should I help them?" Well, while not everyone has a way to help you, most of the jobs that you supply can aid you in turn.
* [[Roboticist]]s can give you immunity to the ash storm via completely replacing your body with [[Guide_to_robotics#Limb_Augmentation|augmentations]], and/or allow you to cross lava without a boat in a lavaproof mech (the Firefighter).
* [[Scientist]]s can unlock upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use the Uranium you gave them to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* [[Station Engineer]]s can create an Auxillary Base for you, summoned via the Auxillary Base Beacon found in the mining lockers.
* [[Toxins]] can give you [[grenade]]s for use against [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]] due to their weakness to explosions. Alternatively, they can give you very useful mining bombs, clearing out screens of rock with one explosion.
* The [[Bartender]] can make useful drinks for you. An [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Icewing|Icewing]], a [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Toxins_Special|Toxins Special]], or some [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Anti-Freeze|Anti-Freeze]] can heat you up while fighting [[#The Wildlife|Watchers]]; [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Fetching_Fizz|Fetching Fizz]] will make it much easier to gather minerals after an explosion; the [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bastion_Bourbon|Bastion Bourbon]] (among [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Hearty_Punch|other]] [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Bilk|drinks]]) can heal you over time, etc. There's even a drink that'll allow you to [[Guide_to_food_and_drinks#Sarsaparillian_Sunset|breathe fire]]!

==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.
 
(For instance: All of these enemies will attack shortly after they move. Afterwards, they will have a wide window to be attacked in.)
 
Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. '''Make sure you're on harm intent.''' It's best to go on the aggressive against these, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and an instant heal (used to be 100 burn and 100 brute over time). Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a [[#Advanced Gear|stabilizer]] from the vending machine. Using more than one legion soul while another one is active will give you a virus that has to be cured with one of the Lavaland plants (use Health Analyzer, usually found in first aid kits, for full info about cure). If you don't succeed, you're forever bound to Lavaland unless your fellow Miners save you and/or clone you. Fun fact: Active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack on harm intent. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Can and will break walls while attempting to reach you. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite. Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore, its sinew, and some bones.
 
'''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, alternating marking it and hitting it.''' You might have to pop a survival pen afterwards, if you go to Yellow health. (If your [[Mood]] is really good, you'll have enough extra speed to run circles around the Watcher, causing it to miss. If you get hit while using this KC strategy, you can use the ore box as a shield to let you regain warmth.)
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to their bodies covering multiple tiles, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers - including plasma cutter lasers - so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Stay 2 spaces away at all times, while constantly shooting and avoiding tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, wait for it to move, run in, hit it, run out, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath (on harm intent, click with knife in hand or attached to P-KA) for its hide, meat, and bones. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear. The meat can be cooked in lava - don't worry, it'll stop being on fire once it's cooked.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Emits an "Eerie Signal," trackable via your GPS. Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers. Once killed, it will drop a locked necropolis chest, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using explosives - like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn locked necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts that (usually) cannot be found anywhere else. You'll need a skeleton key from the mining vendor to unlock it, though. See the table [[Shaft Miner#The Loot|below]] for the possible loot.
 
Note: [[Ashwalkers]] love tendrils that spawn Legions, as the dead Legions can be brought back to their camp and fed to their nest to create more ashwalker eggs.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:PulsatingTumor.png|64px]] Pulsating Tumor
|/tg/ station has a decent page about these tumors, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken. Rumor has it that the vents seen across Lavaland are actually inactive versions of these.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures that randomly spawn in [[Lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
 
 
Some <s>madmen</s> miners like to challenge themselves by taking down all the megafauna in a single shift. They usually use a Proto-Kinetic Crusher and go for the [[Megafauna#Hierophant|Heirophant]] first (or the [[Megafauna#Blood-Drunk Miner|Blood-Drunk Miner]] if they don't feel robust enough, since its [[#Crusher_trophies|Crusher trophy]] gives temporary invincibility ), then use its Crusher trophy and the [[Megafauna#Loot 6|Heirophant's Club]] to 'cheese' the other megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}

==Shiny Mobs==
Common Lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats - 5% for legions.
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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickaxe swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher.
 
When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher.
 
Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}
==The Loot==
Obtained from necropolis chests, which are dropped by [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|necropolis tendrils]]. You must use a skeleton key, obtained at any mining vendor, to open these chests.
 
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
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|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision and night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. However, you lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the [[#Advanced_Gear|Mining Vendor list]] for more information.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration (25 brute, burn and oxyloss per pump), but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head; granting thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 second cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 10 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also knocking them down for 3 seconds. Hook deals 15 damage on melee strikes.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit. WRITEME: Include mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss! Occupies 50% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that allows Kinetic Accelerator shots to leave and detonate Resonator blasts. Occupies 30% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie! Occupies 20% of mod capacity.
|-
![[File:Asclepius_active.gif|64px]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
|-
![[File:Mementomorigif.gif]]
|Memento Mori
|A magic talisman. When bound, it allows you attain immortality until it is removed. If removed, it will instantly dust the wearer. When fighting against other players, they'll just knock you down and take it off of you.
Note: Does nothing against [[Megafauna]], which will instantly gib you if you are in critical condition.
|}

==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Proto-Kinetic Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass.
|-
|}
==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. To craft these, you must open the crafting menu. (This is a major part of playing an [[Ashwalkers#Tribal Equipment|Ashwalker]].)

Listed here are the recipes that might be useful to miners. Note that [[Cargo]] may have bounties that require loot from Lavaland mobs, so it's a good idea to take most creature loot with you.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="80%" style="background-color:#EEEEFF;" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Materials
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down.
|Bone: 10

Ash Drake hide: 5

Watcher Sinew: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. The QM might want one of these.
|Leather: 2

Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath Hide: 2
|-
![[File:talisman.png|32px]] Bone Talisman
|Attached to your jumpsuit, provides a 5 boost to base protection and a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection. Basically free protection.
|Bone: 2

Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:ebelt.png|32px]] Hunters Belt
|A belt made from Sinew and hide, allowing you to carry more. Occupies the belt slot, which means you'll still have storage if you decide to choose the Proto-Kinetic Crusher.
|Watcher Sinew: 2

Goliath hide: 2
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move.
|Goliath Hide: 3
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|Bone: 2
|-
![[File:bracer.png|32px]] Bone Bracer
|Provides moderate protection to both arms of the wearer - more than the gloves you spawn with. Worn in the same slot as those gloves.
|Bone: 2

Watcher Sinew: 1
|-
![[File:shelmet.png|32px]] Skull Helmet
|Provides moderate protection to the wearers head. Can be equipped in addition to a mask.
|Bone: 4
|}

==Xenoforms==
''Check out [[Lavaland/Space_Role]] for more information.''

You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|lovecraftian horrors]] living down there, you may also contend with |several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.
 
The following is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.
 
(As a ghost, if you wish to become one of these, left-click on an unoccupied spawner. ex: broken rejuvenation pods in hospitals, ash walker eggs in their nest, unclaimed Free Golem shells, etc.)
 
(If you can't find any, try the Spawners Menu, under the Ghost tab.)
=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.
=====Free Golems=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

(/tg/ has a cool page about these guys, but I can't link it here because the captcha required to post external links is broken.)
=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet. They are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.
===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level: Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in Lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.

==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.
==Tips==
* General Tips
** If you're new to the job, stick with another miner for safety. If able, go with at least two other people. Not only can you mine faster together, the chance that they could both be 'lings/traitors is rather low. If that eventuality arises, however, a pickaxe to the skull tends to put down most people.
** You can view the contents of a mining satchel by alt-clicking it. This works on other containers too, like backpacks and boxes.
** Make sure to familiarize yourself with other useful [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]. Middle mouse click swaps your selected hand, ctrl-click pulls an object/person you're standing next to, the DELETE key makes you stop pulling that object/person, etc.
** Clicking on a space with an empty hand while pulling something will attempt to move that object to the targeted space.
** You can slip up to 2 small objects - for instance, your Mining Scanner and GPS - into your boots. Alt-click to remove them.
** Your explorer's suit can store up to 2 small objects as well. To access this inventory, drag it to your character.
** You can put your ID into your PDA, freeing up your belt slot to hold your Seclite, or the Proto-Kinetic Accelerator it's attached to.
** At the start of the shift, ask [[Science]] for a Discovery Scanner. You can scan dead Lavaland enemies for discovery points - Watchers and Goliaths give 2,000, and rumor has it that [[Megafauna]] give a whopping 10,000 discovery points when scanned. '''However, the real benefit is that it reminds science that Mining exists.''' As a result, hopefully they'll remember that Mining's helping them out and research stuff that benefits mining in turn. Every little bit helps - especially when they can simply refuse to research Advanced Mining Technology.
** As an extension of the previous tip: Science also appreciates you gifting them a [[#Voucher/Reward_Equipment|Lazarus Injector]], as they are extremely useful to them.
** Every ash storm, check in over supply comms. If someone doesn't check in, and their GPS signal isn't moving, you'll know that they're dead and can take their corpse back to the station to be cloned. Mining is a dangerous job. This way, if they die, they can be revived. (To chat on the supply channel, it's ".u" or ":u".)
* Minebot Tips:
** Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your weapon of choice. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Afterwards, as long as you're not in a fight, you can repair it with a welding tool.
** Minebots collect all the crap that gibtonite explosions leave.
** On the station, a sentient mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against most enemies - even changelings. You'll have to give it an AI module first, though. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it does on Lavaland. Furthermore, when in space, the proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is also very robust.
* Proto-Kinetic Accelerator Tips:
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
** The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can be used as an infinite tool to navigate space. Every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Equipment tips:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : Worn under your mining suit. Gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. If you're not feeling confident, ask the QM or HoP to give you one.
** Bone Talisman : Crafted with 2 bones and 1 watcher sinew. Attached to your jumpsuit. Provides a 5 boost to base protection but a 20 boost to explosive and biological protection.
** [[Guide to robotics#Limb Augmentation|Augmentations]] : Augs can be very useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier and harder to completely use up. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Furthermore, if you get fully augumented, you're actually ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Other helpful tips:
** If you don't have an ore box, and no mining satchel of holding, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
** Don't yell at science for not researching mining stuff first. It's rude.
** The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Yes, you have the tools to do so - the [[Shaft Miner#Advanced Gear|Lazarus Injector]], at 1,000 points.
** Sometimes, the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
** If you're expecting trouble on the station - and your mining shuttle doesn't come with two doors - consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
** While Lavaland does change from shift to shift, there's a few things that stay the same. For instance, the [[Mining Station]] is always in the bottom-left corner of Lavaland, the Necropolis is always the top border of Lavaland, and the bomb testing site (cordoned by fences) is always a little bit below and to the right of the [[Mining Station]]. (There's usually some decent ores at the bomb testing site. At the start of the shift, it's the first place I go.)

==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom, etc. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive [[Shaft Miner#The Wildlife|those monsters you've been fighting]]. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''
===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an air pump to take it, then put [REDACTED] KPa into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first. (Are they talking about gibtonite, here?)
* Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
* Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
* You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, the [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.
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