Mining Machine

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Mining Machine
Mining Facility
The more veins covered by the mining machine, the faster the mining speed, and the same vein can be covered by multiple mining rings, but the more mining rings covered, the faster the consumption.
Icon Mining Machine.png
Gathering TargetVein
Gathering Speed30 * veins * Mining speed/min
Work Consumption420 kW
Idle Consumption24.0 kW
Made InAssembler
Hand-MakeReplicator
Stack Size50

Icon Mining Machine.png
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3 s
Icon Iron Ingot.png
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Icon Circuit Board.png
2
Icon Magnetic Coil.png
2
Icon Gear.png
2

Summary

The more veins covered by the mining machine, the faster the mining speed. The same vein can be covered by multiple mining rings, and the more mining rings covered, the faster the consumption.

The mining machine harvests each vein covered by its harvest area at a base rate of 30 items per minute. This rate is the same for all material veins.

For late game mining, using Advanced Mining Machines is recommended. They provide faster extraction, better coverage, and a built in logistic system similar to Planetary Logistics Stations.

Production Chain

Recipe Building Replicator? Technology
Icon Mining Machine.png
1
3 s
Icon Iron Ingot.png
4
Icon Circuit Board.png
2
Icon Magnetic Coil.png
2
Icon Gear.png
2
Icon Assembling Machine Mk.I.pngIcon Assembling Machine Mk.II.pngIcon Assembling Machine Mk.III.pngIcon Re-composing Assembler.png
Tech Electromagnetism.png

Production Progression Chart

For more information on reading and using these charts, see Production Progression Chart.
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
Icon Iron Ore.png
240
Icon Arc Smelter.png
4
White arrow right.svg
Icon Iron Ingot.png
240
White arrow right.svg
Icon Assembling Machine Mk.II.png
3
White arrow right.svg
Icon Mining Machine.png
60
Icon Iron Ore.png
120
Icon Arc Smelter.png
2
White arrow right.svg
Icon Iron Ingot.png
120
Icon Assembling Machine Mk.II.png
2
White arrow right.svg
Icon Gear.png
120
Icon Iron Ore.png
120
Icon Arc Smelter.png
3
White arrow right.svg
Icon Magnet.png
120
Icon Assembling Machine Mk.II.png
1
White arrow right.svg
Icon Magnetic Coil.png
120
Icon Copper Ore.png
60
Icon Arc Smelter.png
1
White arrow right.svg
Icon Copper Ingot.png
60
Icon Iron Ore.png
120
Icon Arc Smelter.png
2
White arrow right.svg
Icon Iron Ingot.png
120
Icon Assembling Machine Mk.II.png
1
White arrow right.svg
Icon Circuit Board.png
120
Icon Copper Ore.png
60
Icon Arc Smelter.png
1
White arrow right.svg
Icon Copper Ingot.png
60
Buildings Required
Icon Arc Smelter.png
13
Icon Assembling Machine Mk.II.png
7
Raw Materials Required

(per minute)

Icon Iron Ore.png
600
Icon Copper Ore.png
120
Raw Materials Required

(per unit)

Icon Iron Ore.png
10
Icon Copper Ore.png
2

Production Upgrade

Each level of the Veins Utilization upgrade increases the mining rate by a flat 10%, and reduces the consumption rate by a compounding 6%.

Initially this increases the speed at which a vein is depleted, while providing more total items. This reaches its greatest effect at the first infinite level of Veins Utilization, the sixth total level. Upon reaching the fifteenth total level of Veins Utilization, the depletion rate drops below the base rate.

Veins needed to fill a belt
Belt Tier Base Tech Veins Utilization 1.png Tech Veins Utilization 2.png Tech Veins Utilization 3.png Tech Veins Utilization 4.png Tech Veins Utilization 5.png Tech Veins Utilization 6.png Tech Veins Utilization 6.png
Total 10
Tech Veins Utilization 6.png
Total 15
Tech Veins Utilization 6.png
Total 20
Tech Veins Utilization 6.png
Total 30
Tech Veins Utilization 6.png
Total 50
Tech Veins Utilization 6.png
Total 110
Tech Veins Utilization 6.png
Total 230
Tech Veins Utilization 6.png
Total 590
Icon Conveyor Belt Mk.I.png 12 11 10 9.3 8.6 8 7.5 6 4.8 4 3 2 1 1 1
Icon Conveyor Belt Mk.II.png 24 21.2 20 18.5 17.2 16 15 12 9.6 8 6 4 2 1 1
Icon Conveyor Belt Mk.III.png 60 54.6 50 46.2 42.9 40 37.5 30 24 20 15 10 5 2.5 1
Consumption of Vein
Per Item 1 0.94 0.8836 0.8306 0.7807 0.7339 0.6899 0.5386 0.3953 0.2901 0.1563 0.0453 0.0011 6.6e-7 1.4e-16
Per minute per vein 30 31.02 31.81 32.39 32.79 33.03 33.11 32.32 29.65 26.12 18.75 8.16 0.40 4.8e-4 2.5e-13

Total is 5 + Veins Utilization Infinite level.

Player Tips & Tricks

  • Unlike other buildings, mining machines can be rotated clockwise by arbitrary values by holding down the Shift key while pushing R. Holding Shift while using the and keys allows to rotate in either direction freely.

Here's a formula for determining how many veins you need to cover, to fill a belt:

V = (2 * Bs) / (1 + (0.1 * Vu))
V = Veins
Bs = Belt Speed (in items/second)
Vu = # of Veins Utilizations Upgrades completed

The Conveyor Belt Mk.I can carry 6 items per second or 360 items per minute. A Mining Machine that is covering exactly 6 veins will produce 180 items per minute. Combining the belts from two mining machines will fully saturate a Conveyor Belt Mk.I with a full 360 items per minute. Note: Mining machines can cover the same resource veins, as shown in the picture below.

Two Mining Machines Fully Saturate a Belt


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