Miner Mk.1

The Miner MK1 is a structure used automate the mining of various ores from resource nodes found around the World. The engineer can locate these nodes using the Resource Scanner.

It is unlocked after completing the Tier 0 Milestone "Hub Upgrade 4".

Mining speed
To calculate the Miner MK1 mining speed:

(mining speed) = (purity modifier) * (overclock percentage) * 60

Purity modifiers; Impure = 0.5x, Normal = 1.0x, Pure = 2.0x.

The mining speed for non-overclocked Miner Mk 1 is:

Overclocking
The Miner Mk.1 can be overclocked up to 250% speed, at the cost of greatly increased power consumption.

Placement
The Miner Mk 1 can only be placed on resource nodes. Often resource deposits will spawn on top of resource nodes, they appear as large chunks on the resource nodes. The Miner Mk 1 cannot be placed on top of a resource node that has a resource deposit; the engineer must hand-mine the resource first, which usually takes less than half a minute.

Trivia
The Miner Mk 1 can be built on the resource node even if the entire node is covered by foundations. This does not apply to Portable Miner.