Miner Mk.3

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The Miner Mk.3 is the improved version of the Miner Mk.2 which mines at 400% speed. It is a building used to extract ore resources (Iron Ore, Copper Ore, Limestone, etc.) from resource nodes around the map.

It is unlocked after completing the Tier 7 Milestone: Bayer Process.

Mining Speed
The formula for Mk.3 Miner mining speed is:

(mining speed)=4*(purity modifier)*(overclock percentage)*60

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

With a non-overclocked Miner Mk.3 you will get the following mining speeds:

Overclocking
The Miner Mk.3 can be overclocked up to 250% speed, at the cost of greatly increased power consumption.

Running a Miner Mk.3 at 50% yields the same amount of resources as a Miner Mk.2 with slightly reduced energy consumption (9.9 MW instead of 12 MW).

Running a Miner Mk.3 at 25% yields the same amount of resources as a Miner Mk.1 with slightly reduced energy consumption (3.3 MW instead of 5 MW).

Limits of the Mk.3 Miner
The Mk.3 Miner extraction speed on a pure node is limited by the throughput of Conveyor Belt Mk.6. As it currently stands, the Mk.6 Conveyor has a Transportation Rate of 900 units per minute. In contrast the Mk.3 Miner can produce 1,200 units per minute on a pure resource node with overclocking set to 250%. The maximum clock rate the Mk.3 Miner should be set at on a pure node is calculated as follows:

(mining speed)=480*(overclock percentage)/100=900 | *100

90,000=480*(overclock percentage) | /480

(overclock percentage)=187.5 -> 188% 

This will overproduce by 2.4 units per minute, filling up the miners output cargo slot in 41 Minutes and 40 seconds.

Trivia

 * The Miner Mk.3 has a model which resembles the Miner Mk.2, but with 2 drills, and each drill is larger, as seen in game. It does not have an icon yet.