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Mining Gun
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19 Aug, 2016 @ 12:39pm
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Mining Gun

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A handy tool for bulk mining, this turns big rocks into lots of little rocks. Find it under the 'survival' tab of the foraging table; normal fire mines the foreground, and alt-fire mines background tiles. Not recommended for use around anything you want to keep intact.

(Also available in "large".)

This mod was created when Starbound was in beta, and every so often we'd have to restart our games from scratch. I've tried to keep it in the spirit of beginning the game - you'll have to mine enough iron to make it in the first place, so some effort is required - but it will make mining a lot easier once you get it.
32 Comments
Derrick da Fox 14 Dec, 2023 @ 10:17am 
This mod is hilariously op, I love it, thank you
pacemviapax 17 Apr, 2022 @ 10:51am 
Works with my 50 or so other mods, even on custom planets and asteroids. Some might say it's cheesy, but the fact is that humanity has mined with explosives since forever, so it makes sense that interstellar species could too and the future would have even better ways to mine. Ultimately, I only have so much time to game so it's nice not having to grind for sand to make 1,000 glass for my hotel or base.
n3uva 15 Sep, 2021 @ 12:01pm 
10 out of 10 it fills up my inventory fast and doesn't destroy my frames most of the time
Consistently Awful 15 Aug, 2021 @ 10:39am 
God bless this mod. It has saved me soooo much time it ain't even funny. 10/10.
Dr. Fnord  [author] 9 Jul, 2020 @ 10:25pm 
@BaileyRW: Sorry, that's a long way from my intention. It will let you mine enough resources to build one of those nifty XS Corporation Mechs, though. :)
BaileyRW 9 Jul, 2020 @ 10:56am 
I give this a 5 star review. it's just as good at destroying large areas as it is at destroying my FPS!
kind of wish it would come with the option to hurt enemies though
Dr. Fnord  [author] 16 Jul, 2019 @ 2:17pm 
@Doctor Nope: Maybe, but don't expect it any time soon - I'm fairly busy IRL these days. What do you mean by "smaller blast radius", exactly? Relate it to a character's height.
Doctor Nope 16 Jul, 2019 @ 7:52am 
by any chance, can you make a smaller version of mining gun? with smaller blast radius and more precise...
RockDan.9tn 21 Mar, 2019 @ 4:58pm 
Oh lol I should of thought of the foraging station.
Dr. Fnord  [author] 21 Mar, 2019 @ 11:36am 
Look for the mining guns in the third tab of the foraging station. Other mods oughtn't to interfere with that placement, unless you've got one that affects item categories.