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Drill Setup

Drill Setup: use the right page before the route turns messy.

A practical automation entry for deciding whether to mark, ignore, mine around, or automate a boulder.

Database entries answer the first practical question. Once that answer is clear, the linked full page should take over.

Best linked page

Open the Drill Planner

CraftingAug 2026crafting / automation / ore boulder

Player problem

Open this when an ore boulder looks useful but the drill plan may not be worth the setup yet.

Where to use this

Use this when the route has a boulder and the question is payoff, not just how to place parts.

What you need first

A marked boulder, enough parts to test the setup, and a return route that makes collection reasonable.

Next click

Use this entry to decide where the next click should go.

Database fields

Use these fields like a quick lookup before opening the longer guide.

Crafting

Role or purpose

crafting

Crafting

Where or unlock

Use this when the route has a boulder and the question is payoff, not just how to place parts.

Crafting

Best use

Deciding whether a boulder deserves automation now or just a map marker.

Crafting

Next page

Plan the drill setup

How to use this entry

Use this page to narrow the task, then move into one stronger route page.

Compare the boulder value against travel time, power setup, and what the next upgrade actually needs.

  • Deciding whether a boulder deserves automation now or just a map marker.
  • Preventing overbuilt drill setups that do not serve the current route.
  • Connecting mining automation to the next real upgrade.
Open the Drill PlannerBack to Crafting

Common mistakes

  • Automating the first boulder found without checking whether that ore tier matters.
  • Building a long collection route that costs more attention than it saves.
  • Forgetting to mark the return path and then losing the setup's value.

Visual cue

Drill Setup visual

Tags

craftingautomationore boulder

Related entries

Open another entry only when the question actually changed.