#ASTRONEER PLANET CORE MOD#

Once you are already driving at a slope, you will need to make sure the drill bit is also straight so you do not end up digging straight down and find your rover becomes stuck. A circle to indicate the amount of soil you have available to fill the ground ahead and the crosshair in the middle to show the current angle of the drill bit.

#ASTRONEER PLANET CORE MOD#

When you have a paver and a drill strength mod added to your rover you will see the UI like this. When the red line is in the middle, you are driving in a straight line. It looks a bit like the tool you have in planes to measure how straight you are flying. A large circle with a crosshair in the middle of it. Once you get into the rover you will see a new UI appearing.

So you have your tunnel boring rover set up and ready to go, now it is time to use it. If you can build silos, you should end up with a huge amount of resources by the time you get to the bottom. As soon as you hit it with the drill, it will automatically be added to the storage on the back. When you drill into a cavern, the paver will kick in and will generate a path for you to drive on top of.Īll of your storage can go onto the trailer of the rover if you have decided to build one. As you drill down, the drill will put all of the soil into the canister and all resources it hits will be added to the storage inputs. You will need to put the medium canister onto the rover to store soil for the paver to use. On other planets, you may need to construct a stronger drill bit to get through the harder stone. You will slow down a bit before you get to the final layer before breaking into the gateway engine, but it can still be drilled with the first strength. If you are on Sylva, you will only need drill strength 1 as this planet does not contain the strongest rock.

On the front of the rover, you should attach the drill bit and the paver.

Wind will blow in the caves underground so you will be able to take advantage of wind power down there. If you have an RTG, you will be able to get away with even more storage. Add a small cockpit to make space for more resources and supplies. Use whatever you can to maximise the number of resources you can gather.īuilding The Tunnel Digger The tunnel boring rover will allow you to both drill into the earth but also to fill the ground below to cover the scenario when you dig down into a cave Silos offer the most storage but require titanium. If not, a medium battery with wind turbines (solar doesn’t work underground) Structureĭrill Strength 1 (higher depending on the planet) Trailers are optional but if you want to make the most of the resources that you capture while digging, you should spend the extra time to bring a trailer with plenty of storage items to make sure you are able to capture all of the resource items you dig up while you are digging into the planet. The following items will need to be created to construct the ultimate tunnel digging machine. What You Need To Build A Tunnel Boring Machine Since you can use the trading outpost to spend scrap to get most of the natural resources that you need, you will only need to travel afar for methane and other gasses that are not found on the starting planet. You could do this with any of the vehicles in Astroneer, however, it is best to use the large rover due to it having enough slots on the front to support digging and filling to create a perfect path to the centre of the planet.ĭue to the materials required to construct the items required for this vehicle build, you will need to have travelled to other planets to obtain various supplies and more specifically, gasses. Wouldn’t it be great if you could drive a tractor down? Well here is a solution that is even better, a tunnel boring machine! The deeper you go, however, research rocks, Exo research boxes and resources become more of a hassle to collect due to the long walk it takes to get back to the surface and back down again. Exploring caves below the planet’s surface in Astroneer can be a lot of fun.

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