Mining gadget

A mining gadget is a handheld device which can be placed on a minable rock to modify its stats (such as resistance and instability), allowing prospectors to make the mining process easier and safer, or quicker and riskier.^[1]

Usage

After purchasing a mining gadget and finding a suitable rock to be mined, the player will have to exit their ship and attach the gadget to the rock. Once placed, the gadget's user interface will prompt the player to calibrate it by tuning the propagation, field range, and axial scatter properties to find the rock's resonant frequency. Finally, upon successful calibration, the device must be activated. Prospectors may now crack the rock and enjoy the altered stats conferred upon it by the mining gadget. After the rock has been fractured, the gadget can be collected again.^[2]

List of mining gadgets

Updated 3.19

Name	Manufacturer	Description	Stats
BoreMax	Thermyte Concern	The BoreMax helps focus laser power to reduce instability significantly, while also keeping clusters of valuable deposits together upon shattering. While it does make it more difficult and time consuming to bypass the deposit's resistance, most miners find the extra safety and increased yield worth the extra effort.	Instability: -70% Resistance: +10% Cluster Modifier: +30%
Okunis	Shubin Interstellar	Increase the size and fill speed of optimal charge window with Okunis. While this powerful gadget makes it easier to work a deposit, some valuable may be lost when shatters.	Instability: -40% Optimal Charge Window Size: +50% Optimal Charge Window Rate: +100% Cluster Modifier: -20%
OptiMax	Greycat Industrial	Commonly found on industrial sites across the empire, the OptiMax reduces the loss of valuable resource through a special process that keeps them clustered together. This technology does impose drawbacks on the gadget though, most notably a reduced optimal charge window.	Resistance: -30% Cluster Modifier: +60% Optimal Charge Window Size: -30%
Sabir	Shubin Interstellar	Make that tough deposit more stable with the Sabir. It uses a special sensor to modulate laser power and adjust it to that particular deposit. The effect increases instability but also provides a dramatic drop in resistance and an increased optimal charge window to make mining it easier.	Optimal Charge Window Size: +50% Resistance: -50% Instability: +15%
Stalwart	Thermyte Concern	The Stalwart is for miners looking to wield power precisely. The gadget reduces the optimal charge window size, making miners skillfully manage conditions to find the sweet spot. Once there, the increased power will fill the optimal charge window faster while also keeping clusters of valuable ore together.	Laser Instability: +15% Cluster Modifier: +30% Optimal Charge Window Rate: +50% Optimal Charge Window Size: -30%
WaveShift	Greycat Industrial	A unique chipset allows the WaveShift to keep instability in check while dramatically increasing the size of the optimal charge window. Though the optimal charge window will fill slower the larger target area makes it easier to find the perfect spot to shatter a deposit.	Laser Instability: -35% Optimal Charge Window Size: +100% Optimal Charge Window Rate: -30%