Mining Tools

Matter Manipulators
In addition to the starting manipulator which can be upgraded using the interface and Manipulator Modules, there are faster manipulators that can be constructed in the Nano Fabricator. They; however, cannot replace the original manipulator, but can be much faster and mine a greater area.


 * 1) Stock Manipulator


 * 1) Build-able Manipulators
 * 2) * Morphite Manipulator --5x5 --fast
 * 3) * Quantum Manipulator --6x6 --faster

Mining Lasers
The first of the tools, the Mining Laser, is built in the Matter Assembler then the following tools are upgrades in the Nano Fabricator. Note: They cannot directly mine the background and drain energy while active. Further, they only fire a mining beam via line of sight. The first few are very weak, but the latter ones are quite strong.

Drills/Pickaxes
These exist. Some may even be pretty fast.

Ore Detectors
Ore detectors are an item that when used send out a pulse and highlight nearby ores. Higher tier detectors have a greater detection area. Note: The Mk. 1 is built in the Matter Assembler and the subsequent versions are upgrades in the Nano Fabricator.
 * 1) Ore Detector Mk. 1
 * 2) Ore Detector Mk. 2
 * 3) Ore Detector Mk. 3

Note: There is another Ore Detector that is built in Agricultural Table(upgraded version of the Foraging Table). It is not as powerful as the mk 3.