Drones

Introduction

Drones are the first vehicle you unlock. There are 3 types of drones:

Standard

Standard drones are the default drone type. You start with 12 standard drones. These drones have a base carrying capacity of 1 and are capable of constructing and repairing buildings.

Mining

Using the Drone Reconfiguration Module standard drones can be converted into mining drones. These are incapable of carrying items or constructing buildings. They are however capable of mining regolith and (after a research) basalt, increasing your buildable area underground.

Hauling

Using the Hauling Drone Reconfigurator standard drones can be converted into hauling drones. These are incapable of constructing buildings. They have a massively increased carrying capacity of 10 (base), which can be upgraded all the way up to 20 with research.

Relevant Research

Reconficuration Modules

Fundamental research:
Hauling Drone

Research	Amount
	4000
	1000
	0

Mining Drone Mining Speed

Fundamental research: Drone Upgrade - Oxide mining rate Research Amount 1350 0 0

Fundamental research: Drone Upgrade: Excavation Speed I Research Amount 2000 1700 0

Fundamental research: Drone Upgrade: Excavation Speed II Research Amount 4400 3750 0

Fundamental research: Basalt excavation speed +50% Research Amount 7500 4750 1950

Movement Speed

General

Fundamental research: Drone upgrade: Nitinol Wheels Research Amount 2800 2000 0

Fundamental research: Drone Upgrade - Electric Motors Research Amount 12000 9650 8500

Hauling

Fundamental research: Hauling drone speed +15% Research Amount 15800 13900 9800

Fundamental research: Hauling drone speed +15% Research Amount 21800 18900 9800

Battery Capacity

Fundamental research: Drone Upgrade: Battery I Research Amount 4700 2750 700

Fundamental research: Drone Upgrade - Battery II Research Amount 4300 10750 3800

Other

Engineering research: Hard rock drilling Research Amount 1750 3200 0

Fundamental research: Automatic Repair Research Amount 3250 1900 0

Fundamental research: Salvage Research Amount 5000 950 0

Obtaning

New drones can be bought from the market.