Tunneler

This article is about the mechanoid. For other uses, see the disambiguation page.

Tunneler

A heavy mechanoid built for mining in treacherous locations. While intended for excavation, the tunneler's gigantic power claws and ultra-thick armor makes it a dangerous force in combat.

Base Stats

Type

Mechanoid

Market Value

1200 

Flammability

0%

Armor

Armor - Sharp

40%

Armor - Blunt

20%

Armor - Heat

200%

Pawn Stats

Move Speed

1.9 c/s

Health Scale

150% HP

Body Size

3.5

Mass

210 kg

Pack Capacity

122.5 kg

Carrying Capacity

263 kg

Filth Rate

1

Comfortable Temp Range

-100 °C – 250 °C (-148 °F – 482 °F)

Melee Combat

Attack 1

Left power claw
22 dmg (Blunt)
33 % AP
2.9 second cooldown

Attack 2

Right power claw
22 dmg (Blunt)
33 % AP
2.9 second cooldown

Average DPS

4.7

Creation

Crafted At

Required Research

Standard mechtech

Resources to make

150 + 75 + 4 + 1

A tunneler is a mechanoid added by the Biotech DLC.

Summary

Tunnelers are a heavy mechanoid. They are created from a large mech gestator with ??, taking up 3 bandwidth from a mechanitor. They must gestate for 4 cycles (default 1.8 game days per cycle) to be made. Once made, they recharge in a large mech recharger (50% power/day), creating 15 wastepacks whenever the recharger's waste is filled up.

In combat, tunnelers have a shield (equivalent to a shield belt) of 250 power. They can also emit smoke, though with a cooldown of 15 days. They have a melee attack. Its weakness is that each time it takes damage, it slows for a few seconds - this means that when tunnelers attack you, even if you can’t kill them quickly, you can intelligently kite them by falling back from your position to escape the blocking smoke, maintain distance and slowly whittle the tunnelers down.

tunnelers will do tasks associated with the Mining tab, though are unable to use deep drills. They can't be manually controlled, except when drafted for combat. They have an effective Mining skill of 10, with a Global Work Speed of 150%.

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Analysis

Tunnelers are useful for mass mining operations, whenever it's expanding out your mountain base or using a long-range mineral scanner. As mountinous bases tend to have pawns great at mining, which limits the former use.

Health

Specify body type when known.

Body part	Health
Head	38
Skull	38
Brain	15
Nose	15
Neck	38
Jaw	30
Eye (left, right)	15
Ear (left, right)	15
Body	60
Kidney (left, right)	23
Lung (left, right)	23
Liver	30
Heart	23
Spine	38
Stomach	30
Limbs (left, right, fore, hind)	45
Appendage (left, right, fore, hind)	30

Version history

• Biotech DLC Release - Added.

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