Long-range mineral scanner

Long-range mineral scanner

A lateral sensor unit used by researchers to detect a specific type of mineral across the planet. The chance to find a resource depends on the operator's research ability. This sensor can be tuned to target a specific resource type. It consumes a lot of electricity. If you find a resource, you'll need to travel to collect it.

Base Stats

Type

Building – Misc

Market Value

1010  ^[Note]

Beauty

-8

HP

250

Flammability

50%

Path Cost

50 (21%)

Building

Size

3 × 3

Minifiable

False

Placeable

True

Passability

pass through only

Cover Effectiveness

40%

Terrain Affordance

Heavy

Power

-700 W

Creation

Required Research

Long-range mineral scanner

Skill Required

Construction 8

Work To Make

10,000 ticks (2.78 mins)

Resources to make

200 + 6 + 2

Deconstruct yield

100 + 3 + 1

Destroy yield

nothing

The long-range mineral scanner can detect mineral deposits in the nearby areas outside your colony when manned by a researcher. It can be tuned to find different minerals, such that it will only find deposits of a certain kind.

The scanner spawns mineral lump mini-maps in the world map and triggers its respective world event which always has an expiry date of 30 days. The target area can either be unguarded, surrounded by a small manhunter pack, or have an enemy waiting to ambush you. Manhunters or an enemy may approach your colonists from the edge of the map when one of your colonists gets near the mineral lump, given that there wasn't anything else waiting at the lump. Once the area has been cleared of hostiles, you have 10 days to mine everything before another group of hostiles arrives.

A researcher at the Mineral Scanner will find lumps with a mean time between of 4 pawn-days and will be guaranteed to find a lump after 8 days of work. The mean time between finding deposits is dependent on the Research Speed of the user.

While scanning, a pawn will gain Intellectual skill, but only at about half the rate they would while working at a research bench.

Although not explicitly mentioned in the item description, the long-range mineral scanner is not usable if there is a roof over it. (Similar to the ground-penetrating scanner.)

Acquisition

Long-range mineral scanners can be constructed once the Long-range mineral scanner research project has been completed. They require  200 Steel,  6 Components,  2 Advanced components, 10,000 ticks (2.78 mins) of work, and a Construction skill of 8.

Resources

All minerals, as well as components, can be discovered with the scanner. The expected yield and mass from a lump can be found in the table below; this is useful for knowing how many pack animals to send to various discovered lumps.

Resource	No. of Tiles	Total Yield	Total Mass (kg)	Market Value
Steel	55 - 60	2200 - 2400	1100 - 1200	4180 - 4560
Plasteel	10 - 15	400 - 600	100 - 150	3600 - 5400
Components	50 - 70	100 - 140	60 - 84	3200 - 4480
Silver	60 - 80	2400 - 3200	16.8 - 22.4	2400 - 3200
Gold	8 - 12	320 - 480	2.5 - 3.8	3200 - 4800
Uranium	15 - 20	600 - 800	600 - 800	3600 - 4800
Jade	20 - 25	700 - 875	350 - 438	3500 - 4375

Version history

It received a rework in Beta 19. Prior to that:

• It can only find gold or jade, and cannot be tuned.
• It did not require a colonist to operate.
• The lumps did not expire.
• Only one scanner is effective in the same map- building more did nothing.

• 1.1 - power cost was increased. The time between finding ore veins is now displayed.
• 1.3.3200 - Work to make increased from 1000 to 10,000

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Architect

Misc

Caravan hitching spot • Egg box • Grave • Marriage spot • Party spot • Pen marker • Sarcophagus • Tool cabinet • Meditation spot • Nature shrine (Large, Small)

(research)

Comms console • Cryptosleep casket • Firefoam popper • Ground-penetrating scanner • Long-range mineral scanner • Moisture pump • Multi-analyzer • Orbital trade beacon • Pod launcher • Stele (Large, Grand) • Transport pod • Vitals monitor • Ship landing beacon