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Technology:

Technology can be used to complete your challenges or to make them more easy.


Tech meter:

This shows how much tech you have left to use. 

Tech






Obtaining technology:

  • Using a stronger packpack (will give you a higher amount at the beginning of each level)
  • Mining blue crystals (will give +10)
  • Mining rocks (sometimes randomly gives +1 or +2 technology)



Blue crystal:

Crystals














Overview:

Icon

Name Tech cost Unlocked
Proximator2
Proximator 5 Level 5
Torch1
Torch 5 Level 7
Bridge Kit
Bridge Kit 10 Level 52
Monster Trap1
Monster Trap 5 Level 15
Bomb1
Bomb 10 n.a.
Compass1
Mystic Compass (MC) 3 Level 21
Red Crystal compass
MC: Red crystal 3 Level 21
Blue crystal compass
MC: Blue crystal 3 Level 21
Monster compass1
MC: Monster 3 Glowbug Backpack
Key Compass
MC: Key 3 Mythic Backpack
Gold compass1
MC: Gold 3 Sprocket Backpack
Drill1
Drill 5 Azure Backpacks
Mighty Gloves
Mighty Gloves 5 Level 29
Tunneling shovel
Tunneling Shovel 20 Level 38
Pillar2
Pillar 10 Chemist Backpack
Lucky Strike2
Lucky Strike 15 Level 90



Effects:

  • Proximator (unlocked in level 5), shows you how close you are to completing your challenge (red being very close).
Proximator









  • Torch (unlocked in level 7), lights up the room for +2 blocks past visibility.
Torch








  • Bridge Kit (unlocked in level 52), allows you to lay bridges across chasms.
Bridge








  • Monster Trap (unlocked in level 15), allows you to trap monsters and gain energy.
Trap








  • Bomb, explodes rocks in close proximity (see table below, B being the bomb, X being the explosion range).
Bomb
X
X X X
X X B X X
X X X
X






Bomb 2














  • Mystic Compass (unlocked in level 21), points toward one red or blue crystal and disappears after you've mined it.
Compass







  • Drill, allows you to drill up to 4 rocks in a straight line (can only be used while wearing an Azure Backpack).
Drill











  • Mighty Gloves (unlocked in level 29), allows you to pick up keys, stones and explosive boxes.
Key door









  • Tunneling Shovel (unlocked in level 38), allows you to dig under walls.
Shovels











  • Pillar, allows you to create a pillar and increase stability (can only be used while wearing the Mighty Chemist Backpack).
Pillar












  • Gold, key and monster compass, point towards gold, keys and monsters. They disappear when the object or monster is removed. They can only be used while wearing a Sprocket Backpack (Gold), Mythic Backpack (keys) or a Glowbug Backpack (monsters).
Gold compass
Key compass
Monster compass





















  • Lucky Strike (unlocked in level 90), increases the amount of resources from gold and crystals by factor two. It also guarantees a critical hit on any rock.
Lucky Strike










Obstacles:

These obstacles prevent placement of bombs, explosive crates, traps, keys and stones. You can however walk through them.

Trap obstruction2
Trap obstructions
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