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.
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:
Overview:
Icon |
Name | Tech cost | Unlocked |
---|---|---|---|
Proximator | 5 | Level 5 | |
Torch | 5 | Level 7 | |
Bridge Kit | 10 | Level 52 | |
Monster Trap | 5 | Level 15 | |
Bomb | 10 | n.a. | |
Mystic Compass (MC) | 3 | Level 21 | |
MC: Red crystal | 3 | Level 21 | |
MC: Blue crystal | 3 | Level 21 | |
MC: Monster | 3 | Glowbug Backpack | |
MC: Key | 3 | Mythic Backpack | |
MC: Gold | 3 | Sprocket Backpack | |
Drill | 5 | Azure Backpacks | |
Mighty Gloves | 5 | Level 29 | |
Tunneling Shovel | 20 | Level 38 | |
Pillar | 10 | Chemist Backpack | |
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).
- Torch (unlocked in level 7), lights up the room for +2 blocks past visibility.
- Bridge Kit (unlocked in level 52), allows you to lay bridges across chasms.
- Bomb, explodes rocks in close proximity (see table below, B being the bomb, X being the explosion range).
X | ||||
X | X | X | ||
X | X | B | X | X |
X | X | X | ||
X |
- Mystic Compass (unlocked in level 21), points toward one red or blue crystal and disappears after you've mined it.
- Drill, allows you to drill up to 4 rocks in a straight line (can only be used while wearing an Azure Backpack).
- Mighty Gloves (unlocked in level 29), allows you to pick up keys, stones and explosive boxes.
- Tunneling Shovel (unlocked in level 38), allows you to dig under walls.
- Pillar, allows you to create a pillar and increase stability (can only be used while wearing the Mighty Chemist Backpack).
- 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).
- 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.
Obstacles:
These obstacles prevent placement of bombs, explosive crates, traps, keys and stones. You can however walk through them.