Drills

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Not to be confused with Drill Containment Unit.

Drills are the Hardmode alternative to pickaxes. Like pickaxes, drills are tools used to remove ("mine") blocks and furniture, normally converting them from placed form to item form. They cannot remove background walls (which requires a hammer instead) nor cut down trees or cacti (which requires an axe or chainsaw). They also double as basic melee weapons. Drills generally have a shorter range than pickaxes but mine blocks much faster.

When evaluating the practical efficiency of a drill, two stats should be taken into consideration: Pickaxe power and mining speed. Higher pickaxe power causes a drill to deal more "damage" to blocks per hit, and lower mining speed values mean that the drill hits blocks more frequently. The use time attribute can safely be disregarded, because it reflects the weapon animation and is not related to the hits for mining.

Types

There are 13 different types of drills, all of which are Hardmode-exclusive.

Name Max Block Pickaxe
power 		Axe
power 		Damage Bonus Use time Mining
speed 		Knockback HM Rarity Sell
Cobalt Drill Cobalt DrillInternal Item ID: 385 Mythril Ore Orichalcum Ore 110% - 10 −1 range 15
(Very fast)
 7 0.5 (Extremely weak) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 0 (No knockback) (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) ✔️ Rarity level: 4 1 GC8 SC
Palladium Drill Palladium DrillInternal Item ID: 1189 Mythril Ore Orichalcum Ore 130% - 12 −1 range 15
(Very fast)
 7 0.5 (Extremely weak) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 0 (No knockback) (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) ✔️ Rarity level: 4 1 GC44 SC
Mythril Drill Mythril DrillInternal Item ID: 386 Adamantite Ore Titanium Ore 150% - 15 −1 range 15
(Very fast)
 6 0.5 (Extremely weak) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 0 (No knockback) (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) ✔️ Rarity level: 4 1 GC62 SC
Orichalcum Drill Orichalcum DrillInternal Item ID: 1196 Adamantite Ore Titanium Ore 165% - 17 −1 range 15
(Very fast)
 5 0.5 (Extremely weak) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 0 (No knockback) (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) ✔️ Rarity level: 4 1 GC98 SC
Adamantite Drill Adamantite DrillInternal Item ID: 388 Adamantite Ore Titanium Ore 180% - 20 −1 range 15
(Very fast)
 4 0.5 (Extremely weak) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 0 (No knockback) (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) ✔️ Rarity level: 4 2 GC16 SC
Titanium Drill Titanium DrillInternal Item ID: 1203 Adamantite Ore Titanium Ore 190% - 27 −1 range 15
(Very fast)
 4 0.5 (Extremely weak) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / 0 (No knockback) (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) ✔️ Rarity level: 4 2 GC52 SC
Chlorophyte Drill Chlorophyte DrillInternal Item ID: 1231 Chlorophyte Ore 200% - 35 - 15
(Very fast)
 4 1
(Extremely weak)
 ✔️ Rarity level: 7 4 GC32 SC
Drax DraxInternal Item ID: 579 Chlorophyte Ore 200% 110% 35 −1 range 15
(Very fast)
 4 4.75
(Average)
 ✔️ Rarity level: 4 4 GC40 SC
Vortex Drill Vortex Drill(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 2774 Lihzahrd Brick 225% - 50 +2 range 15
(Very fast)
 2 0.5
(Extremely weak)
 ✔️ Rarity level: 10 7 GC
Nebula Drill Nebula Drill(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 2779 Lihzahrd Brick 225% - 50 +2 range 15
(Very fast)
 2 0.5
(Extremely weak)
 ✔️ Rarity level: 10 7 GC
Solar Flare Drill Solar Flare Drill(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 2784 Lihzahrd Brick 225% - 50 +2 range 15
(Very fast)
 2 0.5
(Extremely weak)
 ✔️ Rarity level: 10 7 GC
Stardust Drill Stardust Drill(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 3464 Lihzahrd Brick 225% - 50 +2 range 15
(Very fast)
 2 0.5
(Extremely weak)
 ✔️ Rarity level: 10 7 GC
Laser Drill Laser Drill(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Item ID: 2798 Lihzahrd Brick 230% - 35 +11 range 25
(Fast)
 6 4.75
(Average)
 ✔️ Rarity level: 8 10 GC

Effectiveness

Pickaxe hits required to destroy blocks
Block Molten Pickaxe Cobalt Drill Mythril Drill Adamantite Drill Drax Laser Drill
Dirt BlockDirt Block
Sand BlockSand Block
Clay BlockClay Block
Mud BlockMud Block
Silt BlockSilt Block
Ash BlockAsh Block 		1 1 1 1 1 1
Stone BlockStone Block
Candy Cane BlockCandy Cane Block
Green Candy Cane BlockGreen Candy Cane Block
Snow BlockSnow Block
Pearlsand BlockPearlsand Block
Ebonsand BlockEbonsand Block 		1 1 1 1 1 1
Copper OreCopper Ore
Iron OreIron Ore
Silver OreSilver Ore
Gold OreGold Ore 		1 1 1 1 1 1
Demonite OreDemonite Ore 1 1 1 1 1 1
MeteoriteMeteorite 2 2 2 2 1 1
ObsidianObsidian 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ebonstone BlockEbonstone Block
Pearlstone BlockPearlstone Block
HellstoneHellstone
Dungeon BrickDungeon BrickDungeon BrickDungeon Brick 		2 2 2 2 1 1
Cobalt OreCobalt Ore 2 2 2 2 1 1
Mythril OreMythril Ore - 3 2 2 2 2
Adamantite OreAdamantite Ore - - 3 3 2 2
Chlorophyte OreChlorophyte Ore - - - - 3 3
Lihzahrd BrickLihzahrd Brick - - - - - 2
Gray BrickGray Brick
Red BrickRed Brick
Obsidian BrickObsidian Brick
Mudstone BrickMudstone Brick
Iridescent BrickIridescent Brick
Pearlstone BrickPearlstone Brick
Snow BrickSnow Brick
Copper BrickCopper Brick
Silver BrickSilver Brick
Gold BrickGold Brick
Demonite BrickDemonite Brick
Hellstone BrickHellstone Brick
Cobalt BrickCobalt Brick
Mythril BrickMythril Brick 		1 1 1 1 1 1

Notes

  • Unlike a pickaxe, whose animation (swinging around the player) will be the same no matter where the player "aims" it, a drill will follow the cursor. Although more realistic, this detail may cause digging to become slightly harder because the cursor is nearly always obscured by the drill head.
  • If a drill is used for a minute without stopping, it will stop working and need to be restarted by pressing the ⚒ Use / Attack button again. This is because drills are actually long-lasting channel projectiles when used, similar to the Magic Missile.
  • Drills may mine slightly slower than pickaxes because they are not affected by mining speed buffs. Players who want to maximize the speed should avoid using drills, because the benefits provided by mining speed enhancements apply only to pickaxes.
    • However, clicking "resets" the digging process, so clicking rapidly on a stronger block (such as Adamantite Ore) can mine far quicker than a pickaxe with no modifiers, albeit with a little more effort.
  • Drills damage enemies with a projectile based on an NPC immune timer and not with a weapon collision using the item's usetime (animation time). This makes drills considerably more effective at damaging enemies. The immune timer is flat for all drills and is equivalent to a 10 usetime.Verify

History

  • Desktop 1.4.4: All drills that already had no knockback now have a token amount of knockback to obtain better modifiers.
  • Desktop 1.4.0.1:
    • All drills and chainsaws now dig faster than their non-mechanical counterparts, but have shorter range.
    • Additionally, optimized digging loadouts still perform better on pickaxes/axes, but drills and chainsaws will be faster on non-optimized loadouts.
    • The Luminite Drills are now obtainable.
  • 3DS-Release: Introduced with all corresponding drills up to Desktop 1.2.
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