Laser Drill

  

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Laser Drill

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Statistics

• 230%
• 0%
• 0%

Type	Tool
Damage	35 (Melee)
Knockback	4.75 (Average)
Bonus	+11 range
Critical chance	4%
Use time	25 (Fast)
Velocity	36
Tool speed	6
Rarity	08*
Sell	10 GC
Research	1 required

Projectile created

• Laser Drill
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 2798 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Projectile ID: 445

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Brain Scrambler Brain Scrambler	1	0.13%
Gigazapper Gigazapper	1	0.13%
Gray Grunt Gray Grunt	1	0.13%
Martian Engineer Martian Engineer	1	0.13%
Martian Officer Martian Officer	1	0.13%
Martian Walker Martian Walker	1	0.13%
Ray Gunner(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Ray Gunner(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	0.13%

The Laser Drill being used to mine Stone Slabs.

The Laser Drill is a Hardmode, post-Golem drill that is dropped by most ground-based enemies during the Martian Madness event. It produces a drill beam that extends up to 16 tiles in length. It also boasts the highest pickaxe power of any pickaxe or drill in the entire game at 230%.

Its best modifier is Godly, as drills cannot receive any modifiers that affect speed, but the Laser Drill can still receive knockback boosts.

Notes

• One may find that the Luminite Pickaxes are better at general mining than the Laser Drill, as the 5% boost of the Laser Drill is not required for mining any block and the Luminite Pickaxes are much faster. One could consider taking both, but this may cause inconvenience.
• The Laser Drill does not benefit from mining speed increases (like those provided by the Mining Potion), therefore using a pickaxe like the Picksaw is much more effective for mining resources.
• Despite its lack of mining speed compared to the Luminite Pickaxes, the Laser Drill may still be more useful when building structures because of its longer reach, which can be improved upon even more through other building items like the Architect Gizmo Pack or a Builder Potion.
• When having an effect that increases mining range, like equipping the Extendo Grip, the drill will extend longer, which will also increase its melee range.
• Because of its unusually large reach, it can be used to break Plantera's Bulb without needing to make tunnels all over the Jungle.
• The tip of the drill produces a small amount of light. This can be used for finding objects and caves behind walls and when mining ores, though by the time the Laser Drill is obtained, ores probably won't be needed.
• The particle effects generated by the Magma Stone and Fire Gauntlet fly outward from the tip of the drill. This can be useful for finding objects and caves behind walls.
• Flasks also have their effect applied to the Laser Drill, the end of which can be used to hit enemies through walls.

Trivia

• The Laser Drill is the only Drill to have no Pickaxe counterpart.
• Its laser resembles that of the Drill Containment Unit.
• The Laser Drill has the farthest reach of any Drill or Pickaxe in the game, matched only by the Drill Containment Unit.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Added new use sound.
  • Now has 1/800 (0.13%) chance of dropping from common Martian Madness enemies instead of dropping from the Martian Saucer.
  • Removed Axe power.
  • Range bonus increased from 10 to 11.
  • Tool speed decreased from 7 to 6.

• Desktop 1.3.0.4: Pickaxes/Drills don't prioritize over trees anymore.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.