Mining Site 01 survey map
The story warehouse escape unlocks your first dedicated underground vein. Our Mining Site 01 guide.
Read Mining Site 01 guide → Updated for 1.0 · August 2026
Scrap Mechanic Wiki
Survival, building, and mining — fully indexed.
Scrap Mechanic Wiki is an unofficial, fan-built companion to Axolot Games' sandbox survival game. Get unstuck from day one, learn the craftbench chain, defend your farm, raid warehouses, and master the new underground systems introduced in Scrap Mechanic 1.0 & Drilling Thunder.
- 1.0
- Drilling Thunder chapter
- 11
- Supported UI languages on Steam
- 400+
- Creative building parts
- July 24
- 1.0 release date
What's new in 1.0
What's new in 1.0 · August 2026
Drilling Thunder landed on July 24, 2026 — the full underground overhaul, plasma drills, and the new Agrobot roster.
Scrap City Garage
Import Creative blueprints into Survival and spawn finished machines without wasting metal. Our Scrap City Garage guide.
Open Garage guide →Multiplayer co-op in 1.0
Improved netcode, role splits and host performance tips — everything in our multiplayer co-op guide.
Read co-op guide →Updated ruins & random NPCs
Drilling Thunder reworked roadside ruins with real loot and off-path quest givers. Our ruins and rewards guide.
Explore ruins guide →34 Steam achievements
1.0 added the first official achievement roster. Plan a 100% run with our Steam achievements reference.
Open achievements guide →Start Fresh in 1.0
Many Early Access saves no longer load. Our step-by-step guide covers new worlds, the Connect Tool, Logbook and Steam beta rollback in how to start fresh in 1.0.
Read fresh start guide →Baby Craftbot, UV Grow Bed & Sawbot
Drilling Thunder added portable benches, vehicle farms and automated turrets. See every unlock in our new 1.0 parts reference.
Browse new parts →Drilling Thunder — What's New
Story, underground mining, schematic gating, save rules and launch-week patches — everything in our Drilling Thunder what's new guide.
Read what's new →Mining Island & Grow Labs
Chapter 2 adds a story landmark with voiced NPCs and a collapsed mine elevator. Our Mining Island guide.
Explore Mining Island →Claygun, Schematics & Plasma tools
Drilling Thunder adds terraforming, collectible recipe unlocks and industrial mining gear. Start with plasma tools reference.
Open tools reference →Patch 1.0.5 — August 3, 2026
Welding onto bearings, suspensions and pistons restored — full notes in our 1.0.5 patch notes.
Read patch 1.0.5 →Returning player save guide
Early Access saves, Steam beta rollback and blueprint migration — everything veterans need in our returning player guide.
Read returning player guide →Mods after the 1.0 engine rebuild
Workshop compatibility, multiplayer sync rules and safe testing — covered in our mods and Steam Workshop guide.
Open mods guide →Ore Collector, Crusher & Prospector
Drilling Thunder adds a full underground refinery loop. Our ore processing reference.
Open ore processing guide → Explore the wiki
Every hub you need to survive the open-world, organised by what players actually search for.
Survival
Beginner roadmaps, raid defence, Spud Gun trading, and the full bot roster. Start with the Survival Overview.
Building
Vehicles, defensive bases, controllers and sensors, and the 1.0 frozen-bearing performance tricks. Begin with our Building Overview.
World
Landmarks, the Mechanic Station, warehouses, the new underground, and navigation without a global map. Open the World Overview.
Guides
In-depth step-by-step walkthroughs that answer the questions players actually search for. Start with our Guides Hub.
Resources
Items, recipes, controls, bots encyclopedia and patch notes — every reference page in one place. Open the Resources Overview.
Quick start
New to Scrap Mechanic? Follow these five steps to reach your first Mechanic Station.
- 01
Find the Mechanic Station
From your crash site, follow the road until you reach the illuminated wrench sign — that is where every part of your survival run begins.
- 02
Build a basic tractor
Use the Craftbot to assemble a seat, wheels and a battery. A simple vehicle lets you haul logs, collect wrecks and reach warehouses before night raids.
- 03
Defend your first farm
Plant at least 64 blocks away from other crops to avoid early Farmbot raids, and wall your fields in before sundown.
- 04
Trade for a Spud Gun
Bring produce crates and a Caged Farmer to the Trader hideout. The Spud Gun is the only reliable answer to Farmbots.
- 05
Plan your warehouse route
Use a Spud Gun or Spud Shotgun to clear Tapebots, grab a Warehouse Key from a downed Farmbot, and start farming Pineapple seeds for late-game cooking.
Featured guides
Deep, beginner-friendly walkthroughs crafted from real community questions.
Building
Building and Engineering
Master the Craftbot, controllers, sensors and vehicle design — the building blocks of every Scrap Mechanic creation.
Open guide GuidesIn-Depth Guides
Long-form tutorials covering every "how to" question Scrap Mechanic players search for.
Open guide ResourcesResources
Items, recipes, bots, controls, update notes and FAQs for Scrap Mechanic.
Open guide SurvivalSurvival Mode
Learn how Scrap Mechanic's open-world survival loop works: hunger, thirst, farming, raids, quests and the bot roster.
Open guide WorldWorld and Exploration
Biomes, landmarks, roads and the new underground areas introduced in Scrap Mechanic 1.0 & Drilling Thunder.
Open guide GuidesGetting Started
Your first 30 minutes in Scrap Mechanic Survival, with a community YouTube walkthrough embedded.
Open guide SurvivalQuests and NPCs
The Chapter 2 Drilling Thunder questline, voiced NPCs at the Mechanic Station, Builder Quests, the dialogue system, and rewards that unlock the underground.
Open guide BuildingAutomated Farming
How to build a gantry farm with vacuum pumps, water cannons, sensors, and integrated raid defense.
Open guide BuildingNew Building Parts in 1.0
Every Drilling Thunder building part: Baby Craftbot, UV Grow Bed, Sticky wheels, Turret Seat, Sawbot, Freezer and the multi-component kit.
Open guide WorldGrow Labs
The Grow Labs research facility on Mining Island: floors, NPCs, the conveyor tutorial, Specimen Archive and Drill Control Room.
Open guide WorldRuins and Roadside Rewards
How 1.0 reworked ruin structures with real loot, random helper NPCs, schematic drops and the best early-game ruin routes.
Open guide GuidesHow to Start Fresh in 1.0
Create a new Survival world for Drilling Thunder, use the Connect Tool and Logbook, and recover old saves via Steam betas if needed.
Open guide GuidesDrilling Thunder — What's New
Everything in Scrap Mechanic 1.0 and the free Drilling Thunder chapter: story, mining, combat, schematics, saves, patches through 1.0.5, and system requirements.
Open guide Why this wiki exists
Search answers without the clickbait — every guide is sourced, localised, and rebuilt for the 1.0 patch.
This wiki exists because most Scrap Mechanic guides are out of date, ad-laden, or never covered the 1.0 update. Every page here is sourced from the Steam patch notes, the Fandom community wiki and real community gameplay, then rewritten in plain English (and translated for French and German readers) so you can find the answer in under a minute.
If you spot something wrong, the contact link is in the footer. We respond to corrections within a week.
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Faster than the Fandom wiki because pages are optimised for search intent.
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Languages supported today, with English kept as the canonical reference.
1.0
Rewritten from scratch after the July 24, 2026 Drilling Thunder release.
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Pages of in-depth guides, references and patch notes — all internally cross-linked.
Ready to fix some bots?
Dive into the new chapter, or brush up on the Survival systems you've already mastered.
FAQ
Wiki FAQ
Quick answers to the most common questions.
Is Scrap Mechanic Wiki official?
No — this is a fan-built resource run by the community. We are not affiliated with Axolot Games. Always cross-check announcements on the official Steam page and the developers' social channels.
What is Scrap Mechanic 1.0 & Drilling Thunder?
It is the July 24, 2026 full-release update that adds Chapter 2: a redesigned survival terrain, full underground caverns, Plasma Drills, the Ore Crusher, Schematics, the Trash Bot boss and a long list of new building parts.
Which languages does this wiki support?
English (root), Français, and Deutsch. Game content is fully translated; in-depth pages and updates are kept up to date in English first, then localised for French and German readers.
Do I need to play with friends to survive?
Solo Survival is absolutely viable, especially with the new Difficulty options added in earlier patches. Multiplayer makes raids easier but every guide here is designed to be useful in either mode.
Can I use these guides on console or mobile?
Scrap Mechanic is a PC-only experience today — there is no console or mobile release. The wiki focuses on the Steam version on Windows, with notes for Mac/Linux players where applicable.