How to Mine Mining Site 01

How you unlock Mining Site 01

Mining Site 01 opens through the story Warehouse route in Drilling Thunder:

1. Clear the warehouse and defeat the Trash Bot.
2. Rescue Lorenzo, use the Warehouse Master Key, and inspect the Mining Site 01 survey map.
3. Collect Plasma Drill Level 1.
4. Escape before the factory self-destruct — see warehouse escape.

Bring a Mining Access Card (story reward path) and place a beacon at the floor-selection elevator so you can return after deaths.

Broader context: underground mining, Mining Island, plasma tools.

First Terramass run

1. Enter with one Plasma Drill, connected storage or a Lift, spare Batteries, healing food, and a ranged weapon.
2. Aim at valuable Terramass. Watch the drill meter — if it does not rise, you are cutting empty rock; reposition before you dig a pit under your vehicle.
3. Wait for collected ore to eject, then pick it up or vacuum it into a chest.
4. Process ore at a Crushbot / ore chain — details on ore processing.

Upgrade to a Turret Seat rig

Fixed drills dig themselves into the floor when pitch is wrong. Mount the Plasma Drill on a Turret Seat so you can aim up, level, and down without moving the whole chassis. Test clearance in Creative or on the surface before the next deep trip.

Add Sticky Wheels and an Electric Engine when slopes and wet floors start stranding you.

Threats underground

Expect Cablebots and Minerbots near rich veins. Bring light, ammo, and an exit ramp. Lava pockets punish greedy trenches — fire and lava.

Related pages

• Plasma tools
• Ore processing
• Underground mining
• Warehouse escape