Mining Laser

Mining Laser
Name	Mining Laser
Source Mod	IndustrialCraft2
ID Name	IC2:itemToolMiningLaser
Type	Tool
Stackable	No

The Mining Laser is a more advanced mining tool than the different Mining Drills, offering many different modes of mining (such as Scatter and Explosive) and more efficient mining, most notably, the ability for a single shot to penetrate a line of multiple blocks. The laser is used by right clicking. When used, it will release a small laser pulse which will travel in a straight line at several blocks a second, instantly mining any block it comes into contact with (assuming the block can be mined)

The mining laser holds a charge of 200,000 EU (300,000 EU in IndustrialCraft² Experimental), allowing for 160 shots in normal mode, however, each shot can penetrate up to 6 stone blocks or 24 dirt blocks, meaning that a single charge can potentially mine 960 stone blocks or 3840 dirt blocks.

Note that the mining laser cannot mine through Obsidian or Glass. It works on most non-vanilla blocks, as expected.

Because a single shot will mine through several blocks, the tool can be too powerful if you are trying to find ore without mining it, e.g. if you are trying to maximize diamonds with a Fortune 3 pick, the laser may accidentally shoot through a stone block and then the diamond blocks, dropping only 1 diamond each.

The mining laser, when tried to be enchanted using an anvil and an enchantment book, will succeed in applying the enchant on the mining laser in the anvil; but when placed in your inventory, the enchantment will separate from the gun back into the enchantment book. This action will cause you to lose your experience used for the enchanting process.

Recipe[edit]

IndustrialCraft² Experimental recipe[edit]

GregTech 4[edit]

Ruby Lense can be substituted with the following items: Red Garnet Lense, Jasper Lens (GregTech 4).

Deprecated[edit]

GregTech 5[edit]

Exquisite Diamond can be substituted with the following items: Exquisite Ruby, Exquisite Jasper, Exquisite Red Garnet.

Modes and Power[edit]

The Mining Laser can store 200,000 EU (300,000 EU in IC2 Experimental). EU consumption depends on the relative difficulty of the particular block. In this chart, block penetration is based on smoothstone and dirt. For explosive shots the EU rates are much higher. The penetration distance of a Mining Laser is dependent on the mode. If left in Low-Focus Mode it can mine faster than a diamond drill with half the consumption and 20x more EU storage.

The mode can be changed by holding down the mode button (default "M") and right clicking. Note that some mods may conflict with this key, so it may help to change it in the key configurations.

Firing mode	Mode description	EU used per shot	Damage per shot	Beam travel distance	Block penetration distance
Mining	Normal beam, average power	1250 (160 shots)	3.5 hearts	64 blocks	6 (stone), 24 (dirt)
Low-Focus	Very short-range beam, small power	100 (2000 shots)	0.5 hearts	3 blocks	1 (stone), 2 (dirt)
Long-Range	High-powered beam, high power	5000 (40 shots)	10 hearts	64 blocks	27 (stone), 128+ (dirt)
Scatter	25 beams, 5x5 square formation, average power per beam	10,000 (20 shots)	2.5 hearts	64 blocks	16 (stone), 16 (dirt)
Explosive	The beam explodes upon touching a block	5000 (40 shots)	3.5 hearts	64 blocks	2 (stone), 5 (dirt)
Horizontal	The beam will travel perfectly horizontally. Presumed to be similar to mining mode.	1250 (160 shots)	3.5 hearts	64 blocks	6 (stone), 24 (dirt)
Super-Heat	If the target can be smelted, the smelted product will be dropped instead of the block itself; see below.	2500 (80 shots)	3.5 hearts + 5 hearts burn damage	Presumed to be 64	1 (stone), 13 (dirt)

Note: In v1.64 the mining laser will sometimes not fire in horizontal mode. Changing to a different mode restores its function.

Super-Heat mode was added in 1.90. fired on a sand or cobblestone, the block will be replaced with a glass/stone block instead of dropping sand/cobblestone. Doing so immediately terminates the beam.

When a super-heat laser beam is fired at a block such as stone, where the 'normal' drop can be smelted into the block itself, the block will be dropped as if it's 'normal' drop has been smelted.

CAUTION: Laser will occasionally destroy the block without giving you the item. (EXP. while mining stone, it may not give you the cobblestone it mined.) Note: Only found to glitch like this on Low-Focus mode, so far.

If an explosive Beam is fired directly underneath a mob, the mob will fly high up in the air and dies upon landing. It is unlikely that you can find the drops of the mob, because the mob flies far away.

Charging[edit]

The Mining Laser can be charged using any MV or higher energy storage unit, or a MV-compatible charging armor piece, such as the Lappack.

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Usage[edit]

Mining Laser can be used to create the following items:

Mining Laser

Contents

Recipe[edit]