Drills

See also: Pickaxes and Drill Containment Unit.

Drills are a Hardmode alternative to pickaxes. A Cobalt Drill/Palladium Drill is required to mine Mythril Ore/Orichalcum Ore, and a Mythril Drill/Orichalcum Drill is required to mine Adamantite Ore/Titanium Ore.

Types

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Effectiveness

Pickaxe hits required to destroy blocks
Block	Template:Linked icon	Template:Linked icon	Template:Linked icon	Template:Linked icon	Template:Linked icon	Template:Linked icon
Dirt Block Sand Block Clay Block Mud Block Silt Block Ash Block	1	1	1	1	1	1
Stone Block Candy Cane Block Green Candy Cane Block Snow Block Pearlsand Block Ebonsand Block	1	1	1	1	1	1
Copper Ore Iron Ore Silver Ore Gold Ore	1	1	1	1	1	1
Demonite Ore	1	1	1	1	1	1
Meteorite	2	2	2	2	1	1
Obsidian	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ebonstone Block Pearlstone Block Hellstone Dungeon Brick	2	2	2	2	1	1
Cobalt Ore	2	2	2	2	1	1
Mythril Ore	N/A	3	2	2	2	2
Adamantite Ore	N/A	N/A	3	3	2	2
Lihzahrd Brick	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2
Chlorophyte Ore	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	3
Gray Brick Red Brick Obsidian Brick Mudstone Brick Iridescent Brick Pearlstone Brick Snow Brick Copper Brick Silver Brick Gold Brick Demonite Brick Hellstone Brick Cobalt Brick Mythril 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.
• Drills may mine slightly slower than pickaxes because they are not affected by melee-speed modifiers. Players who want to maximize mining speed should avoid using drills, because the benefits provided by melee speed enhancements apply only to pickaxes.
  • However, clicking "resets" the digging process, so clicking rapidly on a stronger block (such as Adamantite) can mine far quicker than a pickaxe with no modifiers, albeit with little more effort.

History

• 1.3.0.1: Added Laser Drill, dropped from Martian Saucer.

• 1.2:
  • Drills are no longer materials.
  • Each drill now has a pickaxe equivalent, for those who don't like drills.

• 1.1: Introduced.

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