Match drill to the dirt tier
Dirt quality comes from the drill’s position, so place it at the deepest point it can use within its tier. Moving deeper dirt up to the drill does not keep that deeper quality.
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Hydroneer mining uses water pressure and digging machines to extract dirt, wash it through equipment, and separate ore and gems. Early hand digging and panning fund equipment and new plots. Automated drills and conveyors scale production, while crops and cooking provide additional resource and quest loops.
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What matters before you farm
Unlock requirements, costs and tips to help you get started.
Use panning to fund automation
A shovel, pan, water and brush let you collect ore and gems before you own a drill. Selling an early batch can help pay for the first drill and harvester.
Sources & fact checks
Keep produce for token orders
Vegetables can be sold to grocers, while NPC soup orders award Farming Guild Tokens. Save some crops for requested recipes before selling a harvest.
Sources & fact checks
Farm with a purpose
Start with practical early mining, then prioritize the machinery and Corestone progression gate; follow with useful processing, crafting, and crop loops.
Mining sites
Starting Plot Run
The starter claim gives you a repeatable early route from dirt to sellable ore and the funds needed to begin automation.
Ore and gems
Iron Ore
Iron is a useful early sale and crafting resource: pan it by hand first, then smelt it into bars when you have a furnace.
Ore and gems
Gold Ore
Gold provides sale value and later crafting stock; it is useful both during early hand mining and after you begin automating a…
Mining sites
Prospecting Pickaxe
A suitable pickaxe lets you explore deeper dirt layers by hand and helps identify where a tier-matched drill can work.
Water-powered processing
Drill Automation
A tier-matched, water-fed drill replaces repeated hand digging with ongoing dirt production for a harvester and sorting line.
Water-powered processing
Harvester and Sorting
A harvester processes drill dirt into collectible resources; a clear collection layout keeps ore and gems from becoming a…
Ore and gems
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Ore and gems
Iron Ore
Iron is a useful early sale and crafting resource: pan it by hand first, then smelt it into bars when you have a furnace.
Ore and gems
Gold Ore
Gold provides sale value and later crafting stock; it is useful both during early hand mining and after you begin automating a…
Ore and gems
Corestone at Icehelm for Tier 3 Machinery
Corestone is the material target for Tier 3 machinery; Icehelm’s sideways mine exposes the Tier 2 and Tier 3 dirt needed to…
Ore and gems
Gems
Gems add a separate valuable output to mining runs and should be collected cleanly so they can be carried to the appropriate…
Ore and gems
Craft a Gold Ring with a Cut Gem
A ring converts two distinct mined outputs into a finished Jeweller item, creating a production goal beyond raw-ore and gem sales.
Mining sites
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Mining sites
Starting Plot Run
The starter claim gives you a repeatable early route from dirt to sellable ore and the funds needed to begin automation.
Mining sites
Prospecting Pickaxe
A suitable pickaxe lets you explore deeper dirt layers by hand and helps identify where a tier-matched drill can work.
Mining sites
Dukes and New Land
Turn resource sales into practical upgrades or a new claim, and weigh a plot’s water and access before moving your mining setup.
Water-powered processing
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Water-powered processing
Drill Automation
A tier-matched, water-fed drill replaces repeated hand digging with ongoing dirt production for a harvester and sorting line.
Water-powered processing
Harvester and Sorting
A harvester processes drill dirt into collectible resources; a clear collection layout keeps ore and gems from becoming a…
Water-powered processing
Water Pressure System
A dependable water line lets drills, harvesters, and sprinklers perform their jobs; testing branches before expansion makes…
Crops and orders
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Crops and orders
Farm Crops
Crop growing gives you produce to sell or turn into soup orders, and the Hydro Cropper can harvest and replant as part of a…
Crops and orders
Sprinkler Watering for Crop Beds
A pressurized sprinkler network automates crop watering and reduces the need to tend each planted area manually.
Crops and orders
Cooking and Orders
Soup orders turn selected crops into Farming Guild Tokens, which can be spent in the farming shop for its available items.
Crops and orders
Vegetable Sale and Order Reserve
Vegetable sales turn surplus harvests into currency for farm inputs, while a distinct seed reserve supports continued planting.
Crops and orders
Fishing and Fish Sales
Fishing supplies fish that you can keep separate, sell, or reserve for cooking and current orders.
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Mining sites
Starting Plot Run
The starter claim gives you a repeatable early route from dirt to sellable ore and the funds needed to begin automation.
Ore and gems
Iron Ore
Iron is a useful early sale and crafting resource: pan it by hand first, then smelt it into bars when you have a furnace.
Ore and gems
Gold Ore
Gold provides sale value and later crafting stock; it is useful both during early hand mining and after you begin automating a…
Mining sites
Prospecting Pickaxe
A suitable pickaxe lets you explore deeper dirt layers by hand and helps identify where a tier-matched drill can work.
Water-powered processing
Drill Automation
A tier-matched, water-fed drill replaces repeated hand digging with ongoing dirt production for a harvester and sorting line.
Water-powered processing
Harvester and Sorting
A harvester processes drill dirt into collectible resources; a clear collection layout keeps ore and gems from becoming a…
Ore and gems
Corestone at Icehelm for Tier 3 Machinery
Corestone is the material target for Tier 3 machinery; Icehelm’s sideways mine exposes the Tier 2 and Tier 3 dirt needed to…
Mining sites
Dukes and New Land
Turn resource sales into practical upgrades or a new claim, and weigh a plot’s water and access before moving your mining setup.
Water-powered processing
Water Pressure System
A dependable water line lets drills, harvesters, and sprinklers perform their jobs; testing branches before expansion makes…
Ore and gems
Gems
Gems add a separate valuable output to mining runs and should be collected cleanly so they can be carried to the appropriate…
Ore and gems
Craft a Gold Ring with a Cut Gem
A ring converts two distinct mined outputs into a finished Jeweller item, creating a production goal beyond raw-ore and gem sales.
Crops and orders
Farm Crops
Crop growing gives you produce to sell or turn into soup orders, and the Hydro Cropper can harvest and replant as part of a…
Crops and orders
Sprinkler Watering for Crop Beds
A pressurized sprinkler network automates crop watering and reduces the need to tend each planted area manually.
Crops and orders
Cooking and Orders
Soup orders turn selected crops into Farming Guild Tokens, which can be spent in the farming shop for its available items.
Crops and orders
Vegetable Sale and Order Reserve
Vegetable sales turn surplus harvests into currency for farm inputs, while a distinct seed reserve supports continued planting.
Crops and orders
Fishing and Fish Sales
Fishing supplies fish that you can keep separate, sell, or reserve for cooking and current orders.
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