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Drones

Drones hover next to Mara and work alongside her. All deployed drones work at the same time. You start with 3 slots, up to 6.

Companion drones

All are equally strong, they just do different things. Values are per level (up to level 50) and are multiplied by rarity.

DroneBonus per level
Standard Drone
The drone it all starts with. A bit of everything.
+5 Attack % · +7.5 Gathering bonus · +4 Mining Power
Collector
A box with a grabber arm. Picks up whatever is left behind.
+6 Gathering bonus · +3 Loot Quantity
Mining Drone
Drills on the side. Slow, but it never stops.
+14 Gathering bonus · +6 Mining Power
Scout Eye
Spots what is worth it before anyone picks it up.
+10 Find Luck · +6 Bonus XP
Guard Drone
Shoots along. Not much, but without pause.
+6 Attack % · +8.5 Health %
Spark
A handful of plasma in a cage. No one knows why it follows.
+6.6 Attack % · +4.8 Find Luck · +2.5 Bonus XP
Archivist
Keeps count while you are away. And counts generously.
+9 Gathering bonus · +0.3 Offline Gain · +3.75 Bonus XP

Drone tools

The drone carries a weapon, a drill and a salvager. Tools level up to level 30; the bonus is per level.

Weapons

Drop in combat: 0.30 % per kill.

ToolBonus per level
Pulse Blaster
Balanced energy beam.
+1.5 Attack %
Rapid Fire
Fast, fine salvos.
+1.2 Attack Speed
Ion Lance
Slow but heavy-hitting.
+3 Crit Damage

Drills

Drop while mining: 0.20 % per ore mined. The Twin Drill only at 0.01 % per ore.

ToolBonus per level
Drill Laser · Drill level 1
Continuous beam on ore.
+2 Mining Power
Focus Drill · Drill level 2
Tighter, hotter beam.
+3 Mining Power · +1 Loot Quantity
Twin Drill · Drill level 3
Two beams, two deposits — double the yield.
+4 Mining Power · +1 Loot Quantity

Salvager

Drop while salvaging: 0.20 % per scrap salvaged.

ToolBonus per level
Salvage Grabber · Salvage level 1
Grabber arm with a cutting torch — pulls out whatever is still good.
+2 Salvage power
Plasma Cutter · Salvage level 2
Cuts through wreck plating as if it were paper.
+3 Salvage power · +1 Find Luck

Rarity and merging

Duplicate finds become duplicates. Duplicates raise the rarity; each step multiplies all bonuses.

RarityFactorDuplicates toolChance toolDuplicates droneChance drone
Common× 1.0––––
Improved× 1.32100 %2100 %
Rare× 1.74100 %3100 %
Epic× 2.2865 %570 %
Legendary× 2.91645 %850 %
One-Off× 3.83230 %1235 %

Duplicates and chance apply to upgrading into this rarity.

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