Mining Laser

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New Item/Block of IndustrialCraft².


The Mining Laser is a powerful high-tech tool with a variety of applications. It can be used as an insta-mining tool with a relatively low EU consumption, as well as a high-power AoE block remover, or even as a weapon. All blocks destroyed by the Laser are dropped, with the exception of non-drop blocks like Glass or Leaves. However, due to the destructive nature of the Laser, there is a chance that the block will be destroyed and not drop anything. IndustrialCraft machines drop a Machine block, as if they were destroyed by a pickaxe. As of 1.337, the Mining Laser can use energy from a LapPack.

As of 1.90, the Mining Laser has 7 different modes. These modes can be switched by holding the M key and right-clicking.

The Mining Laser is most likely one the most fun items in IC2.

Video Tutorial[edit]

How To Make And Use A Mining Laser

Recipe[edit]

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Build Cost

6 bronze

3 copper

2 diamond

2 glowstone dust

2 lapis lazuli

23 redstone

7 refined iron

6 tin


Build Order

Step 1.1: 4x Mixed-Metal Ingot (6 bronze, 6 refined iron, 6 tin)

Step 1.2: 4x Advanced Alloy (4x Mixed-Metal Ingot)

Step 2.1: 6x Copper Cable (3 copper, 6 rubber)

Step 2.2: 1x Electric Circuit (6 Copper Cable, 2 redstone, 1 refined iron)

Step 2.3: 1x Advanced Circuit (2 glowstone dust, 1 Electric Circuit, 2 lapis lazuli, 4 redstone)

Step 3: 2x Energy Crystal (2 diamond, 16 redstone)

Step 4: 1x Mining Laser (4 Advanced Alloy, 1 Advanced Circuit, 2 Energy Crystal, 2 Energy Crystal, 1 redstone)

Firing Modes[edit]

The Mining Laser can store 200,000 EU, which determines how many shots of each type can be fired. The block penetration distance depends on the hardness of the particular block. In this chart, block penetration is based on smoothstone and dirt. For explosive shots, the penetration radius denotes the radius of the explosion.

Also, hitting enderman (and probably other neutral mobs) with explosive shots, they do not be come hostile to you. This only happens when hitting the mob with the explosion, as opposed to the laser directly. This is probably a bug.

It should also be noted that the Mining Laser can be used in Low-Focus mode to mine both faster than the Diamond Drill and at half the energy cost! HAYO!

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 (eg, hit a iron ore block and an iron ingot will drop). Works on non-vanilla items, such as Redpower Basalt cobble or Forestry tin ore. Exception for cobblestone and sand; see below. 2500 (80 shots) Unknown 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 it's function.

Super-Heat mode was added in 1.90.

If a super-heat laser is fired on a sand or cobble block, the block will be replaced with a glass/smooth stone block instead of dropping one. Doing so immediately terminates the beam.

When a super-heat laser is fired at a block such as smoothstone, where the 'normal' drop can be smelted into the block itself, the block will be dropped as if mined with a silk touch-enchanted tool.

When a super-heat laser is fired at a clay block, 4 brick items will be dropped.

Charging[edit]

This tool may only be charged in an MFE Unit or an MFS Unit.

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It can also be fully charged immediately by firing it once while you are wearing a charged LapPack, assuming you have enough enough energy for at least one shot left inside of the laser's internal storage. Seems little rubbish, but who cares! HAYO!!

Please note that in the machine interface above, the output of 32 eu/s is incorrect.

HAYO[edit]

What do you do, if even the Diamond Drill isn't powerful and speedy enough?

You build yourself a Mining Laser, that's what!

This device uses the awesome intensifying power of Crystals to turn energy into energy BEAMZ!

And these beamz will easily burn right through everything: Stone, Dirt, Ore, Creepers...!!

Just aim at something you don't want to exist and pull the right trigger to burn it to a crisp, HAYO!!

However, due to the MASSIVE energy consumption, well-planned usage is advised.

The Mining Laser can fire a reasonable number of laser beams, but due to the large capacity inherent to the crystal design, the laser can only be recharged in a MFE Unit or MFSU.