Roboman20000 0 Posted December 28, 2012 I have been playing Voltz for a bit now and I have not found anything to do my mining for me! I have had to make long and boring mining trips and you need so much material that this is fairly impractical. I know that you can sort of use a tunnel bore to do some auto mining but there has to be a better way. The only thing that I have found so far is explosives and there also seems to be no good way to get gunpowder either. I would love to have to do explosive mining (cause the boom is cool!) but killing tonnes of creepers is dangerous! Any suggestions or thoughts on this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChillBilly75 0 Posted December 28, 2012 Man up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
louiskw 0 Posted December 29, 2012 MINEcraft... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niavmai 0 Posted December 29, 2012 Not yet. Cal mentioned he was looking at doing something for this (on IRC, so take it with a grain of salt), but just be patient. Voltz is still considered a beta at this point, and is being developed constantly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roboman20000 0 Posted December 29, 2012 See now that's what I was expecting. ChillBiilly and loiskw... way to contribute to the conversation in a thoughtful and insightful manner. Thank you Niavmai, I couldn't find any kind of news on the matter and there is totally a way to make explosives easily and cheaply. And blowing stuff up is way fun! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aergis 0 Posted December 29, 2012 Use sulfur to make gunpowder. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scottish1900 0 Posted December 30, 2012 Actually, there is the bore machine. Although it isn't all automatic and it takes AGES To make one, it still has it's uses. Also, helpful hint on making the fuel last longer on it, use coal coke. It helps, alot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GamerX10 0 Posted December 30, 2012 I'm a freaking taco! surround 1 coal in a crafting table with sulfer for 5 gunpowder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gman96734 0 Posted December 30, 2012 There is that one sulfur recipe, that works for all the gunpowder. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DM12 0 Posted December 30, 2012 The boreing machine works for me :/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lear85 0 Posted January 1, 2013 Well, are you mining to clear out a large area, or are you mining for resources? If you have an LHC set up, then it shouldn't be that hard to clear out a fairly large area via antimatter for whatever uses you have in mind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scottish1900 0 Posted January 2, 2013 Lear, I like the way the boring machine works. It adds realism, and I think that it's good enough. In all honesty, if you need automatic mining THIS badly, you really need to play default minecraft more. The boring machine, though time consuming to make an supply, is an excellent work horse. Lays tracks for you, and as soon as I find out a way to put down a pattern with the machine I will be making entire rail ways with the bore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lear85 0 Posted January 2, 2013 I said nothing bad about the bore. I think it has its annoyances, but it works well enough. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rpsmithusmc 0 Posted January 11, 2013 I would rather have the tunnel bore over any of the other automatic mining machines. The quarry is great for clearing a chunk to make an underground base, however, if it's rare resources you are after (like diamonds) the tunnel bore is perfect. Just make a ladder going down to the diamond layer and set it up. Horizontal automatic mining should yield more rare resources than vertical automatic mining in a small grid. So I'm glad Voltz has the tunnel bore and not the quarry or mining well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GamerX10 0 Posted January 12, 2013 Quarries are not in voltz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duke_of_Ender 0 Posted January 13, 2013 You want quarries, Tekkit dude. Voltz is a more challenging version of Tekkit. With moar explosives. WAY more explosives. Sometimes I think that Michael bay was behind this modpack... But yeah. You gotta mine a lot in Voltz. That's part of the fun. So don't be lazy. :P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FreakinRocket 0 Posted February 10, 2013 I have removed this comment because it has been taken by some as advertising, and I would never want to disrespect anyone's rules. I deeply apologize. Thanks, -FreakinRocket Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blocker226 0 Posted February 10, 2013 I just use the old TNT in a 3x3 cube of stone method for making my underground missile silo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KamikazeeQuake 0 Posted February 19, 2013 What is the best mining explosive? e.g which destroys the least block drops etc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xI_Zoe_Ix 0 Posted February 19, 2013 Tunnel bore+anchor cart+chest cart, thats how to auto mine in voltz . As for best mining explosive ummm, not really found any of them are that good for mining, especially for the cost ratio Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adaline 0 Posted May 1, 2013 · Hidden Hidden Working in mining industry because my father work in mining's. I always visit exploration drilling site to improve any such tings and I think this guide very vell along with such amazing discussions. Share this post Link to post
doodiosie 0 Posted December 20, 2013 you could use mffs calclavia with a dissintigration and collection upgrades Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tyr07 1 Posted January 9, 2014 Mob spawner (The kind that uses safari nets) + cow killing mob grinder auto breeder farm for xp and food + spawn creepers and have them auto killed = lots of gun powder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saturn808775 0 Posted January 9, 2014 Railcraft has recently been removed from voltz so unfortunatly, theres now no autominer in the game "yet". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UncleChester14 2 Posted January 10, 2014 You can either use MFFS or if you don't want all the extra cobblestone use a laser drill. Laser drills are probably the best, especially went you setup a handfull of them properly with plenty of power you will have about all the ores you can dream of. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites