Characteristics
Overview
A Pneumatic Jackhammer to blast through ore nodes. The sheer power of this device requires no aiming as all weak spots will be instantly destroyed. Works well on human flesh. Can be refilled at a Workbench.
Hold the trigger and it chews through a node on its own. No swinging, no chasing the glowing weak spot: its own description says it needs no aiming because it breaks every weak spot by itself. On a long run of sulfur ore and metal ore nodes that saves a lot of clicking and a lot of time standing in the open.
The catch is ownership. The research table will not take it, so a lucky one never turns into a blueprint. Most players get it from loot or a trade and treat it as a prized tool, not a disposable one.
Tip
It does not burn fuel the way the chainsaw does, which needs low grade fuel by its own text. Durability is what runs out, so patch it up at a repair bench between runs.
Speed is the whole pitch. Its 300 durability sits below the 500 of a salvaged icepick, and the icepick comes back from a blueprint whenever you lose one. So on long farm sessions plenty of players still swing the icepick and save the jackhammer for quick clears.
Recycling
At power grid stage 2 a green recycler works at 60% instead of 50%. Yields depend on the recycler.
