Pickaxe abilities: pickaxes can now carry an active ability. Press R to arm it, and the next block you mine sets it off
The Driller: the first ability pickaxe. It bores a 3x3 tunnel along your aim, with a cooldown
A new on-screen ability indicator showing ready, armed, and cooldown states
The drill has its own roar: the sound follows the drill head down the tunnel
New Ore Codex pickaxe rewards: the Iron track now awards the Sprint Pickaxe, and the Emerald track awards Luck Pickaxe I, with Luck Pickaxe II at full completion
Mine 7's chamber now has its finished environment
An occasional chat reminder that reward codes drop on our Discord (claim them with /redeem)
🧼 Improved
Ranking up now plays a smooth fade-to-black transition, so you wake up in your new mine instead of snapping there
Chain Reaction orbs are smarter: when their usual spot has little to break (near a wall or at the surface), they seek nearby solid rock instead of bursting in open air
Blessing now triggers much more often at early levels; the maximum rate is unchanged
Nuke has been deepened to 10 levels: its chance climbs more gradually toward the same maximum
Excavator swings still clear and pay out all 9 blocks, but rank-up progress now advances by 4 of them, to keep progression pacing fair