Foundation: Pickaxe Abilities
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2 July 2026
🎁 Added
  • 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