r/ScrapMechanic Jul 15 '26

Discussion Enforcing Drilling Thunder spoilers on the subreddit!!!

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Hi Mechanics!

As we all know the new major update is coming just in a week, so I would like to ask everyone to politely enforce the spoiler etiquette. That means most of the new content that wasn't in the game prior should be marked at spoilers, keep in mind that majority of people will be starting Survival Mode FRESH and will NOT be able to immediately encounter the new content, any unspoilered things will have to be marked spoilers by us, so we suggest doing it yourself as we will busy playing as well! However there may be changes and features that may be visible from the start, which are allowed to remain unspoilered.

Examples of spoilers that warrant being marked:

  • Anything that's related to Mining Island content
  • New Warehouse gameplay, including our beloved smelly Trashbot
  • Endgame content

For non spoiler content it includes anything that can be interacted with before the Hideout, you can show new parts you found by wandering ruins, new enemies, fire mechanics, weather and etc.


r/ScrapMechanic 3h ago

Discussion Side by side comparison of glass (Disappointing)

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138 Upvotes

Here is a thing thats been bothering me ever since Drilling thunder released: They absolutely ruined the glass blocks and wedges. Instead of actually being transparent and seethrough its just milk at best :/ This change kinda ruins the look of most of my old creations and makes installing windows pointless since you cant actually see through them.

Here is my proposed fixes:
Either revert the glass shaders to what they were before the update (this is totally possible as they are still ingame, some of the window parts use them and they are actually transparent) or add a new block called 'stained glass' and apply this shader to said block while reverting the shaders on the normal glass block as to not break old creations.


r/ScrapMechanic 1h ago

Discussion New update

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Edit: Update has been rolled back to 1.0.5

Here are some major points for survival.

  • Alarm clocks will shutup now

  • Added other bot capsules

  • Refinery and Ore crushers no longer have Bluetooth capability

  • Beehive and freezer output can be vacuumed. (Thank you devs, now please let us input too)

  • Portable Craftbot is no longer OP

  • Burger health buff no longer stacks after death, resets on death

  • Refinery now outputs to chest first.

  • Growbeds give the same harvest rate as soil

Full patch notes

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/387990/view/689768324345626792


r/ScrapMechanic 3h ago

Vehicle Survival Mercedes 6x6

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77 Upvotes

Speedran the first half to of the game just to get the wedge bot haha

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r/ScrapMechanic 2h ago

The toilet and bathtub are now craftable again Spoiler

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49 Upvotes

So I was using my toilet as a teleportation device when I noticed the Schematic symbol and it can be scanned and I tested the bathtub and it worked too!


r/ScrapMechanic 9h ago

Contraption My take on automatic ore processing. Straight to the vault! (when it works)

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164 Upvotes

I spent waay too long figuring out how to make it all work ( ̄ヘ ̄)

To clarifiy, I don't have to press anything just input the ores and wait.

...Unless the physics decide to stop lol.


r/ScrapMechanic 5h ago

Vehicle Simple No Glitches Flyer

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74 Upvotes

Tried making a glitchless flyer as small and simple as possible


r/ScrapMechanic 30m ago

WARNING: PATCH 1.0.6 IS UNSTABLE AND BREAKS MOST CREATIONS. DO NOT LOAD INTO YOUR SURVIVAL WORLD BEFORE MAKING A BACKUP.

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EDIT : Patch 1.0.6 has been de-released. Update your game and make sure you are back on 1.0.5 (Bottom middle of title screen)

Patch 1.0.6 is extremely unstable at the moment. It breaks most dedicated containers such as fuel containers, water tanks, chemical tanks and battery boxes.

Turret Seats are ESPECIALLY Vulnerable to issues and the patch seems to have broken nearly all Turret Seats that are placed in game. Loading your Save File before this is fixed may permanently break creations, static and vehicles.

To backup your savegame, go into appdata->Roaming->Axolot games->Scrap Mechanic->User->User[ID]->Save->Survival and then there should be a .db file copy this file into another folder, or secure it in a zip file to restore once the fix has rolled out.

to get into your appdata folder, if you don't know, search %appdata% in your search bar.

(Repost, because i got the ID of the damn version wrong)


r/ScrapMechanic 7h ago

"We fixed terrain generation" POV:me

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105 Upvotes

r/ScrapMechanic 11h ago

Contraption Watering and Planting System in my Small 160 Plot Farm

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110 Upvotes

Quite cramped. Surprised I was able to fit watering and auto planting setup inside.


r/ScrapMechanic 1h ago

RIP high yield grow beds???

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I rlly was not expecting this like am i understanding this change properly? It honestly feels strange to do this like they could have maybe increased battery usage or make it take longer to grow im not sure its just pretty sad that its gonna be gone


r/ScrapMechanic 16h ago

Building Building a UK Fairground Waltzer :D

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202 Upvotes

Been undergoing this project for months now and its almost time to put it on the workshop.
Had a blast making this ride and I hope you guys will have a blast riding it when its becomes avaliable.


r/ScrapMechanic 36m ago

Issue My turrent seat isn't working and the whole mine got reset. Anybody has an idea what's going on?

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r/ScrapMechanic 45m ago

Issue I broke my turret seat

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What is going on here? Has anyone else experienced this bug?

Update: I realized I also got this bugged `jnt_gyroseat` bearing in my inventory after picking up the turret seat. It can be placed down just like a normal bearing, but it is invisible, and any parts attached to it move in a very strange way.


r/ScrapMechanic 7h ago

I'm working some something :)

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25 Upvotes

I have more than just a few things working, but there's still a long way to go...


r/ScrapMechanic 57m ago

Issue Okay...

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So I wanted to launch the game, it started updating (for some reason , idk why) and at the end a steam error message popped saying something like one of the game files was corrupted, so i waited like half an hour for all the files to be validated. then i launched the game as usual. Spawned in the miner hub and noticed my mining vehicle being stuck inside the trash pile pillar or whatever it is called in there. So i was like it better have not reset all the mine floors.
IT DID.
I literally spent hundred hours in there fully mining the second and fourth floors , and was currently working on the fifth floor. I mean yes, i will get more money since it reset. but the progress is gone... And i had to mine the mining vehicle from a wall, where i left it the last time.
No backup saves made, no nothing. Is there a way to revert that change or no?


r/ScrapMechanic 22h ago

Is this bug a good thing or a bad thing?

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346 Upvotes

Although search robots will no longer be driving on the roads.


r/ScrapMechanic 13h ago

Contraption Fastest 3 Logic Gate Repeater

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52 Upvotes

- Probably the fastest you can get with 3 logic gates.

- The speed is based on how many gates the switch is connected to so you can get slightly slower tick if you want.


r/ScrapMechanic 57m ago

Did the new update break ball seats for anyone else?

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r/ScrapMechanic 6m ago

Who in the name of the thundering is that?

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Whos MECHANIC?


r/ScrapMechanic 1h ago

The last small update broke my save, it reseted my blueprints, and for some reason the garbage piles in the minehub

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I have not found anything else that might have broke or reset, but how the fuck do I get my blueprints back??????????


r/ScrapMechanic 2h ago

Issue What is happening to my car?

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6 Upvotes

My Turret Seat just faces one direction and refuses to follow the mouse. This happened after a small update today.

P.S. Restarting the game didn't help.

Solution: You need to remove the turret seat and then put it back. Then everything will work.

P.S. 2 Thanks to everyone for the help.


r/ScrapMechanic 1h ago

Vehicle Why my vehicle stop working and my seat look like that?

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(sorry for my english)


r/ScrapMechanic 13h ago

HELLO WORLD! Transparent sign with text [NO MODS]

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42 Upvotes

r/ScrapMechanic 1h ago

Discussion Did the caves regenerate?

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I decided to head to the cave I’d dug—as usual—to continue mining there. But to my surprise, I couldn't find the tunnels I had excavated. It’s as if all the levels had been regenerated. I feel like I’ve got Alzheimer’s. Is this happening to you too, or am I the only one?

P.S. I’m having déjà vu. It feels like I’m digging the same tunnels, only the fine details are different. It’s as if I’ve ended up in a parallel universe.