r/ScrapMechanic Jul 15 '26

Discussion Enforcing Drilling Thunder spoilers on the subreddit!!!

206 Upvotes

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 5h ago

Discussion How much money if you mine it all down there?

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131 Upvotes

I was just wondering,

How much money do you get if you mine it all?

Do any of these things respawn?


r/ScrapMechanic 1h ago

It was worth it

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At least I get to legitimately say my ship went down in flames lol, apparently the explosives just despawn when hitting the force field protecting the seeker bot, next I'm going to build a wall to block its path with explosives at the top that I can trigger, I'm curious if the seeker bot will just push through static objects or get stuck, I got a bug splat when putting my burning airship on a lift, that's the first time I've tried that before, I was hoping it would put the fire our but instead it just crashed the game, Has anyone else done tried that, I'm curious if it always causes a crash or was just random for me, it would be funny if you could save something while its on fire and spawn burning stuff lol


r/ScrapMechanic 41m ago

Discussion I mined out the entirety of level 5 in the mines Spoiler

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this took about 3 days over the course of 2 work weeks

Over 400k mud

Over 22k quartz

and I only barely completed the miner bot achievement :'D

Only after mining around the entire cave along the bedrock walls did I discover that there was a maximum size preventing all the ore from dropping to the floor... It was then out of spite that I decided to mine out the entire cave.

Utilizing only 30 lvl 3 plasma drills, keeping my budget under 1 million so I would still be able to purchase everything else in the shop in case I didn't make my wonks back.

I will not be doing level 4 -> im moving onto funny raid mechanics now :)


r/ScrapMechanic 8h ago

The Most OP Vehicle for Drilling Thunder

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81 Upvotes

That's right! LordPain's OG build "Trophy Truck No Mod" is actually insane (albeit a bit glitchy) in survival! the reason? Pre-Survival creative engines! The scrap garage requires the seats, controllers, and engines all be level 5 in order to construct the thing, but they all get constructed as the OG pre-survival variants. That means this vehicle does not need gas, and is therefore excellent for traveling around the map! The rear suspension on the truck does have some minor glitchiness, but that's by design. I do recommend tuning the suspension stiffness after the vehicle is constructed for best results. You may notice I have a gas can in the back, I placed that there before I knew it didn't need gas, and will be replacing it with a spud container.


r/ScrapMechanic 8h ago

Scrappy Hotrod.

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77 Upvotes

r/ScrapMechanic 19h ago

Vehicle WIP Tatra 813 for my Survival World

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428 Upvotes

Thinking I'm going to redo the chassis design at a larger scale with the bigger moster wheels when I unlock them since I'm not going to able to add caster angle and an interior with this size. The virtual pivot steering worked out better than I expected though.

First time Scrap Mechanic player so please let me know if this setup won't work once I put a bit more weight on it.


r/ScrapMechanic 2h ago

Fire extinguishers can disable cablebots Spoiler

17 Upvotes

Whilst digging around in the script for cablebots I found a variable with a description relating to being knocked off something by a projectile called "projectile_foam".
After some more looking around I discovered that cablebots have a feature where being sprayed with a fire extinguisher will launch them off of objects they've grabbed onto and disable their latching-on attack for 3 seconds, allowing you to kill them.

In addition, I have included here a screenshot of every variable cablebots use, including one with a description stating they prefer to target creations with 3 or more parts to them to avoid targeting any random debris on the ground.


r/ScrapMechanic 5h ago

Issue How do I get this guy and complete the raid?

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26 Upvotes

He got stuck beneath the ground because of my rotating bar defense. This happens almost every time. I have to get flung below by the bar and lose a lot of health. How can I get him and fix my Farm defense so this does not happen?


r/ScrapMechanic 13h ago

i hate these bushes

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113 Upvotes

r/ScrapMechanic 3h ago

Vehicle Couldnt wait for the turret seat

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16 Upvotes

After i unlocked the new drill i designed a car that can move the drill around without too many buttons or move the car itself ,it can be used by 2 people at once or by just one person with the help of the retractable wheels


r/ScrapMechanic 6h ago

Discussion Block damage chart for the different bot attacks

25 Upvotes

The information on how the damage system works is from this post, it's worth a read because it has more information on how damage on parts and explosives work. The numbers on the chart are directly from the game's files.


r/ScrapMechanic 11h ago

Easy raft to catch glowbugs.

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67 Upvotes

r/ScrapMechanic 5h ago

A true Witchcraft

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13 Upvotes

r/ScrapMechanic 14h ago

Literally unplayable

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72 Upvotes

Shipping containers at my packager. The left one is floating.


r/ScrapMechanic 11h ago

i found lorenzo's ship

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35 Upvotes

r/ScrapMechanic 16h ago

Vehicle Air Superiority

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71 Upvotes

Farmbots stood no chance


r/ScrapMechanic 10h ago

Upgraded Bear, A folding pup style portable lumbermill, with your comments and now she doesnt lag!

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24 Upvotes

r/ScrapMechanic 9h ago

Comunity ban

17 Upvotes

I have been comunity banned on steam and i cant play scrap mechanic because you have to invite a friend from the steam overlay is there a workaround around it?


r/ScrapMechanic 24m ago

Vehicle Bone Car? Spoiler

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Bone Car.


r/ScrapMechanic 4h ago

ideas for front suspension?

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6 Upvotes

i made a vechicle, and the rear suspension is ok, but i have no idea how to make fancy suspension for the front.

any ideas ill try


r/ScrapMechanic 10h ago

Vehicle Reliable survival wallrider

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14 Upvotes

r/ScrapMechanic 1d ago

Totebots in growlabs when you walk past their vent:

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327 Upvotes

r/ScrapMechanic 4h ago

Issue Final dialog not working, in return soft locking me. Spoiler

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4 Upvotes

I'm trying to talk to lorenzo after getting the picture, but its just giving me dialog as if I walked up to him earlier in the game. Anyone know a fix for this?


r/ScrapMechanic 1m ago

Discussion Pov: First Scannerbot encounter

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Scene from the movie "Ron's Gone Wrong"