Are YOU an Efficient Miner in 7 Days To Die Alpha 20?

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► This video will show you how to increase your mining efficiency in 7 Days To Die Alpha 20.

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CHAPTERS: 📔
00:00 Intro
0:23 How To Find Ores
02:00 How To Build A Mine
03:00 Heat & Mining
04:23 Structural Integrity & Mining
06:58 Mining Perks
07:45 Consumable Bonuses
08:10 Mining Skill Books
09:39 Tool Mods
10:20 Auger VS Pickaxe SOCIALS: 💬

[MikeJones-khbe]

Isn’t the maths at the end a little bit wrong? If it’s it’s 60k per 5 mins, that means it’s 60, 000 x 12 as 5x12=60 and there’s 60 mins in an hour… so 60k x 12 = 720k not 1.2m?

[ReductiveUnproductive]

Fun fact! If you find extra ironbreakers, the wrenches heavily benefit from them as most of the stuff you disassemble are metal. Woodbreaker is also nice for doublebeds.

[ritual]

Don't just dig straight down from a node (iron, nitrate, coal, etc.), they're there to show you where to dig. There's usually a good seam of material around the area. where ever there is a sand/gravel mix under the dirt or in the rock is the sign that you are in a seam and mine the area. Much more efficient than dig down, tunnel and hope that you eventually hit a resource.

[brokemage]

Thanks for the new info. I didn't know the difference between the pickaxe and auger were that large.

[unacceptableminority]

I love how you didn't drag out the info. "Short answer the auger. Thanks for watching." Best part. I wish everyone did this.

[AJay]

Another tip I find that might be worth mentioning (although takes some resources to set up) is put an SMG turret facing you're hatch/door. That way screamers that will inevitably show up when using the auger will be quickly taken care of allowing you to mine away freely. I've also had wondering hordes come to investigate. So when you hear the turret firing consistently you know you're in for a surprise up top if you go on out.

[footthumb]

I was super excited when I finally crafted my LVL 5 Auger. So excited I just kept going straight down. The second I stopped to figure out how to get back up I heard a zombie sniffing around. Apparently it was a screamer (the 1st I ever dealt with), whose scream attracted a few zombies and… another screamer. About 8 zombies later I finally ran out of stamina and they had their dinner. My Auger has sat in a box ever since.

I know it’s far more efficient so I’ll eventually try it again, but all my initial holes will be done via pickaxe. Once the mineshaft is closed off, then I’ll use the Auger to immediately make enough room to fight.

[CrabClownJimmy]

Vertical support being infinite blew my mind. Never tested it, because I assumed you needed concrete pillars underground. But I will also nerd pole to the top of a Tier 5 building to get my stuff back when I die... Thanks for the clarity, Prebuilt!

[ohdarn]

I like to use my structural brace on my auger. Surprised you didn't mention that ore deposits underground are mixed with sand and you can follow the sand/ore pipe up to it topmost point, then stripmine to the rock edges. Almost never collapses and is super efficient. Beware the zombies digging to you though especially at the higher elevations.

[paulb]

My mines are a little overkill. I essentially make a square fort with no ceiling around a node, or two nodes if next to each other. Then I dig everything within that square, making staircases downward from the edge of the square. Not very efficient, but mines can't collapse if there is nothing on top of it too collapse.

[MCantone]

Love that your videos are straight to the point. The accent is just a bonus

[FurlowT]

Imagine if someone spent the time to mine out the entire map of a 10k sized map.

[MrMetalMan]

Wow, had no idea that you could harm buildings that are above you while you're mining underground. Awesome tips once again!

[EagleAirsoft]

I tend to place shafts down every 8 blocks. Eventually covering a whole area with shafts down every 8 blocks. Great for finding what’s below but also for stability. Then add cross beams every 5 levels down. Every 5 so if you turn it into a floor you can still reach the blocks above you. Though I do still recommend removing blocks high to low even if working on a level that’s supported.

[wildaxeman]

i prefer to make horisontal tunnel in 16-17m from bedrock. some ore starts from bedrock and ends in 18m. some starts at 16m from bedrock. gives more chance to find ore

[dndhatcher]

The tempered blade mod gives 10% more block damage and 15% durability to picks, axes and shovels, but not the auger or chainsaw. Until you get an auger its a nice bonus.

[chadadams]

amazing video mate, you and GNS have been hard carrying 7DTD content recently, keep it up

[swinfough]

I recommend making support pillars with shapes like centered pole in the poles section, which will give you more room to see and move around, or even mine behind it if you need to.

[shotsing]

well I dont read xD been spending much coffe with my auger XD

[ajallen]

All cool and stuff, but frankly, with how RNG dependant it is to even get an auger, I still find the pick to be superior, simply because you can actually possess it.

Having the best stats is great and all, but if I don't have the item in the first place it's infinitely worse than the pick. Not to mention also needing the full mag set.