Drill Upgrade Guide

For those of you curious as to the fastest route or the exact number of blocks required to upgrade your drill, here is a guide for you.

The tier separation indicates the furthest one can get along the drill path without having to upgrade the current drill. The Sub-Total indicates the total mining requirement for the current tier, while the Grand Total indicates the total mining requirement for the current tier and all previous tiers.

This guide is intended for DarthNox's mod, Chef Anonymous' mod, and DN+ mod. The Vanilla item set doesn't let you progress past Tier 3.

Tier 1Edit

Mine 16 Iron Ore
> Refine into Iron Ingots
Upgrade to Enhanced Iron Drill
Mine 5 Iron Ore
> Refine into Iron Ingots
Mine 40 Cobalite
> Refine into Cobalt Dust
> Refine into Cobalt Ingots
> Refine into Cobalt Diamonds
Upgrade to Powerful Iron Drill

Grand Total: 16 Iron Ore, 40 Cobalite

Tier 2Edit

Make 3 Powerful Iron Drills
Mine 15 Titanium Ore
>Refine into Titanium Ingots
Upgrade to Triple Iron Drill

Sub-Total: 15 Titanium Ore
Grand Total: 48 Iron Ore, 120 Cobalite, 15 Titanium Ore

Tier 3Edit

Make 1 Triple Iron Drill
Mine 3 Thulium Ore
>Refine Thulium Ore into Thulium Shards (Keep 1 Thulium Shard Remander)
Upgrade to Thulium Drill
Mine 30 Titanium Ore
>Refine into Titanium Ingots
Mine 7 Thulium Ore
>Refine Thulium Ore into Thulium Shards
Upgrade to Enhanced Thulium Drill

Sub-Total Total: 10 Thulium Ore, 30 Titanium Ore
Grand Total: 48 Iron Ore, 120 Cobalite, 10 Thulium Ore, 45 Titanium Ore

Tier 4Edit

Make 1 Enhanced Thulium Drill
Mine 50 Titanium Ore
>Refine ONLY 30 into Titanium Ingots (Keep 20 Titanium Ore Remainder)
Mine 20 Ponium Ore
>Refine into Ponium Ingots
Upgrade to Ponium Drill

Sub-Total: 50 Titanium Ore, 20 Ponium Ore
Grand Total: 48 Iron Ore, 120 Cobalite, 10 Thulium Ore, 95 Titanium Ore, 20 Ponium Ore

Tier 5Edit

Make 1 Ponium Drill
Mine 10 Titanium Ore
Mine 10 Ponium Ore
>Refine into Ponium Ingots
Mine 14 Redium Ore
>Refine into Redium Shards
>Refine ONLY 16 into Redium Lenses
Upgrade to Redium Powered Drill

Sub-Total: 10 Titanium Ore, 10 Ponium Ore, 14 Redium Ore
Grand Total: 48 Iron Ore, 120 Cobalite, 10 Thulium Ore, 105 Titanium Ore, 30 Ponium Ore, 14 Redium Ore