Drillers
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- What happens when you run out of grey cubes in solo? — Minerals (including grey/silver cubes) aren't meant to be a limited resource—if you run out, just use a suitable substitute to represent them. The rulebook explicitly states that credits and minerals…
- How do I repair and draw a new card? — Pay 5 credits during Surfacing, remove a card (from hand, play area, discard, or deck top); if it was from your hand, draw a replacement card immediately. Repairing costs 5 credits and can only be don…
- Can I use Drone at the start of my turn if I finished last turn at the surface? — Yes — drones can be used at any point during your Operations phase, regardless of where your mech is or where it ended last turn. Drones let you perform effects that are normally restricted to the Sur…
- How do I use the text at the bottom of Drillers cards? — The text at the bottom of a card describes its unique effect, which triggers only when you play that card for its main effect (not when played for fuel). Each card can show several elements, including…
- How do I use more movement than my gauge allows? — You can't use more movement than your gauge shows—unspent movement is lost at the end of Operations when you surface. [p.18 — FAQ] Movement is generated by playing cards during Operations and tracked…
- What happens when the Drillers damage pile is empty? — If you need to take damage but no damage cards remain, remove the most valuable mineral from your market table instead. [p.18 — FAQ] When your mech takes damage during the game, you normally place a D…
- How do I use the Current-C Miner? — Pick 1 non-empty column of your market, take the topmost mineral from that column, and move it to your overflow zone without gaining credits. [p.18 — FAQ] CURRENT-C MINER is a card you play for its ma…
- How do I resolve a bot action turn in solo mode? — Flip the bot's top card, find the row matching its fuel cost and leftmost empty mineral slot column on the action board, then resolve the action's icons left to right: use all drills by priority, coll…
- Does Repairing always cost 5 or only when on the surface? — Repair costs 5 credits and can only be performed during the Surfacing phase. [p.10 — Repair] Repair is a Surfacing phase action, meaning you can only repair cards when your mech ends its Operations on…
- When can I discard cards in Drillers? — You can discard cards during the Surfacing phase to gain 2 credits each, or keep unplayed cards in hand by paying 1 fuel per card during Upkeep. [p.10 — Discard Cards] [p.12 — Upkeep] During the Surfa…
- What are the official errata and commonly misunderstood rules for Drillers? — This isn't covered in the rulebook as a dedicated "errata" section, but the FAQ addresses many commonly misunderstood rules. The rulebook doesn't contain a section explicitly labeled "errata." However…