Editing Guides/Miner Costs

===== Assumptions =====

# This page assumes finite resources (infinite resources and {{IL|Blight Magnifier}}s are there own optimization problems)
# This page assumes that the player has a limited capacity to micromanage (so past a certain point all frames are mobile and have {{IL|Behavior Controller}}s). It doesn't account for a mining crew that moves buildings via {{IL|Deployer}}s ''(yet)''
# This table doesn't include the cost of controlling the miners (e.g. radar), powering the miners, or shipping the resources

===== How to read this table =====
The first four columns describe the build. Miner is the type of miner on the bot, [[File:Drone Component.png|32px|link=Drone Component]] is whether excess internal slots are used for mining drones, and [[File:Behavior Controller.png|32px|link=Behavior Controller]] is whether a behavior controller is included in the cost.

This table is given in terms of the resources ([[File:Miner.png|32px|link=Miner]]-seconds, [[File:Laser Extractor.png|32px|link=Laser Extractor]]-seconds, and ongoing Power draw) required to get the equivalent of one {{IL|Miner}}. Miners-per-bot is how many miner equivalents are on a single bot of this type, i.e. a {{IL|Twinbot}} with two {{IL|Laser Mining Tool}}s has four miner-equivalents*. As it's per miner, we can say that the 1-miner basic worker will pay for itself in 2 minutes 26 seconds while the 26-miner (13 advanced drone) Mobile Command Center will pay for itself in 1 hour 9 minutes, ignoring the cost of support, processing, and logistics. 

<sup>*yes, technically advanced miners are 2.08x faster for crystal due to tick rounding</sup>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
|Frame
|Miner
|[[File:Drone Component.png|32px|link=Drone Component]]
|[[File:Behavior Controller.png|32px|link=Behavior Controller]]
|[[File:Miner.png|32px|link=Miner]]-seconds
|[[File:Laser Extractor.png|32px|link=Laser Extractor]]-seconds
|Power
|Miners-per-bot
|-
|{{IL|Building 1x1 (1S)}}
|[[File:Miner.png|32px|link=Miner]]
|
|
|140
|
|15.0
|1
|-
|{{IL|Worker}}
|[[File:Miner.png|32px|link=Miner]]
|
|
|146
|
|25.0
|1
|-
|{{IL|Building 1x1 (2S)}}
|[[File:Miner.png|32px|link=Miner]]
|
|
|206
|
|15.0
|2
|-
|{{IL|Worker}}
|[[File:Miner.png|32px|link=Miner]]
|
|1
|207
|
|25.0
|1
|-
|{{IL|Twinbot}}
|[[File:Miner.png|32px|link=Miner]]
|
|1
|718
|
|22.5
|2
|-
|{{IL|Building 1x1 (1S)}}
|[[File:Laser Mining Tool.png|32px|link=Laser Mining Tool]]
|
|
|1168
|
|7.5
|2
|-
|{{IL|Building 1x1 (2S)}}
|[[File:Laser Mining Tool.png|32px|link=Laser Mining Tool]]
|
|
|1200
|
|7.5
|4
|-
|{{IL|Worker}}
|[[File:Laser Mining Tool.png|32px|link=Laser Mining Tool]]
|
|1
|1201
|
|12.5
|2
|-
|{{IL|Twinbot}}
|[[File:Laser Mining Tool.png|32px|link=Laser Mining Tool]]
|
|1
|1456
|
|11.2
|4
|-
|{{IL|Worker}}
|[[File:Advanced Miner Drone.png|32px|link=Advanced Miner Drone]]
|
|1
|1964
|150
|12.5
|4
|-
|{{IL|Worker}}
|[[File:Advanced Miner Drone.png|32px|link=Advanced Miner Drone]]
|1
|1
|1977
|150
|11.7
|6
|-
|{{IL|Twinbot}}
|[[File:Advanced Miner Drone.png|32px|link=Advanced Miner Drone]]
|1
|1
|2074
|150
|11.5
|10
|-
|{{IL|Twinbot}}
|[[File:Advanced Miner Drone.png|32px|link=Advanced Miner Drone]]
|
|1
|2092
|150
|11.9
|8
|-
|{{IL|Hound}}
|[[File:Advanced Miner Drone.png|32px|link=Advanced Miner Drone]]
|2
|1
|2956
|150
|10.8
|20
|-
|{{IL|Hound}}
|[[File:Advanced Miner Drone.png|32px|link=Advanced Miner Drone]]
|
|1
|3194
|150
|10.9
|16
|-
|{{IL|Cub}}
|[[File:Advanced Miner Drone.png|32px|link=Advanced Miner Drone]]
|1
|1
|3222
|150
|11.4
|14
|-
|{{IL|Cub}}
|[[File:Advanced Miner Drone.png|32px|link=Advanced Miner Drone]]
|
|1
|3426
|150
|11.7
|12
|-
|{{IL|Mobile Command Center}}
|[[File:Advanced Miner Drone.png|32px|link=Advanced Miner Drone]]
|1
|1
|4180
|150
|10.4
|26
|-
|{{IL|Mobile Command Center}}
|[[File:Advanced Miner Drone.png|32px|link=Advanced Miner Drone]]
|
|1
|4361
|150
|10.4
|24
|}