Mine a Planet Guide — Beginner Walkthrough & Strategy

You spawn with a basic drone fleet that mines automatically: drones blast ore off the planet surface and it sells for cash. Redeem every active code first — the free Drone Pack, Time Skip, Strong Batteries and Super Alien Treat are a real head start, and the full live list lives on our codes page. Then spend cash on the three fleet-level upgrade stats named in the official description: Mining Power, Cargo, and Speed. For the exact order to spend in, follow the beginner upgrades walkthrough.

Drones automate mining while you are playing. The official “24/7” wording does not establish offline settlement: its rate and cap remain unverified, as explained in the money guide. Our July 2026 Drone Index snapshot documents 11 rarity tiers and 31 identified names among 51 slots; the drone tier list keeps those dated evidence limits. Individual drone level and output panels are visible in Kream Blox’s July 23 footage, but a boosted, upgraded example is not a complete base-stat table or a universal fleet-income formula. To work on the collection, follow the illustrated Index checklist, compare missing entries and read your current purchase and upgrade panels.

Planets are mined layer by layer, and deeper ore sells for more. The official description names two tiers — Azurite at the surface and Aurum in the depths — and says the range goes "beyond" Aurum. No official ore-value table exists, so compare ores by the sell value shown in your own game UI rather than any site's numbers; the ores page lays out the bands we have actually read.

Planet Evolution is the game's prestige-style macro system: a cinematic upgrade that transforms your planet into a bigger, richer world with higher-value ore bands. Community footage shows evolution resets depth progress in exchange for the richer world. Evolution costs escalate and are not published anywhere — read the exact requirement from your own game UI. The wiki entry collects what footage proved about the mechanic, and new evolution steps show up on updates.

The official description advertises “24/7” auto-mining, but that wording does not confirm earnings while disconnected. We have no verified offline settlement rate, cap or comparison with online play, so this guide does not assume a positive or reduced yield. If you want to investigate your own session, record the balance before leaving and after returning, together with the elapsed time and any visible claim panel; that is a personal observation, not a universal game rule. The money walkthrough covers the mining and collection screens that dated footage actually shows. Read your current upgrade panels and item tooltips before planning a long absence or using a Time Skip.

Mutations enter your drones through CPU chips: buy one in the Gear Shop, apply it, and the drone carries that mutation until you swap it. Applying one also registers the discovery in the in-game Index → Mutations panel, which a July 17, 2026 recording of the full panel shows reading "Mutations Discovered 6/6 (100%)" — that is the discovered count in that recorded panel, not proof of a permanent or current cap. Each tile carries a value multiplier: Blizzard 1.35x, Ion 1.75x, Solar Flare 2x, Radioactive 2.25x, UFO 3x and JellyFish 3.25x. Here is the honest limit of that evidence: the panel shows the x-values but never shows what they multiply, and a separate weather banner reads "Drones can mutate - up to 3x value!", which does not reconcile with the 3.25x tile — so we keep both on record and refuse to state which stat the boost lands on. What the index does pay is explicit and worth more than the single terminal bonus older write-ups quote: filling it grants permanent cash milestones of +5% / +10% / +15% / +25% at 25% / 50% / 75% / 100% discovery. Chips are consumables — removing a mutation destroys the chip — so creators advise spending the strong ones only on your best drones, and our tier list is the graded answer to which rarities those are. Beyond shop purchases, footage shows a Solar Flare CPU chip as the Day 5 slot of the Daily Rewards calendar (Aug 26, 2026) and UFO Shards ticking up a 10-slot event collection, though what ten shards redeem for is still unread. Mutation crafting has only ever been previewed in update notes, never shown in-game, so no recipes are listed. For the dated chip prices and the weather map, read the mutations hub; for the hands-on apply-and-remove steps, see how to get mutations. Chip multipliers are a different lever from drone roll luck, which is what the luck calculator actually models.