Miner Survivor news & patch notes

Two new high-level challenge mechanics push your mining skills to the limit.

⛏️ Mineral King (矿王) — Level 22+

A red-crowned rival miner spawns and roams the map autonomously. He auto-targets the nearest gold ore every 0.5 seconds and out-mines you if you let him.

🌀 Time Rift (时空裂缝) — Level 26+

A swirling green void tears open. Step into it within 30 seconds to activate a 45-second slow field — all enemies move at just 10% speed. When the rift closes, 25 enemies ambush you in a ring around the spawn point.

🚒 Rescue Mission (Lv.3+)

Protect a supply cart for 50 seconds. ✔ Spawn 1 additional Mine Spirit ✔ Reveal all Mine Spirits on the minimap for easier capture ✘ If the cart is destroyed, lose 25% of your gold

💎 Rare Mineral Vein (Lv.13+)

Mine a special vein before time runs out to earn a big burst of bonus gold ore.

🌄 Fresh Cave Look — No Two Runs the Same

We gave every cave background a clean-up, then scattered a bunch of mining clutter across it — coal piles, crystals, lanterns, barrels, minecart pieces, bones, torches. All placed at random positions and random sizes.

What you'll notice

• Cleaner cave walls and floors

• 100 random items scattered across the whole map, every run

• Different layout every time you start a game

• Subtle size variation so it feels hand-placed, not robotic

🪬 Spirit Sacrifice is now live in Miner Survivor! Collect spirits from defeated enemies → open Settings → Spirit Codex → sacrifice them to roll an elemental proc onto your drone. Each roll gives: • An element — STUN, KNOCKBACK, EXECUTE, or SILENCE (more coming) • A rarity — NORMAL / RARE / LEGENDARY — which sets the proc chance • A magnitude that scales with your drone level ⚡ Highlights: • Per-drone, multi-element — a single drone can stack STUN + KNOCKBACK + EXECUTE + SILENCE simultaneously • Anti-downgrade — weaker rolls of the same element are kept; new elements always install • Boss-aware — EXECUTE can't one-shot bosses; SILENCE skips Super bosses • Tempo drones get proc application too — your slow-pulse drone can now silence the swarm Roll smart, mine harder. ⛏️

Reworked the drones into a full 3D layout with improved positioning, spacing, and visual quality. The new design enhances combat readability and creates a more immersive battlefield.

NEW: Mine Spirit Collection Spirits now wander the caves — hidden until you get close, then they flee. Chase them down to capture. Each one registers a Steam achievement and appears in your Spirit Codex (Settings → Spirit Codex). 32 spirits across 4 unlock tiers, unlocking more as you progress toward L45+. Miner / Ancient Boss: Visual Overhaul New sprite art for the Miner and Ancient super-boss.

Include achievements!