Drone

drone·Items

A remote controlled drone operated from the Computer station with a limited range. Easily damaged from impacts.

Stats

Stack size: 1
Despawns after: 40 min
Condition: 100
Health when placed: 200

Best Monuments to Farm Drone

Monument	Per full clear	Mostly from
Missile Silo	1 every 8 clears	Military Crate
Large Oil Rig	1 every 16 clears	Military Crate

Expected from opening every container in one copy of the monument once. Dots are the keycards its readers take. See the monument tier list for overall value.

Where to Find Drone

Source	Chance	Amount
Locked Crate	1.3%	1-2
Locked Crate (Oil Rig)	1.3%	1-2
Locked Crate (Ghost Ship)	1.3%	1-2
Elite Crate	0.8%	1-2
Elite Crate (Underwater Labs)	0.7%	1
Military Crate (Underwater Labs)	0.4%	1
Military Crate	0.4%	1
Train Wagon Military Crate	0.4%	1

10 more sources

Excavator Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Arctic Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Cargo Ship Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Patrol Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Roaming Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Chinook Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Heavy Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Oil Rig Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Bradley APC Scientist	under 0.1%	1
Bradley APC Heavy Scientist	under 0.1%	1

Chance it's in one container or on one body, measured by filling each one 50,000 times on a vanilla server. Every source's full table is in the loot tables.

Research

Tech tree: Engineering WorkbenchThis item: 60 scrapFrom scratch: 390 scrap over 15 items

The from-scratch figure is the cheapest chain of unlocks from the start of the tree, with nothing researched yet. Mark what you already have on the tree to see what is actually left.

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