RAAARRRR!  Another guide!  Yay?  Maybe...everyone liked my last one...

Anyway.  This guide is going to describe ways to increase your success in drilling EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A SENSE TYPE.  Actually, it should help you ESPECIALLY if you're not a sense type!

• Note to other experienced players: If you want to help by contributing info on map soil types/depths, it would be much appreciated~! ^^ 

The essentials:

    How to drill:

1. Talk to Marky** for a free Basic Drill, or buy one from Item Girl.
2. Go to your Items panel (hit "i" while not in the chat box)
3. Click the drills tab
4. Double click a drill, OR drag it to the drill slot on your Equipment panel (hit "e" while not in the chat box)
5. Hit "D" while not in the chat box
6. Click the ground

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    What drill should you use?

I'm going to source from http://www.mytrickster.net/wiki/index.php/Category:Drill  for this section.  Feel free to explore the page yourself, as it will have more info.

• Basic Drill - It's good for all types of soil.
  Level Requirement: 1
       Max Depth: 20m
       Life Span: 1300
  
• Sand Drill (1, 2, 3, 4) - Special purpose drill designed for sand.
  Level Requirement: 1/10/30/60
       Max Depth: 20m/30m/60m/100m
       Life Span: 100
  
• Land Drill (1, 2, 3, 4) - Special purpose drill designed for grass, land and volcanic areas.
  Level Requirement: 1/10/30/60
       Max Depth: 20m/30m/60m/100m
       Life Span: 100
  
• Rock Drill (1, 2, 3, 4) - Special purpose drill designed for rock and metal.
  Level Requirement: 1/10/30/60
       Max Depth: 20m/30m/60m/100m
       Life Span: 100
  
• Green Drill - Special Drill Stage 1. Suitable for hard soils including ordinary brown soil, rocky soil and grass.
  Level Requirement: 10
       Max Depth: 40m
       Life Span: 200
  
• Blue Drill - 1st Special drill suitable for all kinds of soil.  (<<I edited it, because there was a clear translation screw-up...)
  Level Requirement: 10
       Max Depth: 80m
       Life Span: 100
  
• Yellow Drill - 2nd special drill. Proper for all kinds of soils.
  Level Requirement: 20
       Max Depth: 120m
       Life Span: 80
  
• Pink Drill - 2nd Grade drill special proper for wet soil like deep-sea sedimentary soil and clay soil.
  Level Requirement: 30
       Max Depth: 60m
       Life Span: 100
  
• Cleaner Drill - 1st grade drill proper for soil like sand.
  Level Requirement: 20
       Max Depth: 30m
       Life Span: 300
  
• Blend Drill - 1st grade drill proper for wet soil like deep-sea sedimentary soil and clay soil.
  Level Requirement: 20
       Max Depth: 30m
       Life Span: 300
  
• Multi-Point Drill - 1st grade drill proper for thick soil like usual yellow soil, rock soil, and grass.
  Level Requirement: 20
       Max Depth: 30m
       Life Span: 300
  
• Tornado Drill - 2nd grade drill proper for fragil soil like sand.
  Level Requirement: 40
       Max Depth: 60m
       Life Span: 400
  
• Jet-pump Drill - 2nd grade drill proper for wet soil like deep-sea sedimentary soil and clay soil.
  Level Requirement: 40
       Max Depth: 60m
       Life Span: 400
  
• Multi-Pistol Drill - 2nd grade drill proper for think soil like usual yellow soil, rock soil and grass.
  Level Requirement: 40
       Max Depth: 60m
       Life Span: 400
  
• Diamond Drill - 3rd grade drill proper for thick soil like usual yellow soil, rock soil and grass.
  Level Requirement: 60
       Max Depth: 90m
       Life Span: 900
  
• Chaos Drill - Ultimate drill proper for stone tiles, wood board and artificial floor.
  Level Requirement: 80
       Max Depth: 120m
       Life Span: 600
  
• Musume Drill - Luxury handcrafted drill made by Sigujilly, the craftsman in drill industry.  Good for yellow soil.
  Level Requirement: 50
       Max Depth: 150m
       Life Span: 200
  
• Gao Drill - Handcrafted drill made by Mr. Gyujang, the craftsman in drill industry.  Good for artificial soil.
  Level Requirement: 50
       Max Depth: 180m
       Life Span: 150

 

That's all well and good, right?  But how do you know what kind of soil is what?  Well, no offense, but I hope that to some degree, you can tell just by looking.  I mean, grass is obviously grass, dirt is obviously dirt, sand is obviously sand, and so on.  But there are a few areas that can be tricky to figure out.  So for simplicity sake, I will just go through and list as many as I can.

Coral Fields
    10m max depth

Loose/Fragile soil.  SAND.

Land/GRASS.

Wood boards.  ARTIFICIAL.

 

Dark Cave
    20m max depth

Just like mines, caves have a strange soil type.  It's both ROCK and ARTIFICIAL.

 

Desert Beach Fields
    10m max depth

SAND.

Land/GRASS.

Wood boards.  ARTIFICIAL.

 

Pyramid Dungeon
    20m max depth (Excluding Tut...I need to know the depth at Tut.  ^^)

Don't be fooled.  It looks like tiles, but is actually SAND.

 

Crystal Copper Mine
     20m max depth

Mines have a strange soil type.  It's both ROCK and ARTIFICIAL. 

 

Emerald Forest
    20m max depth EXCEPT for Northwest Forest, which has 50m

Land/DIRT.

Land/GRASS. 

 

Poppuri Dungeon
    30m max depth 

Land/GRASS.

Mud/Sedimentary.  WET SOIL.  (Yeah, they throw you for a loop with that one.  Sticking in puddles that are a different soil type!)

 

Caballa Relics Fields
    40m max depth

Land/DIRT.

Stone tiles.  ARTIFICIAL.

Land/GRASS.

 

Caballa Dungeon
     60m max depth, including Tombeth.

Land/DIRT and GRASS.

Stone tiles.  ARTIFICIAL.

 

Jade Steel Mine
    130m max depth. 

Mines have a strange soil type.  It's both ROCK and ARTIFICIAL.

 

Swamp Fields
     40m max depth EXCEPT in the "Maze of Forest" fields, which have 120m, and Tenterlion, which has 200m max.

Land/GRASS.

For some reason, the lily pads count as WET SOIL.

 

Swamp Dungeon
     120m max depth EXCEPT on floor 5, which is 250m max.

Clay soil/Sedimentary.  WET SOIL.  (Some parts may count as GRASS too.)

 

Silver Jewel Mine
     160m max depth

Mines have a strange soil type.  It's both ROCK and ARTIFICIAL.

 

Warf Fields
    80m max depth

Stone tiles.  ARTIFICIAL

Metal.  ARTIFICIAL.

Asphalt/ROCK.  Also ARTIFICIAL.

Wood boards.  ARTIFICIAL.

Land/GRASS.

It looks like water, but it counts as ROCK or ARTIFICIAL.

 

Path to Mermaid Palace
    80m max depth

Just like mines, caves have a strange soil type.  It's both ROCK and ARTIFICIAL.  Path to Mermaid might also count as DEEP-SEA SOIL.

 

 

Phantom School
    50m max depth on F1 and F2, 80m max depth on F3, 120m max depth in the Annex and Mad Ray.

Stone tiles.  ARTIFICIAL.

Wood boards.  ARTIFICIAL.

Vines and leaves/Land/GRASS. 

 

Rose Garden
     80m max depth

Stone tiles.  ARTIFICIAL.

Land/GRASS.

Wood boards.  ARTIFICIAL.

 

Vamp Dungeon
    80m max depth, with 60m max at Count Blood.

Carpet/Stone tiles.  ARTICIFIAL.

 

Mermaid Fields
     80m max depth

DEEP SEA SEDIMENT.

Shell/Stone tiles.  ARTIFICIAL.

 

Mermaid Dungeon
    100m max depth

Stone tiles.  ARTIFICIAL.

 

Mirage Island
    80m max depth

Land/DIRT.

Land/GRASS.

Wood boards.  ARTIFICIAL.

SAND.

ROCK.  Might also be artificial, I'm not totally sure.

 

Mirage Dungeon
     100m max depth

DEEP SEA SEDIMENT.

 

Snow Fields
    120m max depth

SNOW.

Ice/SNOW.

 

Ice Dungeon
     180m max depth, except at Odinea, which has 200m max.

Ice/SNOW

 

Precious Jewel Mine
    200m max depth

  Mines have a strange soil type.  It's both ROCK and ARTIFICIAL.

 

Techichi Volcano
   180m max depth, except at Soki, which has 200m max.

Volcanic ash/Land/DIRT.

Volcanic ash/Land/DIRT and possibly ROCK.

Wood boards.  ARTIFICIAL. 

 

Tapasco Volcano
     150m max depth, 250m max at Spicy

Volcanic ROCK.

 

Cherry Blossom Fields
    20m max depth

Land/DIRT.

Land/GRASS.

Stone tile.  ARTIFICIAL.

Rugs and cushions.  ARTIFICIAL.

 

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OK, if you're not a sense type, or if you're a low level sense type, drilling can be hard.  There ARE things you can do to increase your chances of successfully finding things.

    The first thing to understand is how DA helps you drill.  High DA will keep you from drilling where nothing is buried.  DA will alert you if you are or are not drilling a spot where something is buried.

  Something is there!  See the light bulb over my head?  That's DA at work!

 

  There's nothing there!  See the squiggly over my head? That's DA at work too!

All class types will get the light bulb or squiggly from time to time.  The higher your DA, the more often you will get those reactions.  At 90 DA, you will get the light bulb/squiggly 100% of the time.

 

    Next, you need to know how items tend to spawn.  They usually spawn in overlapping grids.  When you find an area with a lot of buried items, it's a "hotspot".

That's a picture of a small hotspot.  I put the arrows on it to point out a very important fact. If you find a hotspot, dig in strait horizontal or vertical lines.  As you can see from the image, that's how they line up.

    Where are the best places to find hotspots?  Believe it or not, on or around portals are great places to find things.

Things also tend to spawn around landscape objects such as trees, bushes, stumps, rocks, statues, etc.  Landscape objects vary from map to map.

 

Edges of maps also tend to be good places to find buried items.

 

   There's one more thing you need to know.  I have a technique I'm going to share with you all that I've never really seen/heard anybody else mention.  I've even had people argue that I'm wrong about it, but I've tested it and tested it, and nearly all of my guild mates have used this technique sucessfully.

Items land on other items.  When you dig up an item there's a very decent chance it will land on OR near something else buried!  I would estimate it happens about 60% of the time.  It's not constant, so don't expect results 100% of the time.  But if you're a sense type that hasn't yet learned Basic Detect, or if you're not a sense type at all, this technique can be very helpful!

I even made a little slide show demonstrating it working!  ^__^

 

Detect Skills

    There are currently 2 Detection skills.  They make red targets appear on the ground to show where stuff is buried.  (They can be seen in nearly all my screen shots.)  Only sense type characters can learn them.

First is Basic Detect, which can be learned by both lions and foxes at TM35.

http://www.mytrickster.net/wiki/index.php/Sense_Skills 

Directly pasting the info, here: 

Basic Detection

Icon	Name	TM Level	Skill Type	Learn	Mastery	Mastery Item	Prerequisite
	Basic Detection	35	On/Off	2	2	Larva Card x 2	None
Detects where items are underground.

Formula	DA * Increase %
Notes	{{{Notes}}}

Level	MP	Cool Down Time	Duration	Depth it Detects	Area of Detection	{{{Column6}}}
1	10	2 seconds	1 second	50 meters	3*3	{{{1_6}}}
2	11	2 seconds	1 second	55 meters	4*4	{{{2_6}}}
3	12	2 seconds	1 second	60 meters	4*4	{{{3_6}}}
4	13	2 seconds	1 second	65 meters	4*4	{{{4_6}}}
5	14	2 seconds	1 second	70 meters	5*5	{{{5_6}}}
6	15	2 seconds	2 seconds	75 meters	5*5	{{{6_6}}}
7	16	1 seconds	2 seconds	80 meters	5*5	{{{7_6}}}
8	17	1 seconds	2 seconds	85 meters	5*5	{{{8_6}}}
9	18	1 seconds	2 seconds	90 meters	6*6	{{{9_6}}}
10	19	1 seconds	2 seconds	95 meters	6*6	{{{10_6}}}
Master	20	1 seconds	3 seconds	110 meters	7*7	{{{M_6}}}

 

Next is Item Detector, which can be learned by Explorers at TM55 or Cyber Hunters at TM105

http://www.mytrickster.net/wiki/index.php/Explorer_Skills 

Pasting directly again.

Item Detector

Icon	Name	TM Level	Skill Type	Learn	Mastery	Mastery Item	Prerequisite
	Item Detector	55(Cyber Hunter = 105)	Timer	4	3	Quiem Card x 2	Invincible Drilling (Lv. 1) Sixth Sense (Lv. 10)
Detects items underground in a 3x3 area deeper than Basic Detection.

Formula	Ratio x DA
Notes	May fail.

Level	MP	Cool Down Time	Duration	Ratio	{{{Column5}}}	{{{Column6}}}
1	50	15s	9s	3	{{{1_5}}}	{{{1_6}}}
2	54	15s	11s	3.5	{{{2_5}}}	{{{2_6}}}
3	58	15s	13s	4	{{{3_5}}}	{{{3_6}}}
4	62	15s	15s	4.5	{{{4_5}}}	{{{4_6}}}
5	66	15s	17s	5	{{{5_5}}}	{{{5_6}}}
6	70	15s	19s	5.5	{{{6_5}}}	{{{6_6}}}
7	74	15s	21s	6	{{{7_5}}}	{{{7_6}}}
8	78	15s	23s	6.5	{{{8_5}}}	{{{8_6}}}
9	82	15s	25s	7	{{{9_5}}}	{{{9_6}}}
10	86	15s	27s	7.5	{{{10_5}}}	{{{10_6}}}
Master	98	15s	33s	9	{{{M_5}}}	{{{M_6}}}

 

    Item Detector is the skill I'm using in the screen shots.  Some people dislike it, because of its tendency to fail.  Also, I will give fair warning to anyone who chooses to learn this skill: When ever there is an event that requires drilling, Item Detector gets a temporary nerf that causes it to FAIL MORE OFTEN.  I don't know how many other people have noticed that, but I sure as heck have!  >[

 

Other helpful skills

    While Basic Detect and Item Detector are the only detection skills currently, they're not the only ones that assist with drilling.  Sixth Sense boosts DA, and can be learned by both foxes and lions at TM1.

http://www.mytrickster.net/wiki/index.php/Sense_Skills 

Another direct paste.

Sixth Sense

Icon	Name	TM Level	Skill Type	Learn	Mastery	Mastery Item	Prerequisite
	Sixth Sense	1	Timer	2	2	Clione Card x 2	None
Increases DA for period of time

Formula	DA * Increase %
Notes	{{{Notes}}}

Level	MP	Cool Down Time	Increase %	Duration	{{{Column5}}}	{{{Column6}}}
1	80	10 seconds	10%	60 seconds	{{{1_5}}}	{{{1_6}}}
2	100	10 seconds	13%	65 seconds	{{{2_5}}}	{{{2_6}}}
3	120	10 seconds	16%	70 seconds	{{{3_5}}}	{{{3_6}}}
4	140	10 seconds	19%	75 seconds	{{{4_5}}}	{{{4_6}}}
5	160	10 seconds	22%	80 seconds	{{{5_5}}}	{{{5_6}}}
6	180	10 seconds	25%	85 seconds	{{{6_5}}}	{{{6_6}}}
7	200	10 seconds	28%	90 seconds	{{{7_5}}}	{{{7_6}}}
8	220	10 seconds	31%	95 seconds	{{{8_5}}}	{{{8_6}}}
9	240	10 seconds	34%	100 seconds	{{{9_5}}}	{{{9_6}}}
10	260	10 seconds	37%	105 seconds	{{{10_5}}}	{{{10_6}}}
Master	300	10 seconds	45%	120 seconds

 

    Invincible Drilling is a skill that allows you to drill uninterrupted even if you're attacked.  This skill can be learned by both lions and foxes at TM1.  However, I will give you a warning: If you're in an area where things can kill you in 2 hits, Invincible Drilling could cost you your life by keeping you from instantly reacting or running away.  However, it is a VERY useful skill, and there is no reason not to learn it.  Just use caution in dangerous areas.  ;)

If any more drilling assistance skills are added, I will edit them in at that time.  ^^

 

 

Phoneuma:

Soil Types Sound Effects: You can tell the soil type when you drill. Sometimes you can tell before you start, right after you click where you want to drill. While your drill is in idle mode, listen closely to the sound it makes. Grass, Sand and Rock types typically make the same sound and so are hard to distinguish. Wood tends to yield a hollow sound. Metal and Tile will cause your drill to make a high-pitched ratchety sound. Watery types will make a bubbly bloopy-bloop sound.  Snow I think has a unique sound as well, perhaps muffled. Need someone to verify this info, though.

Tree Troves: Basic Detection and Item Detector cannot be seen through tree leaves, so be sure to check behind trees even if you see Sense characters drilling in the area. Odds are they overlooked the forested areas.

Hidden Areas: You can drill off the maps if you know where to look. I won't reveal any locations because then I would have a more Fdrilling in my secret spots. Technically still on the map, there are places where you can drill that are outside the standard walkable map grid. I call these places Hidden Areas because sometimes you can't even see your character while drilling.

X Marks The Spot: If you find a good place to drill, make note of it. Places like the Music Room in Phantom School have hotspots in the same areas. On some occasions, those hotspots may yield very valuable finds. For example, one morning I drilled up 13 Metronomes in a row, then 7 Canvas 2's, then 7 Canvas 3's, then 7 Canvas 1's, and a couple exceptional equips which I NPCed for 40k+ galder.

 

 

Credits:

http://www.mytrickster.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page   I copied skill info, and some map depths from the wiki.  Drill info also came from it.  Links to specific areas are included where info is taken from it.

    Theou
       He gave me the boss depths, more tips, and reminded me of missed areas.

    Zephyr
        He suggested I put the skill info in in the first place.

    Tuvis
        He suggested I include the value of DA needed for 100% chance of lightbulb/squiggly.

Any other input will be duly credited if used.  :)

I will not edit in every point of discussion in the thread, for the record.  Info will be uncovered in discussion, and only if there are repeated questions about something already mentioned will I edit it in to the guide, unless it's something relating directly to existing info.  Thanks~


 

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Great guide, Damsel! Definately great! Good job~

Figured Im could mention that adding to the DA part, that having a total of 90 DA is all that is needed for having a full detection rate for lightbulb/squiggly? I figure its handy for those at higher levels to know so they dont get a full crazy boosted DA set when they maybe dont need much at all.

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My opinion is mine alone. Stop making assumptions.

Been a while since I saw a great guide in this god-forsaken place, might as well to add information about drill related skills such as Basic Detection, etc.

Good points, guys, thanks.  XD  I'll edit it later, but holy geez, it took me 6 hours to put that together and if I hit edit one more time today, my brain will implode, lol!

[edit] Geez, I guess I have my OCD moments after all...-edits guide- Can't stand to leave anything out.  @.@

[edit2] -mops brain up off the floor- 

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Good guide.  We should realy star pupming some out for new countent befro the Mt guys do * Flmes Mt*

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Addendumst.

Soil Types: Sound Effects: You can tell the soil type when you drill. Sometimes you can tell before you start, right after you click where you want to drill. While your drill is in idle mode, listen closely to the sound it makes. Grass, Sand and Rock types typically make the same sound and so are hard to distinguish. Wood tends to yield a hollow sound. Metal and Tile will cause your drill to make a high-pitched ratchety sound. Watery types will make a bubbly bloopy-bloop sound.  Snow I think has a unique sound as well, perhaps muffled. Need someone to verify this info, though.

Tree Troves: Basic Detection and Item Detector cannot be seen through tree leaves, so be sure to check behind trees even if you see Sense characters drilling in the area. Odds are they overlooked the forested areas.

Hidden Areas: You can drill off the maps if you know where to look. I won't reveal any locations because then I would have a more Fdrilling in my secret spots. Technically still on the map, there are places where you can drill that are outside the standard walkable map grid. I call these places Hidden Areas because sometimes you can't even see your character while drilling.

X Marks The Spot: If you find a good place to drill, make note of it. Places like the Music Room in Phantom School have hotspots in the same areas. On some occasions, those hotspots may yield very valuable finds. For example, one morning I drilled up 13 Metronomes in a row, then 7 Canvas 2's, then 7 Canvas 3's, then 7 Canvas 1's, and a couple exceptional equips which I NPCed for 40k+ galder.

 

@Damsel: You need Cherry Blossom soil types too if you want to be complete.
@Damsel: Swamp Dungeon has Grass type terrain also (don't ask me where, I'm just quoting)
@Damsel: Black Swamp has Grass, Yellow, Rocky and Wet soil types (think you missed the Rock one in Field 5/6)
@Damsel: You forgot the caves (like Path to Coral) that are Artificial type
@Damsel: Path to Oops is Sandy (dunno where you want to put that one)
@Damsel: Poppuri has Yellow, Rocky, Grassy and Wet soil types
@Damsel: Megaopolis Forest has Rocky too
@Damsel: Nora was and will be Artificial
@Damsel: The Forgotten Tower is 150m~250m
@Damsel: Boss Depths:

Tombeth: 40m~60m
Skull: 40m~60m
Blood: 100m~120m
Tenterlion: 150m~200m
Mad Ray: 100m~120m
Odinea: 180m~200m
Soki: 160m~200m
Spicy: 200m~250m

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Phoneuma:

@Damsel: You need Cherry Blossom soil types too if you want to be complete.
@Damsel: Swamp Dungeon has Grass type terrain also (don't ask me where, I'm just quoting)
@Damsel: Black Swamp has Grass, Yellow, Rocky and Wet soil types (think you missed the Rock one in Field 5/6)
@Damsel: You forgot the caves (like Path to Coral) that are Artificial type
@Damsel: Path to Oops is Sandy (dunno where you want to put that one)
@Damsel: Poppuri has Yellow, Rocky, Grassy and Wet soil types
@Damsel: Megaopolis Forest has Rocky too
@Damsel: Nora was and will be Artificial
@Damsel: The Forgotten Tower is 150m~250m
@Damsel: Boss Depths:

Tombeth: 40m~60m
Skull: 40m~60m
Blood: 100m~120m
Tenterlion: 150m~200m
Mad Ray: 100m~120m
Odinea: 180m~200m
Soki: 160m~200m
Spicy: 200m~250m

I forgot cherry.  @.@

Swamp Dungeon is funny...I'll have to go hunting for the mysterious grass and poke it with my diamond drill to make sure it actually counts as grass!  0.0  (As deep as it is, there's really no wet soil drill that works down there anyway.  >.&g