MineMogul Beginner’s Guide: How To Go From Pickaxe Peasant To Industrial Tycoon
So you decided to descend into a dark, physics-based hole in the ground to build a factory. Welcome to MineMogul, a game where your greatest enemy isn't a creeper or a raid boss, but a conveyor belt that refuses to center a copper ingot.
At first glance, this game looks like a casual construction sandbox. Don't let the "casual" tag fool you. Once you start dealing with overflow, physics glitches, and the inevitable chaos of a thousand rocks tumbling down a mine shaft, things get complicated fast. I have combed through the documentation so you don't have to. Here is everything you need to know to get started.
The Dark Ages (Manual Labor)
Before you can automate, you have to sweat. Your early game is going to be a lot of holding Right Click to vacuum up loose ores while walking around. It’s tedious, but it’s honest work. Dump those nuggets into the selling hopper to complete basic quests.
Crucial Tool: Buy the Ore Magnet immediately. It saves your sanity when you spill a bucket of gold on the floor. Just remember to toggle it with 'Q'. Keep it on "Resources Not In Filters" mode, otherwise, you will accidentally rip items out of your sorters like a magnet-wielding maniac.
Let There Be Light: It gets dark down there. You can carry the lantern from your starting desk, but eventually, you should just steal lamp poles from the environment to light up your own base. Theft is a valid strategy here.
Automation Basics
Once you have cash, buy Auto Miners. The best part? They don't need electricity. You can just slap them on a node and they start spitting out rocks.
Ghost Placement: If you can't see the ore nodes in the dark, hold a belt or a miner in your hand. The game highlights valid placement spots with "ghost" outlines, essentially giving you night vision for resources.
Conveyors: Buy them in bulk. Hold Shift to buy 10 at a time. You will use hundreds of them.
The "Slag" Trap and Drill Bits
As you upgrade, you will unlock Rapid Auto Miners. These are faster but require Drill Bits which break every 10 minutes. If a machine stops, check the bit. You have to manually swap them out, which adds a layer of maintenance to your empire.
Also, be careful with the Rod Extruder. If you feed it two different types of plates (like Copper and Iron) at the same time, it won't jam. Instead, it creates "Slag," a useless waste product that will clog your entire system. Keep your inputs pure unless you are trying to fill a landfill.
Exploration and Secrets
Don't just stay in the starter room. The cave system is massive.
The Gold Bar: There is literally a hidden gold bar inside your starting desk. Grab it for a free cash boost.
Explosives: Look for rock piles with detonator cords leading to them. Hitting the plunger blows open new sections of the cave.
Resource Scanner: If you can't tell the difference between iron and stone in the dark, buy this tool. It puts text over the ore you are looking at.
The Panic Buttons
If you get stuck in the elevator shaft (it happens), there is an "Unstuck" button in the menu. More importantly, if your game starts lagging because you spilled 5,000 items on the floor, use the "Clear All Objects" button. It deletes loose ores and saves your CPU from melting.