Mining Tool Consolidation (Starburst + Betabound + Redemption)
Because having three different recipes for each tier of pickaxe and two for each tier of drill except for the Starburst ones whose recipes don’t match to any of the former (because they’re obviously intended to be the only craftable ones) is really irritating to me, I decided to try and make things a bit more consistent, and ended up generally tweaking things to my liking.
This mod removes all of the mining tool recipes from Starburst Rework, Project Redemption, and Betabound, replacing them with new ones based mostly on the former two. It removes the iron tools entirely (since they’re identical in power to the silver ones anyway, and having a drill available from T1 with my mod that gives them bigger range renders pickaxes completely obsolete from the get-go), along with the Hand Drill (which is redundant outside of being the base for the Betabound recipes). It also buffs the fire rate of Starburst’s pickaxes to match the buffs Betabound gives to the vanilla ones.
If RPG Growth is installed, it additionally affects the pickaxe recipes at the Miner’s Station, which have a slightly lower cost than the normal recipes. The new Platinum Pickaxe recipe uses actual Platinum Bars instead of D-Platinum Bars. The steel and electrum pickaxes receive the fire rate buff too.
I’ve made this to fill my own very specific needs. If you share those very specific needs, I am thrilled to be of service! If you don’t… well, don’t download it. Duh.
I will note that you don’t actually need both Betabound and Project Redemption to use this; either one will do (although the Starburst pickaxes will have higher speed than the rest if you only have PR. Get Betabound! It rules!). Starburst is obviously a must though.
