Scientists

Scientist access booth

Scientists allows you to send them on excavation missions for rewards such as minerals or relics. Scientists are a reward from chests.

The chances for getting scientists are:

• 3/80 if you have none
• 2/80 if you have one scientists
• 1/80 if you have two scientists
• 0/80 if you have three scientists
• you have to be past 50KM

you can also get "New Contract" as a excavation for scientist, or get a scientist scroll from caves

Scientists can be sent on missions through the scientist interface. The interface is accessed by clicking on the miner in the booth on a pile of dirt at the top of the mine, or on the sidebar

Scientist mission and relic interface (outdated)

The scientist interface has four tabs, one for your relics and three for your scientists. It is not possible to have more than three active scientists, and you will not be awarded additional scientists if you have three active already. The only way to get rid of scientists is for them to be killed during a mission.

Scientists table

The table contains the name, rarity and level of each scientist together with if the given scientist has a reduced death chance and can grant extra rewards.

The rarity of a scientist impacts the death chance on excavations. The rarer a scientist is, the less the chance of dying on a mission it has.

Besides the fact a scientist can have a reduced chance of death, the Book of Success relic increases all excavation success rates by 2%

To find out the base DC of the excavation, use: (currentExcavation% - BoSuccess) / (1 - (deathChanceReduction / 100))

the formula for Death chances is "(base Dc × Dc reduction(from rarity)) − BoSuccess

please note that the Dc shown on the mission is rounded to a whole number so it gets a bit messy

Name	Rarity	Reduced death chance	chance to get	amount of RNG rolls
Jank	Common	0%	2/19(10.5%)	1
Mrs. Marge	Common	0%	1/19(5.2%)	1
Taylor	Common	0%	1/19(5.2%)	1
Ziggy	Common	0%	2/19(10.5%)	1
The Aussie	Common	0%	1/19(5.2%)	1
Lt. Ramirez	Common	0%	1/19(5.2%)	1
Layla	Common	0%	1/19(5.2%)	1
Dennis	Common	0%	1/19(5.2%)	1
Dallas	Uncommon	10%	1/19(5.2%)	1
Ernie	Uncommon	10%	1/19(5.2%)	1
Dr. Gilbert	Uncommon	10%	1/19(5.2%)	1
Dr. Franduzle	Uncommon	25%	1/19(5.2%)	1
Mr. Mustache	Rare	25%	1/19(5.2%)	2
Mr. Mustachio	Rare	25%	1/19(5.2%)	2
Professor Zany	Rare	25%	1/19(5.2%)	2
Dr. Archibald	Legendary	50%	1/19(5.2%)	4
James The BEAR	Legendary	50%	1/19(5.2%)	4

Warped logic(you only need a corrupted(blue) core to upgrade a scientist)

• common and uncommon turn into Warped
• rare turn into Warped+
• legendary turn into Warped++

warped

Name	Rarity	Reduced death chance	upgrade chance	amount of RNG rolls
Jank	Warped	25%	25%	2
Mrs. Marge	Warped	25%	25%	2
Taylor	Warped	25%	25%	2
Ziggy	Warped	25%	25%	2
The Aussie	Warped	25%	25%	2
Lt. Ramirez	Warped	25%	25%	2
Layla	Warped	25%	25%	2
Dennis	Warped	25%	25%	2
Dallas	Warped	32.5%	25%	2
Ernie	Warped	32.5%	25%	2
Dr. Gilbert	Warped	32.5%	25%	2
Dr. Franduzle	Warped	32.5%	25%	2
Mr. Mustache	Warped+	43.75%	25%	3
Mr. Mustachio	Warped+	43.75%	25%	3
Professor Zany	Warped+	43.75%	25%	3
Dr. Archibald	Warped++	62.5%	25%	5
James The BEAR	Warped++	62.5%	25%	5

Death reasons

When a scientist dies, 1 of 15 death reasons can be displayed. The table below lists these reasons.

Death reason
Fell off the side of the mine
Ate some expired meat
Was too close to live explosives
Discovered boron is not edible
Returned to the periodic table
Should have studied safety first
Now weighs 21 grams less
Studied explosive drills to conclusion
Invented hover boots - never seen again
Victim of a cave-in
Victim of Methane Asphyxia
Victim of a Methane Explosion
Carbon Dioxide Suffocation
Long Term Hydrogen Sulfide Exposure
Was Electrocuted

Rewards

A scientist can give any of these rewards.

Reward	Description	rarity
Endless Miner Speed Potion	Relics	.75
Golden Shovel	Relics	.76
Key of Luck	Relics	.71
Sword of War	Relics	.5
Basic Chest	Treasure chests	.10
Golden Chest	Treasure chests	.92
2x Tickets	2 Tickets	.67
Large bag of money	Some large sum of money	.30
Small bag of money	Some small sum of money	.10
Big Cheese	Double all current minerals in inventory* *(with the condition fo having lessthan 14 days worth of your last 3 unlocked minerals)	.94
The Golden Pike	Relics	.97
New Contract	Unlocks another scientist	.67
Endless Scientist Speed Potion	Relics	.85
Key of Gold	Relics	.91
Relic Bag	Increases max relic slots by 1	.72
Some Money	Some amount of money	.20
Small Mineral Pile	Small Amount of Minerals	.10
Medium Mineral Pile	Medium Amount of Minerals	.05
Large Mineral Pile	Large Amount of Minerals	.00
Endless Drill Speed Potion	Relics	.70
Sparkly Distraction	Relics	.60
Book of Success	Relics	.90
Steel Shield	Relics	.55
Light Golden Boots	Relics	.55
Golden Scythe	Relics	.80
Endless Gem Speed Potion	Relics	.75
Book of Ingenuity	Relics	.75
Midas Touch	Relics	.85
Elemental Pike	Relics	.85
Nugget of Attraction	Relics	.80
Book of Time	Relics	.65
Wider Well	Relics	.50
Unlock a New Weapon	Unlocks a new battle weapon	.50
Pay Cut	Relics	.75
Oil	Some Oil	.40
Wooden Shield	Relics	.42
Copper Scythe	Relics	.65
Scythe	Relics	.40
Copper Pike	Relics	.90
Light Boot	Relics	.40
1 Ticket	1 Ticket	.45
Carrot of Time	1 hour timelapse	.22
Strawberry of Time	2 hour timelapse	.27
Banana of Time	30 minute timelapse	.05
Chocolate of Time	3 hour timelapse	.39
Book of Secrets	Relics	.94
1km Depth	Gain 1km depth (note: only available below 900km)	.55
Sack of Endurance	Relics	.6
Cargo Expansion	Relics	.5
Bullseye	Relics	.3
Eagle Eye	Relics	.45
Golden Bow	Relics	.7
Egg of Incubation	Relics	.75
Unlock a New Weapon	Weapons	.45
2 Building Materials	Pile of Building Materials	.18
10 Building Materials	Stack of Building Materials (must be less that Km 600)	.49