# Empyrion ~ 4.0 | Auto Miner

**URL:** https://forum.empyrion-homeworld.net/t/empyrion-4-0-auto-miner/1119
**Category:** 📰 HWS Announcements
**Tags:** patch, hws4.0
**Created:** [September 23, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.empyrion-homeworld.net/t/empyrion-4-0-auto-miner/1119 "2016-09-23T20:37:39Z")
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### Author: ![Blackwing](https://forum.empyrion-homeworld.net/letter_avatar/blackwing/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Blackwing](https://forum.empyrion-homeworld.net/u/Blackwing)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.empyrion-homeworld.net/t/empyrion-4-0-auto-miner/1119/11 "2016-09-25T18:56:18Z")

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Hey all,

A bit more info quote from Hummel on offical topic 🙂

" Just for a quick note/clarification:

As it stands NOW (what means details or elements may be still subject to change):

- The Autominer aka “Automated Mining Device” (AMiD) will be an actual  
placeable device, not a “remote window” like the Marketplace. You need  
to craft it and you need to power it and you may need to defend it in  
more insecure environments…

- The Autominer is not geared towards making mining a click-and-go, but  
to relieve you from the neccessity to step down in a hole and hold your  
hand drill. It is a quality-of-life device addition.

- The Autominer will NOT be accessible from the get go, but maybe at level 12 or even 20.

We are still into nailing down the details, so i hope to get you some more infos in the coming weeks.

As an important final note: the AMiD is only ONE first addition to a set  
of alternatives that will be added to the global topic of “mining” in  
the near future 😉 "

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