A new skill system unlocks at Level 32 . Earn silver coins and spend them to buy and upgrade 10 passive skills. They run in the background — no buttons. The Skills · Land Mine — Plant bombs. Blow up enemies that walk over. · Absorb Shield — Bubble absorbs damage for a few seconds. · Immune — Survive a fatal hit for 3 seconds. · Repulsion Pulse — Knock back enemies that swarm you. · Enemy Slow —…
✨ Gold Got a Glow-Up Every gold ore in the cave — both the regular ones and the rare ones — got a fresh new look. Way easier to spot now, way harder to walk past. · 🟢 Glowing green halo around every gold ore (regular AND rare) · 🪙 Bright gold core in the middle — still reads as gold, no mistaking it · 📍 Pulsing dot on the minimap — every gold shows up, not just rare · 🔄 Slowly spinning so y…
Every Enemy Just Got a Makeover We're throwing out the old flat look and giving every monster in the caves a fresh new 3D-style redesign . Same Miner Survivor you love — just way nicer to look at. What's New · All 11 enemies redesigned — trolls, spiders, bats, ghosts, robots, stones, vines, goblins, bombers, vipers, sunflowers · They actually move now — legs scuttle, wings flap, tails sway, vin…
Rare Gold Ores 💎 Every mine could be special! A regular gold spawn has about a chance to become a Rare Gold Ore instead — with a unique color, unlock level, and on-mine effect. 🌈 The six variants: · 🟢 Emerald (L6+) — damages nearby enemies over few seconds · 🟠 Molten (L14+) — explodes, dealing damage and knocking back enemies · 🔵 Frost (L22+) — freezes nearby enemies for few seconds · ❤️ H…
⛏️ Updated — Deep Caverns Update New dangers, new treasures, and a few old friends coming back to haunt you. 👻 Lost Miner Die at Level 21+ and your spirit lingers in the cave — with 25% of your gold still inside. Next run, find it and dig it out to recover what's yours. Just don't get comfortable: collecting it triggers an unwarned swarm of enemies. The deeper you go, the bigger the stakes. ⛓️…
🏘️ A Cosier Village Menu Your mine hub is now a village. Six doors, one home. The Six Buildings · Solo Mine — start a run, dig for minerals, survive the swarm · PvP Arena — match against other miners in real time · Research Lab — permanent meta upgrades across all sessions · Tame Ranch — train captured enemies to fight for you · Spirit Shrine — collect and sacrifice the 32 mine spirits · Help…
The ancient boss lineup now has 9 unique variants. 🟢 Poison Sprayer Hurls poison orbs that deal damage over time. 👼 Angel Healer Surrounded by a healing halo, restores nearby damaged enemies to full health. 🔥 Fire Ancient Charges up, then blasts a donut-shaped explosion. The inner pocket stays safe. ⚡ Lightning Ancient Unleashes an expanding lightning ring that damages on contact. ❄️ Frost A…
🧱 New Event: Linked Stone Wall Unlocks at Level 33 From L33 onward, stone walls spawn from 8 anchor points around the map — one at each of the 4 corners (NE/NW/SE/SW) plus one on each of the 4 edges (N/S/W/E). Chain linking Every new wall always links to the previous wall from its anchor — chains snake inward, bend when direction changes, never break. Direction is picked at random from 3 inwar…
🪤 Monster Hunting Season — Live Now (L29+) What is it? Every session, between the moment your level timer reads 04:00 and 06:00 on the HUD, a mysterious force sweeps the cave. For 60 seconds, every gold ore vanishes from the world and the minimap. The only way to mine gold during the window — hunt monsters. Every enemy kill has a 50% chance to drop a visible gold ore at the kill position. Keep…
🎮 Steam Deck Support Has Arrived! Miner Survivor is now fully playable on Steam Deck! ⛏️💎 Take your mining adventure anywhere — defend your kingdom, gather gold, build your army, and survive endless enemy waves directly from your Steam Deck. ✨ Steam Deck Features · ✅ Full controller support · ✅ Steam Deck button layout optimized · ✅ Native Steam Input support · ✅ Smooth gameplay experience on…
Two new high-level challenge mechanics push your mining skills to the limit. ⛏️ Mineral King (矿王) — Level 22+ A red-crowned rival miner spawns and roams the map autonomously. He auto-targets the nearest gold ore every 0.5 seconds and out-mines you if you let him. 🌀 Time Rift (时空裂缝) — Level 26+ A swirling green void tears open. Step into it within 30 seconds to activate a 45-second slow field —…
🚒 Rescue Mission (Lv.3+) Protect a supply cart for 50 seconds . ✔ Spawn 1 additional Mine Spirit ✔ Reveal all Mine Spirits on the minimap for easier capture ✘ If the cart is destroyed, lose 25% of your gold 💎 Rare Mineral Vein (Lv.13+) Mine a special vein before time runs out to earn a big burst of bonus gold ore .
🌄 Fresh Cave Look — No Two Runs the Same We gave every cave background a clean-up, then scattered a bunch of mining clutter across it — coal piles, crystals, lanterns, barrels, minecart pieces, bones, torches. All placed at random positions and random sizes. What you'll notice • Cleaner cave walls and floors • 100 random items scattered across the whole map, every run • Different layout every…
🪬 Spirit Sacrifice is now live in Miner Survivor! Collect spirits from defeated enemies → open Settings → Spirit Codex → sacrifice them to roll an elemental proc onto your drone. Each roll gives: • An element — STUN, KNOCKBACK, EXECUTE, or SILENCE (more coming) • A rarity — NORMAL / RARE / LEGENDARY — which sets the proc chance • A magnitude that scales with your drone level ⚡ Highlights: • Pe…
Reworked the drones into a full 3D layout with improved positioning, spacing, and visual quality. The new design enhances combat readability and creates a more immersive battlefield.
NEW: Mine Spirit Collection Spirits now wander the caves — hidden until you get close, then they flee. Chase them down to capture. Each one registers a Steam achievement and appears in your Spirit Codex (Settings → Spirit Codex). 32 spirits across 4 unlock tiers, unlocking more as you progress toward L45+. Miner / Ancient Boss: Visual Overhaul New sprite art for the Miner and Ancient super-boss.
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