Seeking Mechanisms

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Seeking Mechanisms
  • Cyan Seeking Mechanism.png Green Seeking Mechanism.png Onyx Seeking Mechanism.png Red Seeking Mechanism.png White Seeking Mechanism.png Yellow Seeking Mechanism.png
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Statistics
TypeTool
Use time36 Very Slow
RarityRarity level: Draedon's Arsenal
SellNo value
Research1 required
Dropped by
EntityQuantityRate
Security Chest110%

Seeking Mechanisms are craftable Pre-Hardmode items. They are used to locate different kinds of Bio-center Labs, with each color corresponding to a specific lab type. When used, it flies into the air for a brief moment then accelerate towards the lab, trailing dusts of matching color.

These items consume 10 units of charge per use and have a maximum charge of 100. As such, these items can be used continuously from full charge for 10 times, or 50 seconds.

Types

Item Tooltip Target Lab Biome
Cyan Seeking Mechanism Cyan Seeking Mechanism
Moves swiftly towards a lab deep below the desert Sunken Sea
Green Seeking Mechanism Green Seeking Mechanism
Moves swiftly towards a lab within the jungle Underground Jungle
Onyx Seeking Mechanism Onyx Seeking Mechanism
Moves swiftly towards a lab within the caverns Cavern
Red Seeking Mechanism Red Seeking Mechanism
Moves swiftly towards a lab within the underworld The Underworld
White Seeking Mechanism White Seeking Mechanism
Moves swiftly towards a lab within the frozen caverns Ice biome
Yellow Seeking Mechanism Yellow Seeking Mechanism
Moves swiftly towards a lab within the sky Space


Crafting

Recipe

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Cyan Seeking MechanismCyan Seeking MechanismIron AnvilIron Anvil
or
Lead AnvilLead Anvil
Green Seeking MechanismGreen Seeking Mechanism
Onyx Seeking MechanismOnyx Seeking Mechanism
Red Seeking MechanismRed Seeking Mechanism
White Seeking MechanismWhite Seeking Mechanism
Yellow Seeking MechanismYellow Seeking Mechanism
total: 6 row(s)

Notes

  • Seeking Mechanisms do not work in worlds created before the 1.5.0.001 update.

Trivia

  • Seeking Mechanisms were inspired by Eyes of Ender from the game Minecraft, with both being thrown out and moving towards important structures.

History

These history sections are still a work-in-progress, and may not yet contain changes relevant to the current version of the Calamity Mod.
  • 2.0.2.002: Purple Seeking Mechanisms from past versions of the mod now turn into Yellow Seeking Mechanisms.
  • 2.0.2.001:
    • Introduced Onyx Seeking Mechanism.
    • Renamed "Purple Seeking Mechanism" to "White Seeking Mechanism".
    • Now use 10 charge per use instead of 15.
    • White Seeking Mechanism now moves towards the Ice Bio-center Lab instead of the Space Bio-center Lab.
    • Yellow Seeking Mechanism now moves towards the Space Bio-center Lab instead of the Ice Bio-center Lab.
    • Swapped the recipes for White Seeking Mechanism and Yellow Seeking Mechanism.
    • Resprited Cyan Seeking Mechanism, Red Seeking Mechanism, Yellow Seeking Mechanism and White Seeking Mechanism.