Automate Or Move On Hydroneer 2.0

[@Yar6500]

It takes dedication and whole lot of passion to produce as much quality content as you do in such short amount of time. And the game is well worth it, too. Great job man!

[@Hybridsteel]

thanks matey means a lot

[@Yar6500]

@@Hybridsteel was asking earlier about the rake. Oh, I raketh thy land and it wasn't terribly hard. Even picked up few tricks on how to level chunks up and down without switching to other tools

[@MusicaX79]

Setup a basic automated system on the first plot get every gem, and ore handled. Then move to the mine you want. It will let you figure out the setup you want, and it will let you realize what plot of land you want.

[@stormfire962imastarcitizen5]

This is an excellent beginners video because I have uses techniques and they work very well and on that one site I made 40,000 coin with a three tier 1 drill set up and enough belts and smelters to get me what I need it. Now I'm onto my second site and as it stands right now I'm just about ready to start my nine drill set up with the next level pipes and hopefully soon have enough to expand it even further. I'm looking forward to them expanding the game to increase the difficulty on getting stuff and moving up to the next tier above tier 2. I also highly recommend this gentleman's videos because he will learn a lot about the game and his explanations are clear and concise. Hybirdsteel thank you very much for creating this video because you have been extremely helpful to me and I will continue to follow your work. Plus the video you did about auto repair was also extremely helpful and I love it and thank you again for that as well.

[@mechwarrior13]

My fav way to start is get enough to run the lvl 1 harvester only, no miner and set up conveyor in a way to allow me to shovel dirt chunks directly onto the belt, this way I don't even need the pick and just dig away. Profits are unimaginable once you set up the sorting systems and auto smelter

[@bahamut256]

Thank you so much for that trick with the hourglass. That is fantastic and removes one of my biggest gripes in the game.

[@Hybridsteel]

night cycle isnt for everyone and honestly its not for me

[@SirCottiOfficial]

just discovering this game with the new update and loving it, thank you for all the tips and welcoming attitude!

[@Hybridsteel]

DLC coming soon

[@excaliber3666]

I’ve recently gotten the game. And instead of dealing with the much higher expense of the standard sorters early on. I just had a handful of those hand sorters staircased. Yes I did need 2 conveyors to gain the height needed to feed into it. But it saved me a fair bit while I just let it do it’s thing.

[@Hybridsteel]

That's fair. End of the day if that's how u want to play then all good

[@klaasmuller9663]

Omg the possibilities with logic are so big now that you don't need all the power cables :O

[@vladthedragon8250]

I just reinstalled and am having a blast. I skipped the handsorter though, I played around with it a little and it's way too chaotic for me. Saved up for tiny conveyor setup with 2 splitters for gold and iron, they very rarely miss the pan.

[@Belkris]

I did go to fishing when i had enough. Got enough to buy the forge and crucible then went back to digging again. I'm now working to doing something similar to what you've built. But as a plus i've gotten all of the fishing rods up to the Master one.

[@letsuseCommonsense]

I prefer fishing for the first hour or so get about 4k get what I need then start automating. Slightly bummed the hand sorters get stuff stuck in them and why do they shoot the sorted item out so far? I had 3 hand sorters no belts yet. Maybe with belts it will improve

[@Hybridsteel]

u said 3k yesterday when you commented.. dot worry fishing isnt the best way to start this game.. video coming soon

[@letsuseCommonsense]

@@Hybridsteel yea after I added it up I spent About 4k getting everything I had not exact science. All I know is I had 3.5k from fishing at one point and 3.5 k from the automation. Like I said I rather just fish instead of the mundane shovel, brush over and over. After that it's about the gold not the fish.

[@celynnec]

just so you can buy 'quicker' use the Cart and place it on the buying plate, then grab something and put to in there. It'll be 'stuck' and you can place more items on it without having to buy 2 separate batches and then move everything out of the buying area, in bridgepour you can do it with the truck!

[@Hybridsteel]

yep i know. but i used to get comments about not showing everything hence the slower way.

[@celynnec]

@@Hybridsteel i see :)) Anyway nice video man!

[@nevitac]

so, it seems to me that the fireflies expire after a while. seem kindof expensive for only temporary light. i wonder if the hourglass would help that.

[@Hybridsteel]

when ur making a ton if cash after an hour of hand digging its not really that expensive

[@nevitac]

@@Hybridsteel yeah but in this game half the work is transporting the items so now i can't have ambiance that stay for more than a few days? My Yggdrasil needs mood lighting! lol

[@nevitac]

Follow-up. they seem to disappear on save. this might be intended as you can't copy them with the magic wand either.

[@thisguy2085]

Please do a video on carts and how to use them. I was using a pallet for so long, but it doesn’t allow items to clip like they do in the cart or truck.

[@Hybridsteel]

get cart, put stuff on cart then pull cart really.

[@QuestioningYourSanity]

I appreciate this vid. Just got to this point and made my first drill and harvester at Icehelm. Could you do a vid at somepoint on Icehelm beyond of the Forge(your explanation in another vid helped explain the Forge itself). I don't understand the signs.

[@Hybridsteel]

i know its a long one but i explained this in my hydroneer 2.0 grand tour video i put it into chapters so u can find the info about each new section in the game if that helps

[@Boredom_Incarnate]

Wait, I've just watched the expanded starter video for 2.0 and you say the tier 2 shovel doesn't do anything faster it just digs the second level of dirt. I didn't think the first plot had any tier 2 dirt, so when you say around 7:00 to go buy the t2 shovel if you want to go faster, what do you mean?

[@Hybridsteel]

i thik what i was thinking at the time was go get the t2 shovel and get a plot with t2 soil. but honestly i recorded this a few weeks ago so i dont fully know now.. i have bee requested to see the difference between t1 and t2 shovels and pickaxes to see if there are any difference's so ill have to see now.... hoestly iv cofused myself with this now thanks for pointing this out

[@Boredom_Incarnate]

@@Hybridsteel No worries, and not to preempt the video but I restarted a save recently after buying the rake and a tier 2 shovel. The shovel seems to just be the exact same shovel except it lets you dig tier 2 dirt, and the rake leveling out dirt to a height that didn't match the flooring you can place (because nothing sits flat) was so different that I had to jump on and off of my concrete slabs.

[@Thomas-qs1ul]

Is it more efficient to put one "shovel-full" of dirt into the pan? I used to fill buckets with 4 "shovel-full" then empty them into the pan.

[@Hybridsteel]

i will test

[@Boredom_Incarnate]

@@Hybridsteel I was actually going to ask the same. Personally I don't remember where I learned it from but I fill a bucket and empty it, then do it again and mash the two clumps of dirt together to be what I believe is the largest size clump you can make, and then manually dump that into the pan. It definitely makes the manual digging phase go faster, but I'm not sure if I get the same return or not. Might be worth testing at the same time what happens when that 2-bucket clump hits an empty bucket and fills it (thus becoming another 1-bucket-sized clump) if I've somehow lost resources to the ether or if you can infinitely compress resources into a single clump of dirt by repeating the process.

[@Ozz2024]

Hybrid have a possible question you might use in a video are your rewards better if you just keep your drill at the surface but use dirt from a lower level for the drill that way you can get first tier automation a little sooner without spending extra on conveyer belts or does the game realize that you are at the surface no matter what dirt you use

[@volkaplay6978]

i did the same setup at the surface i put that piece of dirt in the middle of the boxe ( i bring it from the low level ) it work just fine u get bigger nuggets as u r using the drill at the bottom

[@Hybridsteel]

yeah im aware of this worst part is i cover this in a video that comes out next week on speeding up the process

[@kowhaifan1249]

​@@Hybridsteelcan you tell us? please?

[@jamespearson3216]

Can you get a shovel full of dirt from the bottom and put it underneath the drill on the surface and get the same benefit? update: I went into creative mode and tested the above theory and yes you can just go get the dirt and put it on a block from deep and then turn on the drill. You do get the value of the dirt even though it's being drilled on the surface.

[@Hybridsteel]

i will have to test this as the old physics ment as soon a su pulled dirt from the bottom and moved it to the top it would e come top level soil so i will video this idea

[@jamespearson3216]

@@Hybridsteel you are correct, I tested a little further and the value is higher when the drill is down lower.

[@Morris-z4k]

What about using a tee pipe to drip in water and use two pans

[@Hybridsteel]

yep that works everything is up to the user interpret how you will

[@MaxPSVR]

Question: just started my first game and I put the mud straight into the pan. Didn’t know I had to put it in the bucket first. But the pan got results with just 1 shovel. But the bucket needs 4 shovels before you put it into the pan. So is the bucket better than the 1 shovel? Second question: Are you sure? Third question after listening to you explaining how each shovel is adding value to the dirt: Are you really sure?

[@Hybridsteel]

so yes putting dirt into a pan will get you reward.. second answer and third answer... after doing this on various live streams with people claiming things yes i can be very sure that adding a bucket of dirt to a pan will get the same reward as the 1 shovel fuill into a pan.. reason why is because........................ the reward comes from the dirt you dig not how much you put into a container the reason why i put buckets into pans comes down to habbit and moving that dirt from the bottom to the top is just 1 step. after i have done X amount into bucket to pan i never use a bucket again

[@MaxPSVR]

@@Hybridsteel thanks for that. I guess it’s true what they say. Size really does matter.

[@terranceseddon222]

Do you have a planned video to go over the other site options pros/cons?

[@Hybridsteel]

at the mo iv recorded 3 videos of the one si feel that needed to be covered.. so mildew due to the massive changed max put in. icehelm and snowrune. once they are sorted then i will move on to covering south hope and dreck as they i dont think have changed

[@terranceseddon222]

@@Hybridsteel Thanks. Your videos have been really helpful.

[@dragoniv]

So, video idea--I can't get my filter repair system working. With a pipe filter on the top of the pipe, either the detector or spanner tosser can be pointed to it, but not both. With the previous iteration of the game, with dedicated filter pipes, this kind of circuit was easy since the whole pipe was the filter. Now...hmmm, not so much. I'm half thinking I'll just set up auto repair of machines, but....meh. :D

[@BillG1224]

scrolled down, same problem... hoping someone figures that QOL fix out, since it's beyond me. :)

[@BillG1224]

Well, *think* i figured it out. try using the flip logic thing in the store, and use a reader to show you what the values are before and after. have the fixer pointing directly at the filter you want to fix. Had to turn my brain on a bit, but think it's going to work. :)

[@dragoniv]

I figured it out. Point the detector at the SIDE of the pipe, filter on top of pipe, spanner pointing down at the filter. Hook up the two with logic cables and stick an inverted on one of the pipes BEFORE YOU FILL THE SPANNER THROWER. 😀

[@BillG1224]

@@dragoniv lol, yeah emptied quite a few spanners myself messing around. Had to do one to each filter, since3 they're all getting damaged regardless of order; I remember doing only the first one in prior versions. :)

[@Wildkirblet]

Can you do a video on how to dig large holes? is there a trick to it or does it just take forever?

[@Hybridsteel]

at the moment u can either use pickaxes, dynomite, barrel explosives or nukes... i mean nukes make a big hole but their 26 grand each or u go into creative mode and get them for free

[@Wildkirblet]

Thanks a lot! this has helped me quite a bit.

[@larze8776]

Nicely done Hybridsteel, as always. 😊

[@Hybridsteel]

thank you very much for kicking by and commenting means a lot

[@Theo-gr9zo]

Between Ember Cradle and Mildews Aquifer plots there is a x2 difference for only 970 bucks (worth of plot)

[@Hybridsteel]

since mildew has been changed and not being 1 giant laked bottom now its a hard choice between that and dreck

[@Gomorragh]

fishing shop also has filters so you dont need to go all the way over to the town ... unless thats where you meant with the wave of the camera lol

[@Hybridsteel]

yeah burnscroft for filters at the start not bridgpour

[@robloxer334]

is it possible just to bring bottom layer dirt from the bottom of the world up to the top of the plot will it still class as bottom layer dirt or then turn to top layer?

[@Manic.miner2077]

Is there a reason as to why there are two “sights” on screen, the prominent blue one for grabbing stuff and the other one for dropping stuff? I’m finding this to be more annoying and unintuitive than helpful.

[@Hybridsteel]

the 2 sight thing is max's development basically the center one is the thing ur picking up and the other is where u will drop it

[@Manic.miner2077]

@@Hybridsteel ok, my problem was I found it hard to see the drop point, changed colour to pink, sorted, having much more fun now. 👍

[@thejudicator1082]

Automate and logic!

[@Hybridsteel]

i can cover some of the basics but it will take a lot of time as busy but im hoping promethian can help with some of it

[@xontrax6610]

How can a concrete cube be mounted in "bedrock"?

[@Hybridsteel]

u sort of just wiggle it about a bit and turn it on different face's it will happen eventually.

[@randomlyepic6563]

So, I've got the level 2 shovel and pickaxe, but I've reached the limit of how deep I can go and I haven't hit bedrock. I'm at Dreck's Quarry. Are there tier 3 tools, do I have to use dynamite, or am I glitched? Great video BTW.

[@Hybridsteel]

at the moment t3 tools dont exist so its there to annoy you.. nukes and explosive should go thorugh t3 but if you setup down there u wont be able to mine anything as as soon a su put dirt on the lower floors it will instantly be coded to t3 dirt and u wont be able to mine it

[@everythingpony]

@@Hybridsteel inst that the point?

[@Robert-pl1gd]

If You bought the harvester and placed it below ground level. Could you just shovel dirt into it and have it spit out Into a bucket

[@Hybridsteel]

if you use a conveyor belt yes... i cant remember if you can shovel straight into a harvester or not as its been a while.

[@brickxel]

I found a backup for the save game i had 4 drills worth of iron on so I hope it works :/

[@darkslimus]

You're on top ! I just start the game 3 days ago and try from scratch. I spent a lot of time and money to make something weird and not efficient. I'll start a new save and apply your awesome tutorial ... I need to dig deep in my english to understand all of your tips and there is some things I haven't understood 1 / the pickaxe is used to dig your cave right ? 2 / Why did you take the hourglass in creative ? hope my questions aren't too stupid but I'm more fluent to write english than heard it ... sorry

[@Hybridsteel]

yes the pickaxe is to dig deep its the quickest way unless u can dig faster with the rake but that involves using the rake and the pick and u will get a straighter tunnel the hourglass is because i dont like the night cycle so i pause the cycle so i can always have day time.. also helps for making videos so i dont have to keep adjusting the screen and having to sleep the night cycle just to show something else in a video

[@thenikridhwan]

You can just leave the pan in the river and brush it after putting dirt in the pan. That’s how I “speedrun” the beginning of the game.

[@Hybridsteel]

yep old habbits die hard though its just the way i do things..

[@borolad1993]

I've got a couple of beginner questions if anyone can help 1. How do you dig really straight lines like I've seen in your videos? 😆 2. If I dig lower level dirt (say 5 blocks deep) and put it under a drill that is on the top level, will that act as low level 5 dirt under the drill or top level dirt? If that makes sense haha Thanks

[@Hybridsteel]

so clean lines comes from using the rake and when it comes to dirt its normally where its mined from is the value of the dirt. but its a question thats been asked more than once so ill do a video to explain it better

[@borolad1993]

@@Hybridsteel ah thank you so much for the quick reply, I've just found the rake haha 😁

[@Wildkirblet]

the dirt quality is represented by where it is not where it came from, so if you place it at the top it becomes top level dirt

[@MRBOOOYA]

You can use the sorter to sort out multiple items, I just wish i wasn't banned on steams discussion crap for disrespecting a user : / ay if i could i'd apologize, but I honestly hope maxx brings out a actual excavator one that'll run on water obviously but we cannot actually "Mine" that much dirt and I feel like the automation is to "Lazy" because you're not actually mining the dirt around you. Just my opinion : /

[@Hybridsteel]

excavator needed work hence why its not out right now ad its part of a roadmap now for the game so just gotta wait now.

[@ViktorasFr]

Im curious, if i dig all the way down and just bring some of that soil to top of the ground. Would that still work? Or the drill actually need to be deep under? Cause that would save so much time?

[@Hybridsteel]

no that wont work. the dirt will get the properties of the place u put it so it becomes that tier dirt

[@nepocrates]

I mage the same automation you made but my miner does not work

[@Hybridsteel]

Did u put dirt under the drill

[@nepocrates]

@@Hybridsteel yep that's the step I missed thanks

[@danx2793]

I like Ice Helm it gives you back a bar of resources as change if you over pay. Can't wait to copy.... Errrrr.... I mean see what monster builds you come up with in 2.0. It's all good I always give you credit when I use your ideas. 🤣

[@Hybridsteel]

yeah ill star tlooking into bigger builds soon. want to finish my store rooms off and get the little things out the way first

[@shaneWARs1]

Love the day time trick got to try it just picked up the game super addictive lol

[@Hybridsteel]

im not a fan of night cycles i know its relaity but in a game u can choose and as i make videos i need it all the time

[@takura187]

When I try to use the hand sorter I always just dump everything onto the ground lol Dunno if im clicking in the wrong spot or what.

[@Hybridsteel]

so u aim the little circle at the hand sorter and it should dump straight down.... if its still buggy then use with less loads

[@takura187]

@@Hybridsteel Will try, thx

[@owencooper6277]

Can you take a piece of dirt from lower underground and place it above ground and then get lower ground materials above ground?

[@Hybridsteel]

no

[@owencooper6277]

@@Hybridsteel thank you 😁

[@ghostbat5572]

Do you just put the dirt under the t1 drill?

[@Hybridsteel]

yep the little thumper underneath has to touch dirt for it to work

[@ghostbat5572]

Thank you

[@GaryParkin]

You got my like and subscribe in the first minute. I hate the day night cycle. It's way too fast. To be honest, most games set it way too fast.

[@Hybridsteel]

thanks for subbing and leaving a comment. hydroneer is one of my favorites honestly simple and effective looking forward to 2.3?

[@GaryParkin]

@@Hybridsteel I just started playing again since 1.something and it's turning out to be a really great game. Been watching your channel all morning to see all the new things. (and yes, fishing puts me to sleep) I didn't think about dripping the water down to the hole. I had mine dripping near the bridge.

[@GloriousEagle69]

i think ur doing it wrong get a intake pipe and a t section at the start for auto drip filling ur pans as u shovel dirt into them

[@Hybridsteel]

thats what i did just with 1 pipe... i mean if i wanted to do it properly i could use as many as u liked and have loads dripping into loads of pans... but i choose to do 1 for demo purposes in guides so anyone can make their build how they like. also if you get to 9:52 i was underground drip feeding a pan and doing this..... for the ultimate record iv been doing this since version 1.2

[@Daniel-xv3nw]

how do you get other vehicles other than the basic truck ?

[@Hybridsteel]

Buy the other trucks from the shop in bridgepour

[@Daniel-xv3nw]

@@Hybridsteel ah but i have only trucks there without any added functionality ... i have seen mobile drill vehicle in the past

[@nakedmidgetmauluser7684]

@@Daniel-xv3nw That was taken out, it will be added back/adding new vehicles soon i think.

[@Daniel-xv3nw]

@@nakedmidgetmauluser7684 ah ok

[@demogod4955]

I don't know why I'm watching this I already have 12 t2 drills lol

[@Hybridsteel]

not sure either but thank you for commenting and just being there.

[@demogod4955]

@@Hybridsteel don't mention it. Though this could still be useful if I start a new game.

[@baddrem9713]

Does the dirt tier still work if I dig the dirt with a shovel and put it under the drill on a surface level?

[@Hybridsteel]

if you move dirt from anywhere else and take it to top level then the soil becomes that teir soil so t2 becomes t1 and visa versa

[@baddrem9713]

@@Hybridsteel ah thx

[@guinicaretta]

does the drill consumes the dirt below there?

[@Hybridsteel]

nope it works on 1 bit of dirt

[@guinicaretta]

@@Hybridsteel Thanks, before 2.0 there was something that created dirt, but yeah it looks like they removed it and make "infinite" dirt but with the obvious drawbacks of your time to increase the production.

[@artimas419]

how do you add fuel to the trucks?

[@Hybridsteel]

grab a pan and fill it with water then tip it on the top of the truck or setup a pipe line to fill up the top

[@g576758]

Can you do this after you starting playing after a few days of play ?

[@Hybridsteel]

yes

[@g576758]

Thank you Hybridsteel love your videos

[@TimeElf1]

Fishing is good for early game money but mining is where you get the most money.

[@Hybridsteel]

i cant wait to show this fishing video off on saturday i fionshed it last night and its gonna cause a problem for all the people who keep telling me fishing is better at the start of the game

[@jyankuro15]

発売されてから数年経つと言うに、steamの実績解除では達成度がどれもレア。 プレイ人口はかなり多いはずなのに、そのような形ということは、MOD導入してたりクリエイティブでプレイしてる人が多いからだろう。 確かにかなりの労力が必要なゲームではあるが・・・。

[@Hybridsteel]

yeah if you start using mods or creative mode then it locks off the achievements making you only able to unlock them in vanilla.. its something im slowly burning through.

[@freeportkid]

You get a refund from making the drill if you’re over 300 no need to cut them

[@Hybridsteel]

yep i covered that in the forge video

[@eulenfelder]

Thx :)

[@ashters4204]

360 likes and no dislikes yet.. wow

[@Hybridsteel]

how do u see dislikes as i havnt got round to getting one of those extensions to see

[@ashters4204]

@@Hybridsteel I use an extension but other than that I don't think its possible

[@yohanmeyr6392]

Sry but this is a freakin Joke ,i see u enjoying the Game and i cant even play it ,on the first Claim everything works,but as soon i go on another ,nothing works anymore,cant even dig with a shovel (and YES i tried both in creative even there it wont work)...i cant use the rake ,cant shut of the washplant....it realy feels to me that there are two different Gameversions ,where some can and some cant play this Game (even if i made it up,it feels like that) ! And no im not hating ,cuz i see YTbers who had a Issue just like that ,only in a "lighter" version so that they are able to dig but as they put it on the Ground the dirt is gone ,they can use pickaxes but i cant at all! What kind of a Joke is it ?! The old version worked ,this is not!

[@Hybridsteel]

so when u have been diging have you got the tier 2 shovel and pickaxe as there are tier levels of dirt u can only dig to certain depths until u have the tier 2 equipment it means u havnt learnt there are different tiers of dirt so things only work at certain depths

[@rottenapple_]

Every time I see comments like this, it reminds me that there are people much less intelligent than me 😁