Chrome Crusher
To do: Verify relationship between WallDestroyTime and actual shots needed, my tests show game speed seems to affect it for some unfathomable reason, but that might just be on my CPU/OS
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The Chrome Crusher, also known as the Giant Drilling Vehicle, is the most powerful mining vehicle in the Rock Raiders fleet. It is a massive four-wheeled motorized vehicle equipped with a Large Drill, a radar, a mining laser, and a huge cargo hold; it can carry two drivers, though it's usually shown with just one. The Chrome Crusher has become an icon of the Rock Raiders theme and features prominently in nearly every piece of media.
In the PC game
In the Windows PC version of LEGO Rock Raiders, the Chrome Crusher is classified as a large vehicle, and requires five Energy Crystals for power. A Rock Raider must be trained as a driver to use a Chrome Crusher.
The Chrome Crusher moves at a sluggish 0.3 blocks per second, but makes up for it by being an extremely powerful drilling machine. It takes 0.4 seconds to drill Dirt, 0.8 seconds to drill Loose Rock, only one second to drill Hard Rock, and four seconds to drill Seams.
Along with a Large Drill, the Chrome Crusher is also equipped with a very powerful Mining Laser that can be used by double-selecting the vehicle. It has a WallDestroyTime of 3.5 for Dirt, 7 for Loose Rock, and 10.5 for Hard Rock, and every four laser blasts drains one Energy Crystal. Though made pointless for mining by the vehicle's drill, its laser is still far more powerful than the one from the Large Mobile Laser Cutter for some reason. Like the Large Mobile Laser Cutter, however, its mining laser is quite useful as a makeshift weapon; it has a firing range of 3 blocks, and does at least -20 HP damage or more to units, letting the Chrome Crusher effectively defend itself against Monsters.
Despite possessing a radar and cargo hold, neither of these are functional in-game.
Appearances
- In 7. Drilling With Vehicles, a Chrome Crusher is behind the third wall the player must drill, to demonstrate how it can drill faster than anything else.
Upgrades
There are two upgrades available for the Chrome Crusher:
- Drill: Costs 20 pieces of Ore
This adds a second drill to the vehicle, making it plow through walls in less than a second. It now only takes 0.2 seconds to drill Dirt, 0.4 second for Loose Rock, and 0.5 seconds to drill Hard Rock and Seams. The number of shots its mining laser takes to destroy walls is not changed. - Engine: Costs 15 pieces of Ore
Doubles the number of cylinders on the engine, doubling the vehicle's route speed from 0.3 blocks per second to 0.6 blocks per second.
Dependency
The Chrome Crusher costs 5 Energy Crystals and requires the following for teleportation:
- Rock Raider
- Tool Store [UP1]
- Teleport Pad [UP1]
- Power Station [UP1]
- Support Station [UP2]
- Super Teleport [UP1]
In the PlayStation game
The Chrome Crusher appears in a number of levels in the PlayStation version of LEGO Rock Raiders. It can usually be found at the start of the level; occasionally it needs to be constructed and teleported, but it always costs only 4 pieces of LEGO Ore. As the Granite Grinder does not exist in this version of the game, the Chrome Crusher is the only vehicle that can drill through Hard Rock. If Laser Beam PowerCells are available in the level, it can also use its laser to blast through rock, like the Large and Small Mobile Laser Cutters. Each PowerCell collected can be used to fire the laser five times (ten if playing as Sparks).
In every level that the Chrome Crusher is used in, it's paired up with the Tunnel Transport, which can either be found resting on a landing pad, or is available to be constructed and teleported. The Tunnel Transport can airlift the Chrome Crusher across bodies of water and lava so it can continue mining on the other side. While being carried, the Chrome Crusher is still vulnerable to damage from Monsters and geysers, and can be badly damaged from being slammed into walls. Once it has been dropped at the desired location, the Tunnel Transport needs to be landed on a landing pad again, and the player has to make their way back through the tunnels to where the Chrome Crusher is. In some levels, this may have to be done multiple times to complete the mission, especially if collecting Red Energy Crystals is involved.
In other media
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To do: Verify relationship between WallDestroyTime and actual shots needed in the PC game. My tests show game speed seems to affect it for some reason, though that might be due to my Windows 10 setup
