Just FYI, the last patch changed it so that the teleporter no longer teleports resources during waves. My list: Teleporter: still top despite the above nerf. Eliminates travel time. Lets you deprioritize speed and carry capacity, which is good because you do need to buy a few upgrades for it (teleport resources, restore your tp, speed up resource teleport). Works the same at any depth or in maze maps. Condenser: Fantastic for making sure you have the water you need for your upgrades. The upgrade to have permanent overcharge is amazing (though expensive), and is the main reason I want this. Converter: The upgrade to convert one iron to five is great, even if it isn’t very fast. Even better is one water to four iron, if you have water to spend. Combined with a condenser, you have a powerful combination. Lift: What? Isn’t teleport better in every way? Yes, but lift has an underrated advantage: it doesn’t take a gadget slot. With a few upgrades, it will keep up pretty well with your mining, and the keeper speed upgrades are great. Would you rather have a lift and two more gadgets, or teleport and one? The fact this is even a question speaks volumes on how good teleport is. Stun Laser: Also doesn’t take a gadget slot, which is nice. The only gadget that directly helps in combat, but does want a number of upgrades to get good use from it. Drillbert: Takes some micromanagement, but passive drilling while you’re doing something else is super useful. Also upgrade hungry. Lovable lizard. Probe: can help a good deal in knowing where to dig, but the fact it doesn’t ping gadgets or relics is a huge negative for me. Decent when your drill is under leveled or at extreme depths on a big map or prestige run to maximize your digs. Blast Mining: Occasionally useful when you have a big clump of hard terrain, but it recharges too slowly (even upgraded) for me to find it too useful; I’d rather upgrade my drill and fill this slot with something else. Definitely don’t take it with teleport; you can’t teleport with a bomb. Answer from Euclidite on reddit.com
Dome Keeper Wiki
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October 13, 2022 - The Prospecting Meter is a gadget, similar to the Probe. It is a meter in the player HUD that shows the distance to iron. When the meter is fully lit, you are next to that resource. ... The Converter helps to balance your inventory by offering resource conversions. ... Install a resource packer into your suit which can pack and compress multiple resources into a bundle, making them easier to transport. Install two hammers on the dome cupola that create intense shockwaves.
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1 week ago - Additional(or secondary) gadgets can be acquired by destroying the 2x2 chamber locations which can be found in almost every biome. Upon bringing the gadget item to the dome, two gadget choices are offered, or the item can be shred into two cobalt.
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The Best Gadgets In Dome Keeper, Ranked
October 29, 2022 - This Gadget is ultimately more useful, even if the exchange rates aren’t great, since you can also upgrade it to multiply your Iron supply. Iron, while plentiful, is also used in almost every upgrade, so you can never have too much. Though the best way to get resources and explore the mine is to do a Minecraft-style strip mine - basically to dig straight down under the Dome and then branch to the left and right every two blocks - the second best and most immediate way to get resources is to just go where the Probe tells you.
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Dome Keeper: All Secondary Gadgets, Ranked
November 26, 2022 - Of course, this Gadget does more than that, as its primary function is to allow the player to convert one resource for another over a span of time. But, the main reason people use it is for its Iron Multiplication upgrade that can seriously break the iron economy in a Relic Hunt run, giving a player essentially unlimited Dome repair, as just one example. While Dome Keeper does have three different material resources to keep track of, the actual most important resource in it is time.
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Gadget tier list ? :: Dome Keeper General Discussions
Hi everyone, i've only played around 15h and beaten YAFI only twice so i'm probably not good enough to make that list, just wanted to share and hear your opinion on gadgets ! I'm doing this with relic mode in mind. S TIER : Teleporter - great from the start to save you travel time, upgrades are cheap and extremely useful, can teleport a ton of ressources from the depth of abyss without breaking a sweat (i've probably beaten YAFI only thanks to this) A Tier : Lift - Does pretty much the same job...
Reddit
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r/domekeeper on Reddit: What's Your Gadget Tier List?
September 4, 2022 -
Title says it all. In terms of best / favorite gadgets, what are yours?
For me, best gadget is the Teleporter, as it allows for VERY quick transportation, and its upgrades allow for rapid resource transportation. Throw it in a pile of iron just before a wave starts, teleport back, and passively collect as you defend.
I'm still testing the other gadgets, but right now the worst performing one for me is either the lift (a worse teleporter) or Drillbert (Adorable, I love him, but he takes SO MUCH INVESTMENT to be viable)
I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts!
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Just FYI, the last patch changed it so that the teleporter no longer teleports resources during waves. My list: Teleporter: still top despite the above nerf. Eliminates travel time. Lets you deprioritize speed and carry capacity, which is good because you do need to buy a few upgrades for it (teleport resources, restore your tp, speed up resource teleport). Works the same at any depth or in maze maps. Condenser: Fantastic for making sure you have the water you need for your upgrades. The upgrade to have permanent overcharge is amazing (though expensive), and is the main reason I want this. Converter: The upgrade to convert one iron to five is great, even if it isn’t very fast. Even better is one water to four iron, if you have water to spend. Combined with a condenser, you have a powerful combination. Lift: What? Isn’t teleport better in every way? Yes, but lift has an underrated advantage: it doesn’t take a gadget slot. With a few upgrades, it will keep up pretty well with your mining, and the keeper speed upgrades are great. Would you rather have a lift and two more gadgets, or teleport and one? The fact this is even a question speaks volumes on how good teleport is. Stun Laser: Also doesn’t take a gadget slot, which is nice. The only gadget that directly helps in combat, but does want a number of upgrades to get good use from it. Drillbert: Takes some micromanagement, but passive drilling while you’re doing something else is super useful. Also upgrade hungry. Lovable lizard. Probe: can help a good deal in knowing where to dig, but the fact it doesn’t ping gadgets or relics is a huge negative for me. Decent when your drill is under leveled or at extreme depths on a big map or prestige run to maximize your digs. Blast Mining: Occasionally useful when you have a big clump of hard terrain, but it recharges too slowly (even upgraded) for me to find it too useful; I’d rather upgrade my drill and fill this slot with something else. Definitely don’t take it with teleport; you can’t teleport with a bomb.
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Teleporter is best, and by a lot. Eliminating travel time is huge. I think stun laser is second. It can substantially reduce the damage you take. Probe is pretty good. It does tend to make you miss gadgets, but that's not a big deal when you're getting a ton of resources because of it. Lift is minorly useful and doesn't take up a basement space so it's harmless. Can be good to increase resource bandwidth a tad and help you get back to base faster. Drillbert is OK. He's a bit frustrating to work with. I would really prefer if there was an upgrade to make him drill down 3 or 4 blocks and turn around when hitting a wall, instead of just turning around. Blast mining has never helped me that much. It just doesn't eliminate enough blocks to be competitive. I was disappointed by the upgrade that makes it explode in a single direction because it didn't really go very far. It would be helpful if I could put it down without it exploding so that I could save it for the tougher walls. Maybe if it recharged once per wave it would be good. Condenser is only really useful for the permanent overcharge, but it sucks that it takes a basement space. Converter is a waste of space. The recipes are too expensive and the conversions are too slow.
Steam
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Dome Keeper - The Three New Gadgets in the 2.4 “Springloaded” Update - Steam News
February 16, 2023 - We share some of the design intent and process for gadgets and then reveal the three new ones in the next update.
YouTube
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NEW Droneyard Gadget in Dome Keeper: A Keeper's Duty UPDATE! - YouTube
A brand new update for an amazing game:New game mode: Guild AssignmentsNew primary gadget: Droneyard11 new gadgetsSupplement upgrades for weapons and gadgets...
Published July 25, 2024
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1 tip for EVERY gadget in Dome Keeper! - YouTube
With the new v4 update doubling the number of gadgets available, I thought I would take a look at each and (more or less) give a tip for each.Watch me live o...
Published August 7, 2024
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This NEW GADGET is OP (Please Don't Nerf) in DOME KEEPER - YouTube
Mine for resources, choose from powerful upgrade paths and fend off waves of alien attackers in this innovative roguelike mining action game. There's just en...
Published March 10, 2023
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Discoverable | Dome Keeper Wiki | Fandom
October 29, 2024 - Gadgets are located in chambers hidden under unique patterned tiles. Their chambers can be found in each biome, with their location varying from left to right. Once brought to the dome, a prompt appears - 2 gadget choices or shredding to 2 cobalt.
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The Droneyard is My New Favorite Starter Gadget | Dome Keeper - YouTube
Defend against waves of alien attackers in this innovative roguelike survival miner. Dig for resources and choose from powerful upgrade paths. Is there enoug...
Published July 29, 2024
GitHub
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GitHub - Ategon/dome-keeper-gadget-selector: A mod for dome keeper that allows you to select a gadget before starting a run
This is a community made mod for dome keeper that allows you to choose one of the gadgets that you would normally get in a run in the main menu.
Author Ategon
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Why is the Probe bad? - Ranking all 8 Gadgets in Dome Keeper - YouTube
My opinions on all 8 gadgets that can be found in the mines in Dome Keeper.Playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSQWSlEWZou_CxnAUYMWULrCDkpq...
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Gadget tier list ? :: Dome Keeper Discussioni generali
Hi everyone, i've only played around 15h and beaten YAFI only twice so i'm probably not good enough to make that list, just wanted to share and hear your opinion on gadgets ! I'm doing this with relic mode in mind. S TIER : Teleporter - great from the start to save you travel time, upgrades are cheap and extremely useful, can teleport a ton of ressources from the depth of abyss without breaking a sweat (i've probably beaten YAFI only thanks to this) A Tier : Lift - Does pretty much the same job...
Fantasy Warden
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Dome Keeper Guide
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In this Dome Keeper guide, we will explain some basic game mechanics and introduce you to key Dome Keeper gadgets. Fluid gameplay and very addictive
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r/domekeeper on Reddit: Tell me what's good about the gadgets I never use
July 15, 2024 -
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Furnace: My core understanding is that basically you sacrifice some Iron in the hopes that it buys you time to get more Iron. The one time I used it though, I just felt that I'd rather be spending that Iron on other upgrades.
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Mushroom Farm: Seems like a lot of micromanagement for small rewards. Maybe only good if you start with it?
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Spire: A lot of investment to be protected from less than half of the enemies.
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Underground Station: Unless you're using the Drones, you kind of have to go back up to the surface anyway? It seems this only really is useful if you have some other way of getting resources upwards
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I will only comment about the Underground Station because I agree with you with the rest. US is great because of two things: You don't have to go back up to the dome because you can purchase items and fight from underground. You can buy an upgrade that will reveal up to 7 tiles I think from the station which is amazing. Underground is a huge time saver from zipping up and back from the dome. So combining that with drones is really good. Droneyard is a primary gadget whereas Underground Station is an additional gadget so you can have both.
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Spire does only protect from a % of enemies but they're the enemies I end up taking the most, consistent, early damage from. Maybe because of the dome I play but that's my reasoning for liking it.
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Dome Keeper: Springloaded Update Features Three New Gadgets and More
March 9, 2023 - The first is called spire - a defensive gadget that you can deploy outside of your dome to deal with monster projectiles. The second is the Autocannon. This behaves pretty much like the Stun Laser but it deals considerably more damage. The Autocannon is best deployed if you need more firepower against alien waves. And lastly, the Prospection Meter is a new mining gadget that shows you the distance to nearest resources.
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Supplements - Dome Keeper Wiki
August 10, 2024 - Upon selecting Scrap Repair, the keeper's dome receives an immediate repair and the dome's health capacity is reduced.
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Dome Keeper just got a massive update that ups replayability and helps generate better worlds | Rock Paper Shotgun
July 31, 2024 - You'll pick an assignment with special conditions and goals, like landing on a planet that has "only monsters shooting projectiles", and you've got to figure out how to deal with the twist. Complete assignments and you'll earn badges, which you can then spend on permanent rewards: being offered three instead of two gadgets, being able to reroll gadget offers, and more. Dome Keeper | A Keeper's Duty Release Trailer | Free Update