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Drill Sergeant
"Dig through the planet like it's soft cheese."
How do I install Drill Sergeant?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Drill Sergeant for Dome Keeper in one click.
</>What does Drill Sergeant do?
Drill Sergeant is for those runs where the rocks are not cooperating and you're watching the wave timer climb while the iron meter crawls. Tap on, pick your boost level, and suddenly the mine opens up. Pair with Turbo Legs if you want to outrun the entire cycle, or with Resource Dump if you'd rather skip mining altogether.
</>What is Drill Sergeant?
Drill Sergeant from ProjectMods boosts your drill speed in Dome Keeper so mining feels fast instead of frantic. Tunnel deeper between waves, hit iron and cobalt veins before the timer climbs, and stop watching your resource meter crawl. One toggle, drop it in, and the planet softens up.
</>Common questions about Drill Sergeant
What does Drill Sergeant do in Dome Keeper?
Drill Sergeant is a ProjectMods mod for Dome Keeper that boosts your drill speed so mining runs go much faster. It patches the drill behaviour to multiply how quickly you break tiles, which means you can tunnel deeper between waves and pull iron, cobalt, and water out of the planet before the wave timer becomes a problem. The mod ships with a single Enabled toggle (defaulted on) so you can flip the boost on or off at any time from the ProjectMods launcher. If you've ever lost a run because the rocks were not cooperating, Drill Sergeant is the fix — same Dome Keeper gameplay, just with the mining bottleneck removed.
How much faster does Drill Sergeant make mining?
Drill Sergeant applies a drill speed multiplier through a mod patch on top of whatever drill upgrades you've already bought from the dome's research tree. That means it stacks with your in-game progression rather than replacing it — a fully upgraded drill with Drill Sergeant enabled is dramatically faster than a fully upgraded drill alone. In practice, tiles that used to take several seconds to break crumble almost instantly, so you spend less time hammering one block and more time actually exploring the planet. The exact feel will vary with your dome loadout in Dome Keeper, but the goal is the same in every run: turn mining from a bottleneck into a non-issue.
Can I turn Drill Sergeant off mid-run?
Yes. Drill Sergeant exposes a single Enabled toggle in the ProjectMods launcher, defaulted on, and you can flip it at any time. Toggle it off and the drill returns to Dome Keeper's normal patched speed; toggle it back on and the boost re-applies. This is useful if you want to use Drill Sergeant for the early grind where iron is scarce, then disable it later in the run to keep the wave pacing tense. It's also handy if you're streaming or recording a video and want to show a side-by-side of vanilla mining versus boosted mining. No restart required — the toggle takes effect on the next drill action.
Will Drill Sergeant break my Dome Keeper save or unlocks?
No. Drill Sergeant is a runtime mod patch — it changes how the drill behaves while the game is running through the ProjectMods launcher, and it doesn't touch your Dome Keeper save files, profile, or achievement state directly. Disable the mod or close the launcher and Dome Keeper goes back to behaving like vanilla. That said, achievements that depend on resource totals or run completion times can technically be reached faster with a drill boost, so if you care about earning the in-game milestones the hard way, leave the toggle off for those runs. For everything else — sandbox-style runs, custom challenges, content creation — Drill Sergeant is safe to keep on.
What other ProjectMods Dome Keeper mods pair well with Drill Sergeant?
Drill Sergeant pairs naturally with the rest of the ProjectMods Dome Keeper lineup depending on what kind of run you want. Turbo Legs is the obvious teammate — boosted drill plus boosted movement means you outrun the wave cycle entirely. Resource Dump is the lazy option: skip mining altogether and just hand yourself the materials, with Drill Sergeant still useful for opening up cave systems quickly. Magnet Hands speeds up the pickup loop so you're not walking back over every tile. For tougher runs, stack it with Ironclad or Glass Cannon to change how dome combat feels. All ProjectMods Dome Keeper mods are one-click install through the same launcher, so mixing and matching is trivial.
What options does Drill Sergeant include?
Boost
How much extra mining power you get. Higher = faster digs.
Enabled
Master switch. Turn off to mine at boring speed again.
Drill Sergeant is a ProjectMods mod for Dome Keeper that multiplies your drill speed, letting you dig through the planet and extract resources much faster between waves.
What features does Drill Sergeant include?
- Rips through iron, water, and deeper-tier resources faster so the wave timer stops winning
- One toggle, default on — flip it off mid-run if you want the slog back
- Stacks cleanly with Turbo Legs for runs where speed is the whole personality
Best For
- Early cycles where the iron meter is crawling and monsters are already knocking
- Co-op sessions where one player wants to mine while the other handles turrets, without falling behind
- Learning new maps or recording content runs where you'd rather skip the resource grind
Turbo Legs
Massively boosts player movement speed for fast traversal across the cave and back to the dome.
Resource Dump
Floods your inventory with iron, water, cobalt, and gems on demand — skip the mining loop entirely.
Ghost Walker
Phase through dirt, stone, and obstacles. Mine in straight lines, ignore tunnel geometry, and reach what you need in seconds.
