Atomic Disassembler

The Atomic Disassembler is a Mekanism tool that mines every kind of block, so you’re able to use it in place of a pickaxe, axe, shovel and hoe, and it works as a sword as well. It runs on energy instead of durability, which means it’ll never break, but it can’t be enchanted or repaired either.

It’s crafted from 4 Infused Alloy, an Energy Tablet, an Atomic Alloy and a Refined Obsidian Ingot, and it holds 400,000 FE (1,000,000 J) when it’s full. You’ll switch between its mining speeds with the Item Mode Switch key, which is N by default, and the faster the mode, the more energy each block is going to cost.

How to Get It

You’ll need a Crafting Table and an Atomic Alloy to make an Atomic Disassembler, and that one alloy is the part that takes the longest to reach. The rest of the recipe is 4 Infused Alloy, an Energy Tablet and a Refined Obsidian Ingot, which goes in the bottom slot.

Atomic Disassembler

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Energy Tablet

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Atomic Alloy

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Refined Obsidian Ingot

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Whatever energy is stored in the Energy Tablet will carry over into the tool, so it’s worth charging the tablet first if you want to use it straight away. The alloys are covered on the Alloys and Control Circuits page, and the ingot comes from Refined Obsidian.

How to Use It

Holding the Atomic Disassembler and mining with it works on any block, and everything it breaks will drop as if you’d used the right tool. It won’t strip logs, till soil or make paths though, as those jobs belong to the Farming Unit on the Meka-Tool.

Mining modes

Tapping the Item Mode Switch key will move it on to the next mode, and holding the key down opens a wheel that you’re able to pick from instead. Sneaking and scrolling the mouse wheel changes the mode as well. Each one has its own mining speed, and the energy used on a block goes up along with it.

For comparison, a Diamond Pickaxe has a mining speed of 8 and a Netherite Pickaxe has 9, so Normal is already more than twice as quick, and Fast will break most blocks straight away. Blocks that break instantly by hand, like Tall Grass or a Torch, only cost half as much.

If there isn’t enough energy left to pay for a block, it’ll still mine, just slower the emptier it gets. Off mode has a mining speed of 0, for when you only want to use it as a weapon. Mekanism’s other weapons are the Meka-Tool, the Electric Bow and the Flamethrower, which all run on energy or a chemical instead of durability.

Vein mode

Vein mode breaks a whole ore vein or tree at once, but it’s switched off in the mod’s config by default, which is why you might not see it on the wheel at all. A modpack or a server owner has to turn it on, and you’ll find where that’s done on the Config and Mod Compatibility page.

When it’s turned on, it only works on ores and logs, and it’ll take up to 128 connected blocks of the same type in one go. The block you break costs the same 80 FE as Normal mode, the ones touching it only cost half of that, and the price climbs quickly the further out the vein goes.

Using it as a weapon

The Atomic Disassembler swings at the same speed as a sword and adds 20 attack damage, whereas a Netherite Sword only adds 7. Every hit uses 800 FE, so a full charge is good for 500 hits. Once it drops below 800 FE the damage starts to fall, and an empty one only does 4.

Charging the Atomic Disassembler

There are a few ways to charge it, and the simplest is to put it in the charging slot of an Energy Cube. You’re also able to stand on a powered Chargepad with it anywhere in your inventory, or wear a MekaSuit Bodyarmor with a Charge Distribution Unit, which will keep it topped up as you play.

It can only take in 2,000 FE each tick, so going from empty to full takes about 10 seconds however strong the power source is. The Meka-Tool is what you’ll want to look at next, as an Atomic Disassembler is used up in its recipe.

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