Dig site "Echo-1"

## Description

**Dig site "Echo-1"** is an event location on the Global Map during the Season 17.

The miners Pete, Horace, Patrick, William, Captain, Alex, David, and Rocket can be found in the **Dig site "Echo-1"**. This is where the siege takes place and where the player can obtain Special alloy. There are other NPC's available in the **Dig site "Echo-1"** whom the player cannot interact with.

## Daily Tasks

Patrick offers daily tasks. Three can be taken and completed every 24 hours, ranging from 1 threat to 3. 10, 15, and 20 Season points, respectively, can be obtained after completing the tasks.

## Refinery

### Mechanics

Suspicious minerals are required to start the Siege. The player can choose one among three levels of difficulty with its corresponding threat: easy, medium, hard. The goal is to protect the extractors and not let zombies destroy them. After successfully guarding the extractors, special alloys and season points are mined out and gained.

Dying or getting all the extractors destroyed will end the Siege and have the player not receive the respective rewards.

Having less suspicious minerals than the required amount to start the Refinery or having all the extractor/s destroyed will not allow the player to start the Siege.

To start the defense, an initial amount of suspicious mineral is needed. The amount needed for the refinery to start doubles for each run. It will reset back to the initial amount after 8 hours.

Initial suspicious mineral needed to start
(Refinery level 1-4)
 Hard | 200

### Upgrade

Rewards increase the higher the Refinery level. In contrary, zombie waves and number of zombies also increase with each upgrade. Upgrading the Refinery will unlock more constructions for the player to build.

Upgrade
* 10 Bolts
* 10 Transistor
* 5 Piston
* 5 Belt
* 10 Fuse
* 20 Duct Tape
* 3 Electronic Circuit
* 10 Piston
* 10 Belt
* 5 Coil
* 5 Hi-Tech Components
* 3 Cog
* 20 Fuse
* 5 Coil
* 5 Electric motor

 2
* Thorns, Trigger
 3
* Thorns, Trigger
* Caltrop, Lighter, Generator
 4
* Thorns, Trigger
* Caltrop, Lighter, Generator
* Hedgehog, Bombard, Slicer

**Caution:**

### Construction

There are constructions available for the player to build to assist the player in fending off zombies. These constructions can be attacked and destroyed by zombies. A destroyed construction must be manually removed in order for it to be replaced. The number of construction is limited and can be increased by upgrading the Refinery. Constructions can be classified as offensive and defensive.

### Threats

With each difficulty for the Siege, there is a corresponding threat. The higher the difficulty, the dangerous the threat is. Threat modifiers will update every eight (8) hours.

### Rewards

Special alloy can only be obtained by successfully completing the Siege and is the only place the player can find it. Rewards increase with each additional refinery

Rewards

### Mercenary

The player can hire a mercenary to help with the Siege. There are five available mercenaries, but only one can be hired. During the Siege, the player must manually activate the buff for it to work.

Alex is not readily available at the **Dig site**. She can be found and be hired after meeting her at Alex's Workshop.

Both David and Rocket become available during Week 2. They can be found and be hired after meeting them at Trailer Park and Crash site, respectively.

Mercenary
     **Captain** | Protects extractors from damage for 15 secondsActivates during defense
     **Alex** | Significantly amplifies turrets output for 15 secondsActivates during defense
     **David** | Provides cover with a sniper rifle for 10 secondsActivates during defense
     **Rocket** | Launches an airstrike near active extractorActivates during defense

## Trivia

* Introduced in Beta v.1.18.7
* Adjustment in Beta v.1.18.8: Suspicious mineral doubles for each run of siege, resets after 8 hours. Season points rewards significantly decreased.

## Gallery

Refinery at **Dig site "Echo-1"** from DevblogMercenaries at **Dig site "Echo-1"** from DevblogThese things probably shouldn't be left unattended. - LDoE Discord