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Gold Rush Depths

Gold Rush Depths

Grind the rock. Fill the hopper. Strike it rich across 1,000 mine sites.

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    The old Gold Rush Mining Company has reopened! Drive your little Prospector Pup out of the base and into the mine field, grind through stacked rock, and scoop up copper, silver, gold and glowing gems. Sell your haul at the base, upgrade your rig, and travel the World Map across 1,000 mine sites. Legend says the Golden Heart waits at site 1,000.

    How to play
    • Phone or tablet: put your finger anywhere on the game and slide it the way you want to go. A joystick appears under your finger. Let go to stop.
    • Computer: arrow keys or W A S D to drive. M opens the World Map, B opens Boosts, H goes back to base, P or Esc pauses.
    • Drive into rock to grind it with your drill. Every block goes into your cargo hopper (the gold bar on the left). Glowing veins drop gems: drive near them and your magnet pulls them in.
    • When the hopper is full, tap Back to base or drive home and roll onto the gold SELL pad. Everything sells automatically.
    • Drive onto UPGRADE to improve 10 parts, each with 10 tiers: Drill Head, Engine, Cargo Hopper, Power Cell, Roller Width, Drill Motor, Gem Magnet, Vein Scanner, Refinery and Lucky Charm. SHOP sells 6 rigs and handy items. Bigger rigs unlock higher tiers.
    • Harder rock needs a stronger Drill Head. If a block shows a lock and a number, upgrade your drill to that tier.
    • The bar at the top shows how much of the site you have cleared. One star unlocks the next site; three stars is a perfect clear.
    • Your energy (the thin blue bar) runs down as you work. If it runs out you are simply towed home with your cargo safe.
    • Drive onto MAP to travel the World Map: 20 regions, 1,000 sites, challenge sites and a treasure chest every 25 sites. Chests are opened at the VAULT, which unlocks at site 25.
    • Your progress is saved in this browser. Each time you sell at base counts as a game: your best cleared site goes on the leaderboard and earns treasure coins for your Vault.
    • Cash in this game is pretend money with no real value. Optional Boosts use Diamonds from the Game Store and are never needed to win; boosted runs are not ranked.