Rock Drill
Color scheme
Orange, silver, cyan
The Rock Drill ,[note 1] Tunnelbot Mk. II ,[note 2] Sonic the Hedgehog seriesBadnik created by Dr. Eggman and used for the first time during the second part of the Angel Island incident .
Appearance [ ] The Rock Drill is a large Badnik that resembles the Tunnelbot from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 [1]
Game appearances [ ] Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles [ ] A Rock Drill in Sonic 3 & Knuckles
In Sonic & Knuckles lock-on game Sonic 3 & Knuckles Lava Reef Zone Act 1, once in Sonic 's story and twice in Knuckles ' story (depending on if the player takes the upper pathway behind the robot). When the player is on the area the Rock Drill is standing on, it will start drilling the floor, which will make it collapse. The playable character can also hit the Rock Drill with a Spin Attack , though it will not affect it.
Sonic Mania [ ] In Sonic Mania Sonic Mania Plus Lava Reef Zone Act 1.
In gameplay, the player faces off with the Rock Drill in the iron fence area. Once again by drilling at one place, the drone causes the floor to crumble, while falling down to the lava pool. Midway through Act 1, one Rock Drill is seen causing the lava pool to raise, as the player has to escape it, while the Rock Drill once again falls down to the pit.
The boss of Lava Reef Zone Act 1, the Drillerdroid , is an advanced model of the Rock Drill with a heavily-armed head drone and bulkier parts around its drill attachments.
Trivia [ ] If the player manages to passes through the Rock Drill safely, they will usually find a monitor on the other side. Notes [ ]
↑ While not listed in any instruction manuals, the internal files in the PC release of Sonic Mania
↑ The internal files in the PC Sonic Origins Sonic 3 & Knuckles Tunnelbot with Mk. II added.
References [ ]
↑ "ZONE 10 LAVA REEF ZONE" (in Japanese). ソニックジャム オフィシャルガイド ISBN 978-4797303377 . "ゾーン3の中ボスに似たマシンが地面を掘り進む。 下はマグマだが、足場があるのでひと安心。 メカの向こうには1upがある。"
Playable characters Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Knuckles (Super Knuckles ) · Amy * (Super Amy *)
Non-playable characters Eggman · Tails · Rock Drill · Mecha Sonic Mk. II (Super Mecha Sonic Mk. II ) · Animals (Flicky , Pocky , Pecky , Cucky , Ricky , Rocky )
Zones Mushroom Hill Zone · Flying Battery Zone · Sandopolis Zone · Lava Reef Zone · Hidden Palace Zone · Sky Sanctuary Zone · Death Egg Zone · The Doomsday Zone · Special Stage · Bonus Stage
Enemies Blaster · Butterdroid · Chainspike · Cluckoid · Dragonfly · EggRobo · Fireworm · Hyudoro · Iwamodoki · Madmole · Mushmeanie · Rock'n · Sandworm · Skorp · Spikebonker · Technosqueek · Toxomister
Bosses Mid-bosses Hey Ho · Gapsule · Laser Prison · Guardian · Heat Arms · Egg Wrecker · Egg Bouncer · Red Eye · Death Ball
Zone bosses Egg Scrambler · Egg Hanger · Egg Golem · Egg Inferno · Knuckles · Mecha Sonic Mk. II (Super Mecha Sonic Mk. II ) · Giant Eggman Robo · Final Weapon
Moves/techniques Bound Jump · Crouch · Double Jump · Drop Dash * · Fireball Spin Dash · Glide · Hammer Rush * · Insta-Shield · Jumping Hammer Attack * · Punch Attack · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Wall Climb
Gimmicks and obstacles Bomb · Booster · Bumper · Capsule · Cloud · Crusher · Electrical emitter · Elevator · Fan · Fire · Fireball · Flipper · Goal · Goal Plate · Gravity Control Switch · High-speed warp tube · Iron ball · Jump Stand · Lighting switch · Magnetic sphere · Movable box · Mushroom · Pole Elevator · Reverse · Ring Shooter · Seesaw · Sinking pool · Sling Shot · Slot machine · Spikes · Spring · Star Post · Switch · Transport · Warp Point
Items Chaos Emerald · Continue · Giant Ring · Gumball · Item Box (1-Up , Aqua Shield , Eggman Mark , Flame Shield , Invincible , Power Sneakers , S , Super Ring , Thunder Shield ) · Ring · Sphere · Star Circle · Super Emerald
Music Sonic & Knuckles • Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Other Altar of Emerald · Death Egg · Death Egg saga · Debug Mode · Floating Island · Life · Lock-on technology · Loop · Perfect Bonus · Sonic & Knuckles Official Game Book · Tornado · Tunnel
Playable characters Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Tails (Super Tails ) · Knuckles (Super Knuckles ) · Mighty ^ (Super Mighty ^) · Ray ^ (Super Ray ^)
Non-playable characters Eggman · Eggrobo (Hard Boiled Heavies (Heavy Gunner , Heavy King , Heavy Magician , Heavy Rider , Heavy Shinobi ), Phantom Heavies (Phantom Gunner , Phantom King , Phantom Magician , Phantom Rider , Phantom Shinobi )) · Jimmy · Metal Sonic (Giga Metal ) · Rock Drill · Animals (Becky , Cucky , Flicky , Locky , Micky , Pecky , Picky , Pocky , Ricky , Rocky , Tocky , Wocky )
Zones Angel Island Zone ^ · Green Hill Zone · Chemical Plant Zone · Studiopolis Zone · Flying Battery Zone · Press Garden Zone · Stardust Speedway Zone · Hydrocity Zone · Mirage Saloon Zone · Oil Ocean Zone · Lava Reef Zone · Metallic Madness Zone · Titanic Monarch Zone · Egg Reverie Zone * · Special Stage · Bonus Stage * · Pinball Stage ^
Enemies Amy Doll · Aquis · Armadiloid · Asteron · Ball Hog · Batbrain · Blaster · Blastoid · Bloominator ^ · Bugernaut · Bumpalo · Buzz Bomber · Cactula · Canister · Caterkiller Jr. · Chopper · Clucker · Crabmeat · Dango · Dragonfly · Fireworm · Flasher Mk. II · Gohla · Grabber · Hotaru · IceBomba · Iwamodoki · Jawz · Jellygnite · Juggle Saw · Kabasira · Kanabun · Madmole · Matryoshka-Bom · Mecha-Bu · Mega Chopper · Mic Drop · Monkey Dude ^ · Moto Bug · Newtron · Octus · Poh-Bee · Pointdexter · Rattlekiller · Rexon · RhinoBot ^ · Roller Mk. II · Scarab · Sentry Bug · Shutterbug · Silver Sonic · Spiny · Splats · Sweep · Technosqueek · Toxomister · Tubinaut · Turbo Spiker · Turbo Turtle · Vultron · Woodrow · Zombie Orbinaut
Bosses Mini-bosses DD Wrecker · Amoeba Droid · Heavy Gunner · Big Squeeze · Shiversaw · Hotaru Hi-Watt · Dive Eggman · Uber Caterkiller · Meter Droid · Drillerdroid · Egg Pistons mk.II · Crimson Eye
Zone bosses Death Egg Robot · Mean Bean Machine · Weather Globe · Spider Mobile · Heavy Shinobi · Metal Sonic · Laundro-Mobile · Heavy Magician · Mega Octus · Heavy Rider · Heavy King · Gachapandora · Phantom Egg · Phantom King and Klepto Mobile *
Moves/techniques Air Glide ^ · Bounce Jump · Climb · Crouch · Double Jump · Drop Dash · Fireball Spin Dash · Glide · Hammer Drop ^ · Insta-Shield · Propeller Flying · Ring Spark Field · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Super Peel Out · Swim · V. Maximum Overdrive Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles Arrow column · Beanstalk · Blue blob · Bomb · Bouncy Checkpoint · Bumper · Bungee Rope · Bumper wall · Cannon · Capsule · Conveyor Belt · Crusher · Dash Panel · Dropping platform · Electrical conduit · Fan · Fireball · Flipper · Flywheel · Goal Plate · Hand Launcher · Hang Glider · High-speed spiral tube · High-speed warp tube · Ice Spring · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Lighting switch · Magnetic sphere · Platform-raising Wheel · Pulley · Ruby Mist · Saw · Seesaw · Sinking pool · Shrink ray · Snowblower · Spikes · Spring · Star Post · Switch · Transport · Vine · Zip Line
Items Air bubble · Chaos Emerald · Giant Ring · Giant spear · Item Box (1-Up *, Aqua Shield , Character ^, Hyper Ring , Eggman Mark , Flame Shield , Invincible , Player Swap , Power Sneakers , Random , S , Shield , Super Ring , Thunder Shield ) · Little Planet flowers · Master Emerald · Metal Sonic hologram · Medallion · Ring · Robot transporter · Schrodinger's Capsule ^ · Sphere · Star Circle · Time Warp sign · UFO · Warp Point
Music Sonic Mania (vinyl album) · Sonic Mania Original Soundtrack (Selected Edition) · Sonic Mania Plus Original Soundtrack
Other Angel Island · The Art of Sonic Mania · Auto Running · Continue · Corkscrew · Death Egg Robot · Debug Mode · Egg Mobile · Freeze · Game Over · Klepto Mobile · Level Select · Life · Little Planet · Loop · Mega Mack · Phantom Ruby · Perfect Bonus · Popgun · Sonic Mania Adventures Sonic Returns ", "Sonic and Tails ", "& Knuckles ", "Mighty and Ray ", "Metal Mayhem ", "From: A. Rose ", "The Complete Mini-Series ") · Papercraft Mania Adventures Snow Sculpting Contest ", "Valentine's Day )" · Time Attack · Time Over * · Time Warp · Tunnel · Tornado * · Water
