Rock Drill

The Rock Drill^{[note 1]} is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a mass-produced robot model created by Dr. Robotnik and used for the first time during the second part of the Angel Island incident.

Appearance

The Rock Drill is a large robot that resembles the Tunnelbot from Sonic the Hedgehog 3.^[1] Most of its metal is either orange of silver. It features four tall, thin drills, with two being in each side. The Rock Drill also has a small, flat head with a small, cyan light.

Game appearances

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles

In Sonic & Knuckles and the lock-on game Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, the Rock Drill appears three times in 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, and its expansion Sonic Mania Plus, Rock Drills appear again in 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 pass through the Rock Drill safely, they will usually find a monitor from the other side.

Notes

↑ While not listed in any instruction manuals, the internal files in the PC release of Sonic Mania refers to this enemy as "RockDrill".

References

↑ "ZONE 10 LAVA REEF ZONE" (in Japanese). ソニックジャム　オフィシャルガイド. SoftBank. 2 October 1997. p. 85. 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。"

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Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Knuckles (Super Knuckles)
Non-playable characters		Dr. Robotnik \| Tails \| Rock Drill \| Mecha Sonic (Super Mecha Sonic) \| Animals (Flicky, Pocky, Pecky, Cucky, Ricky, Rocky)
Enemies		Blaster \| Butterdroid \| Chainspike \| Cluckoid \| Dragonfly \| EggRobo \| Fireworm \| Hyudoro \| Iwamodoki \| Madmole \| Mushmeanie \| Rock'n \| Sandworm \| Skorp \| Spikebonker \| Technosqueek \| Toxomister
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
Bosses	Sub-bosses	Hey Ho \| Gapsule \| Barrier Eggman \| Guardian \| Heat Arms \| Egg Mobile-H \| Flying Eggman \| Red Eye \| Death Ball
Bosses	Zone bosses	Jet Mobile \| Hang Mobile \| Egg Golem \| Hot Mobile \| Knuckles \| Mecha Sonic \| Super Mecha Sonic \| Giant Eggman Robo \| Final Weapon
Moves/Techniques		Bound Jump \| Crouch \| Double Jump \| Fireball Spin Dash \| Glide \| Insta-Shield \| 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 \| Movable box \| Mushroom \| Pole Elevator \| Reverse \| Ring Shooter \| Seesaw \| Sinking pool \| Slot machine \| Spikes \| Spring \| Star Post \| Switch \| Transport \| Warp Point
Items		Chaos Emerald \| Continue \| Giant Ring \| Gumball \| Monitor (Eggman, Extra Life, Flame Shield, Invincibility, Lightning Shield, S, Super Ring, Super Shoes, Water Shield) \| Ring \| Sphere \| Star Circle
Music		Sonic & Knuckles • Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Other		Altar of Emerald \| Death Egg \| Debug Mode \| Floating Island \| Life \| Lock-on technology \| Loop \| Perfect Bonus \| Tornado \| Tunnel

Sonic Mania

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Tails (Super Tails) \| Knuckles (Super Knuckles) \| Mighty* (Super Mighty) \| Ray (Super Ray*)
Non-playable characters		Cluckoid \| Dr. Eggman \| Egg-Robo \| Hard Boiled Heavies (Heavy Gunner, Heavy King, Heavy Magician, Heavy Rider, Heavy Shinobi) \| Jimmy \| Metal Sonic (Giga Metal) \| Phantom Heavies (Phantom Gunner, Phantom King, Phantom Magician, Phantom Rider, Phantom Shinobi) \| 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* \| Bugernator \| 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* \| Motobug \| 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
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
Bosses	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 \| Bomb \| Bumper \| Bungee Rope \| Bumper wall \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Dropping platform \| Electrical conduit \| Fan \| Fireball \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Glove on a stick \| Goal Plate \| Hang Glider \| High-speed warp tube \| Ice Spring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pulley \| Ruby Mist \| Saw \| Seesaw \| Sinking pool \| Shrink ray \| Snowblower \| Spikes \| Spring \| Star Post \| Switch \| Transport \| Vine \| Zipline
Items		Air Bubble \| Chaos Emerald \| Giant Ring \| Giant spear \| Item Box (1-UP, Blue Shield, Bubble Shield, Character, Hyper Ring, Eggman Mark, Fire Shield, Invincible, Lightning Shield, Player Swap, Power Sneakers, Random, S, Super Ring) \| Little Planet flowers \| Master Emerald \| Metal Sonic Projector \| 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 \| 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") \| S pipe \| Time Attack \| Time Over \| Time Warp \| Tornado \| Water Appears in only Sonic Mania Plus*

[1] While not listed in any instruction manuals, the internal files in the PC release of Sonic Mania refers to this enemy as "RockDrill".

[Jam-2] "ZONE 10 LAVA REEF ZONE" (in Japanese). ソニックジャム　オフィシャルガイド. SoftBank. 2 October 1997. p. 85. 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。"

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