The Mechanical Part is one of the essential resources needed for Core Keeper players to progress through the game. It's also important in crafting various scanners for locating and farming bosses, such as Nimruza, Queen of the Borrowed Sands. So, keep reading to learn how to optimize your Mechanical Part farming efforts.

How to Get Mechanical Parts in Core Keeper

Core Keeper players can purchase a Mechanical Part from the Cloaked Merchant for 55x Ancient Coin, but only after activating the Core. It's possible to farm Mechanical Parts in other areas of the map, although the item isn't a guaranteed drop from all of its potential sources. Nonetheless, some sources have a higher potential of dropping Mechanical Parts than others. Below is a list of different containers and NPCs with chances of dropping this resource when opened or defeated: Note: The items listed in each category are sorted from the highest to lowest chances of dropping the Mechanical Part.

Containers

• Locked Galaxite Chest
• Large Ancient Crate
• Alien Tech Chest
• Locked Octarine Chest
• Locked Iron Chest
• Locked Scarlet Chest
• Locked Copper Chest
• Lava Rock Digging Spot
• Large Overgrown Wooden Crate
• Large Temple Crate
• Large Charred Crate
• Large Office Crate
• Large Wooden Crate
• Large Fossil Cluster
• Large Metropolis Crate
• Ancient Crate
• Overgrown Wooden Crate
• Wooden Crate
• Metropolis Crate
• Charred Crate
• Temple Crate
• Caveling Pot

The Mechanical Part may also appear in a biome-exclusive chest in Core Keeper, such as the Smoldering Chest in the Molten Quarry and the Seashell Chest in the Sunken Sea.

Enemies, NPCs, & Structures

• Malugaz the Corrupted
• Ghorm the Devourer
• Morpha the Aquatic Mass
• Ivy the Poisonous Mass
• Orbital Turret
• Glurch the Abominous Mass
• Caveling Brute
• Core Sentry
• Caveling Scholar
• Bearded Merchant
• Brave Merchant
• Caveling
• Cloaked Merchant
• Fishing Merchant
• Caveling Shaman
• Large Slime Vessel
• Medium Slime Vessel

Uses for Mechanical Parts in Core Keeper: Recipes & Requirements

Ancient Hologram Pod

• Atlantean Worm Scanner: 15x Ancient Gemstone, 15x Mechanical Part, 30x Solarite Bar
• Azeos the Sky Titan Scanner: 10x Ancient Gemstone and 10x Mechanical Part
• Hive Mother Scanner: 5x Ancient Gemstone and 5x Mechanical Part
• Igneous the Molten Mass Scanner: 10x Ancient Gemstone, 10x Mechanical Part, and 40x Magma Slime
• Ivy the Poisonous Mass Scanner: 8x Ancient Gemstone, 8x Mechanical Part, and 40x Poison Slime
• Morpha the Aquatic Mass Scanner: 10x Ancient Gemstone, 10x Mechanical Part, and 40x Slippery Slime
• Omoroth the Sea Titan Scanner: 10x Ancient Gemstone, 10x Mechanical Part, and 10x Sea Shell
• Ra-Akar the Sand Titan Scanner: 20x Ancient Gemstone, 20x Mechanical Part, and 20x Scarab Wingcover
• Thumper: 40x Fiber, 40x Plank, 20x Scarlet Bar, 20x Galaxite Bar, 10x Mechanical Part, and 20x Ancient Gemstone

Boat Workbench

• Boat: 80x Plank, 50x Scarlet Bar, and 20x Mechanical Part
• Speeder: 200x Coral Wood Plank, 120x Octarine Bar, 30x Gold Bar, and 30x Mechanical Part

Electronics Table

• Electrical Door: 5x Iron Bar and 1x Mechanical Part

Galaxite Workbench

• Galaxite Turret: 15x Galaxite Bar and 4x Mechanical Part

Ghorm Statue

• Recall Idol: 1x Ancient Gemstone and 1x Mechanical Part

Glurch Statue

• Ghorm the Devourer Scanner: 3x Ancient Gemstone and 3x Mechanical Part
• Malugaz the Corrupted Scanner: 5x Ancient Gemstone and 5x Mechanical Part

Go-Kart Workbench

• Primitive Go-kart: 40x Tin Bar, 40x Copper Bar, and 15x Mechanical Part
• Renegade Go-kart: 180x Galaxite Bar, 90x Iron Bar, 90x Copper Bar, 35x Mechanical Part, and 15x Strolly Poly Plate
• Speeder Go-kart: 180x Galaxite Bar, 90x Scarlet Bar, 90x Copper Bar, 35x Mechanical Part, and 15x Wool

Hydra Altar

• Crydra the Ice Titan Scanner: 10x Ancient Gemstone, 10x Mechanical Part, 10x Octarine Bar, and 3x Radiation Crystal
• Druidra the Wild Titan Scanner: 10x Ancient Gemstone, 10x Mechanical Part, 10x Scarlet Bar, and 3x Radiation Crystal
• Pyrdra the Fire Titan Scanner: 10x Ancient Gemstone, 10x Mechanical Part, 10x Galaxite Bar, and 3x Radiation Crystal

Malugaz Statue

• Ancient Hologram Pod: 5x Ancient Gemstone and 5x Mechanical Part

Octarine Workbench

• Portal: 100x Copper Bar, 100x Iron Bar, 100x Octarine Bar, 200x Coral Wood Plank, 20x Mechanical Part, and 30x Ancient Gemstone

Rift Statue

• Nimruza, Queen of the Burrowed Sands Scanner: 20x Ancient Gemstone, 20x Mechanical Part, and 20x Cytoplasm
• Urschleim Scanner: 20x Ancient Gemstone, 20x Mechanical Part, and 20x Cytoplasm