Quantum Manipulator

Upgraded Matter Manipulators: vanilla => Morphite Manipulator => Quantum Manipulator => Precursor Manipulator => Master Manipulator

Quantum Manipulator
It doesn't get any better than this.
Category	Matter Manipulator
Rarity	legendary
Price	0
Stack size	1
Two-handed?	Yes
ID	mmgravgun2

Unlocked by Quantum Manipulation (Engineering tree).

Quantum Manipulator is an upgrade of vanilla Matter Manipulator. It starts with 6x6 area, better distance and mining speed.

You can replace existing Matter Manipulator by using Shift+right click on the Personal Tricorder and moving it into the Matter Manipulator's slot.

Upgrades

• It doesn't matter if the previous/vanilla Matter Manipulator had any upgrades e.g. speed or area increases - a newly installed Quantum Manipulator starts from a clean slate (no speed/distance/area upgrades), with the exception of Wiring Mode and Paint Mode, which are retained. Liquid collection is unlocked by default.
• After you install a Quantum Manipulator, you can upgrade it further (with upgrades like "+300% speed"). For example, its mining area can be increased up to 9x9.

How to obtain

Nanofabricator

1x Liquid Deuterium 1x Liquid Metallic Hydrogen 2x Manipulator Module 4x Densinium Bar 1x Morphite Manipulator

1x Quantum Manipulator

Mining tools (they remove blocks from the ground, and then give these blocks to you)
Direct well-controlled mining	Matter Manipulator (and its upgrades: Morphite, Quantum, Precursor, Master) Pickaxe (and its variant Drill)
Very fast erratic mining	Mining Laser
Explosives that mine blocks (without losing the blocks)	Crude Bomb · Powder Keg · Throwing Dynamite · Blasting Dynamite · C4 Plastic Explosive
Long-distance mining tools	Quarry · Blastcap Launcher · Matter Staff · Boom Cannon
Ore detectors	Precision Ore Detector · Multi-ore Detector · Cave Detector · Ore Drone I · Ore Drone II · Ore Drone III · Mining Drone
Mech arms for mining	Mining Cannons (I, II, III), mech Drills (Iron, Tungsten, Zerchesium, Diamond, Densinium)