Timed digs
Excavations
Pay a permit once, then pay to run a dig and come back hours later. Your excavation level raises the luck, the item count and the speed together, up to level 15.
What a run gets you
Pick a site and your excavation level.
1
Takes
10h
Items
4–8 (+0)
Luck
+1
Run cost
$10M
permit $50M
This site is located on the hill between the potion shop and the cabins.
What Volcanic Ruins drops
6 possible rewards, likeliest first
Volcanic SandsGives the player random ore from Volcanic Sands loot pool or a 10% chance to get shards.67.4%
Solar MagnifierSpawns a singular Solar Flare at your position that lasts for 10 minutes.13.5%
Solar TokenSpawns Solar Flare event.9.0%
Rain StoneSpawns River Rapids event.6.7%
Blessed Enchant BookApplies the enchant Blessed to currently equipped pan.2.3%
Divine Enchant BookApplies the enchant Divine to currently equipped pan.1.1%
Every site
Permit is one-off; the run cost is each time.
AVolcanic RuinsCaldera Park4 to 8 items · 10h$50M
BMagma TempleCaldera Park4 to 10 items · 16h$2B
CFrozen FortressSnowy Mountain5 to 12 items · 22h$10B
DLost CityDeeproot Spring5 to 12 items · 28h$100B
EMysterious MeteorFungal Marsh5 to 12 items · 34h$1T
FAlien WreckageMeteor Valley5 to 12 items · 40h$10T
Level figures come from the wiki's own table, which lists item counts for site A, site B and sites C–F separately — the sliders above pick the right column for the site you chose.