Thumper

The Thumper is a deployable device that creates loud, pulsing noises in order to distract Ice Worms. Ice Worms will prioritize the noise coming from Thumpers over other sources of noise, allowing for the player to traverse through Ice Worm territory as loudly as they wish, without drawing attention. The Thumpers have a limited area of effect and lifetime. In the future, Thumpers may allow use of drills without the noise attracting worms.

The Thumper consumes energy when used, lasting ~5 minutes on a normal battery. As with all other tools it's rendered unusable once its energy reserve is depleted. The empty battery can be replaced with a new one using the  key to select a replacement from the players held batteries.

Recipe
The blueprint for this item is acquired from a Data Box in the Arctic Spires. See the map for more specific info. It is crafted at the Fabricator.

Trivia

 * According to developer David Kalina, the idea of the Thumper is "shamelessly stolen" from the 1965 sci-fi novel, Dune.