The Lava Drill is a robot built by Doctor Eggman. It appears in the first Act of Lava Reef Zone in Sonic & Knuckles.

HistoryEdit

It only appears twice, once in Sonic's story, once in Knuckles' story. In Sonic's story, it attempts to kill Sonic by dropping him into the lava but the Lava Drill falls into the lava instead and is destroyed. In Knuckles' story, it attempts the same thing but it stays on the upper platform and Knuckles drops, so that Lava Drill stays intact. There is also an extra life behind it.

TriviaEdit

• A similar robot, called the Tunnelbot, appears in Marble Garden Zone from Sonic 3, but had some differences.