The Bushmen bog their dump truck and struggle to locate the source of water flooding their mine. Burst hydraulic pipes eventually shutdown the dig leaving Rod to polish three small pieces of opal for a first ever attempted sale on their website. The Misfits are forced to work Issy's mine Honey Hole as they wait for bulldozer repairs. With just a bobcat and jackhammers they unearth an extreme rare pocket of colored Andamooka fire opal. The Blacklighters are forced to down tools on their opal rich claim to help a fellow miner on a dangerous night dig. Xavier goes missing in the shaft riddled opal fields and the team struggle to sell their $50,000 find to a miserly buyer.

The Blacklighters' noodling machine shuts down, choked by a mountain of dust, and extreme storms flood their mine, cutting off access to opal they must mine to make their $350,000 season target. The Digi Diggers need cash to pay for their online metaverse store for the first ever sale of opal in the metaverse, but sweltering temperatures and a waterlogged mine threaten to unravel their season-long dream. The Cheals' starter motor fails on their wash plant as they race to process the last opal dirt for the season. A massive $750,000 season target is threatened as they push for their opal biggest sale ever.