Pickaxe
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| Pickaxe | |
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| Durability | Copper: 300 Tin Bronze: 450 Bismuth Bronze: 500 Black Bronze: 550 Gold: 150 Silver: 175 Iron: 1000 Meteoric Iron: 1300 Steel: 2500 |
| Stackable | 1 |
| Tools | |
Pickaxes are used for mining, which is the process of harvesting rock and ores.
Obtention
Creation
The raw material used to create the tool head determines the crafting process required.
- Casting (100 units): Copper and Bronze alloy
- Smithing (1 ingot): Steel, Iron, Bronze alloy, Copper, (Gold and Silver)
- Assembly:
Tool List
| Material | Durability | Tool Tier | Speed (Ceramic) | Speed (Stone, Ore & Metal) | Speed (Ice) | Attack Power (HP) | Attack Tier |
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| Copper | 300 | 2 | 1.5x | 4.0x | 1.75x | 1.25 | 2 |
| Gold | 150 | 2 | 1.75x | 5.0x | 2.0x | 1.75 | 2 |
| Silver | 175 | 2 | 1.75x | 5.0x | 2.0x | 1.75 | 2 |
| Tin Bronze | 450 | 3 | 2.25x | 6.0x | 2.3x | 1.75 | 3 |
| Bismuth Bronze | 500 | 3 | 2.0x | 5.5x | 2.2x | 1.5 | 3 |
| Black Bronze | 550 | 3 | 2.5x | 6.5x | 2.8x | 2.0 | 3 |
| Iron | 1000 | 4 | 2.75x | 7.5x | 3.5x | 2.25 | 4 |
| Meteoric Iron | 1300 | 4 | 3.0x | 8.0x | 3.75x | 2.5 | 4 |
| Steel | 2500 | 5 | 3.25x | 9.0x | 4.25x | 2.5 | 5 |
Purchasing
You can purchase pickaxes from Survival Goods Traders. They sell them sometimes:
- Tin-bronze pickaxe: for an average price of 9 rusty gears.
- Bismuth-bronze pickaxe: for an average price of 10 rusty gears.
- Black bronze pickaxe: for an average price of 11 rusty gears.
Usage
The pickaxe is the primary tool used in mining ores and rocks. Some Ore Deposits require a higher tier Pickaxe to mine them though:
| Tool Tier | Tool material | Ore that can be mined |
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| 2 | Copper | Native copper, malachite (copper), galena (lead), cassiterite (tin), sphalerite (zinc), bismuthinite (bismuth), halite (salt), sylvine (saltpeter), sulfur, lapis lazuli, marble, corundum, alum, brown coal |
| 3 | Bronze | Hematite/magnetite/limonite (iron), borax, quartz, native gold, native silver, fluorite, graphite, kernite, phosphorite, olivine, peridot, cinnaber, emerald, diamond, black coal, anthracite |
| 4 | Iron | Meteoric iron, pentlandite (nickel), rhodochrosite (manganese), uranium |
| 5 | Steel | Ilmenite (titane), chromite (chrome) |
*Silex can be mined with your bare hands.
**Saltpeter can be mined faster by using a shovel.
Harvesting
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Pickaxes are used to harvest rocks. This requires to break all 6 surrounding blocks of the rock block you want (4 sides, above and below). The central block will drop on the ground and allow you to pick it up intact. |
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Pickaxes are used to break rocks to obtain stones. |
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Pickaxes are used to break rocks containing ore deposits to obtain chunks of ore. Those have to be crushed with a hammer in the Crafting Grid to obtain smeltable nuggets. |
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Pickaxes are used to break rocks containing minerals (quartz, borax, peridot, etc) to extract those minerals. |
Selling
You can sell the pickaxes you craft to Treasure Hunter Traders. They purchase sometimes:
- Tin-bronze pickaxe: for an average price of 4 rusty gears.
- Bismuth-bronze pickaxe: for an average price of 5 rusty gears.
- Black bronze pickaxe: for an average price of 6 rusty gears.
Storage
Pickaxes can be placed against a wall, stored in containers and placed on tool racks.
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