Pickaxe

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Pickaxe
Pickaxe-copper.png
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:



CopperPickHead

Stick


CopperPick








Tool List

Material Durability Tool Tier Speed (Ceramic) Speed (Stone, Ore & Metal) Speed (Ice) Attack Power (HP) Attack Tier
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
2 Copper Native copper, malachite (copper), galena (lead), cassiterite (tin), sphalerite (zinc), bismuthinite (bismuth), halite (salt), sylvite (potash), 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, cinnabar, emerald, diamond, bituminous coal (black coal), anthracite
4 Iron meteoric iron, pentlandite (nickel), rhodochrosite (manganese), uranium
5 Steel ilmenite (titanium), chromite (chrome)

*Flint in rock can be mined with your bare hands.
**Saltpeter can be mined faster by using a shovel.

Harvesting

Rock-granite.png Pickaxes are used to harvest rocks . This requires breaking 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.
Granite stone.png Pickaxes are used to break rocks to obtain stones .
Ore nativecopper granite.png Grid Copper Chunk.png Grid Copper Nugget.png 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.
Ore-quartz-granite.png Quartz.png 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 .


Ores, metals and minerals
Guides Ore Deposits Metals
Metals Copper Iron Meteoric iron Gold Silver Lead Tin Zinc Bismuth Titanium (Ilmenite) Nickel
Alloys Bronze (Tin bronze, bismuth bronze, black bronze) • Steel Brass Solder (Lead solder, Silver solder) • Molybdochalkos Cupronickel Electrum
Minerals Alum Borax Cinnabar Coal Halite (Salt) Lapis lazuli Quartz Saltpeter Sulfur Sylvite (Potash)
Tools Pickaxe Hammer Prospecting Pick Crucible Forge Ore blasting bomb Quern Anvil Bloomery Helve hammer Pulverizer
Other Gemstones
Related mechanics Panning Mining Clay forming Casting Smithing Steel making



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