Dragon pickaxe

This article is about the dragon pickaxe. For other uses, see Dragon pickaxe (disambiguation).

Dragon pickaxe
Released							13 March 2014 (Update)
Also called							Dpick
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Wield
Destroy							Drop
Examine							If rocks could feel fear, they'd fear this.
Values
Value							97,950 coins
High alch							58,770 coins
Low alch							39,180 coins
Weight							2.4 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							1,425,206 coins (info)
Buy limit							40
Daily volume							2,658
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Advanced data
Item ID							11920

The dragon pickaxe was released with the Wilderness Rejuvenation on 13 March 2014. It requires 61 Mining to use and 60 Attack to wield. It is tied for the second strongest and second fastest pickaxe in-game with the 3rd age pickaxe, behind the crystal pickaxe.

Excluding waiting for ores to respawn or having to move to a new resource, the dragon pickaxe is effectively a 5.88% increase in overall mining speed compared to a rune pickaxe. By default, the dragon pickaxe provides a chance to mine an ore every three ticks, and there is an additional 1/6 chance to reduce this to two ticks. An Attack level of 60 is required to wield the pickaxe, while 61 Mining is required to mine ores with the pickaxe. However, as long as a player has 60 Attack to wield the pickaxe, the special attack can be used to mine with the pickaxe starting at level 58.

Attack bonuses
+38		-2		+32		+0		+0
Defence bonuses
+0		+1		+0		+0		+0
Other bonuses								Slot
+42		+0		+0%		+0		List
Base attack speed							Range
							1 square

Combat styles

Category: Pickaxe	Combat Style	Style type	Weapon Style	Experience	Invisible Boost
	Spike	Stab	Accurate	Attack and Hitpoints	+3 Attack
	Impale	Stab	Aggressive	Strength and Hitpoints	+3 Strength
	Smash	Crush	Aggressive	Strength and Hitpoints	+3 Strength
	Block	Stab	Defensive	Defence and Hitpoints	+3 Defence

Special attack

A player performs the Dragon pickaxes special attack, Rock Knocker.

The dragon pickaxe's special attack, Rock Knocker, temporarily boosts the player's Mining level by 3 (players will need to have 60 Attack to utilise this special). This consumes 100% of the player's special attack energy. The boosted level from the special attack does enable a player to mine a rock above their current mining level. Mining level does not increase mining speed, which is dependent on the pickaxe to roll for ore. The dragon pickaxe always takes 2.83 ticks per roll.

This effect is useful to increase the chance of successful rolls (for higher tiers than iron), to complete a mining requirement for which you don't have the mining level to complete, or to mine a Crashed Star that is one tier higher than current skill capabilities. It is not recommended to use this method for gaining experience since the downtime between specials makes it much slower than mining lower level ores. When used alongside the Lightbearer ring, special attack energy regenerates twice as fast, making it viable to consistently mine rocks 1-2 levels higher than base.

As long as a player has 60 Attack to wield the pickaxe, the special attack can be used to mine with the pickaxe starting at level 58. If the player's actual Mining level is below 58, then a second, lower-tier pickaxe will need to be carried in the inventory with which to actually mine.

Note that any levels boosted above 99 with the special attack will be treated as 99. Therefore, you will start to receive diminishing returns with the special attack at level 97 and 98, with there being no value in using the special at level 99.

Creation

Requirements

Members		Ticks	? (edit)
Tools	None	Facilities	Nurmof

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Dragon pickaxe (broken)	1	N/A
	Coins	2,500,000	2,500,000
Total cost			2,500,000
	Dragon pickaxe	1	1,425,206
Profit			−1,074,794

Upgrading

A player uses a smouldering stone to create an infernal pickaxe.

Players can combine a smouldering stone with a dragon pickaxe to create an infernal pickaxe, requiring 85 Smithing (boosts not allowed) to do so. This process cannot be undone. The infernal pickaxe will grant the player a 1/3 chance to disintegrate ores for Smithing experience whilst mining. The infernal pickaxe will be able to disintegrate 5,000 ores before degrading, requiring another smouldering stone or dragon pickaxe to charge it. The effect cannot be toggled.

Players can also create a crystal pickaxe via a singing bowl by combining a dragon pickaxe, 120 crystal shards and a crystal tool seed. This requires level 76 Smithing and Crafting, which can be boosted. If players cannot create it on their own, they can have Conwenna or Reese sing the crystal for them for an extra 60 crystal shards, for a total of 180.

Lastly, players can use a dragon pickaxe upgrade kit, Trailblazer tool ornament kit or Zalcano shard to cosmetically enhance their dragon pickaxes, creating a dragon pickaxe (upgraded), Dragon pickaxe (or) (Trailblazer) or dragon pickaxe (or), respectively. This only alters its appearance, and makes the pickaxe untradeable. The process can be reverted, but the dragon pickaxe upgrade kit will not be retained while the Trailblazer kit and shard will be.

Products

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Crystal pickaxe		76 76	6000 6000	1 × Dragon pickaxe 1 × Crystal tool seed 120 × Crystal shard
	Dragon pickaxe (or)		None	None	1 × Dragon pickaxe 1 × Zalcano shard
	Dragon pickaxe (or) (Trailblazer)		None	None	1 × Dragon pickaxe 1 × Trailblazer tool ornament kit
	Dragon pickaxe (upgraded)		None	None	1 × Dragon pickaxe 1 × Dragon pickaxe upgrade kit
	Infernal pickaxe		61 85	200 350	1 × Dragon pickaxe 1 × Smouldering stone

Item sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Artio	320	1	1/358
Callisto	470	1	1/256
Calvar'ion	264	1	1/358
Chaos Elemental	305	1	1/256
Kalphite Queen	333	1	1/400
King Black Dragon	276	1	1/1,000
Spindel	302	1	1/358
Venenatis	464	1	1/256
Vet'ion	454	1	1/256

Treasure Trails

Tier	Emotes	STASH Location	Items	Cost
Master	Spin	West of the Soul Altar		1,487,403

Used in recommended equipment

Rank	Method
2	Chambers of Xeric/Challenge Mode/Strategies (Guardians)
2	Chambers of Xeric/Strategies (Guardians)
2	Guardians of the Rift/Strategies
2	Zalcano/Strategies

Changes

Date	Changes
25 January 2023 (update | poll)	Nurmof will now make a Dragon pickaxe when presented with 2,500,000 GP and a broken Dragon pickaxe.
24 January 2019 (update)	The inventory model of the dragon pickaxe has been slightly adjusted to be consistent with all other pickaxes.
18 December 2014 (update)	The dragon pickaxe special attack animation no longer activates when you don't have enough energy.

Gallery (historical)

13 March 2014 – 24 January 2019	24 January 2019 – present

Trivia

• When the special attack is used, the player will say "Smashing!". This may be a reference to the catchphrase of the fictional character Nigel Thornberry from the cartoon The Wild Thornberrys.
• Prior to an update on 11 September 2014 making random events optional, the dragon pickaxe was the only pickaxe whose pickaxe head did not fly off its handle.