Pickaxe

Pickaxe
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Primary type	Stab
Secondary type	Crush
Attack speed
	5 ticks (3.0 seconds)

Pickaxes, often abbreviated to picks, are tools used to mine any type of ore or otherwise mineable items, and some types of blockages in Gielinor. Pickaxes can either be held in the inventory or wielded; but, to wield a pickaxe, the wielder's Attack level must be high enough. Wielding the pickaxe provides extra space in the inventory. This is useful when mining for a profit, as one extra ore can be held.

Pickaxes are also a category of melee weapon with its own set of combat options, using stab and crush attack styles.

Higher level pickaxes grant more frequent opportunities to obtain an ore from a rock, but have no effect upon the chance of successfully doing so.^[1]

Pickaxes cannot be made by players. They can be bought from Nurmof's Pickaxe Shop, Yarsul's Prodigious Pickaxes, Pickaxe-Is-Mine, Toothy's Pickaxes, and Gwyn's Mining Emporium.

Combat styles

	Attack type	Weapon style	Attack speed	Range	Level boost
Spike	Stab	Accurate	5 ticks (3.0s)	1 tile	+3 Attack
Impale	Stab	Aggressive			+3 Strength
Smash	Crush	Aggressive			+3 Strength
Block	Stab	Defensive			+3 Defence

Uses

Achievement Diary

Varrock Diary (Easy): Mine some iron in the south-east Varrock mine.
Wilderness Diary (Easy): Mine some Iron ore in the Wilderness.

Quests

Elemental Workshop I: 1 × any pickaxe to mine elemental rock
Below Ice Mountain: 1 × any pickaxe to mine structural pillars

Standard pickaxes

			Shop price	GE price	Weight	Ticks between rolls
Bronze pickaxe	1	1	1^[a]	99	2.267 kg	8
Iron pickaxe	1	1	140^[b]	211	2.267 kg	7
Steel pickaxe	6	5	500^[b]	493	2.267 kg	6
Black pickaxe	11	10	Not sold	2,848	0.01 kg	5
Mithril pickaxe	21	20	1,300^[b]	426	1.814 kg	5
Adamant pickaxe	31	30	3,200^[b]	1,684	2.721 kg	4
Rune pickaxe	41	40	32,000^[b]	18,603	2.267 kg	3
Dragon pickaxe	61	60	Not sold	440,436	2.4 kg	2.83^[c]
Crystal pickaxe	71^[d]	70^[e]	Not sold	Untradeable	1.36 kg	2.75^[f]

^ Sold by Nurmof and Bob.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Sold by Nurmof.
^ 3 ticks by default, 1/6 chance to be 2 ticks.
^ Also requires completion of Song of the Elves to use.
^ Also requires 50 Agility to wield.
^ 3 ticks by default, 1/4 chance to be 2 ticks.

Bonuses

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Bronze pickaxe	4	-2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0%	0	0	2.267
	Iron pickaxe	5	-2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0%	0	0	2.267
	Steel pickaxe	8	-2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0%	0	0	2.267
	Black pickaxe	10	-2	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0%	0	0	0.01
	Mithril pickaxe	12	-2	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	0%	0	0	1.814
	Adamant pickaxe	17	-2	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19	0%	0	0	2.721
	Rune pickaxe	26	-2	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	0%	0	0	2.267
	Dragon pickaxe	38	-2	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	42	0%	0	0	2.4
	Crystal pickaxe	38	-2	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	42	0%	0	0	1.36

Other pickaxes

			Shop price	GE price	Weight	Ticks between rolls
Gilded pickaxe	41	40	Not sold	4,159,463	2.267 kg	3
3rd age pickaxe	61	65	Not sold	2,147,483,647	2.4 kg	2.83^[a]
Dragon pickaxe (upgraded)	61	60	Not sold	Untradeable	2.4 kg	2.83^[a]
Dragon pickaxe (or)	61	60	Not sold	Untradeable	2.4 kg	2.83^[a]
Dragon pickaxe (or) (Trailblazer)	61	60	Not sold	Untradeable	2.4 kg	2.83^[a]
Dragon pickaxe (or) (Trailblazer Reloaded)	61	60	Not sold	Untradeable	2.4 kg	2.83^[a]
Infernal pickaxe	61^[b]	60	Not sold	Untradeable	2.4 kg	2.83^[a]
Infernal pickaxe (or)	61^[b]	60	Not sold	Untradeable	2.4 kg	2.83^[a]

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 3 ticks by default, 1/6 chance to be 2 ticks.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 Also requires 85 Smithing to use.

Bonuses

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Gilded pickaxe	26	-2	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	0%	0	0	2.267
	Dragon pickaxe (or)	38	-2	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	42	0%	0	0	2.4
	Infernal pickaxe (or)	38	-2	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	42	0%	0	0	2.4
	Dragon pickaxe (or) (Trailblazer)	38	-2	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	42	0%	0	0	2.4
	Dragon pickaxe (upgraded)	38	-2	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	42	0%	0	0	2.4
	Infernal pickaxe	38	-2	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	42	0%	0	0	2.4
	3rd age pickaxe	38	-2	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	42	0%	0	0	2.4
	Dragon pickaxe (or) (Trailblazer)	38	-2	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	42	0%	0	0	2.4

Changes

Date	Changes
4 May 2022 (Update)	Pickaxes no longer randomly accelerate Mining by one tick on free-to-play worlds.
13 March 2014 (Update)	The dragon pickaxe was added to the game. The 1/6 random chance for the dragon pickaxe to mine one tick faster was accidentally also applied to all other pickaxes on free-to-play worlds.

Trivia

In the early days of RuneScape Classic, there was only one type of pickaxe available, named simply Pickaxe. It resembled a steel pickaxe and could not be equipped. When different types of pickaxes were released in May 2003, all pickaxes in the bank became the bronze pickaxes that are commonly found today.
Broken pickaxes, before being removed after an update, were able to be wielded. But once unequipped, they could no longer be equipped by the player. They possessed the same bonuses as their unbroken counterparts.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 28 October 2019. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Mod Ash: "Your level affects the chance of getting ore each time the game rolls; your pickaxe affects how often that happens."

[2] Sold by Nurmof and Bob.

[Nurmof-3] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Sold by Nurmof.

[4] 3 ticks by default, 1/6 chance to be 2 ticks.

[5] Also requires completion of Song of the Elves to use.

[6] Also requires 50 Agility to wield.

[7] 3 ticks by default, 1/4 chance to be 2 ticks.

[dpick-8] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 3 ticks by default, 1/6 chance to be 2 ticks.

[ipick-9] 2.0 ^2.1 Also requires 85 Smithing to use.

[1] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 28 October 2019. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Mod Ash: "Your level affects the chance of getting ore each time the game rolls; your pickaxe affects how often that happens."

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Pickaxe

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Combat styles

Uses

Achievement Diary

Quests

Standard pickaxes

Bonuses

Other pickaxes

Bonuses

Changes

Trivia

References

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