Pickaxe

Pickaxe
Primary type							Stab
Secondary type							Crush
Attack speed

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.

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 and Pickaxe-Is-Mine.

Combat styles[edit | edit source]

Combat Options	Combat Style	Attack types	Style	Experience
	Spike	Stab	Accurate	Attack and Hitpoints
	Impale	Stab	Aggressive	Strength and Hitpoints
	Smash	Crush	Aggressive	Strength and Hitpoints
	Block	Stab	Defensive	Defence and Hitpoints

Standard pickaxes[edit | edit source]

Item				Shop price	Weight	Ticks between rolls
	Bronze pickaxe	1	1	1 coin at Nurmof and Bob	2.267 kg	8
	Iron pickaxe	1	1	140 coins at Nurmof	2.267 kg	7
	Steel pickaxe	6	5	500 coins at Nurmof	2.267 kg	6
	Black pickaxe	11	10	Not sold	0.01 kg	5
	Mithril pickaxe	21	20	1,300 coins at Nurmof	1.814 kg	5
	Adamant pickaxe	31	30	3,200 coins at Nurmof	2.721 kg	4
	Rune pickaxe	41	40	32,000 coins at Nurmof	2.267 kg	3
	Dragon pickaxe	61	60	Not sold	2.4 kg	2.83[a 1]

Bonuses[edit | edit source]

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
	Bronze pickaxe	4	-2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0%	0	0	2.3
	Iron pickaxe	5	-2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0%	0	0	2.3
	Steel pickaxe	8	-2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0%	0	0	2.3
	Black pickaxe	10	-2	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0%	0	0	0.0
	Mithril pickaxe	12	-2	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	0%	0	0	1.8
	Adamant pickaxe	17	-2	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19	0%	0	0	2.7
	Rune pickaxe	26	-2	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	0%	0	0	2.3
	Dragon pickaxe	38	-2	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	42	0%	0	0	2.4

Other pickaxes[edit | edit source]

Item				Shop price	Weight	Ticks between rolls
	3rd age pickaxe	61	60	Not sold	2.4 kg	2.83[b 1]
	Dragon pickaxe (upgraded)	61	60	Not sold	2.4 kg	2.83[b 1]
	Dragon pickaxe (or)	61	60	Not sold	2.4 kg	2.83[b 1]
	Dragon pickaxe (or) (Trailblazer)	61	60	Not sold	2.4 kg	2.83[b 1]
	Infernal pickaxe	61[b 2]	60	Not sold	2.4 kg	2.83[b 1]
	Crystal pickaxe	71[b 3]	70	Not sold	1.36 kg	2.75[b 4]

Bonuses[edit | edit source]

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
	3rd age pickaxe	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
	Crystal pickaxe	38	-2	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	42	0%	0	0	1.4

Trivia[edit | edit source]

• 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[edit | edit source]