Shroomite Digging Claw

The Shroomite Digging Claw is a Hardmode, post-Plantera pickaxe and axe combination. It is capable of mining every block except Lihzahrd Bricks. It is the fastest pickaxe by mining speed and has very high damage, though it has a range one tile less than most Pickaxes.

Its best Modifier is Light. While Legendary offers a wider array of improvements, most of these apply only to combat. Light offers a better speed boost, which is the only stat that affects mining, the primary role of pickaxes.

Tips

 * Due to reduced range, it may be wise to bring a second pickaxe with higher range, as to have an alternative to the Claw. A lunar event pickaxe may pair well, as its mining range is even higher than the average.
 * Although it is a tool, it is a great melee weapon when compared to other tools with its very fast speed and 45 damage, the only downside being its range, and knockback.
 * If combined with the Mining armor's 30% set mining bonus, and 25% mining potion buff, you will dig as fast as you fall, and if you hit anything that slows the mining speed, like high tier ore, you will hit the ground and take fall damage.
 * Although not as fast as the mining bonus, the melee variant of hallowed armor provides a 17% melee speed buff (which is applied to pickaxes and drills), and an excellent armor rating to boot.