Fossil Pickaxe

The Fossil Pickaxe is a pickaxe that can be crafted from Sturdy Fossils or found in the Underground Desert. It can mine ores up to demonite/crimtane ore. It has 55% pickaxe power, the same as the gold pickaxe and a bit under the platinum pickaxe, which has 59% pickaxe power. However, it has a Mining Speed of 14, which is faster than both. Since Desert Fossils can be mined with any pickaxe, and explosives, it can be a very powerful upgrade in the early game.

It's effective mining speed is on par with the Deathbringer Pickaxe for most blocks, at 4.29 dirt blocks per second, or 2.14 stone blocks per second. It cannot mine hellstone or stronger blocks however, so the upgrade is still worth it. It is slower than the Bone Pickaxe, which can mine the same blocks at 5.45 and 2.73 blocks per second respectively. For stone blocks or stronger, Molten Pickaxe is the strongest option before Hardmode, at 3.33 blocks per second.