Pickaxes are tools used to remove blocks and mine ores. They can remove placed Wood blocks, as well as placed furniture. However, they cannot remove background walls (this requires a hammer instead). They also double as basic melee weapons. Some of the Hardmode-tier pickaxes have drill counterparts.
New players spawn with a Copper Pickaxe.
Pickaxes can use modifiers that increase speed, like Quick and Light. Accessories with the Violent modifier will not increase mining speed, as only the modifier on the pickaxe itself will.
Types
Pickaxe | Made from | Pickaxe Power | Axe Power | Damage | Range | Mining speed | Speed | Can mine |
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Copper Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×12 + Template:Linked icon×4 | 35% | - | 4 | -1 | 15 | 22 (Fast) | Everything below Meteorite |
Cactus Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×15 | 35% | - | 5 | 0 | 15 | 22 (Fast) | Everything below Meteorite |
Tin Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×12 + Template:Linked icon×4 | 35% | - | 5 | 0 | 14 | 20 (Fast) | Everything below Meteorite |
Iron Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×12 + Template:Linked icon×3 | 40% | - | 5 | 0 | 13 | 19 (Very Fast) | Everything below Meteorite |
Lead Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×12 + Template:Linked icon×3 | 43% | - | 6 | 0 | 12 | 18 (Very Fast) | Everything below Meteorite |
Silver Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×12 + Template:Linked icon×4 | 45% | - | 6 | 0 | 11 | 18 (Very Fast) | Everything below Meteorite |
Tungsten Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×12 + Template:Linked icon×4 | 50% | - | 6 | 0 | 19 | 20 (Fast) | Meteorite |
Bone Pickaxe | N/A (Dropped by Undead Miner) | 50% | - | 8 | 0 | 11 | 18 (Very Fast) | Meteorite |
Gold Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×12 + Template:Linked icon×4 | 55% | - | 6 | 0 | 17 | 19 (Very Fast) | Meteorite, Demonite, Crimtane |
Candy Cane Pickaxe |
N/A (Dropped by Present) | 55% | - | 7 | 0 | 16 | 19 (Very Fast) | Meteorite, Demonite, Crimtane |
Platinum Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×12 + Template:Linked icon×4 | 59% | - | 7 | 0 | 15 | 18 (Very Fast) | Meteorite, Demonite, Crimtane |
Nightmare Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×12 + Template:Linked icon×6 | 65% | - | 9 | 0 | 15 | 19 (Very Fast) | Hellstone, Obsidian, Ebonstone/Crimstone, Dungeon Brick |
Deathbringer Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×12 + Template:Linked icon×6 | 70% | - | 12 | 0 | 14 | 21 (Fast) | Hellstone, Obsidian, Ebonstone/Crimstone, Dungeon Brick |
Molten Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×20 | 100% | - | 12 | 0 | 25 | 22 (Fast) | Cobalt, Palladium |
Reaver Shark | N/A (Obtained from fishing) | 100% | - | 16 | 0 | 18 | 21 (Fast) | Cobalt, Palladium |
Cobalt Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×15 | 110% | - | 10 | 0 | 13 | 24 (Fast) | Mythril, Orichalcum |
Palladium Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×18 | 130% | - | 12 | 0 | 11 | 24 (Fast) | Mythril, Orichalcum |
Mythril Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×15 | 150% | - | 15 | 0 | 10 | 24 (Fast) | Adamantite, Titanium |
Orichalcum Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×18 | 165% | - | 17 | 0 | 8 | 24 (Fast) | Adamantite, Titanium |
Adamantite Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×18 | 180% | - | 20 | 0 | 7 | 24 (Fast) | Adamantite, Titanium |
Titanium Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×20 | 190% | - | 27 | 0 | 7 | 24 (Fast) | Adamantite, Titanium |
Chlorophyte Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×18 | 200% | - | 40 | +1 | 7 | 24 (Fast) | Chlorophyte |
Spectre Pickaxe | Template:Linked icon×18 | 200% | - | 32 | +3 | 10 | 23 (Fast) | Chlorophyte |
Pickaxe Axe | Template:Linked icon×18 + Template:Linked icon×1 + Template:Linked icon×1 + Template:Linked icon×1 | 200% | 110% | 37 | 0 | 7 | 24 (Fast) | Chlorophyte |
Shroomite Digging Claw |
Template:Linked icon×18 | 200% | 125% | 45 | -1 | 4 | 11 (Very Fast) | Chlorophyte |
Picksaw | N/A (Dropped by Golem 12.5%) | 210% | 125% | 34 | +1 | 6 | 15 (Very Fast) | Lihzahrd Brick |
Solar Flare Pickaxe |
Template:Linked icon×10 + Template:Linked icon×12 | 225% | - | 80 | +4 | 7 | 11 (Very Fast) | Lihzahrd Brick |
Vortex Pickaxe |
Template:Linked icon×10 + Template:Linked icon×12 | 225% | - | 80 | +4 | 7 | 11 (Very Fast) | Lihzahrd Brick |
Nebula Pickaxe |
Template:Linked icon×10 + Template:Linked icon×12 | 225% | - | 80 | +4 | 7 | 11 (Very Fast) | Lihzahrd Brick |
Stardust Pickaxe |
Template:Linked icon×10 + Template:Linked icon×12 | 225% | - | 80 | +4 | 7 | 11 (Very Fast) | Lihzahrd Brick |
Effectiveness
Block | Hit Points | |||||||||||
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Pickaxe Hits Required | ||||||||||||
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Dirt Block |
50% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Stone Block |
100% | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Meteorite | 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Demonite Ore Crimtane Ore |
100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Obsidian | 100% | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Ebonstone Block |
200% | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Cobalt Ore Palladium Ore |
200% | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Mythril Ore Orichalcum Ore |
300% | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Adamantite Ore Titanium Ore |
400% | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Spike Wooden Spike |
400% | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Lihzahrd Brick | 400% | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Chlorophyte Ore | 500% | 3 | 3 | 3 |
History
- 1.3.0.1: Added four new pickaxes crafted using Luminite Bars and Celestial Fragments.
- 1.2.3: Pickaxe Axe now requires 1 soul from each Mechanical boss to craft. Palladium Pickaxe can no longer mine Adamantite and Titanium.
- 1.2.0.3: Chlorophyte Drill and Pickaxe can now mine Chlorophyte
- 1.2: Pickaxes made to remove furniture and wood blocks. Hardmode metals can be made into pickaxes as well as drills.
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