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Bronze pickaxe
Pickaxe

Primary typeStab
Secondary typeCrush
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 shops such as Nurmof's Pickaxe Shop, Yarsul's Prodigious Pickaxes, Pickaxe-Is-Mine, Toothy's Pickaxes, and Gwyn's Mining Emporium.

Combat styles

Combat styleAttack typeWeapon styleAttack speedRangeExperienceLevel boost
SpikeStabAccurate5 ticks (3.0s)1 tileAttack Hitpoints+3 Attack
ImpaleStabAggressiveStrength Hitpoints+3 Strength
SmashCrushAggressiveStrength Hitpoints+3 Strength
BlockStabDefensiveDefence Hitpoints+3 Defence

Uses

Achievement Diary

Quests

Standard pickaxes

Item Mining Attack Shop price GE price Weight Ticks between rolls
Bronze pickaxe 1 1 1[a] 100 2.267 kg 8
Iron pickaxe 1 1 140[b] 102 2.267 kg 7
Steel pickaxe 6 5 500[b] 207 2.267 kg 6
Black pickaxe 11 10 Not sold 1,405 0.01 kg 5
Mithril pickaxe 21 20 1,300[b] 468 1.814 kg 5
Adamant pickaxe 31 30 3,200[b] 1,680 2.721 kg 4
Rune pickaxe 41 40 32,000[b] 18,637 2.267 kg 3
Dragon pickaxe 61 60 Not sold 575,223 2.4 kg 2.83[c]
Crystal pickaxe 71[d] 70[e] Not sold Untradeable 1.36 kg 2.75[f]
  1. ^ Sold by Nurmof and Bob.
  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Sold by Nurmof.
  3. ^ 3 ticks by default, 1/6 chance to be 2 ticks.
  4. ^ Also requires completion of Song of the Elves to use.
  5. ^ Also requires Agility 50 Agility to wield.
  6. ^ 3 ticks by default, 1/4 chance to be 2 ticks.

Bonuses

ItemAttack BonusesDefence BonusesOther
Stab attackSlash attackCrush attackMagic attackRanged attackStab defenceSlash defenceCrush defenceMagic defenceRanged defenceMelee strengthMagic damageRanged strengthPrayer bonusWeightMembers
Bronze pickaxeBronze pickaxe4-22000100050%002.267Free-to-play
Iron pickaxeIron pickaxe5-23000100070%002.267Free-to-play
Steel pickaxeSteel pickaxe8-26000100090%002.267Free-to-play
Black pickaxeBlack pickaxe10-280001000110%000.010Free-to-play
Mithril pickaxeMithril pickaxe12-2100001000130%001.814Free-to-play
Adamant pickaxeAdamant pickaxe17-2150001000190%002.721Free-to-play
Rune pickaxeRune pickaxe26-2240001000290%002.267Free-to-play
Dragon pickaxeDragon pickaxe38-2320001000420%002.400Members
Crystal pickaxeCrystal pickaxe38-2320001000420%001.360Members

Other pickaxes

Item Mining Attack Shop price GE price Weight Ticks between rolls
Gilded pickaxe 41 40 Not sold 4,004,203 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. ^ 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. ^ 2.0 2.1 Also requires Smithing 85 Smithing to use.

Bonuses

ItemAttack BonusesDefence BonusesOther
Stab attackSlash attackCrush attackMagic attackRanged attackStab defenceSlash defenceCrush defenceMagic defenceRanged defenceMelee strengthMagic damageRanged strengthPrayer bonusWeightMembers
Gilded pickaxeGilded pickaxe26-2240001000290%002.267Free-to-play
Dragon pickaxe (or)Dragon pickaxe (or)38-2320001000420%002.400Members
Infernal pickaxe (or)Infernal pickaxe (or)38-2320001000420%002.400Members
Dragon pickaxe (or) (Trailblazer)Dragon pickaxe (or) (Trailblazer)38-2320001000420%002.400Members
Dragon pickaxe (upgraded)Dragon pickaxe (upgraded)38-2320001000420%002.400Members
Infernal pickaxeInfernal pickaxe38-2320001000420%002.400Members
3rd age pickaxe3rd age pickaxe38-2320001000420%002.400Members
Dragon pickaxe (or) (Trailblazer)Dragon pickaxe (or) (Trailblazer)38-2320001000420%002.400Members

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

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