Pickaxe

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Slot	main hand
Style	Crush
Speed	Average (3.6s)

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Pickaxes (often abbreviated as picks) are used to mine any type of ore in Gielinor. Pickaxes can be held in the inventory, stored in the tool belt, or wielded (provided the player's Attack level is high enough). Storing in the tool belt or wielding the pickaxe provides an extra inventory space, allowing one extra ore to be held. Pickaxes are rarely used as weapons, as they have half the same damage compared to weapons of the same tier and speed.

After completion of the Perils of Ice Mountain quest, players can smith their own pickaxes, using 2 bars of the desired metal. The dwarven army axe, sacred and volatile clay pickaxes, dragon pickaxes, inferno adze, Imcando pickaxe, and crystal pickaxe cannot be smithed.

Types of pickaxes

The Dwarven army axe and Inferno adze also function as hatchets.

Item		Level	Level	Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus			Price
				Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Dwarven army axe	1	1	Slash	183	160	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	Obtained during Troll Warzone
	Bronze pickaxe	1	1	Crush	29	110	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	1,456
	Iron pickaxe	1	10	Crush	74	150	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	4,343
	Steel pickaxe	6	20	Crush	149	202	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	1,887
	Mithril pickaxe	21	30	Crush	223	257	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	2,828
	Adamant pickaxe	31	40	Crush	298	316	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	5,407
	Rune pickaxe	41	50	Crush	372	381	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	22,097
	Inferno adze	41?	1	Slash	447	454	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	Beacon network reward
	Sacred/Volatile clay pickaxe	50	1	Crush	24	110	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	20 Stealing Creation points
	Dragon pickaxe	61	60	Crush	447	454	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	2,083,178
	Crystal pickaxe	71	70	Crush	521	536	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	4000 harmonic dust and a dragon pickaxe
	Imcando pickaxe	81	60	Crush	447	454	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	Lava flow mine reward

Gilded pickaxes

Item		Level	Level	Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus			Price
				Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Gilded bronze pickaxe	1	1	Crush	29	110	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	Gilding a bronze pickaxe in Lava Flow Mine
	Gilded iron pickaxe	1	10	Crush	74	150	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	Gilding a iron pickaxe in Lava Flow Mine
	Gilded steel pickaxe	6	20	Crush	149	202	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	Gilding a steel pickaxe in Lava Flow Mine
	Gilded mithril pickaxe	21	30	Crush	223	257	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	Gilding a mithril pickaxe in Lava Flow Mine
	Gilded adamant pickaxe	31	40	Crush	298	316	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	Gilding a adamant pickaxe in Lava Flow Mine
	Gilded rune pickaxe	41	50	Crush	372	381	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	Gilding a rune pickaxe in Lava Flow Mine
	Gilded dragon pickaxe	61	60	Crush	447	454	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	Gilding a dragon pickaxe in Lava Flow Mine

Stealing Creation pickaxes

These pickaxes can only be obtained and used in the Stealing Creation minigame.

Table of pickaxes

Icon	Class	Level to use	Level to make
	Class 1	1 Mining	1 Smithing
	Class 2	20 Mining	20 Smithing
	Class 3	40 Mining	40 Smithing
	Class 4	60 Mining	60 Smithing
	Class 5	80 Mining	80 Smithing

Rewards

These can be used outside of the minigame.

• Volatile pickaxe
• Sacred clay pickaxe

Dungeoneering pickaxes

These pickaxes can only be obtained and used during Dungeoneering.

Table of pickaxes

Tier	Item	Levels to use
1	Novite pickaxe	1 Attack; 1 Mining
2	Bathus pickaxe	10 Attack; 10 Mining
3	Marmaros pickaxe	20 Attack; 20 Mining
4	Kratonite pickaxe	30 Attack; 30 Mining
5	Fractite pickaxe	40 Attack; 40 Mining
6	Zephyrium pickaxe	50 Attack; 50 Mining
7	Argonite pickaxe	60 Attack; 60 Mining
8	Katagon pickaxe	70 Attack; 70 Mining
9	Gorgonite pickaxe	80 Attack; 80 Mining
10	Promethium pickaxe	90 Attack; 90 Mining
11	Primal pickaxe	99 Attack; 99 Mining

Maintenance

Previously, players needed to repair their pickaxe if it had been damaged during the exploding rock random event. Players had to visit Nurmof in the Dwarven Mine or Bob at the Bob's Brilliant Axes in Lumbridge to repair it for a small cost. Players also used to find their pickaxe head flying off their handle, which they then needed to pick up and rejoin to the handle. However, pickaxes no longer get damaged or lose their heads, due to the removal of random events.

Trivia

• In the early days of Runescape Classic, there was only one type of pickaxe available, named simply Pickaxe. It looked like 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 commonly found today.
• The TzHaar Tourist Guide in Varrock Palace Library makes references to an obsidian pickaxe.