One of the less popular weapon classes. Mostly used by miners.
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| Members only? | No, except Dragon pickaxe, Inferno adze, and Volatile pickaxe. |
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| Primary attack type | Stab |
| Secondary attack type | Crush |
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Pickaxes, often abbreviated as pick, are used to mine any type of ore in Gielinor. Pickaxes can either be held in your inventory or wielded; but, to wield a pickaxe, your attack level must be high enough to wield a weapon of the same metal as your pickaxe. Wielding your pickaxe provides extra space in your inventory so you can hold more items. This is useful when mining for a profit, as one extra ore can be held.
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In the past, players would need to repair their pickaxe only if it had been damaged during the exploding rock random event. In this situation, players would have to visit Nurmof in the Dwarven Mine or Bob at the Lumbridge axe shop to repair it for a small cost. Players used to find their Pickaxe head flying off their handle. Players then needed to pick up their pickaxe head and join it to the handle.
However, pickaxes no longer get damaged or lose their heads, due to the removal of the exploding rock random event, as well as pickaxe heads flying off.
| Pickaxe | Mining level | Non-Grand Exchange price | Grand Exchange price |
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| Bronze pickaxe | 1 | 1 coin at Nurmof | 39 |
| Iron pickaxe | 1 | 137 coins at Nurmof | 238 |
| Steel pickaxe | 6 | 500 coins at Nurmof | 598 |
| Mithril pickaxe | 21 | 1300 coins at Nurmof | 665 |
| Adamant pickaxe | 31 | 3200 coins at Nurmof | 1,875 |
| Rune pickaxe | 41 | 32 000 coins at Nurmof | 19,100 |
| Dragon pickaxe | 61 | Drop from Dwogres and Chaos dwarf hand cannoneer in the Chaos Dwarf Battlefield after Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf | 14,200,000 |
| Sacred clay pickaxe | 40 | Reward from Stealing Creation mini-game (with 20 Creation Points) | N/A |
| Inferno Adze | 41 (and 92 Firemaking) | Reward from All Fired Up (minigame), cannot be measured with coins | N/A |
After completion of the Perils of Ice Mountain quest, players can smith their own pickaxes, using 2 bars of the desired metal. Required smithing levels are as follows:
| Pickaxe | Smithing level |
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| Bronze pickaxe | 5 |
| Iron pickaxe | 20 |
| Steel pickaxe | 35 |
| Mithril pickaxe | 55 |
| Adamant pickaxe | 75 |
| Rune pickaxe | 90 |
The Dragon pickaxe was released alongside the quest Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf on Wednesday the 9th of September 2009. Completion of the quest is not required to use the pickaxe. It is currently the best pickaxe within RuneScape. The only monsters that drop the pickaxe are Chaos dwogres and Chaos dwarf hand cannoneers. However, the drop rate is extremely rare. The Dragon pickaxe is by far the most expensive pickaxe, selling for millions on the GE.
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Bronze • Iron • Steel • Mithril • Adamant • Sacred clay • Rune • Dragon • Inferno adze |
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