Nightmare Pickaxe

The Nightmare Pickaxe is the fifth tier of Pickaxe, being one tier above the Gold Pickaxe and one tier below the Molten Pickaxe. Like all pickaxes, it is used to mine a majority of blocks and ores. Its Crimson world equivalent is the Deathbringer Pickaxe, that is faster. This, the Molten Pickaxe, the Deathbringer Pickaxe, and the Reaver Shark are the only pre-Hardmode pickaxes able to mine Ebonstone Blocks, Obsidian, Hellstone, Crimstone, and Dungeon Bricks.

One hit needed @ 4 blocks per second	Two hits needed @ 2 blocks per second	Four hits needed @ 1 blocks per second
Ash Block Clay Block Dirt Block Mud Block Sand Block Silt Block	Bricks Gems Pre-Hardmode Ores Grass Meteorite Obsidian Stone Block	Crimstone Block Hellstone Ebonstone Block Dungeon Bricks Pearlstone Block

Crafting

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The Nightmare Pickaxe is actually much faster than the higher-tier Molten Pickaxe at mining weak block types: Ash, Clay, Dirt, Mud and Sand. Anyway, it is slightly slower than its Crimson counterpart Deathbringer Pickaxe. It is still slower at mining stronger block types, which includes everything that requires more than one hit. Therefore, even when you can acquire the Molten Pickaxe, it is advisable to keep this one around so they can be swapped as needed. Rapid swapping is possible by selecting the pick which is later in your inventory and then holding shift to swap to the other pick as needed.
- After reaching hardmode and acquiring a Cobalt/Palladium Drill or Cobalt/Palladium Pickaxe, however, you can discard both of your pickaxes as drills are stronger and faster than both the molten and nightmare pickaxes.

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