Gold Pickaxe

Type	Tool
Damage	6Melee
Knockback	2 (Very Weak)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	20 Very Fast
Tool speed	17
Tooltip	Can mine Meteorite
Rarity
Sell	2000*20

The Gold Pickaxe is a third-tier Pickaxe, notable for being the first pickaxe that is able to mine Demonite and Crimtane Ores. It is made from the fourth set of refined ore. It has an alternate ore version, the Platinum Pickaxe, which is slightly improved in speed and strength.

While slower to mine per hit, this pickaxe is an improvement from the Silver Pickaxe. It is still weaker and slower than the Nightmare Pickaxe and others with 65% pickaxe power (power tier 4).

Its best modifier is Light for harvesting purposes and Legendary for combat purposes.

Effectiveness[edit | edit source]

One hit needed	Two hits needed	Cannot mine
Ash Block Clay Block Dirt Block Mud Block Sand Block Silt Block	Grass Stone Block Bricks Gems Pre-hardmode Ores Meteorite Demonite Crimtane	Hellstone Ebonstone Block Dungeon Bricks Obsidian Lihzahrd Brick Hardmode Ores

Crafting[edit | edit source]

Recipe[edit | edit source]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Gold Pickaxe	Gold Bar (12) Any Wood (4)	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil

Notes[edit | edit source]

Its mining speed is 17, compared to Silver Pickaxe's 11 and Tungsten Pickaxe's 19. However Silver Pickaxe will require one more hit to destroy blocks, and therefore Gold Pickaxe is a faster upgrade. Please note that mining stone-like blocks will take 34 time with Gold and 33 with Silver, where dirt-like blocks will take 17 time with Gold and 22 with Silver.

Additionally, in worlds that generated with Silver Ore instead of Tungsten Ore, the Gold Pickaxe is the earliest pickaxe the player can obtain that can mine Meteorite as well, unless the player has obtained the Bone Pickaxe dropped by the Undead Miner.