Pickaxes

For other items which have pickaxe power, see drills.

Pickaxes are tools used to remove ("mine") blocks and furniture, normally converting them to item form. Note that removing blocks includes both ores and placed wood blocks. However, they cannot remove background walls (this requires a hammer instead), nor cut down trees (which requires an axe or chainsaw). They also double as basic melee weapons. Some of the Hardmode-tier pickaxes have drill counterparts. New players spawn with a Copper Pickaxe.

When evaluating the practical efficiency of a pickaxe, consider two things: the amount of hits required (from high pickaxe power); as well as the ticks per hit from low mining speed – see the respective pages for more details. Ignore the use time attribute, which reflects the weapon swing/animation and is not related to the hits for mining.

Pickaxes can use modifiers that increase speed, like Quick and Light. Accessories with a melee speed bonus will only affect the weapon swing, and will not affect mining hits (by affecting use speed not mining speed).

Types

Currently, there are 30 different pickaxes, 15 of which are Hardmode-exclusive.

Name		Max Ore	Pickaxe Power	Axe Power	Damage	Bonus	Use Time	Mining Speed	Knockback	Rarity	Sell
	Copper Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3509		35	-	4	-1 range	23 (Fast)	15	2 (Very Weak)		100*1
	Tin Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3503		35	-	5	-	21 (Fast)	14	2 (Very Weak)		150*1  50
	Cactus Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 882		35	-	5	-	23 (Fast)	15	2 (Very Weak)		400*4
	Iron Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1		40	-	5	-	20 (Very Fast)	13	2 (Very Weak)		400*4
	Lead Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3497		43	-	6	-	19 (Very Fast)	12	2 (Very Weak)		600*6
	Silver Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3515		45	-	6	-	19 (Very Fast)	11	2 (Very Weak)		1000*10
	Bone Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1320		50	-	8	-	19 (Very Fast)	11	3 (Very Weak)		3000*30     36
	Tungsten Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3491		50	-	6	-	21 (Fast)	19	2 (Very Weak)		1500*15
	Gold Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3521		55	-	6	-	20 (Very Fast)	17	2 (Very Weak)		2000*20
	Candy Cane Pickaxe    Internal Item ID: 1917		55	-	7	-	20 (Very Fast)	16	2.5 (Very Weak)		2000*20
	Platinum Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3485		59	-	7	-	19 (Very Fast)	15	2 (Very Weak)		3000*30
	Nightmare Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 103		65	-	9	-	20 (Very Fast)	15	3 (Very Weak)		3600*36
	Deathbringer Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 798		70	-	12	-	22 (Fast)	14	3.5 (Weak)		3600*36
	Molten Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 122		100	-	12	-	23 (Fast)	18	2 (Very Weak)		5400*54
	Reaver Shark Internal Item ID: 2341		100	-	16	-	22 (Fast)	18	3 (Very Weak)		15000*1  50
	Cobalt Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 776		110	-	10	-	25 (Fast)	13	5 (Average)		10800*1  8
	Palladium Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1188		130	-	12	-	25 (Fast)	11	5 (Average)		14400*1  44
	Mythril Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 777		150	-	15	-	25 (Fast)	10	5 (Average)		16200*1  62
	Orichalcum Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1195		165	-	17	-	25 (Fast)	8	5 (Average)		19800*1  98
	Adamantite Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 778		180	-	20	-	25 (Fast)	7	5 (Average)		21600*2  16
	Titanium Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1202		190	-	27	-	25 (Fast)	7	5 (Average)		25200*2  52
	Pickaxe Axe Internal Item ID: 990		200	110	35	-	25 (Fast)	7	4.75 (Average)		44000*4  40
	Chlorophyte Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1230		200	-	40	+1 range	25 (Fast)	7	5 (Average)		43200*4  32
	Spectre Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1506		200	-	32	+3 range	24 (Fast)	10	5.25 (Average)		43200*4  32
	Shroomite Digging Claw    Internal Item ID: 2176		200	125	45	-1 range	12 (Very Fast)	4	6 (Average)		10000*1
	Picksaw Internal Item ID: 1294		210	125	34	+1 range	16 (Very Fast)	6	5.5 (Average)		43200*4  32
	Nebula Pickaxe   Internal Item ID: 2781		225	-	80	+4 range	12 (Very Fast)	6	5.5 (Average)		50000*5
	Solar Flare Pickaxe   Internal Item ID: 2786		225	-	80	+4 range	12 (Very Fast)	6	5.5 (Average)		50000*5
	Stardust Pickaxe   Internal Item ID: 3466		225	-	80	+4 range	12 (Very Fast)	6	5.5 (Average)		50000*5
	Vortex Pickaxe   Internal Item ID: 2776		225	-	80	+4 range	12 (Very Fast)	6	5.5 (Average)		50000*5

Effectiveness

Power/speed comparison of pickaxes and drills

Block	Hit points
		Pickaxe hits required (minimum Pickaxe power required)
		(35)	(50)	(55)	(65)	(70)	(100)	(110)	(150)	(200)	(210)
Dirt Block Sand Block Clay Block Mud Block Silt Block Ash Block Snow Block Slush Block Hardened Sand Block	50%	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Stone Block Ebonsand Block Gold Ore Gray Brick all blocks not listed here	100%	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Meteorite	100%	-	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Demonite Ore Crimtane Ore	100%	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Obsidian	100%	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Ebonstone Block Pearlstone Block Hellstone Crimstone Block	200%	-	-	-	4	3	2	2	2	1	1
Dungeon Brick	200%	6	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1
Cobalt Ore Palladium Ore	200%	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	1
Mythril Ore Orichalcum Ore	300%	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	2
Adamantite Ore Titanium Ore	400%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2
Spike Wooden Spike	400%	12	8	8	7	6	4	4	3	2	2
Lihzahrd Brick	400%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Chlorophyte Ore	500%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Added four new pickaxes crafted using Luminite Bars and Lunar Fragments.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Added Reaver Shark pickaxe.

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Pickaxe Axe now requires 1 soul from each Mechanical boss to craft.
  • Palladium Pickaxe can no longer mine Adamantite and Titanium Ores.

• Desktop 1.2.0.3: Chlorophyte Drill and Pickaxe can now mine Chlorophyte Ore.

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Pickaxes now used to remove furniture and wood blocks.
  • Hardmode metals can be made into pickaxes as well as drills.
  • Added pickaxes and drills for all the new alternate ores.

• Desktop 1.1: Added Higher-tier Drills in Hardmode.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.1.5536: Drills can now be crafted.

• Mobile 1.1.8: Drills introduced, but unobtainable.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.