Pickaxe

Don't Starve

DST

Pickaxe
"Break down rocks."
	27.2 (20.4 )
	×2 ×2
Tab
Tier	Always available
	33 uses (Mining)
	: ( ×5)
Dropped by	:
Perk	Mines rocks.
	Does not stack items
	"pickaxe"

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“Iconic, isn't it?”

–Wilson

“It's very pointy.”

–Willow

“Pick!”

–Wolfgang

“So that I may penetrate the earth itself.

That the earth itself might be penetrated. (DST)”

–Wendy

“MINING IMPLEMENT DETECTED”

–WX-78

“A specialized axe for chipping away at rocks.”

–Wickerbottom

“Almost an axe, but not quite.”

–Woodie

“Everybody loves a little mining.”

–Maxwell

“A useful tool for acquiring minerals.”

–Wagstaff

“I can use it tö get preciöus spear and helm materials.

A trusty tööl för securing spear and helm materials. (DST)”

–Wigfrid

“Rocks will be ours!”

–Webber

“My back hurts just looking at it.”

–Walani

“For those tough to crack nuts.”

–Warly

“Let's get them treasures!”

–Woodlegs

“TIS AXE WITH POINTY PARTS.”

–Wilba

“Pokey”

–Wormwood

“Swell. Now I have no excuse not to do back-breaking mining work.”

–Wheeler

“Not my preferred kind of manual labor.”

–Winona

“Heigh ho, heigh ho!”

–Wortox

“Rock cracker.”

–Wurt

“It's all mine!”

–Walter

“The quickest way to break stone.”

–Wanda

The Pickaxe is a Tool that can be used to mine Mineable objects. It can be crafted at the beginning of the game with 2 Twigs and 2 Flint. It takes 6 strikes to completely mine down a Boulder. It has 33 uses, and each strike will reduce its durability by 3%. Pickaxes can also be used as a weapon, dealing 27.2 damage per strike. Each strike as a weapon also counts as one use.

Usage

To mine an object with the Pickaxe, right-click it from the inventory to equip it and left-click on the object. Once the character begins to mine, hold down the LMB or Spacebar to keep mining until the object breaks. Alternatively, one can mine faster by repeatedly clicking LMB with specific timing.

×10

Bugs

• There is a glitch where the Pickaxe (and other tools) can have 0% durability and remain equipped in the weapon slot instead of breaking. It disappears when the player opens and closes the map, unequips the tool, or quits and resumes the game. Trying to mine something with the bugged Pickaxe will often crash the game or will only cause the player to examine the rock.

Trivia

• The Opulent Pickaxe was added in the October 2nd, 2012 update.
• When the Opulent Pickaxe is equipped, a 'ding' sound can be heard.

Gallery

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  Mining a Stalagmite with a Pickaxe.

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  Pickaxe as seen in the poster for the Arts and Crafts update.

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  Original HD Pickaxe icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.