Pickaxe

Members only?	No, except Dwarven army axe, Dragon pickaxe, Inferno adze, Volatile pickaxe and Dungeoneering pickaxes zephyrium and above.
Primary attack type	Stab
Secondary attack type	Crush
Speed	FastInterval: 3.0 seconds

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Pickaxes (often abbreviated as picks) are used to mine any type of ore in Gielinor. Pickaxes can either be held in the inventory or wielded; but, to wield a pickaxe, the wielder's Attack level must be high enough to wield the metal. Wielding the pickaxe provides extra space in the inventory. This is useful when mining for a profit, as one extra ore can be held.

Maintenance

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 also used to find their Pickaxe head flying off their handle, which they then needed to pick up and rejoin 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.

Combat Styles

Template:CombatStyles Pickaxe After completion of the Perils of Ice Mountain quest, players can smith their own pickaxes, using 2 bars of the desired metal.

Pickaxe	Mining level	Smithing level	Shop price	Grand Exchange price
Bronze pickaxe	1	5	Free at Bob in Lumbridge.
Iron pickaxe	1	20	140 coins at Nurmof
Dwarven army axe	1	N/A	Moe the miner or Larry the Lumberjack will give you one for free	N/A
Steel pickaxe	6	35	500 coins at Nurmof
Mithril pickaxe	21	55	1300 coins at Nurmof
Adamant pickaxe	31	75	3200 coins at Nurmof
Rune pickaxe	41	90	32,000 coins at Nurmof
Dragon pickaxe (members only)	61	N/A	Drop from Dwogres, Chaos Dwarf, and Chaos dwarf hand cannoneer in the Chaos Dwarf Battlefield after Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf
Sacred clay pickaxe (members only)	40	N/A	Bought from Stealing Creation for 20 Creation Points	N/A
Inferno Adze (members only)	41 (and 92 Firemaking)	N/A	Reward from All Fired Up (minigame)	N/A

Stealing Creation pickaxes

In minigame

• Pickaxe (class 1)
• Pickaxe (class 2)
• Pickaxe (class 3)
• Pickaxe (class 4)
• Pickaxe (class 5)

Rewards

• Volatile pickaxe
• Sacred clay pickaxe

Dungeoneering pickaxes

These pickaxes could only be obtained and used during Dungeoneering.

• Novite pickaxe
• Bathus pickaxe
• Marmaros pickaxe
• Kratonite pickaxe
• Fractite pickaxe
• Zephyrium pickaxe
• Argonite pickaxe
• Katagon pickaxe
• Gorgonite pickaxe
• Promethium pickaxe
• Primal pickaxe

Trivia

• In the early days of Runescape Classic, there was only one type of pickaxe available, named simply Pickaxe. It looked like a Steel pickaxe and could not be equipped. When different types of pickaxes were released in May 2003, all pickaxes in the bank became the Bronze pickaxes that are commonly found today.
• Upon the release of Dragon pickaxe, all the other pickaxes underwent an animation change, except the crush attack and mining animation, which the latter was already updated after release of HD. Still, mining and crushing action would use the new figures released.
• The Tzhaar tourist guide found in Varrock Palace Library references to an obsidian pickaxe.
• It is often believed that higher tier pickaxes in Daemonheim have a lower chance of accidently crushing ores while mining. This is yet to be confirmed.
• When attacking using a pickaxe (bronze to rune) with the stabbing style equipped, the player attacks using the blunt curve of the pickhead rather than hacking at the enemy. This is probably a glitch as most stabbing weapons, like swords, use this thrusting animation.
• There is no such thing as a Black pickaxe. However, there are Black hatchets.
• The Elite Dwarven Guard seems to be wielding pickaxes (tactical) and shields. However, this is not as surprising because the dwarves are very orientated around mining.