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. 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 drills.

When evaluating the practical efficiency of a pickaxe, two things should be taken into consideration: the amount of hits required (from high pickaxe power); as well as the ticks per hit from low mining speed. The use time attribute can safely be disregarded, because it 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

There are currently 14 different pickaxes available in Spirit, 7 of which are Hardmode-exclusive.

Name Max Ore Pickaxe Power Damage Bonus Use Time Mining Speed Knockback Autoswing Rarity Sell Bismite Pickaxe 40 0 4 n/a 19 (Very Fast) 16 4 (Weak) 2 Brilliant Harvester 55 0 8 n/a 16 (Very Fast) 16 3 (Very Weak) 1  20 Chitin Pickaxe 55 0 5 n/a 15 (Very Fast) 14 2 (Very Weak) 20 Cryolite Pickaxe 100 0 20 n/a 15 (Very Fast) 17 2 (Very Weak) 60 Floran Pickaxe 55 0 12 n/a 24 (Fast) 15 3 (Very Weak) 2 Gilded Pickaxe 70 0 15 n/a 19 (Very Fast) 20 4 (Weak) 4 Granite Pickaxe 70 0 18 n/a 18 (Very Fast) 19 3 (Very Weak) 1 Omniwrench 225 0 180 +5 range 18 (Very Fast) 9 7 (Strong) 3  40 Putrid Pick 150 0 22 n/a 29 (Average) 11 4 (Weak) 80 Spirit Drill 180 0 39 n/a 25 (Fast) 9 0 (No Knockback) 80 Spirit Pickaxe 185 0 25 n/a 23 (Fast) 9 4 (Weak) 1