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 these Hardmode-tier pickaxes have drill counterparts, which as of 1.4 will mine faster than their pickaxe counterparts. New players spawn with a Copper Pickaxe; in Journey Mode with an Iron Pickaxe instead.

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 – see the respective pages for more details. 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 benefit from modifiers that increase speed, like Quick and Light. Melee speed bonuses only affect the weapon swing time, not mining hits.

Types[]

There are currently 31 different pickaxes available in Terraria, 15 of which are Hardmode-exclusive.

• The Nintendo 3DS version is missing 6 of these, due to not having the Lunar Events, Candy Cane Pickaxe, or Shroomite Digging Claw

Name		Max Block	Pickaxe power	Axe power	Damage	Bonus	Use time	Mining speed	Knockback	HM	Rarity	Sell
	Cactus Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 882		35%	-	4 / 5	-	25 (Fast) / 23 (Fast)	16 / 15	2 (Very weak)	❌	00*	4
	Copper Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3509		35%	-	4	-1 range	23 (Fast)	15	2 (Very weak)	❌	00*	1
	Tin Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3503		35%	-	5	-	21 (Fast)	14	2 (Very weak)	❌	00*	150
	Iron Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1		40%	-	5	-	20 (Very fast)	13	2 (Very weak)	❌	00*	4
	Lead Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3497		43%	-	6	-	19 (Very fast)	12	2 (Very weak)	❌	00*	6
	Silver Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3515		45%	-	6	-	19 (Very fast)	11	2 (Very weak)	❌	00*	10
	Tungsten Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3491		50%	-	6	-	21 (Fast)	19	2 (Very weak)	❌	00*	15
	Gold Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3521		55%	-	6	-	20 (Very fast)	17	2 (Very weak)	❌	00*	20
	Candy Cane Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1917		55%	-	7	-	20 (Very fast)	16	2.5 (Very weak)	❌	00*	20
	Fossil Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 4059		55%	-	8	-	18 (Very fast)	14	4 (Weak)	❌	01*	30
	Bone Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1320		55% 50%	-	8	-	19 (Very fast)	11	3 (Very weak)	❌	01*	30 36
	Platinum Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3485		59%	-	7	-	19 (Very fast)	15	2 (Very weak)	❌	00*	30
	Reaver Shark Internal Item ID: 2341		59% 100%	-	16	-	22 (Fast)	13 / 18	3 (Very weak)	❌	03*	150
	Nightmare Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 103	:	65%	-	9	-	20 (Very fast)	15	3 (Very weak)	❌	01*	36
	Deathbringer Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 798	:	70%	-	12	-	22 (Fast)	14	3.5 (Weak)	❌	01*	36
	Molten Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 122		100%	-	12	-	23 (Fast)	18	2 (Very weak)	❌	03*	54
	Cobalt Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 776		110%	-	10	-	25 (Fast)	13	5 (Average)	✔️	04*	18
	Palladium Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1188		130%	-	12	-	25 (Fast)	12	5 (Average)	✔️	04*	144
	Mythril Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 777		150%	-	15	-	25 (Fast)	10	5 (Average)	✔️	04*	162
	Orichalcum Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1195		165%	-	17	-	25 (Fast)	9	5 (Average)	✔️	04*	198
	Adamantite Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 778		180%	-	20	-	25 (Fast)	8	5 (Average)	✔️	04*	216
	Titanium Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1202		190%	-	27	-	25 (Fast)	7	5 (Average)	✔️	04*	252
	Spectre Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1506		200%	-	32	+3 range	24 (Fast)	8	5.25 (Average)	✔️	08*	432
	Chlorophyte Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1230		200%	-	40	+1 range	25 (Fast)	7	5 (Average)	✔️	07*	432
	Pickaxe Axe Internal Item ID: 990		200%	110%	35	-	25 (Fast)	7	4.75 (Average)	✔️	04*	440
	Shroomite Digging Claw Internal Item ID: 2176		200%	125%	45	-1 range	12 (Very fast)	4	6 (Average)	✔️	08*	4
	Picksaw Internal Item ID: 1294		210%	125%	34	+1 range	16 (Very fast)	6	5.5 (Average)	✔️	07*	432
	Vortex Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 2776		225%	-	80	+4 range	12 (Very fast)	6	5.5 (Average)	✔️	10*	7
	Nebula Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 2781		225%	-	80	+4 range	12 (Very fast)	6	5.5 (Average)	✔️	10*	7
	Solar Flare Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 2786		225%	-	80	+4 range	12 (Very fast)	6	5.5 (Average)	✔️	10*	7
	Stardust Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3466		225%	-	80	+4 range	12 (Very fast)	6	5.5 (Average)	✔️	10*	7

Effectiveness[]

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 Spike Wooden Spike	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[1]	2[1]	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 Bricks	200%	6[2]	4[2]	4[2]	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
Tombstones	300%	10	7	6	5	5	4	3	2	2	2
Adamantite Ore Titanium Ore	400%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2
Lihzahrd Brick	400%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Chlorophyte Ore	500%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

History[]

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Reaver Shark can no longer mine Hellstone.
  • Drills now mine faster than Pickaxes of the same tier, but have smaller range and do not benefit from mining speed bonuses.

• 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-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.

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