Pickaxe

Primary type	Stab
Secondary type	Crush
Speed

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Pickaxes, often abbreviated to picks, are tools used to mine any type of ore or otherwise mineable items, and some types of blockages 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. Wielding the pickaxe provides extra space in the inventory. This is useful when mining for a profit, as one extra ore can be held.

Higher level pickaxes have a greater chance of obtaining an ore from a rock and thus are generally faster to mine with. However, certain low level rocks become attainable at maximum speed at higher Mining levels, even with lower level pickaxes.

Combat styles

	Combat style	Type	Experience
	Spike	Stab	Attack and Hitpoints
	Impale	Stab	Strength and Hitpoints
	Smash	Crush	Strength and Hitpoints
	Block	Stab	Defence and Hitpoints

Standard pickaxes

Item			Shop price	Weight
Bronze pickaxe	1	1	1 coin at Nurmof and Bob	2.25 kg
Iron pickaxe	1	1	140 coins at Nurmof	2.25 kg
Steel pickaxe	6	5	500 coins at Nurmof	2.25 kg
Black pickaxe	11	10	Not sold	0kg
Mithril pickaxe	21	20	1,300 coins at Nurmof	1.8kg
Adamant pickaxe	31	30	3,200 coins at Nurmof	2kg
Rune pickaxe	41	40	32,000 coins at Nurmof	2.2kg
Dragon pickaxe	61	60	Not sold	2.2kg

Bonuses

Item	Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Bronze pickaxe	+4	-2	+2	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	+5	0	0%	0
Iron pickaxe	+5	-2	+3	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	+7	0	0%	0
Steel pickaxe	+8	-2	+6	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	+9	0	0%	0
Black pickaxe	+10	-2	+8	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	+11	0	0%	0
Mithril pickaxe	+12	-2	+10	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	+13	0	0%	0
Adamant pickaxe	+17	-2	+15	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	+19	0	0%	0
Rune pickaxe	+26	-2	+24	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	+29	0	0%	0
Dragon pickaxe	+38	-2	+32	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	+42	0	0%	0

Other pickaxes

Item			Shop price	Weight
3rd age pickaxe	61	60	Not sold	2.2kg
Dragon pickaxe (or)	61	60	Not sold	2.2kg
Infernal pickaxe	61[1]	60	Not sold	2kg

1. ↑ Also requires 85 Smithing to use.

Bonuses

Item	Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
3rd age pickaxe	+38	-2	+32	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	+42	0	0%	0
Dragon pickaxe (or)	+38	-2	+32	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	+42	0	0%	0
Infernal pickaxe	+38	-2	+32	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	+42	0	0%	0

Trivia

• In the early days of RuneScape Classic, there was only one type of pickaxe available, named simply Pickaxe. It resembled 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.
• Broken pickaxes, before being removed after an update, were able to be wielded. But once unequipped, they could no longer be equipped by the player. They possessed the same bonuses as their unbroken counterparts.