Pickaxe

The Pickaxe is a tool that can be used to mine Boulders and Marble Pillars, in addition to its use as a weapon in combat. It can be crafted in the beginning of the game with 2 Twigs and 2 Flint.

Usage
To Mine a Boulder (or a Marble Pillar) with the Pickaxe either click the tool on the rock or right-click it from inventory to equip it. Once Wilson begins to mine hold down either Spacebar or the LMB to keep mining until the stone breaks apart. Alternatively, you mine faster by repeatedly clicking LMB. It takes 6 strikes to completely break down a boulder.

The Pickaxe can be used as a weapon in the same way and deals 27.2 damage per strike. Each time Wilson swings this tool it loses 3% durability, meaning it can be used 33 times. This means the Pickaxe can mine 5 and a half boulders in its lifetime.

Mining Boulders is currently the only way to get Nitre, which is used to make Gunpowder. Rocks, Flint, and Gold Nuggets can also be found by mining.

Trivia

 * It used to have a value of 1-10 Science Points depending on its durability when used on a Science Machine.
 * There is a golden variant of the Pickaxe known as the Opulent Pickaxe which has 4x higher durability than the normal Pickaxe.
 * When examining a pickaxe as Wilson, he will claim that it is "Iconic". This is a reference to Minecraft, where a pickaxe is one of its many icons.

Bugs

 * There is currently a glitch where the Pickaxe has a  durability of 0% . It is unknown how this occurs, but it disappears when you close and reopen the map.2013-07-28_00001.jpg