Pickaxe

Pickaxe
"Break down rocks."
Crafting
Recipe	×2 ×2
Tab
Filter
Tier	Always available
Combat attributes
Damage	27.2 20.4 34 13.6/20.4/27.2/54.4 13.6 (elderly)
Properties
Durability	33 uses
Stacks up to	Does not stack
Perk
Mines rocks.
Sources
Dropped by
Sold by	( ×5)
Code
"pickaxe"

“Iconic, isn't it?”

–Wilson

“It's very pointy.”

–Willow

“Pick!”

–Wolfgang

“So that I may penetrate the earth itself.

That the earth itself might be penetrated. (DST)”

–Wendy

“MINING IMPLEMENT DETECTED”

–WX-78

“A specialized axe for chipping away at rocks.”

–Wickerbottom

“Almost an axe, but not quite.”

–Woodie

“Everybody loves a little mining.”

–Maxwell

“A useful tool for acquiring minerals.”

–Wagstaff

“I can use it tö get preciöus spear and helm materials.

A trusty tööl för securing spear and helm materials. (DST)”

–Wigfrid

“Rocks will be ours!”

–Webber

“My back hurts just looking at it.”

–Walani

“For those tough to crack nuts.”

–Warly

“Let's get them treasures!”

–Woodlegs

“TIS AXE WITH POINTY PARTS.”

–Wilba

“Pokey”

–Wormwood

“Swell. Now I have no excuse not to do back-breaking mining work.”

–Wheeler

“Not my preferred kind of manual labor.”

–Winona

“Heigh ho, heigh ho!”

–Wortox

“Rock cracker.”

–Wurt

“It's all mine!”

–Walter

“The quickest way to break stone.”

–Wanda

The Pickaxe is a Tool that can be used to mine Mineable objects. It can be crafted at the beginning of the game with 2 Twigs and 2 Flint. It takes 6 strikes to completely mine down a Boulder. It has 33 uses, and each strike will reduce its durability by 3%. Pickaxes can also be used as a weapon, dealing 27.2 damage per strike. Each strike as a weapon also counts as one use.

Skins

Main article: Belongings#Pickaxe

In Don't Starve Together, Skins can be applied to certain items to change their appearance. Information on how to obtain specific skins can be found on the Belongings page.

Woven - Classy
Pantomimed Pickaxe
Convey an incredibly convincing impression of a pickaxe.
See ingame

Woven - Distinguished
Hunters Pickaxe
The pickaxe of the self-reliant adventurer.
See ingame

Woven - Elegant
Fanciful Pickaxe
"An elegantly engraved silver pickaxe."
See ingame

Woven - Elegant
Nordic Pickaxe
A rustic, sturdy pickaxe.
See ingame

Inspired - Elegant
Reavershark
Not many realize the sharpest part of the shark is actually its jawline.
See ingame

Timeless /
Loyal
Rusted Scythe
A terrible scythe to behold.
See ingame

Opulent Pickaxe

Opulent Pickaxe
"Break down rocks like a boss."
Crafting
Recipe	×4 ×2
Tab
Filter
Tier
Combat attributes
Damage	27.2 20.4 34 13.6/20.4/27.2/54.4 13.6 (elderly)
Properties
Durability	132 uses
Stacks up to	Does not stack
Perk
Mines rocks
Sources
Dropped by
Code
"goldenpickaxe"

“Hey, isn't gold really soft?”

–Wilson

“It won't light rocks on fire, but at least it's shiny.”

–Willow

“Fancy pickaxe do better smash.”

–Wolfgang

“At least I can smash rocks with style.”

–Wendy

“GOLD IS MORE DURABLE?”

–WX-78

“The most malleable of metals, but let's see how this mines.”

–Wickerbottom

“Almost an axe, but not quite.”

–Woodie

“This must be game logic.”

–Maxwell

“Strange, the gold makes it more durable, not less.”

–Wagstaff

“Göld för göld.”

–Wigfrid

“The finest pickaxe of them all.”

–Webber

“I picked a good one.”

–Walani

“That looks nice.”

–Warly

“Thet pick is made o' mighty soft metal.”

–Woodlegs

“TIS PICKAXE O' SHINY.”

–Wilba

“Pretty pokey”

–Wormwood

“I used a precious metal to make a rock smasher!”

–Wheeler

“A shiny way to smash up rocks.”

–Winona

“The mortals say you have to spend gold to make gold.”

–Wortox

“It stronger than normal rock cracker.”

–Wurt

“It makes sense if you don't think about it.”

–Walter

“Just don't think about it and it'll make sense.”

–Wanda

The Opulent Pickaxe is a variant of the normal Pickaxe that has four times as much durability and requires Gold instead of Flint, allowing Flint to be saved for other uses. It requires 2 Gold Nuggets and 4 Twigs to craft and an Alchemy Engine to prototype. Opulent Pickaxe has 132 uses, 4 times as many as the normal Pickaxe. It has the same mining efficiency (6 hits per boulder) and damage (27.2 damage per strike) as the normal Pickaxe.

Skins

Main article: Belongings#Opulent_Pickaxe

In Don't Starve Together, Skins can be applied to certain items to change their appearance. Information on how to obtain specific skins can be found on the Belongings page.

Woven - Classy
Pantomimed Opulent Pickaxe
Convey an incredibly convincing impression of an expensive pickaxe.
See ingame

Woven - Elegant
Ornate Nordic Pickaxe
A resplendent golden pickaxe, its design reminiscent of days of yore.
See ingame

Usage

To mine an object with the Pickaxe, right-click it from the inventory to equip it and left-click on the object. Once the character begins to mine, hold down the LMB or Spacebar to keep mining until the object breaks. Alternatively, one can mine faster by repeatedly clicking LMB with specific timing.

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Trivia

• The Opulent Pickaxe was added in the October 2nd, 2012 update.
• The Pickaxe used to have a value of 1-10 Science Points depending on its durability while the Opulent Pickaxe had 1-35.
• When the Opulent Pickaxe is equipped, a 'ding' sound can be heard.
• In reality, gold is not a practical metal to be used in tools or weapons as it is a soft metal; it would easily deform and break. This is often remarked when examined by some Characters.
  • Maxwell breaks the fourth wall upon examining the Opulent Pickaxe when he states, "This must be game logic".
  • Despite gold's softness, low-purity gold would still be rather tough; almost certainly tougher than flint. Gold would also be repairable, whereas flint would have to be replaced.

Bugs

• There is a glitch where the Pickaxe (and other tools) can have 0% durability and remain equipped in the weapon slot instead of breaking. It disappears when the player opens and closes the map, unequips the tool, or quits and resumes the game. Trying to mine something with the bugged Pickaxe will often crash the game or will only cause the player to examine the rock.

Gallery

Wilson wielding a Pickaxe.

Wilson wielding an Opulent Pickaxe.

Mining a Stalagmite with a Pickaxe.

Pickaxe as seen in the poster for the Arts and Crafts update.

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