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 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.
Contents
- 1 Types
- 2 Effectiveness
- 3 History
- 4 Footnotes
Types[]
There are currently 31 different pickaxes available in Terraria, 15 of which are Hardmode-exclusive.
- The Nintendoversion 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 | |
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Cactus Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 882 | 35% | - | 4 5 | - | 25 (Fast) 23 (Fast) | 16 | 2 (Very weak) | ❌ | 4 | |||
Copper Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3509 | 35% | - | 4 | -1 range | 23 (Fast) | 15 | 2 (Very weak) | ❌ | 1 | |||
Tin Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3503 | 35% | - | 5 | - | 21 (Fast) | 14 | 2 (Very weak) | ❌ | 150 | |||
Iron Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1 | 40% | - | 5 | - | 20 (Very fast) | 13 | 2 (Very weak) | ❌ | 4 | |||
Lead Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3497 | 43% | - | 6 | - | 19 (Very fast) | 12 | 2 (Very weak) | ❌ | 6 | |||
Silver Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3515 | 45% | - | 6 | - | 19 (Very fast) | 11 | 2 (Very weak) | ❌ | 10 | |||
Tungsten Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3491 | 50% | - | 6 | - | 21 (Fast) | 19 | 2 (Very weak) | ❌ | 15 | |||
Gold Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3521 | 55% | - | 6 | - | 20 (Very fast) | 17 | 2 (Very weak) | ❌ | 20 | |||
Candy Cane Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1917 | 55% | - | 7 | - | 20 (Very fast) | 16 | 2.5 (Very weak) | ❌ | 20 | |||
Fossil Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 4059 | 55% | - | 8 | - | 18 (Very fast) | 14 | 4 (Weak) | ❌ | 30 | |||
Bone Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1320 | | 55% 50% | - | 8 | - | 19 (Very fast) | 11 | 3 (Very weak) | ❌ | 30 36 | ||
Platinum Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3485 | 59% | - | 7 | - | 19 (Very fast) | 15 | 2 (Very weak) | ❌ | 30 | |||
Reaver Shark Internal Item ID: 2341 | | 59% 100% | - | 16 | - | 22 (Fast) | 13 | 3 (Very weak) | ❌ | 150 | ||
Nightmare Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 103 | | 65% | - | 9 | - | 20 (Very fast) | 15 | 3 (Very weak) | ❌ | 36 | ||
Deathbringer Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 798 | | 70% | - | 12 | - | 22 (Fast) | 14 | 3.5 (Weak) | ❌ | 36 | ||
Molten Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 122 | 100% | - | 12 | - | 23 (Fast) | 18 | 2 (Very weak) | ❌ | 54 | |||
Cobalt Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 776 | 110% | - | 10 | - | 25 (Fast) | 13 | 5 (Average) | ✔️ | 18 | |||
Palladium Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1188 | 130% | - | 12 | - | 25 (Fast) | 12 | 5 (Average) | ✔️ | 144 | |||
Mythril Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 777 | 150% | - | 15 | - | 25 (Fast) | 10 | 5 (Average) | ✔️ | 162 | |||
Orichalcum Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1195 | 165% | - | 17 | - | 25 (Fast) | 9 | 5 (Average) | ✔️ | 198 | |||
Adamantite Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 778 | 180% | - | 20 | - | 25 (Fast) | 8 | 5 (Average) | ✔️ | 216 | |||
Titanium Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1202 | 190% | - | 27 | - | 25 (Fast) | 7 | 5 (Average) | ✔️ | 252 | |||
Spectre Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1506 | 200% | - | 32 | +3 range | 24 (Fast) | 8 | 5.25 (Average) | ✔️ | 432 | |||
Chlorophyte Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 1230 | 200% | - | 40 | +1 range | 25 (Fast) | 7 | 5 (Average) | ✔️ | 432 | |||
Pickaxe Axe Internal Item ID: 990 | 200% | 110% | 35 | - | 25 (Fast) | 7 | 4.75 (Average) | ✔️ | 440 | |||
Shroomite Digging Claw Internal Item ID: 2176 | 200% | 125% | 45 | -1 range | 12 (Very fast) | 4 | 6 (Average) | ✔️ | 4 | |||
Picksaw Internal Item ID: 1294 | 210% | 125% | 34 | +1 range | 16 (Very fast) | 6 | 5.5 (Average) | ✔️ | 432 | |||
Vortex Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 2776 | 225% | - | 80 | +4 range | 12 (Very fast) | 6 | 5.5 (Average) | ✔️ | 7 | |||
Nebula Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 2781 | 225% | - | 80 | +4 range | 12 (Very fast) | 6 | 5.5 (Average) | ✔️ | 7 | |||
Solar Flare Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 2786 | 225% | - | 80 | +4 range | 12 (Very fast) | 6 | 5.5 (Average) | ✔️ | 7 | |||
Stardust Pickaxe Internal Item ID: 3466 | 225% | - | 80 | +4 range | 12 (Very fast) | 6 | 5.5 (Average) | ✔️ | 7 |
Effectiveness[]
Block | Hit points | ||||||||||
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Pickaxe hits required (minimum Pickaxe power required) | |||||||||||
(35) | (50) | (55) | (65) | (70) | (100) | (110) | (150) | (200) | (210) | ||
Dirt Block | 50% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Stone Block | 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 |
200% | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
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[]
- 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-Release: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile-Release: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.
Footnotes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Demonite and Crimtane Ore can only be mined with < 55% Pickaxe Power if it is above 0ft in elevation
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dungeon Bricks can only be mined with < 65% Pickaxe Power if it is within the 30% of world width centered at world spawn point.
Tools:
- Usual Tools
- Grappling Hooks
- Summoning Tools
- Other Tools
Usual Tools
Digging Tools
Cutting Tools
Multi-use Tools
Grappling Hooks
Summoning Tools
- Amber Mosquito
- Baby Grinch's Mischief Whistle
- Ball O' Fuse Wire
- Bamboo Leaf
- Bedazzled Nectar
- Bernie's Button
- Betsy's Egg
- Birdie Rattle
- Blue Chicken Egg
- Bone Key
- Bone Rattle
- Brain in a Jar
- Carrot
- Celestial Wand
- Companion Cube
- Cosmic Skateboard
- Cursed Sapling
- Deactivated Probe
- Deerclops Eyeball
- Dog Whistle
- Dragon Egg
- Eater's Bone
- Eucalyptus Sap
- Exotic Chew Toy
- Eye Bone
- Eye Spring
- Рыба
- Frozen Crown
- Full Moon Squeaky Toy
- Gato Egg
- Glommer's Flower
- Glow Tulip
- Lightning Carrot
- Lizard Egg
- Magical Pumpkin Seed
- Monster Meat
- Mud Bud
- Nectar
- Ogre's Club
- Ornate Shadow Key
- Pair of Eyeballs
- Parrot Cracker
- Piece of Moon Squid
- Plantera Seedling
- Pork of the Sea
- Possessed Skull
- Regal Delicacy
- Resplendent Dessert
- Robotic Skull
- Royal Delight
- Seaweed
- Seedling
- Shark Bait
- Shrub Star
- Slice of Hell Cake
- Sparkling Honey
- Spider Egg
- Spiffo Plush
- Stardrop
- Strange Glowing Mushroom
- Suspicious Grinning Eye
- Tablet Fragment
- Tartar Sauce
- The Dirtiest Block
- Tiki Totem
- Toy Sled
- Unlucky Yarn
- Writhing Remains
- Zephyr Fish
- Ancient Horn
- Black Studded Saddle
- Blessed Apple
- Brain Scrambler
- Cosmic Car Key
- Dark Mage's Tome
- Drill Containment Unit
- Dusty Rawhide Saddle
- Fuzzy Carrot
- Gelatinous Pillion
- Goat Skull
- Golf Cart Keys
- Hardy Saddle
- Hexxed Branch
- Honeyed Goggles
- Lilith's Necklace
- Mollusk Whistle
- Pogo Stick
- Reindeer Bells
- Royal Gilded Saddle
- Scaly Truffle
- Shrimpy Truffle
- Slimy Saddle
- Superheated Blood
- The Black Spot
- Toy Tank
- Witch's Broom
Other Tools
Exploration
Terrain affecting
Other
- Bottomless Water Bucket
- Super Absorbant Sponge
- Dirt Bomb
- (
- Sticky
- Sticky
- Dry Bomb
- Bug Net
- Sickle
- Bubble Wand
- Fishing Poles
- Golf Clubs
- Golf Whistle
- Snake Charmer's Flute
- Rain Song
- Ivy
- Encumbering Stone
- Guide to Critter Companionship
- (
- Inactive
- Inactive
- Guide to Environmental Preservation
- (
- Inactive
- Inactive
- Guide to Peaceful Coexistence
- (
- Inactive
- Inactive