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Pickaxe

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A Pickaxe, useful for gathering ore from rocks.

Stats

Stack size
1
Despawns after
20 min
Condition
400

Melee Stats

Damage
30
Attacks per minute
40
Range
1.5 m

Best Monuments to Farm Pickaxe

MonumentPer full clearMostly from
Train Yard1 every 3 clearsTool Box
Ferry Terminal1 every 3 clearsTool Box
Airfield1 every 4 clearsTool Box
Arctic Research Base1 every 5 clearsTool Box
Power Plant1 every 5 clearsTool Box
Junkyard1 every 9 clearsTool Box
Harbor1 every 9 clearsTool Box
Underwater Lab1 every 10 clearsTool Box (Underwater Labs)

Expected from opening every container in one copy of the monument once. 6 more monuments have it in smaller amounts. Dots are the keycards its readers take. See the monument tier list for overall value.

Where to Find Pickaxe

Chance it's in one container or on one body, measured by filling each one 50,000 times on a vanilla server. Every source's full table is in the loot tables.

NPC Shops

  • Tools & Stuff at Outpost sells Pickaxe for 50 Scrap
  • Shop Keeper at Water Well sells Pickaxe for 150 Scrap

Research

Tech tree: Workbench Level 1This item: 30 scrapFrom scratch: 120 scrap over 3 items

The from-scratch figure is the cheapest chain of unlocks from the start of the tree, with nothing researched yet. Mark what you already have on the tree to see what is actually left.

Crafting Cost

Recycler Yield

Safe Zone Recycler 40%

Powered Monument Recycler 60%

Red Recycler (Power Plant) 75%

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