Iron Pickaxe

Tool

A sturdy iron pickaxe used to break down stone and ore into usable rubble.

Notes

The Iron Pickaxe is a tier 2 tool used to break stone and ore into rubble. It trains the Mining skill with each use, making it a primary tool for mid-game resource gathering. Its durability of 1000 uses means it lasts through many mining sessions before needing replacement or recycling into Scrap Tool.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Blacksmith level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Talents

Better Axes (Blacksmith Lv 6)

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Iron Bar	12	item
Leather Hide	8	item
Wood Board	12	category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Wood Scrap	≈ 0.38
Iron Scrap	≈ 0.19
Bio Residue	≈ 0.06

Approximate — a category ingredient's salvage value depends on the item actually used.

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled — see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats

Labor	250 calories
Craft time	0.5 min
Throughput	≈ 120 Iron Pickaxe / hour (base)

As a weapon

Showing base values. Set Mining level / talents in the ⚙ Character panel to recompute.

Recycling & waste

• 4× Iron Scrap
• 1× Bio Residue
• 1× Wood Scrap

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Total raw to craft this

Recompute for my setup

• 45× Iron Ore
• 12× Wood Board (any)
• 4× Bison Carcass
• 0.75× Clay

Approximate — category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.

Categories

• Can Be On Surface
• Excavation
• Product
• Tool
• Tools

Obtained from

• Iron Pickaxe

See also

ExcavatorIron ShovelModern PickaxeModern ShovelSkid SteerSteam Tractor