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== Usage ==
 
== Usage ==
* Used primarily for [[mining]].
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* Used primarily for [[mining]] and [[prospect]]ing.
* It is rather effective as a [[weapon]] compared to other tools, but should be disregarded once the [[player]] has access to proper weaponry.
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* It is rather effective as a [[weapon]] compared to other tools in the absence of a real weapon.
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* May be [[activate]]d to see if a mine tile is flat or not and also [[slope]] levels on tile borders as with a [[shovel]].
  
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
 
* There is no penalty for failure in creation of an iron pickaxe.
 
* There is no penalty for failure in creation of an iron pickaxe.
* Note that there are 3 versions of the pickaxe:  
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* Note that there are 3 versions of the pickaxe:
:* Wooden 'newbie' pickaxe which cannot be [[improve]]d but does [[nodrop|not drop]] upon [[death]].  
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:- Normal [[iron]] version which can be improved.
:* Normal iron version which can be improved.
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:- Wooden starter pickaxe which cannot be [[improve]]d but does [[nodrop|not drop]] upon [[death]].
:* [[Crude pickaxe]] which can be created with a pickaxe head [[Pickaxe head (stone)|made of stone]].
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:- [[Crude pickaxe]] which can be created with a pickaxe head [[Pickaxe head (stone)|made of stone]].
 
 
 
 
Unstable Build 2.7.0-2286 (6th Jan 2010), pickaxes will show the current slope up or down in the same manner of shovels. Unknown skill required.
 
Needed 15 shovel skill before I could see slope with pickaxe equiped. 20:25, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 
  
 
{{rare}}
 
{{rare}}
Pickaxes with rare properties have been seen to mine faster.
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Pickaxes with rare and above properties have been seen to mine faster and produce ores of quality above the player or vein's upper cap limit.
  
Scalorn - 2013/08/22 - I made a supreme pickaxe and noticed it was returning +3.0 ql higher than the cap of the iron vein.  The capped vein was 69, ore returned was 72.  This was with 90 mining and a 65ql supreme pickaxe.
 
 
[[Category:Tools]]
 
[[Category:Tools]]
 
[[Category:Babel/P]]
 
[[Category:Babel/P]]

Revision as of 14:13, 16 October 2014

Main / Skills / Smithing / Blacksmithing / Pickaxe


Pickaxe
A Pickaxe
Creation
  1. Activate pickaxe head (1.0 kg)
  2. Right-click shaft (1.0 kg)
  3. Open submenu "Create > Tools"
Result

1 Pickaxe (2.0 kg)

Skill and improvement




Description

A tool for mining.

Usage

  • Used primarily for mining and prospecting.
  • It is rather effective as a weapon compared to other tools in the absence of a real weapon.
  • May be activated to see if a mine tile is flat or not and also slope levels on tile borders as with a shovel.

Notes

  • There is no penalty for failure in creation of an iron pickaxe.
  • Note that there are 3 versions of the pickaxe:
- Normal iron version which can be improved.
- Wooden starter pickaxe which cannot be improved but does not drop upon death.
- Crude pickaxe which can be created with a pickaxe head made of stone.

Rare Functionality

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Note: Rare functionality is still not completely understood and is an exciting aspect of the game. Most information listed is only an observation of one or more players rather than confirmed by developers.

Pickaxes with rare and above properties have been seen to mine faster and produce ores of quality above the player or vein's upper cap limit.