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''A tool for mining.''
A '''pickaxe''' is a tool with a hard metal head attached perpendicular to the handle, used primarily for [[mining]]. It is rather effective as a [[weapon ]] compared to other tools, but should be disregarded once you have the [[player]] has access to proper weaponry.
Note that there are 2 versions of the pickaxe: the wooden 'newbie' pickaxe which you cannot be [[improve ]]d but does [[nodrop|not drop ]] upon [[death]], and the normal iron version which can be improved .
On failure, the [[shaft]] is destroyed and the [[pickaxe head]] is turned to scrap.