Dragon pickaxe

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For this item's augmented variant, see augmented dragon pickaxe.

For other variants of this item, see gilded, imcando.

Dragon pickaxe
Release	9 September 2009 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Lendable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Actions
Backpack	Wield, Add to tool belt
Values
Value	125,000 coins
High alch	75,000 coins
Low alch	50,000 coins
On death	Reclaimable Reclaim: 196,351 Sacrifice: 785,404
Weight	2.267 kg
Examine
Used for mining.
Grand Exchange
Exchange	25,170,215 coins (info)
Buy limit	10
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Advanced data
Item ID	15259
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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The dragon pickaxe is a pickaxe that requires level 60 Mining to use.

Dragon pickaxes are very rare drops from chaos-aligned monsters on the Chaos Dwarf Battlefield (the soldiers of the Dwarven Black Guard do not count) after completion of Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf, and Chaos Giants after Birthright of the Dwarves. The quests do not need to be completed in order to use the pickaxe. They are also a possible reward from the Triskelion Treasures and the Motherlode Maw. The ring of Wealth does not affect the chance to get the pickaxe as a drop.

The dragon pickaxe can be gilded by the Liquid gold nymph after receiving the full golden mining suit. The gilded dragon pickaxe cannot be lent and gives no bonuses over the regular pickaxe, but is required to make an Imcando pickaxe.

The dragon pickaxe can permanently be upgraded to a crystal pickaxe by talking to Lady Ithell in the Ithell Clan district of Prifddinas at the cost of 4,000 harmonic dust.

The pickaxe can be stored on a tool belt. Players who wish to augment a dragon pickaxe already on their tool belt may right-click it in their toolbelt to remove it.

Orikalkum pickaxe + 3 has the exact same stats and Mining level requirement, and is much cheaper. However, it cannot be augmented or used in the creation of stronger untradeable pickaxes.

Combat stats

Requirements
60
Class			Slot
Melee
Tier
1
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		0.0		-
Accuracy		110		-
Style		-
Range		1
Speed		Fastest (2.4s)
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0.0		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0.0		0.0		0.0
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Mining

Dragon pickaxe
Mining level	60
Penetration	105
Damage (per swing)
Minimum	33
Maximum	93
Average	63

Products

This is an auto-generated list (update now), and shows the first 100 items alphabetically. For all items, click here.

Item	Skills	Materials	GE price
Crystal pickaxe	75  75	1 × Dragon pickaxe 4000 × Harmonic dust	N/A
Gilded dragon pickaxe	65  70	1 × Dragon pickaxe	N/A

Drop sources

The dragon pickaxe has a drop rate of 1/5,000 from the monsters at the Chaos Dwarf Battlefield. It is a rarer drop from chaos giants.

This is an auto-generated list (update now). For all sources of this item, see here (include RDT). For help, see the FAQ.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	Members
Chaos Giant	126	1	1/8192
Chaos dwarf hand cannoneer	70; 101	1	1/5000	N/A
Chaos dwarf Chaos Dwarf Battlefield	?	1	1/5000	N/A
Chaos dwogre	92; 98	1	1/5000	N/A
Motherlode Maw	N/A	1	Rare	N/A
Treasure chest (player-owned port)	N/A	1	Very rare	N/A
Triskelion Treasures	N/A	1	1/2	N/A
Wythien	N/A	1	Very rare	N/A

Disassembly

Dragon pickaxe
Disassembly category	Pickaxes and mattocks
Disassembly XP	18.0
Item quantity required	1
Material count	8
Base junk chance	?  34.0% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 34.0% 1 34 33.7 2 49 33.0 3 64 32.3 4 69 31.7 5 78 31.0 6 83 30.0 7 91 29.3 8 95 28.3 9 105 27.2
Common materials
Base parts	35/100
Head parts	30/100
Spiked parts	30/100
Rare materials
Heavy components	3/100
Direct components	2/100

Graphical updates

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  Initial in-game appearance of Dragon pickaxe from 9 September 2009 (update)

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  Appearance of Dragon pickaxe after 20 November 2012 (update)

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• ninja 1 September 2020 (Update):
  • Broadcasts from dragon pickaxe drops have been removed. Previously, they were broadcast to the player's clan and friends.

• patch 13 January 2014 (Update):
  • The dragon pickaxe will now be used over the inferno adze, if you have the requirement to use it.

• patch 9 August 2011 (Update):
  • The dragon pickaxe's stab and crush animations are no longer in the wrong order.

• patch 23 March 2010 (Update):
  • You can now use a dragon pickaxe during a fight in the TokTz-Ket-Dill quest.

• update 9 September 2009 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

The early dragon pickaxe model as seen in the Knowledge Base.

• After being the subject of many rumours over the years, Mod Mark confirmed that it was in development on 5 March 2009 (see Update:RuneScape Q&A – Further Answers).
• The dragon pickaxe was added to the Chaos giant drop table on 15 February 2016.
• Prior to the Mining and Smithing rework, the dragon pickaxe had a special attack it shared with the crystal pickaxe: Shock, which required 100% adrenaline and drained your opponent's Attack, Ranged, and Magic by 5%. It was removed with the rework, as well as the combat bonuses of all pickaxes, making pickaxes a skilling-only tool.
• When the item first released, the official Knowledge Base's image of its special attack showed it using an early model.