Dragon pickaxe

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: 30,331
Weight																				2.267 kg
Examine
Used for mining.
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				30,331,165 coins (info)
Buy limit																				10
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Advanced data
Item ID																				15259
Links																				MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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[edit | edit source]

Class
Requirements
60
Melee
Tier
1
	Auto	Ability
Damage	0.0	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
FAQ • docs

Mining[edit | edit source]

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

Products[edit | edit source]

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Drop sources[edit | edit source]

The dragon pickaxe has a drop rate of 1/5,000 from the monsters at the Chaos Dwarf Battlefield.^[1] It is an even rarer drop from chaos giants.^[2]

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Chaos Giant	126	1	1/8192^{[f 1]}
Chaos dwarf hand cannoneer	70; 101	1	1/5000^{[f 1]}
Chaos dwarf Chaos Dwarf Battlefield		1	1/5000^{[f 1]}
Chaos dwogre	92; 98	1	1/5000^{[f 1]}
Frank's Free Chest	N/A	1	Unknown^{[f 1]}
Motherlode Maw	N/A	1	Rare
Treasure chest (player-owned port)	N/A	1	Very rare
Triskelion Treasures	N/A	1	1/2^{[f 1]}
Wythien	N/A	1	Very rare

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f There is further information on this drop; see the associated page for details.

Disassembly[edit | edit source]

Dragon pickaxe

Disassembly category

Pickaxes and mattocks

Disassembly XP

18.0

Item quantity required

1

Material count

8

Base junk chance

34.0%

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[edit | edit source]

Inventory[edit | edit source]

Dragon pickaxe after 9 September 2009 (update)
Dragon pickaxe after 20 November 2012 (update)

Detailed[edit | edit source]

Dragon pickaxe after 9 September 2009 (update)
Dragon pickaxe after 20 November 2012 (update)

Equipped[edit | edit source]

Dragon pickaxe after 9 September 2009 (update)
Dragon pickaxe after 20 November 2012 (update)

Update history[edit | edit source]

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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[edit | edit source]

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.

References[edit | edit source]

^ Jagex. Mod Timbo's Twitter account. 20 January 2015. (Archived from the original on 20 December 2018.) Mod Timbo: "Dragon Pickaxe: 1/5,000 | Blood Necklace Shard: ~1/500 normal Edimmu or ~1/50 from super Edimmu and the big one..."
^ Jagex. Mod Timbo's Twitter account. 26 November 2017. (Archived from the original on 27 January 2019.) Mod Timbo: "No, it is rarer from Chaos Giants than it is on the battlefield." In response to the question: "Wiki states the dragon pickaxe is a 1:5k drop rate...does this apply across the board to all monsters that drop it? Even the chaos giants?"

[_dropref_-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f There is further information on this drop; see the associated page for details.

[1] Jagex. Mod Timbo's Twitter account. 20 January 2015. (Archived from the original on 20 December 2018.) Mod Timbo: "Dragon Pickaxe: 1/5,000 | Blood Necklace Shard: ~1/500 normal Edimmu or ~1/50 from super Edimmu and the big one..."

[2] Jagex. Mod Timbo's Twitter account. 26 November 2017. (Archived from the original on 27 January 2019.) Mod Timbo: "No, it is rarer from Chaos Giants than it is on the battlefield." In response to the question: "Wiki states the dragon pickaxe is a 1:5k drop rate...does this apply across the board to all monsters that drop it? Even the chaos giants?"

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[2]

[f 1]

Item	Skills	Materials	GE price
Crystal pickaxe	75 75	1 × Dragon pickaxe 4,000 × Harmonic dust	N/A
Gilded dragon pickaxe	65 70	1 × Dragon pickaxe	N/A

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Dragon pickaxe

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