Dragon pickaxe

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
Values
Value	125,000 coins
High alch	75,000 coins
Low alch	50,000 coins
On death	Reclaimable Reclaim: 63,662 Sacrifice: 254,648
Exchange	4,316,202 coins (info)
Buy limit	10
Weight	2.267 kg
Examine
Used for mining.
Exchange history
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Advanced data
Item ID	15259
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

The dragon pickaxe is a pickaxe that requires 60 Attack to wield and level 60 Mining to use. It takes a minimum of 1.8 seconds to gather ore from rocks with this pickaxe.

Dragon pickaxes are very rare drops from monsters on the Chaos Dwarf Battlefield 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**
Class
Requirements
60
Melee
Tier
1
Weapons	Main	Off
Damage	0.0	-
Accuracy	110	-
Style	None
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

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 a rarer drop from chaos giants.^[2]

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Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	Members
Chaos Giant	126	1	1/8192^{[dr 1]}
Chaos dwarf Chaos Dwarf Battlefield	?	1	1/5000^{[dr 1]}	N/A
Chaos dwarf hand cannoneer	70; 101	1	1/5000^{[dr 1]}
Chaos dwogre	92; 98	1	1/5000^{[dr 1]}
Motherlode Maw	N/A	1	Rare	N/A
Treasure chest (Player-owned port)	N/A	1	Very rare	N/A
Wythien	N/A	1	Very rare	N/A

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

Disassembly[edit | edit source]

Disassembly category

Pickaxes

Disassembly XP

18.0

Item quantity required

1

Material count

8

Base junk chance

34.0%

Possible materials

Often

Base parts

35/100

Head parts

30/100

Spiked parts

30/100

Rarely

Heavy components

3/100

Direct components

2/100

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Update history[edit | edit source]

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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.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

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: 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.

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] 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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