Iron pickaxe

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For this item's upgraded variants, see +1.

Iron pickaxe
Release	27 May 2003 (Update)
Members	No
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Values
Value	251 coins
High alch	150 coins
Low alch	100 coins
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Weight	2.267 kg
Examine
Used for mining.
Grand Exchange
Exchange	4,357 coins (info)
Buy limit	100
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Advanced data
Item ID	1267
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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An iron pickaxe is level 10 pickaxe. It requires level 10 Mining to use.

It can be made at a forge and anvil using 2 iron bars, requiring 400 progress to complete, granting a total of 80 Smithing experience. It can be upgraded to an iron pickaxe + 1 with another 2 bars.

Upgrades

Item	Level	Penetration	Min damage	Max damage	Avg damage	Bars	Cumulative bars
Iron pickaxe	10	5	5	15	10	2	2
Iron pickaxe + 1	10	5	6	16	11	2	4

The iron pickaxe can be gilded by the Liquid Gold Nymph after receiving the full golden mining suit, creating the gilded iron pickaxe. It is cosmetic and gives no more bonuses than the regular pickaxe.

This pickaxe can be stored on the tool belt.

Combat Stats

Requirements
10
Class			Slot
Melee
Tier
1
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		0.0		-
Accuracy		110		-
Style		None
Range		1
Rate		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

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Fastest (2.4s)

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Mining

Iron pickaxe
Mining level	10
Penetration	5
Damage (per swing)
Minimum	5
Maximum	15
Average	10

Creation

Required materials:

Iron bar [[Production ticks note::See smithing page for details.]] - - - - - - - - - - Production JSON:

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Iron pickaxe

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80 XP	-	Varies		4,357
Requirements
Smithing level				10
You must use a normal Anvil or Forge
Free-to-play
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Iron bar	2	1,106	2,212
Profit				2,145

Uses

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Item	Skills	Materials	GE price
Gilded iron pickaxe	65  70	1 × Iron pickaxe	N/A
Iron pickaxe + 1	10	2 × Iron bar 1 × Iron pickaxe	7,614

Locations

Store locations

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Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Bob's Brilliant Axes	Lumbridge	2,510	Coins	10
Jiminua's Jungle Store	Tai Bwo Wannai, Karamja	2,510	Coins	1
Nurmof's Pickaxe Shop	Dwarven Mines	2,510	Coins	10
Pickaxe-Is-Mine	Keldagrim	2,510	Coins	10

Item spawns

• On the peninsula north of Rellekka
• Three spawns in the Senntisten Temple near Doug Deeping.

Disassembly

Disassembly category	Pickaxes and mattocks
Disassembly XP	3.0
Item quantity required	1
Material count	8
Base junk chance	?  89.0% 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 89.0% 1 34 88.2 2 49 86.4 3 64 84.6 4 69 82.8 5 78 81.0 6 83 78.4 7 91 76.6 8 95 73.9 9 105 71.2
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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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	89.0%
1	34	88.2
2	49	86.4
3	64	84.6
4	69	82.8
5	78	81.0
6	83	78.4
7	91	76.6
8	95	73.9
9	105	71.2

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Update history

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• update 3 February 2020 (Update):
  • Adjusted disassembly to give 4 materials per bar used in creating the item from scratch

• patch 20 December 2010 (Update):
  • Iron pickaxes have been darkened to make the difference clearer between them and steel pickaxes.