Dragon pickaxe

This article is about the dragon pickaxe. For other uses, see Dragon pickaxe (disambiguation).

Dragon pickaxe
Released							13 March 2014 (Update)
Also called							Dpick
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
League region
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Wield, Drop
Examine							If rocks could feel fear, they'd fear this.
Values
Value							97,950 coins
High alch							58,770 coins
Low alch							39,180 coins
Weight							2.4 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							846,968 coins (info)
Buy limit							40
Daily volume							1,562
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Advanced data
Item ID							11920

The dragon pickaxe was released with the Wilderness Rejuvenation on 13 March 2014. It requires 61 Mining to use and 60 Attack to wield. It is tied for the second strongest and second fastest pickaxe in-game with the 3rd age pickaxe, behind the crystal pickaxe.

Excluding waiting for ores to respawn or having to move to a new resource, the dragon pickaxe is effectively a 5.88% increase in overall mining speed compared to a rune pickaxe. By default, the dragon pickaxe provides a chance to mine an ore every three ticks, and there is an additional 1/6 chance to reduce this to two ticks, leading to an average of 2.83 ticks per roll. An Attack level of 60 is required to wield the pickaxe, while 61 Mining is required to mine ores with the pickaxe. However, as long as a player has 60 Attack to wield the pickaxe, the special attack can be used to mine with the pickaxe starting at level 58.

As with most dragon equipment, the dragon pickaxe cannot be made from raw materials using the Smithing skill.

Combat stats

Attack bonuses
+38	-2	+32	+0	+0
Defence bonuses
+0	+1	+0	+0	+0
Other bonuses				Slot
+42	+0	+0%	+0	List

Combat style		Attack type	Weapon style	Attack speed	Range	Experience	Level boost
	Spike	Stab	Accurate	5 ticks (3.0s)	1 tile		+3 Attack
	Impale	Stab	Aggressive				+3 Strength
	Smash	Crush	Aggressive				+3 Strength
	Block	Stab	Defensive				+3 Defence

Special attack

A player performs the Dragon pickaxe's special attack, Rock Knocker.

The dragon pickaxe's special attack, Rock Knocker, temporarily boosts the player's Mining level by 3 (players will need to have 60 Attack to utilise this special). This consumes 100% of the player's special attack energy. The boost degrades every 60 seconds, with your Mining level returning to normal after 3 minutes.

This effect is useful to increase the chance of successful rolls or to meet a Mining level requirement above the player's base level. When used alongside the Lightbearer ring, special attack energy regenerates twice as fast, making it viable to consistently mine rocks 1-2 levels higher than base.

Note that any levels boosted above 99 with the special attack will be treated as 99. Therefore, you will start to receive diminishing returns with the special attack at level 97 and 98, with there being no value in using the special at level 99.

Creation

Requirements

Members		Ticks	? (edit)
Tools	None	Facilities	Nurmof

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Dragon pickaxe (broken)	1	N/A
	Coins	2,500,000	2,500,000
Total cost			2,500,000
	Dragon pickaxe	1	846,968
Profit			−1,653,032

Upgrading

A player uses a smouldering stone to create an infernal pickaxe.

Players can combine a smouldering stone with a dragon pickaxe to create an infernal pickaxe, requiring 85 Smithing (boosts not allowed) to do so. This process cannot be undone. The infernal pickaxe will grant the player a 1/3 chance to disintegrate ores for Smithing experience whilst mining. The infernal pickaxe will be able to disintegrate 5,000 ores before degrading, requiring another smouldering stone or dragon pickaxe to charge it. The effect cannot be toggled.

Players can also create a crystal pickaxe via a singing bowl by combining a dragon pickaxe, 120 crystal shards and a crystal tool seed. This requires level 76 Smithing and Crafting, which can be boosted. If players cannot create it on their own, they can have Conwenna or Reese sing the crystal for them for an extra 60 crystal shards, for a total of 180.

Lastly, players can use a dragon pickaxe upgrade kit, Trailblazer tool ornament kit or Zalcano shard to cosmetically enhance their dragon pickaxes, creating a dragon pickaxe (upgraded), Dragon pickaxe (or) (Trailblazer) or dragon pickaxe (or), respectively. This only alters its appearance, and makes the pickaxe untradeable. The process can be reverted, but the dragon pickaxe upgrade kit will not be retained while the Trailblazer kit and shard will be.

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Item sources

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Treasure Trails

Tier	Emotes	STASH location	Items	Cost
Master	Spin	West of the Soul Altar		904,557

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:25 January 2023| |0}} {{#explode:25 January 2023| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:25 January 2023| |2}}]] (update | poll)	Nurmof will now make a Dragon pickaxe when presented with 2,500,000 GP and a broken Dragon pickaxe, obtained from the Volcanic mine. The Kalphite Queen will now also drop the Dragon pickaxe at a rate of 1/400. The King Black Dragon's Dragon pickaxe drop rate has been increased from 1/1,500 to 1/1,000.
[[{{#explode:24 January 2019| |0}} {{#explode:24 January 2019| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:24 January 2019| |2}}]] (update)	The inventory model of the dragon pickaxe has been slightly adjusted to be consistent with all other pickaxes.
[[{{#explode:18 December 2014| |0}} {{#explode:18 December 2014| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:18 December 2014| |2}}]] (update)	The dragon pickaxe special attack animation no longer activates when you don't have enough energy.
[[{{#explode:13 March 2014| |0}} {{#explode:13 March 2014| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:13 March 2014| |2}}]] (update | poll)	The King Black Dragon and Chaos Elemental have had their drop tables improved and both have a chance of dropping the dragon pickaxe.

Gallery (historical)

13 March 2014 – 24 January 2019	24 January 2019 – present

Trivia

• When the special attack is used, the player will say Smashing!. This may be a reference to the catchphrase of the fictional character Nigel Thornberry from the cartoon The Wild Thornberrys.
• Prior to an update on 11 September 2014 making random events optional, the dragon pickaxe was the only pickaxe whose pickaxe head did not fly off its handle.