Pickaxes are used by miners and for construction and research.
- Your available Pickaxe is listed, in an inventory, after you get some.
Access
- You can craft a copper Pickaxe, after you research the technology.
- The technology has a requirement to access and research.
Technology required: | |||
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Technology | Requirement | Research cost | |
Pickaxe | build 1 Library |
Wood | 100 |
Copper | 3 |
- You can:
- craft a Pickaxe, on Crafting; and
- autocraft Pickaxes, on Facilities.
Craft

Resources required: | |
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Resource | Amount |
Wood | 20 |
Copper | 1 |
- You can increase the number of Pickaxes crafted, for the base cost, with increases to Craft efficiency.
- You can craft multiple amounts at a time, with Workbenches and Factories.
- After you research Logistics, you can craft Pickaxes directly from the inventory.
Production
- Active Tool factories, on Facilities, produce 0.5 Pickaxes per second.
Pickaxe production: | |
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Producer | Rate |
Tool factory | 0.5 per second1 |
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- Other factors increment production.
Uses
- Pickaxes are used, to:
- recruit, on Jobs;
- research, on Technologies; and
- construct, on Buildings.
Use of pickaxes: | ||
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Use | Item | Amount |
recruit | Miner | 1 |
research | Crushing | 500 |
research | Open mining | 3 000 |
research | Multitasking | 2 000 |
research | Mineral coal | 10 000 |
construct | Blockyard | 500 × 1.3n |
construct | Bunker | 750 × 1.4n |
construct | Quarry | 500 × 1.2n |
where 'n' is the number of the item |
Crafts |
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Pickaxe | Spear | Sword | Block | Coin | Bronze | Structure | Armor | Supplies | Chest | Glass | Bottle | Greatsword | Frame | Brick | Gunpowder | Ammo | Musket | Plate | Engine |
Inventory |
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Ammo | Armor | Artifact | Block | Book | Bottle | Brick | Bronze | Chest | Coin | Diamond | Elephant | Engine | Frame | Glass | Greatsword | Gunpowder | Horse | Lock | Musket | Pickaxe | Plank | Plans | Plate | Spear | Structure | Supplies | Sword | Token | Toolbox |