Pickaxe
A metal pickaxe for efficiently mining stone, metal and sulfur ore nodes.
Crafting one takes 100× Wood, 125× Metal Fragments at a Workbench Lvl 1. A recycler breaks one down into Wood, Metal Fragments. 92 skins exist for it — see every Pickaxe skin with live prices, topped by Damascus Steel Pickaxe.
Crafting
 Wood | ×100 |
 Metal Fragments | ×125 |
Blueprint
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
| Wood | ×40 |
| Metal Fragments | ×50 |
warningRadtown Recycler
| Wood | ×60 |
| Metal Fragments | ×75 |
Radtown recyclers (found in monuments) give more than the safe-zone recyclers at Outpost and Bandit Camp. A percentage next to a yield is the chance of receiving it.
Repair
| Wood | ×20 |
| Metal Fragments | ×25 |
Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.
Looted From
Popular Pickaxe Skins
All skins →92 skins are listed, from $0.56 to $6.26, with a median of $0.86. Each price is the cheapest current listing, checked 2026-10-07.
| Skin | DMarket | Steam Market | CS.Deals | LIS-SKINS | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Overgrown Pickaxe | $0.56 | $0.89 | $0.58 | $0.59 | $0.56 |
 The Deep Pick Axe | $0.65 | $0.87 | $2.00 | $0.57 | $0.57 |
 Rebar Pick Axe | $0.61 | $0.88 | $0.58 | $0.69 | $0.58 |
 GingerFarmer Pickaxe | $0.74 | $0.93 | $1.00 | $0.59 | $0.59 |
 Chaos Pick Axe | $0.62 | $0.95 | $0.80 | $0.61 | $0.61 |
 Rebirth Pickaxe | $0.74 | $0.96 | $2.00 | $0.61 | $0.61 |
 Carbon Fiber Pick Axe | $0.62 | $0.88 | $0.66 | $0.65 | $0.62 |
 Disease Pick Axe | $0.63 | $0.92 | $0.70 | $0.63 | $0.63 |
 Spec Ops Pickaxe | $0.77 | $0.87 | $0.63 | $0.91 | $0.63 |
 Lightweight Pick Axe | $0.73 | $0.97 | $0.70 | $0.64 | $0.64 |
 Pixel Decay Pickaxe | $0.80 | $0.94 | $0.68 | $0.64 | $0.64 |
 Wasteland Pick Axe | $0.68 | $0.94 | $0.90 | $0.66 | $0.66 |
 Warlord Pick Axe | $0.70 | $0.94 | $0.66 | — | $0.66 |
 Colosseum Pick Axe | $0.68 | $0.88 | $2.00 | $0.66 | $0.66 |
 Shadowstrike Pick Axe | $0.67 | $0.99 | $1.80 | $0.84 | $0.67 |
 Hunting Pick Axe | $0.96 | $0.93 | $0.78 | $0.67 | $0.67 |
 Elegant Pick Axe | $0.75 | $1.00 | $3.00 | $0.67 | $0.67 |
 Bare Bones Pickaxe | $0.68 | $1.00 | $0.78 | $0.69 | $0.68 |
 Wartech Pick Axe | $0.68 | $0.93 | $2.99 | — | $0.68 |
 Night Farmer Pick Axe | $0.68 | $0.88 | — | $0.73 | $0.68 |
 Low Poly Pickaxe | $0.69 | $1.26 | $1.10 | — | $0.69 |
 Cardboard Pickaxe | $0.69 | $1.01 | $2.00 | $0.72 | $0.69 |
 Deep Sea Pick Axe | $0.77 | $0.84 | $2.00 | $0.69 | $0.69 |
 Runic Pick Axe | $1.99 | $0.99 | $0.69 | $0.83 | $0.69 |
 Ornate Pick Axe | $0.98 | $0.93 | $0.70 | $0.78 | $0.70 |
 Tiki Pickaxe | $0.76 | $0.93 | $0.72 | $2.52 | $0.72 |
 Cargo Heli Pick Axe | $0.73 | $0.83 | $2.00 | — | $0.73 |
 Toothed Pick Axe | $0.74 | $0.85 | $0.73 | — | $0.73 |
 Ancient Artifact Pick Axe | $0.74 | $1.17 | — | $1.00 | $0.74 |
 Gothic Warlord Pickaxe | $1.27 | $1.07 | $0.76 | $0.80 | $0.76 |
Related guides
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