Dragon pickaxe

The Dragon pickaxe is the fastest and most powerful pickaxe in the game with a mining speed of about 1 game tick, faster than a Rune pickaxe or Inferno adze. It requires 60 Attack to wield and level 61 Mining to use. Still many players prefer the Rune Pickaxe or Inferno adze because of their major inferiority in price compared to that of the dragon pickaxe.

Dragon pickaxes were released with the quest Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf on 9 September 2009. They are dropped by Chaos dwogres, Chaos dwarf hand cannoneers, and chaos dwarves on the Chaos Dwarf Battlefield after completion of the quest. The quest does not need to be completed in order to use this item.

''As with all dragon equipment, the Dragon pickaxe cannot be made from raw materials using the Smithing skill. The dragon platebody and the dragon sq shield can be smithed from their component parts.''

Special Attack
Like all other Dragon weapons the Dragon pickaxe has a Special Attack, "Shock", which drains 5% of an opponent's Attack, Ranged and Magic levels upon a successful hit. This attack takes longer to perform than a normal attack and uses 100% of the Special Attack bar.

Trivia

 * 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 weapon's special attack takes 100% attack as it takes with Dragon Hatchet and other weapons that are not meant for fighting
 * Players have done tests to determine the speed of the pickaxe as compared to a rune pickaxe, and they have found that when using the Dragon pickaxe, they get approximately 10% more pure essence in a set amount of time as compared to the amount of essence mined in the same amount of time using a Rune pickaxe.
 * This weapon's Special Attack is similar to those of the Ancient mace and Barrelchest Anchor.

Dragon pickaxe