Dragon pickaxe



The dragon pickaxe is the most powerful pickaxe in the game and mines ores faster than the rune pickaxe and the inferno adze. After being the subject of many rumours over the years, Mod Mark confirmed that it was in development on 5 March 2009 (see RuneScape Q&amp;A - Further Answers). Dragon pickaxes were released with the Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf quest on 9 September 2009.

To wield a dragon pickaxe, players must have an Attack level of at least 60. To mine with a dragon pickaxe, a Mining level of 61 is required. Wielding or mining with the pickaxe does not require completion of Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf. Dragon pickaxes are dropped by chaos dwogres, chaos dwarf hand cannoneers, and chaos dwarves at the Chaos Dwarf Battlefield.

''As with all dragon equipment, this item 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 other dragon weapons the pickaxe has a special attack, in this case called "Shock". It drains 5% from an opponent's Attack, Ranged and Magic. If it hits 0, the drain effect does not occur. This attack takes longer to perform than a normal attack. The special attack uses 100% of the special attack bar.

Trivia

 * On the day that the dragon pickaxe was released, all other metal pickaxes underwent an unannounced graphical update.
 * Before the update there was an image in the RuneScape banner of a dual-headed dragon pickaxe. A similar picture is currently used to show the special attack in the Game Guide, despite the look of the real dragon pickaxe. The picture has been recently updated in the game guide and is now up to date with the dragon pickaxe in-game.
 * Strangely, some parts of the dragon pickaxe resemble something made out of obsidian, rather than dragon.
 * Even though the dragon pickaxe is a one-handed weapon, the player uses both hands to perform the special attack.
 * 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.
 * Its special attack animation is the same one used for mauls; after the mauls end the animation the player will hold the maul the same way that the pickaxe is held.