Pickaxe

The Pickaxe is a starting melee weapon and mining tool in Gothic 1 Remake. Alkimia Interactive has confirmed the Pickaxe as one of the earliest usable items the Hero can swing through developer dialogue around the Nyras Prologue demo, where it appears alongside the club, the rusty sword, the short sword, and the Flaming Torch in the starter-weapon set.

Combat Use

• Emergency melee. The Pickaxe is not a high-damage weapon, but it is good enough to let an unarmed Hero defend himself in the opening hours.

• Fits the Combat System. The Pickaxe swings through the remake's Combat System the same way a starter short blade does, which means the Hero can practice parry and dodge patterns on early enemies with it.

• Step-up weapon. The Pickaxe is typically replaced once the Hero can afford or earn a real sword.

Mining Use

The Pickaxe is also the tool the Colony's mine workers use in the Old Mine and Free Mine. In that context it is a labour implement more than a weapon, and its presence in the starter inventory connects the Hero's arrival to the Colony's working class from minute one.