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The Copper Pickaxe is Windrose's first metal-tier pickaxe. Its item description calls it a decent alternative to the that still struggles with tougher stone, which is the in-game way of saying it is an upgrade but not the final word on mining.

Stats

Recipe

Why It Matters

The Copper Pickaxe is the specific tool required to mine . A Stone Pickaxe will not register hits on iron deposits in Foothills quarries, so until the copper tool is crafted the entire iron chain stays locked: no , no , no sulfur access, and no reliable supply.

Practical order of operations: once the first is producing copper ingots reliably, pour the first five ingots into a Copper Pickaxe before anything else. Tools, weapons, and station upgrades will all still be there when you come back, but the iron route does not open at all without this one craft.

Loot Sources

Beyond crafting, the Copper Pickaxe can drop from the Blackbeard Crew Chest at at roughly a 1 percent rate. It is not a reliable route; the recipe is the practical source.

See Also

• : the metal input behind the recipe

• : the next mining step once the iron chain is online

• : the larger station and upgrade ladder

• : the route that gets you to copper quickly in a fresh world

• : the full tool roster