The Iron Pickaxe is the mid-game mining tool that starts tying the Foothills resource chain together. The live item page gives it 200 attack, crafts it from Foothills Iron Ingots and Wood, and describes it as a tool that makes mining ore much easier.
Current Recipe and Stats
Field | Current Live Value |
|---|---|
Type | Tool, Uncommon |
Attack | 200 |
Recipe | 5 Foothills Iron Ingots + 5 Wood |
Station | |
Craft time | 1 second |
Ordinary vendor trade | The current item page says ordinary vendors do not buy or sell it |
Why It Matters
It is the clear mining upgrade over the Copper Pickaxe.
PC Gamer's launch-week gunpowder guide points players to the Iron Pickaxe as the tool step they need before mining Sulfur.
Once the sulfur route opens, the Millstones and Gunpowder chain finally becomes dependable instead of loot-dependent.
Practical Progression Role
The Iron Pickaxe is one of the cleaner examples of Windrose's layered progression. First you gather ore. Then you refine it into ingots. Then those ingots buy you a better tool. Then the better tool opens another resource tier. The tool itself is simple. The timing of it is what matters.
See Also
Foothills Iron Ingot - the direct recipe input
Sulfur - the resource players usually care about once the Iron Pickaxe is ready
Millstones - the station that turns sulfur into homemade gunpowder
Gunpowder - the main reason this pickaxe matters beyond raw attack value