| “ | No respectable miner would leave home without it. |
| — Item Description |
About
The Pickaxe is a fundamental Support Tool available to every class. By default, it is bound to the right mouse button when using a Keyboard and Mouse, and the Left Trigger on controllers. Swinging the Pickaxe at terrain will destroy it, allows the player to shape the environment around them. The Pickaxe is also used to mine veins of resources, such as Morkite, where destroying them will immediately transfer the mined material into your mineral inventory. Normally only 40 of each resource can be carried at a time, but the inventory can be emptied by depositing into the M.U.L.E., Drop Pod, or Mine Head, and carry capacity can be improved through the Deep Pockets Perk and an Armor Rig upgrade.
The Pickaxe can also be used as a basic melee weapon to damage enemies. It does 25 damage per swing, instantly killing weak enemies such as Glyphid Swarmers. You will be unable to sprint for a short moment after attacking with your Pickaxe, making you vulnerable to attacks. With the "Power Attack" upgrade the Pickaxe is capable of dishing out much more damage by pressing the Right Mouse Button and then immediately followed by Left Mouse Button (Left Trigger followed by Right Trigger on an Xbox Controller). The "Power Attack" has a larger damage radius and much higher damage but there's a 30 second cooldown applied after each use.
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Modifications
There's currently one tier and a single possible mod per class.
| Driller, Engineer, Gunner, Scout Upgrades | ||||
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| Tier 1 |  Power Attack |
Channel your dwarven rage through your pickaxe. While holding the mining button, press fire to activate. | + Power Attack
Power Attack Area Damage: 120 |
 800 Credits
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| Tier 2 |  Serrated Edge |
Power Attack does more direct damage to your target. | +120 Power Attack Area Damage | 3600 Credits
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 Shockwave |
Power Attack affects a larger area. | +1 Power Attack Effect Radius | 3600 Credits
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 Better Weight Balance |
Thanks to better ergonomics it takes less effort to swing your pickaxe and as a consequence your Power Attack recharges faster. | -10 Power Attack Cooldown | 3600 Credits
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Trivia
- The pickaxe's handle changes color depending on the class.
- Driller used to have an upgrade that would allow him to mine terrain with less hits.
Bugs
- Most pickaxe handles will appear brown in the equipment terminal.
- Driller's pickaxe becomes solid yellow during a mission, but while in the Space Rig only the handle will stay yellow.
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