At a glance
- Melee attack: 22
- Ore found vs bronze: 87%
- Bag: one item per slot
Worn as: weapon. Requires Mining 70 · Requires Mining 70.
- Mining uses the best pickaxe you can use, carried in your bag, on your tool belt or equipped: each works from its own Mining level (bronze 1, iron 5, steel 15, silver 30, gold 40, Veilsteel 70). Melee requirements only apply to wielding it as a weapon. Rock Mining requirements still apply. A better pickaxe frees ore more often: each swing’s chance rises by the figure above, up to 95%. XP per ore stays the same. The Smith sells pickaxe upgrades.
- Attack is weapon strength, not fixed damage. Your skill, character growth and the enemy’s defences affect each hit.
- Tools on your tool belt are always kept on death, including upgraded axes and pickaxes in PvP. Spare tools in your bag can drop in the PvP danger zone.
How to get it
- At an anvil, Smithing 82: 3 × Veilsteel bar → 1 × Veilsteel pickaxe (base yield, before skill bonuses). 462 Smithing XP per completed recipe at the current game rate, before late-level reductions.
- Dropped by Vaelthar, the Hollow Crown — 1% once per kill, shared by contribution.
Sell: 2624 GC at the Smithy (work of the anvil); 2187 GC at the Kitchen; 1750 GC at the General store. Buying and selling prices differ.