Rune Pickaxe Pickaxe
- Weight
- 5 kg
- Durability
- 2700
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
A masterfully forged pickaxe of pure runite, capable of breaking through even the toughest stone with ease.
Journal Entry: Rune Pickaxe
If you fancy a giggle, watch an amateur try to mine runite. Grab a chair, pull yourself a dwarven stout, and watch the carnage.
Runite, you see, actively repels a pickaxe. It twinkles with magic, and that magic - perhaps through some kind of geological evolutionary step - resists any attempt to mine it. Artlessly swing a pickaxe at a clump of runite and the pickaxe will bounce backwards, boomeranging towards the miner's head. There's a reason why field medics are posted at dwarven mines.
The secret is that runite is soft. Not as soft as clay or gold, perhaps, but softer than most metals. You don't need to swing your pickaxe hard or fast. All that is needed is some finesse and patience. Better still, a runite pickaxe will disrupt the magical fields around the ore, pushing the ore out of the rock.
In-game journal text, quoted from RuneScape: Dragonwilds.
Rune Pickaxe Stats & Details
- Category
- Tool / Pickaxe
- Skill
- Mining
- Tier
- 7
- Power level
- 8
- Damage multiplier
- ×9.5
- Damage type
- Crush
- Slot
- Two-Handed
- Durability
- 2700
- Weight
- 5 kg
Rune Pickaxe Damage Effectiveness
Rune Pickaxe deals Crush damage. 12 creatures across Ashenfall are weak to it — bring it when hunting these targets.
Watch out: 4 creatures resist Crush damage, so switch to a different element before fighting them.
Rune Pickaxe Compared
How Rune Pickaxe stacks up against the other Pickaxe options in RuneScape: Dragonwilds:
| Item | Tier | Power level | Damage multiplier | Durability | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rune PickaxeThis item | 7 | 8 | ×9.5 | 2700 | 5 kg |
 Adamant Pickaxe | 7 | 7 | ×8.4 | 2400 | 5 kg |
 Mithril Pickaxe | 6 | 6 | ×8.2 | 2400 | 5 kg |
 Steel Pickaxe | 5 | 5 | ×6.6 | 2100 | 5 kg |
 Iron Pickaxe | 4 | 4 | ×5 | 2100 | 5 kg |
 Bronze Pickaxe | 3 | 3 | ×3.4 | 1800 | 5 kg |
 Bone Pickaxe | 2 | 2 | ×1.5 | 1350 | 5 kg |
 Stone Pickaxe | 1 | 1 | – | 1200 | 5 kg |
Rune Pickaxe is a Pickaxe Tool in RuneScape: Dragonwilds. In combat it deals Crush damage, effective against 12 creatures in the bestiary. It weighs 5 kg. It is tied to the Mining skill.