Pickaxes
- Effect
- 100
- Lost on death
- 5%
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
Damage with pickaxes. Pickaxes is a Valheim skill, capped at level 100, and you lose 5% of it every time you die. The table below gives what the skill is actually worth at levels 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 across 2 separate effects, none of which the game puts a number on anywhere in its own interface.
What Each Level Is Worth
| Effect | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damage dealt | 25%–55% | 40%–70% | 55%–85% | 70%–100% | 85%–100% |
| Attack stamina | 0% | -8% | -16% | -25% | -33% |
- Average damage climbs from 40% of a weapon’s listed value at level 0 to 93% at level 100. The roll is wide, and its top end stops improving at level 75.
- Falls steadily to 33% cheaper at level 100.
Levelling
Trained with 5
Using any of these raises Pickaxes, and the skill applies to all of them — levelling it on the starter weapon carries straight over to Stone Pickaxe. Listed in progression order.
Bronze Pickaxe
Iron Pickaxe
Black Metal Pickaxe
Antler Pickaxe
Stone PickaxeThe Pickaxes skill caps at level 100 and 5% of it is lost on death. The values above are read from the game files rather than tested by hand, so they are the figures the game actually applies.
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Pickaxes FAQ
What does the Pickaxes skill do in Valheim?
It raises 2 value, and the table above gives the figure at every twenty-five levels. The game never shows these numbers itself.
How much Pickaxes skill do you lose on death in Valheim?
5% of it, as with every skill. The cap is level 100.
What is the maximum Pickaxes level in Valheim?
100, and the last stretch is far longer than the first. The cost of each level is the level to the power of one and a half, halved, so the step into 100 costs about 501 where the step into level 2 costs about 2 — roughly 261 times as much for the same single level.
How do you level Pickaxes in Valheim?
By using it, and only by using it: there is no trainer and no way to spend points. Every qualifying action adds a fixed amount of progress, and when that total passes the requirement for the next level, the level ticks over and the bar resets to zero. The halfway mark already costs about 183 per level, so the useful lesson is to use the skill constantly rather than in bursts.
Does gear improve Pickaxes?
The gear carrying a modifier for it numbers 5, of which Stone Pickaxe is the strongest. That is separate from the skill level itself — gear shifts the output, the skill shifts how well you wield it — so the two stack, and a high level on weak gear and a low level on strong gear are not the same thing.