Dragon pickaxe

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Dragon pickaxe

Also known as?	Dragon pick, d pick, drag pick, drag pickaxe, dpik, Dpa
Members only?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Equipable?	Yes
Stacks?	No
High Alchemy	75,000 coins
Low Alchemy	50,000 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	Not sold
Exchange price	16,300,000 coins update
GE Database	Look up price
Examine	Used for mining.
Weight	2 kg
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The Dragon pickaxe is the most powerful pickaxe in the game and mines ores faster than the Rune pickaxe and the Inferno adze. After being the subject of many rumours over the years, Mod Mark confirmed that it was in development on 5 March 2009 (see RuneScape Q&A - Further Answers). Dragon pickaxes were released with the Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf quest on 9 September 2009.

To wield a Dragon pickaxe, players must have an Attack level of at least 60. To mine with a dragon pickaxe, a Mining level of 61 is required. Wielding or mining with the pickaxe does not require completion of Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf. Dragon pickaxes are dropped by Chaos dwogres, Chaos dwarf hand cannoneers, and Chaos dwarves at the Chaos Dwarf Battlefield.

As with all Dragon equipment (except the Dragon platebody and the Dragon sq shield), this item cannot be made using the smithing skill.

Bonuses Hover over image for type						A player wielding the Dragon pickaxe.
Attack bonus
+38	-2	+32	0	0
Defence bonus
0	+1	0	0	0	0
Other bonuses
+42		0		0
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Contents 1 Price history 2 Combat styles 3 Special Attack 4 Trivia

[edit] Price history

For the first month of its release, the Dragon pickaxe increased in price at maximum speed, multiplying several times in price. However, on 8 October 2009, 30 days after the release of the Dragon Pickaxe, it began to crash, after rising to about 19.3 million coins in 30 days from 4 million coins (the starting price in the Grand Exchange, set by Jagex. This is a 450% rise). The effect is similar to the one observed when the Dragon Hatchet was released. The Dragon Pickaxe has had the third largest price spike of all time, the first being Granite blocks, the second being Dragon Claws.

[edit] Combat styles

				Name	Combat style	Type	Melee experience
				Spike	Accurate	Stab	Attack
				Impale	Aggressive	Stab	Strength
				Smash	Aggressive	Crush	Strength
				Block	Defensive	Stab	Defence

[edit] Special Attack

Like other dragon weapons, the pickaxe has a special attack known as "Shock". It drains 5% from an opponent's Attack, Ranged and Magic. This attack takes longer to perform than a normal attack. The special attack uses 100% of the special attack bar.

[edit] Trivia

• On the same day that the Dragon pickaxe was released, all other metal pickaxes underwent an unannounced graphical update.
• Before the update there was an image in the RuneScape banner of a dual-headed dragon pickaxe. A similar picture is currently used to show the special attack in the Game Guide, despite the look of the real dragon pickaxe. The picture has been recently updated in the game guide and is now up to date with the dragon pickaxe in-game.
• Strangely, some parts of the Dragon pickaxe resemble something made out of Obsidian, rather than Dragon.
• On the day of release, the Dragon pickaxe could not be found in the Quick Chat feature.
• The special attack of the Dragon pickaxe resembles the special attack of the Barrelchest anchor.

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Bronze • Iron • Steel • Mithril • Adamant • Sacred clay • Rune • Dragon • Inferno adze

v • d • e Dragon equipment
Melee weapons	Hatchet • Pickaxe • Battleaxe • Claws • Dagger • Halberd • Mace • Longsword • Scimitar • Spear • Two-hander
Melee armour	Boots • Gauntlets • Gloves • Medium helm • Full helm • Chainbody • Platebody • Platelegs • Plateskirt • Square shield
Ranged items	Arrows • Darts
Other	Arrowtips • Broken axe • Dart tips • Ruined lump • Ruined shard • Ruined slice
Corrupt dragon	Armour Medium helm • Square shield • Chainbody • Plateskirt • Platelegs Weapons Battleaxe • Dagger • Mace • Longsword • Scimitar • Spear