Molten Pickaxe

Molten Pickaxe

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Type	Tool
Damage	12 (Melee)
Knockback	2 (Very weak)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	23 (Fast)
Tool speed	18
Rarity	03*
Sell	54 SC
Research	1 required

Inflicts Debuff

Debuff	On Fire!
Debuff tooltip	Slowly losing life
Chance	10%
Duration	3 seconds

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 122
• Internal Buff ID: 24

The Molten Pickaxe is a pre-Hardmode pickaxe.

It is the most powerful pre-Hardmode pickaxe, being able to break nearly every block in one hit. It is capable of mining Cobalt Ore and Palladium Ore, which makes it an essential tool for early Hardmode. It also has the benefits of emitting light and occasionally inflicting the On Fire! debuff on enemies struck.

Although the Molten Pickaxe can destroy most blocks in one hit, its mining speed is very slow, meaning many lower tier pickaxes can mine the weakest block types faster than the Molten Pickaxe. However, it is still the fastest pre-Hardmode pickaxe when mining stone tiles and above. See the chart below for more details.

Its best modifier is Light for harvesting purposes and Legendary for combat purposes.

Effectiveness

One hit needed @ 3.3 blocks per second		Two hits needed @ 1.6 blocks per second
Ash Block Bricks Clay Block Dirt Block Gems	Grass Mud Block Pre-hardmode Ores Obsidian Sand Block Silt Block Stone Block	Crimstone Block Hellstone Meteorite Ebonstone Block Dungeon Bricks Pearlstone Block Cobalt Ore Palladium Ore

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Molten Pickaxe	Hellstone Bar20	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil

Achievement

Miner for Fire • “Craft a molten pickaxe using the hottest of materials.”

Craft a Molten Pickaxe. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Category: Collector

Trivia

• The Achievement shows the Pre-1.4.0.3 sprite.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4.9: Sprite updated. Old sprite was

• Desktop 1.4.0.3: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Now awards an achievement when the player crafts a Molten Pickaxe.
  • Decreased use time from 24 to 22.

• Desktop 1.2: Hellstone Bar requirement reduced from 35 to 20.

• Desktop 1.0.6: Can now inflict the On Fire! debuff.

• Desktop 1.0.5: Damage reduced from 18 to 12.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Made changes from PS4’s 1.0.750.0 update. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: ()
  • Now awards an achievement when the player crafts a Molten Pickaxe.
  • Decreased use time from 24 to 22.

• Console 1.02: Hellstone Bar requirement reduced from 35 to 20.

• Console-Release: Introduced with mechanics from Desktop 1.0.6.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Hellstone Bar requirement reduced from 35 to 20.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced with mechanics from Desktop 1.0.6.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced with mechanics from Desktop 1.2.