What's the best Pickaxe in The Forge? It's a question you'll no doubt be asking as you drum up funds and consider snagging yourself one of the very expensive endgame Pickaxes hidden deep within this Roblox RPG's labyrinthian mines. While some Pickaxes you'll find are objectively better than others, having higher stats across the board, the rarest ones are less cut and dry.

You'll need to really think about what matters to you in a Pickaxe as the price tags grow higher. Want to boost Luck for rarer Ores? Harness sheer power to eviscerate rocks? Or perhaps the speed you chip away at rocks is key. Whatever it is, we've cooked up the ultimate Pickaxe guide, featuring a tier list of all the Pickaxes, their locations, stats, the rocks they can break, and our take on the current best Pickaxe in the game.

In this guide:

• The Forge Pickaxe Tier List
• What's the best Pickaxe in The Forge?
• All Pickaxe Stats
• Every Pickaxe in The Forge

The Forge Pickaxe Tier List

What's the best Pickaxe in The Forge?

The best Pickaxes in the The Forge are The Demonic Pickaxe and the Arcane Pickaxe.

As for which Pickaxe reigns supreme out of the two, that will mostly come down to which stats you value and how full your wallet is. The Demonic Pickaxe is inarguably the pound-for-pound best, but in my opinion, the wisest option so far is the Arcane Pickaxe. It's cheaper than the Demonic Pickaxe, with the Arcane Pickaxe coming in at $125,000 rather than the Demonic Pickaxe's whopping $500,000, but regardless of the lower price tag, it has an almost identical Luck Boost stat.

While you could be very particular about stats, Luck Boost and Rune Slots are the main two you'll want to inspect when buying a Pickaxe. Luck improves the odds of mining rare Ores, which is why you're mining rocks in the first place. The higher your Luck Boost stat, the more likely you’ll get Demonite, Darkryte, Arcane Crystals, or any of the other rare Ores found inside The Forge's various rocks. And you can bump that stat even higher by finding Miner Shard Runes and inserting them into Rune slots. The Arcane Pickaxe has a default Luck Boost of +50%. Meanwhile, the Demonic Pickaxe has a Luck Boost stat of +51%. It's up to you, but considering both Pickaxes have three Rune Slots, an extra 1% luck bump and more rock damage doesn't seem worth the significantly higher price tag.

All Pickaxe Stats

If you want to see exactly what you're getting with each Pickaxe, we've put together a comparison table to show you the raw stats:

Every Pickaxe in The Forge

Now we've covered stats, let's look closer at each Pickaxe, what it's good for and where to find it.

S-Tier Pickaxes

Arcane Pickaxe

The Arcane Pickaxe is one of the two best Pickaxes in The Forge. It has a Luck Boost stat of +50% and three Rune Slots, which you can fill with Miner Shards sporting the Luck trait to raise its Luck Boost stat even higher. It's pretty much the ideal Pickaxe for anyone that's understandably not bothered about farming the $500,000 required to purchase its rival, the Demonic Pickaxe, which only offers a marginal stat increase in everything but Mine Power. In my opinion, it's the most solid option you can pick up in the game's current build.

Demonic Pickaxe

On paper, The Demonic Pickaxe is the best Pickaxe in the game. Its Mine Power stat is hefty, offering a mining damage output of 180, and its Luck stat trumps all others, offering a +51% Luck Boost. You'll take a slight decrease in Mining Speed, however, the positives vastly outweigh the drawbacks. But there's an elephant in the room here, and he's really trying to rinse you of all the loose change in your pocket. The Demonic Pickaxe is incredibly expensive, and you'll have to fiercely grind to purchase it. Regardless, it belongs in the S-tier.

A-Tier Pickaxes

Magma Pickaxe

The Magma Pickaxe is the third and final endgame Pickaxe that rounds out the trifecta. It does more Mine Damage than the Arcane Pickaxe, and is a more affordable get than the Demonic Pickaxe if you want to tear through rocks quickly. The drawback is that it offers a smaller Luck Boost (although hardly anything to scoff at) and one less Rune Slot. Less luck and only 2 Rune Slots means it's not as reliable as the Arcane Pickaxe (and more expensive too!), but if you want to speed up your mining expeditions, it's a good get.

Lightite Pickaxe

The Lightite Pickaxe is a pretty good deal for a late-game Pickaxe. It costs under $100,000, but has just enough power to mine every single rock currently in the game. Plus, it's got the added benefit of +30% Mine Speed, which no other late-game Pickaxe possesses. It's a great get for anyone trying to make the jump from mid-game to late-game, starting their transition to mining Volcanic Rock from the Volcanic Depths and Crystals from the Goblin Cave.

B-Tier Pickaxes

Mythril Pickaxe

The Mythril Pickaxe is the best mid-game Pickaxe money can buy. It's got 80 Mine Damage, so you can finally start cracking into the Basalt Veins you find in the Ashen Passage and Volcanic Depths. Plus, it has a decent +43% Luck Boost. You'll eventually transition away from it, but it's definitely a good option if you don't quite have the muscle to explore the Volcanic Depths and brave its monstrous locals, but want to start getting resources like Rubies that can only be found in Basalt Veins.

Uranium Pickaxe

The Uranium Pickaxe is a solid baseline mid-game pick. It's strong enough to crunch through Basalt Cores quickly, and has a +41% Luck Boost, so you're in the upper echelons of the Luck Boost stat. It can't break Basalt Veins, Crystals or Volcanic Rocks, but it smashes everything else particularly well.

Stonewake's Pickaxe

If you're wondering why such an early game Pickaxe is this high on the list, it's purely for one reason. While every other early game Pickaxe in Stonewake's Cross has 1 or 2 Rune Slots, Stonewake's Pickaxe has 3, and considering the starter area's Delver Zombie enemies drop Miner Shards, you can spec this bad boy into a luck generator. By loading 3 Miner Shards with the Luck Trait into it, you can boost your Luck by as much as 40%, putting it on the same level as the natural Luck stat of the Arcane Pickaxe. That's very useful, even if it can only break smaller rocks. It'll allow you to generate cash from rarer Ores as you explore the first area, meaning you can speed through to the Forgotten Kingdom in no time.

C-tier

Titanium Pickaxe

The Titanium Pickaxe is really just a slightly better version of the Cobalt Pickaxe. You'll probably consider it early into your time in the Forgotten Kingdom's mines, as it offers a +3% Luck Boost and 15 more Mine Power than its Cobalt variant. Not much else to say, really. It's an incremental stat increase, and you may be better served just saving your cash to jump straight to the Uranium Pickaxe.

Cobalt Pickaxe

The Cobalt Pickaxe is really just your key to unlocking the treasures of the Forgotten Kingdom mines. It's solidly reliable as a starter Pickaxe for The Forge's mid-game that can break Basalt Cores, so you can start earning rarer Ores like Sapphires, Diamonds and Emeralds.

D-Tier

Platinum Pickaxe

The most expensive early-game Pickaxe, I'd probably suggest you just forego the Platinum Pickaxe in favour of the Stonewake's Pickaxe instead. It's cheaper and has more Rune Slots to fill with Luck Miner Shards, after all. But the Platinum Pickaxe has a naturally higher Luck Boost if you don't want to go around farming zombies for Miner Shards. Other than that and a Mine Power boost, there's not much to write home about. You probably won't have 5k to waste while exploring Stonewake's Cross, so don't bother.

Gold Pickaxe

The Gold Pickaxe will be the first proper investment you make in your mining gear, and it's a necessary one, because it provides the Mine Power required to crack open Boulders in Stonewake's Cross mine. Aside from that, it offers a +15% Luck Boost, so you'll get more rare Ores while you explore. It's a required purchase, as Boulders contain the best Ore in Stonewake's Cross mine, but not one you'll be using for very long.

Iron Pickaxe

The Iron Pickaxe is one of the earliest Pickaxes in the game, and it exists solely for those tired of the minimal stats of the default Pickaxe. You can skip it altogether for the Gold Pickaxe and you won't be missing anything. It just has a minor Mine Power and Luck Boost increase over the Bronze Pickaxe. Not much else to it. If you're doing Sensei Moro's quest, you'll probably be making enough money that it's entirely skippable.

Bronze Pickaxe

The Bronze Pickaxe is the only Pickaxe you'll be forced to buy, with Sensei Moro's quest tasking you with purchasing it. It's the starter Pickaxe, which means all it has is a basic Mine Power of 7. It's purposefully terrible, and you should use it for as short a time as possible.

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