In Valheim, there is an abundance of monsters to slay, but along the way, you'll need to gather the necessary resources to ensure you're prepared for the fights. So, today, we explore an important resource-gathering tool, the pickaxe, and all of the pickaxes available in Valheim as of the  1.0 Update, as well as their recipes and upgrade requirements, and what each can successfully mine!

All Valheim Pickaxes (as of Update 1.0)

Antler Pickaxe

• ID: PickaxeAntler
• Tier: Meadows
• Durability: 100
• Workbench Recipe:
  • Wood x10
  • Hard Antler x1
• Mining Opportunities:
  • Stone
  • Copper
  • Tin
  • Muddy Scrap Piles
  • Abyssal Barnacles

Unlike the first axe, which is made from wood and stone, the first pickaxe is made of “hard antler” obtained only from Eikthyr, the very first boss. There is no stone alternative in vanilla gameplay to use instead. Once the hard antler has been obtained, the antler pickaxe can be crafted at a workbench.

Upgrade Recipes

• None

The Antler Pickaxe can not be upgraded.

Bronze Pickaxe

• ID: PickaxeBronze
• Tier: Black Forest
• Durability: 120
• Forge Recipe:
  • Corewood x3
  • Bronze x10
• Mining Opportunities:
  • Stone
  • Copper
  • Tin
  • Muddy Scrap Piles
  • Abyssal Barnacles

The Bronze Pickaxe offers the same mining opportunities as the Antler Pickaxe. However, it deals more damage, has more durability, and can be upgraded at a forge.

Upgrade Recipes

Quality 2:

• Forge 2
• Corewood x1
• Bronze x5

Quality 3:

• Forge 3
• Corewood x2
• Bronze x10

Quality 4:

• Forge 4
• Corewood x3
• Bronze x15

The Bronze Pickaxe can be upgraded at a forge to a maximum quality level of 4. Each adds 9 damage and 50 durability.

Iron Pickaxe

• ID: PickaxeIron
• Tier: Swamp
• Durability: 150
• Forge Recipe:
  • Corewood x3
  • Iron x20
• Mining Opportunities:
  • Stone
  • Copper
  • Tin
  • Muddy Scrap Piles
  • Abyssal Barnacles
  • Obsidian
  • Silver

In addition to all previous mining opportunities, the Iron Pickaxe can also mine obsidian and silver.

Upgrade Recipes

Quality 2:

• Forge 3
• Corewood x1
• Iron x10

Quality 3:

• Forge 4
• Corewood x2
• Iron x20

Quality 4:

• Forge 5
• Corewood x3
• Iron x30

The Iron Pickaxe can be upgraded at a forge to a maximum quality level of 4. Each adds 10 damage and 50 durability.

Black Metal Pickaxe

• ID: PickaxeBlackMetal
• Tier: Mistlands
• Durability: 210
• Forge Recipe:
  • Yggdrasil Wood x3
  • Black Metal x25
• Mining Opportunities:
  • Stone
  • Copper
  • Tin
  • Muddy Scrap Piles
  • Abyssal Barnacles
  • Obsidian
  • Silver
  • Black Marble
  • Soft Tissue
  • Buried Ancient Sword
  • Buried Ancient Armor
  • Flametal

In addition to all previous mining opportunities, the Black Metal Pickaxe can also mine Black Marble, Soft Tissue, Buried Ancient Sword, Buried Ancient Armor, and Flametal.

Upgrade Recipes

Quality 2:

• Forge 3
• Yggdrasil Wood x1
• Black Metal x15

Quality 3:

• Forge 4
• Yggdrasil Wood x2
• Black Metal x30

Quality 4:

• Forge 5
• Yggdrasil Wood x3
• Black Metal x45

The Black Metal Pickaxe can be upgraded at a forge to a maximum quality level of 4. Each adds 10 damage and 50 durability.

Console Command-Only Pickaxes

Stone Pickaxe

• ID: PickaxeStone
• Tier: Meadows
• Durability: 100
• Workbench Recipe:
  • None
• Mining Opportunities:
  • Stone
  • Copper
  • Tin
  • Muddy Scrap Piles
  • Abyssal Barnacles

The Stone Pickaxe is not available in vanilla gameplay and can only be obtained using the console command “spawn PickaxeStone 1”.

How to Mine Gammeltroll Remains

In Valheim 1.0, Gammeltroll remains can be mined for petrified tissue, which crafts bloodgold. However, they are broken apart using the new Ember Charge explosives rather than a pickaxe. Ten Ember Charges can be crafted using 2 seal pelts and 1 ember at a workbench.