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Fossil Pickaxe

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Type	Tool
Damage	8 (Melee)
Knockback	4 (Weak)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	18 (Very fast)
Tool speed	14
Rarity	01*
Sell	30
Research	1 required

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• Internal Item ID: 4059

The Fossil Pickaxe is a pickaxe crafted from Sturdy Fossils found in the Underground Desert. It can mine ores up to Demonite Ore and Crimtane Ore. It has the same pickaxe power as the Gold Pickaxe and slightly less pickaxe power than the Platinum Pickaxe, but is slightly faster than both of them in terms of mining speed.

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

Crafting[]

Recipes[]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Fossil Pickaxe	Sturdy Fossil12 Any Wood4	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil

Tips[]

• Since Desert Fossils can be mined with any pickaxe or explosives, it can be a powerful upgrade in the early game.
• Its effective mining speed is on par with the Deathbringer Pickaxe for most blocks, at 4.29 Dirt Blocks per second, or 2.14 Stone Blocks per second, except it cannot mine Hellstone or stronger blocks. It is slower than the Bone Pickaxe, which can mine the same blocks at 5.45 and 2.73 blocks per second, respectively. For Stone Blocks or stronger, the Molten Pickaxe is the strongest option pre-Hardmode, at 3.33 blocks per second.

History[]

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.2: Fixed an issue where Fossil Pickaxe, Tree Globe, and World Globe would fall through blocks forever when dropped.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.