Bronze pickaxe

Bronze pickaxe is a tier 1 free-to-play main-hand weapon for melee, with a high alchemy value of 100 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Bronze pickaxe is to buy it: Nurmof's Pickaxe Shop in Asgarnia sells it for 1,680 coins, and 5 other shops stock it too.

“Used for mining.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 100 gp

Updated 9 October 2026. Sources from the RuneScape Wiki's drop, shop and recipe data (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), checked 2026-10-09. Item sprite © Jagex.

Ironman verdict

4 monsters drop it, and the best one is also the easiest: Dwarf (level 9), at 13/128 (about one every 10 kills). You can also make it yourself: it takes 1 Smithing and gives 30 Smithing XP, using 2 × Bronze bar. Other sources include H.A.M. Member (male), Guard (H.A.M.) and H.A.M. Member (female). Making ten takes 20 × Bronze bar and gives 300 Smithing XP. One recipe uses Bronze pickaxe: Gilded bronze pickaxe. It is worn in the main-hand weapon slot at tier 1 as melee gear; compare it with every other piece on the Main-hand weapons list. Bronze pickaxe is available on free-to-play worlds too. It is tradeable on normal accounts, but an Ironman cannot use the Grand Exchange or trade for it, so the sources on this page are the whole list. High Alchemy turns one into 100 coins, which is 1,580 less than the shop price, so buying it to alch does not pay.