Elder rune pickaxe
Elder rune pickaxe is a tier 1 members main-hand weapon for melee, with a high alchemy value of 20,000 coins. No shop sells Elder rune pickaxe and no monster drops it, so an Ironman makes it: it takes 90 Smithing and gives 2,000 Smithing XP, using 2 × Elder rune bar.
“An elder rune pickaxe.”
MembersTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 20,000 gp
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Ironman verdict
Where the materials come from: Elder rune bar (made with 90 Smithing). Making ten takes 20 × Elder rune bar and gives 20,000 Smithing XP. Reaching level 90 Smithing takes 5,346,332 XP in total; the Smithing calculator counts the actions and materials to any target, and the Smithing guide has the Ironman training route. One recipe uses Elder rune pickaxe: Elder rune pickaxe + 1. 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. Elder rune pickaxe is members-only. 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 20,000 coins.
At a glance
- Members
- Yes
- Tradeable
- Yes, but not for Ironmen
- High alch
- 20,000 coins
- Monster drops
- None
- Shops
- None
- Recipes
- 1
- Used in
- 1 recipe
- Slot
- Main-hand weapons, tier 1
Make it yourself
Needs 90 Smithing · 2,000 Smithing XP
Getting the materials as an Ironman
- Elder rune bar: made with 90 Smithing
What you make with Elder rune pickaxe
Where it fits for an Ironman
Equipment
- Main-hand weapons, tier 1 · melee
Guides
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