Iron pickaxe

Iron pickaxe is a tier 1 free-to-play main-hand weapon for melee, with a high alchemy value of 150 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Iron pickaxe is to buy it: Bob's Brilliant Axes in Lumbridge sells it for 2,510 coins, and 4 other shops stock it too.

“Used for mining.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 150 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

2 monsters drop it. The easiest is H.A.M. Guard (level 30, 3/110); the best rate is Rock crab (level 47), at 5/128, about one every 26 kills. You can also make it yourself: it takes 10 Smithing and gives 80 Smithing XP, using 2 × Iron bar. Other sources include H.A.M. Member (male), Guard (H.A.M.) and H.A.M. Member (female). Making ten takes 20 × Iron bar and gives 800 Smithing XP. Reaching level 10 Smithing takes 1,154 XP in total; the Smithing calculator counts the actions and materials to any target, and the Smithing guide has the Ironman training route. 2 recipes use Iron pickaxe, including Gilded iron pickaxe and Iron 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. The Ironman route brings it up at The Knight's Sword. Iron 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 150 coins, which is 2,360 less than the shop price, so buying it to alch does not pay.