Steel pickaxe

Steel pickaxe is a tier 1 free-to-play main-hand weapon for melee, with a high alchemy value of 200 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Steel pickaxe is to buy it: Bob's Brilliant Axes in Lumbridge sells it for 3,340 coins, and 3 other shops stock it too.

“A steel pickaxe.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 200 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

Only one monster drops it: H.A.M. Guard (level 30), at 2/110 (about one every 55 kills). You can also make it yourself: it takes 20 Smithing and gives 150 Smithing XP, using 2 × Steel bar. Other sources include H.A.M. Member (male), Guard (H.A.M.), H.A.M. Member (female) and Tomb (Tomb of Catolax). Making ten takes 20 × Steel bar and gives 1,500 Smithing XP. Reaching level 20 Smithing takes 4,470 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 Steel pickaxe, including Gilded steel pickaxe and Steel 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. Steel 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 200 coins, which is 3,140 less than the shop price, so buying it to alch does not pay.