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A pickaxe is a two-handed melee weapon.

Usage

Weapon

The pickaxe is a multi-attack weapon, capable of hitting three zombies at a time in a swing if "multi-hit" is enabled in the sandbox settings.

It has a chance to kill zombies in a single hit, making it useful for close-quarters combat. It has the advantage of having a greater damage output compared to other tools, making it a great weapon alongside its uses as a tool. Its disadvantage is that it has a long recovery time between swings, leaving the player vulnerable when surrounded.

Compared to the more common axe, the pickaxe has slightly higher zombie damage at 1-2.2 damage compared to the Axe's 0.8-2 damage. However, it has a condition lower chance of 1/20 compared to the Axe's 1/35. This makes it a highly effective weapon, but it will break somewhat more quickly.

Breaking doors

It is very effective at breaking down doors, dealing 35 damage per hit.

Chopping trees

The pickaxe is an ideal harvesting device to cut down trees, dealing 35 damage per hit (equivalent to an axe).

Condition

The pickaxe has a maximum condition of 13. Its rate of degradation is influenced by the axe and maintenance skills. The chance of losing durability can be simplified to the following formula: 1 in (20 + maintenanceMod × 2). Where "maintenanceMod" is calculated using the axe and maintenance skills.
Below is an example of the chance of losing durability at varying levels of the maintenance and axe skills.

*For how this is calculated, see: Condition*
Maintenance skill	Weapon skill	Condition lower chance
0	0	1/20 (5%)
0	4	1/22 (5%)
0	8	1/24 (4%)
4	0	1/24 (4%)
8	0	1/28 (4%)
4	4	1/26 (4%)
4	8	1/28 (4%)
8	8	1/32 (3%)
10	10	1/34 (3%)

Repairing

A pickaxe can be repaired with the following. Note that repairing the pickaxe makes following repairs less likely to succeed and can, if repaired numerous times, cause reduced durability instead of increased.

Item Repaired	1st Repair Materials = 55% Repaired, 100% Success	20% Repaired, 95% Success	10% Repaired, 95% Success	10% Repaired, 95% Success
Pickaxe	Wood Glue (2 Uses) (Requires Carpentry Level 2)	Duct Tape (2 Uses)	Glue (2 Uses)	Adhesive Tape (4 Uses)

Distribution

The loot distributions can be found in the table(s) below.

PickAxe distribution Show / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default loot settings, and median zombie density. The higher the density of zombies in an area, the higher the effective chance of an item spawning. Chance is also influenced by the lucky and unlucky traits.

Containers
Building/Room	Container	Effective chance
Bag_ToolBag	Bag_ToolBag	0.71%
Farmer	crate	2.81%
Farmer	metal_shelves	2.81%
SafehouseLoot	crate	2.81%
SafehouseLoot	metal_shelves	2.81%
ToolsCache1	ToolsBox	10.78%
all	crate	0.44%
all	toolcabinet	2.81%
bedroom	crate	0.44%
closet	crate	0.44%
closet	crate	2.81%
construction	crate	2.81%
factory	crate	2.81%
factory	metal_shelves	2.81%
farmstorage	crate	2.81%
farmstorage	metal_shelves	2.81%
firestorage	metal_shelves	2.81%
garagestorage	counter	2.81%
garagestorage	crate	0.44%
garagestorage	crate	2.81%
garagestorage	locker	2.81%
garagestorage	metal_shelves	2.81%
generalstore	metal_shelves	2.81%
generalstore	shelves	2.81%
generalstorestorage	metal_shelves	2.81%
generalstorestorage	shelves	2.81%
gigamart	shelves	2.81%
kitchen	crate	2.81%
loggingfactory	crate	2.81%
loggingfactory	metal_shelves	2.81%
pawnshop	counter	2.81%
pawnshop	crate	2.81%
pawnshop	metal_shelves	2.81%
pawnshop	shelves	2.81%
pawnshopstorage	crate	2.81%
pawnshopstorage	metal_shelves	2.81%
shed	crate	2.81%
shed	locker	2.81%
shed	metal_shelves	2.81%
storageunit	crate	0.44%
storageunit	crate	2.81%
storageunit	metal_shelves	0.44%
storageunit	metal_shelves	2.81%
toolstore	counter	2.81%
toolstore	crate	2.81%
toolstore	metal_shelves	2.81%
toolstore	shelves	2.81%
toolstorestorage	crate	2.81%
toolstorestorage	metal_shelves	2.81%
warehouse	crate	2.81%
warehouse	metal_shelves	2.81%

Vehicles
Type	Container	Effective chance
Farmer	Trunk	2.81%
Fire	Trunk	2.81%
Ranger	Trunk	2.81%

Code

Code snippet! This section contains source code from Project ZomboidShow / Hide

Item

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item PickAxe
    {
        DisplayCategory = ToolWeapon,
        MaxRange	=	1.6,
        WeaponSprite	=	PickAxe,
        MinAngle	=	0.65,
        Type	=	Weapon,
        MinimumSwingTime	=	3.0,
        KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	TRUE,
        SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.002,
        Categories	=	Axe,
        ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	20,
        Weight	=	3,
        SplatNumber	=	3,
        PushBackMod	=	0.3,
        SubCategory	=	Swinging,
        ConditionMax	=	13,
        MaxHitCount	=	3,
        DoorDamage	=	35,
        IdleAnim	=	Idle_Weapon2,
        SwingAnim	=	Bat,
        DisplayName	=	PickAxe,
        MinRange	=	0.61,
        SwingTime	=	3.0,
        HitAngleMod	=	-30,
        SplatSize	=	5,
        KnockdownMod	=	2,
        SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	TRUE,
        Icon	=	PickAxe,
        RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
        TwoHandWeapon = TRUE,
        BreakSound = PickAxeBreak,
        DoorHitSound = PickAxeHit,
		HitSound = PickAxeHit,
		HitFloorSound = PickAxeHit,
		SwingSound = PickAxeSwing,
        TreeDamage  =   35,
        MetalValue = 120,
        CriticalChance	=	25,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 9,
        MinDamage	=	1,
        MaxDamage	=	2.2,
        BaseSpeed = 0.8,
        DamageCategory = Slash,
        DamageMakeHole = TRUE,
        AttachmentType = BigBlade,
        Tags = DigPlow,
    }

Repair

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\fixing.txt