What is the Fastest Pickaxe in Terraria?
The fastest pickaxes in Terraria are:
- Picksaw
- Vortex Pickaxe
- Nebula Pickaxe
- Solar Flare Pickaxe
- Stardust Pickaxe
All of these have a mining speed of 12 (Very Fast) and a pickaxe power of 210%, making them essential for efficient mining in the game, allowing players to extract resources quickly.
However, even if it’s without a modifier, the Shroomite Digging Claw stands out as the fastest pickaxe in Terraria. It deals 15 pickaxe hits per second without any modifiers and 20 with the Legendary modifier. Nonetheless, its short range is perhaps its main drawback.
Moreover, the Picksaw, with its stronger pickaxe power than the Shroomite Digging Claw, can mine all blocks in the game, including Lihzahd Bricks.
Additionally, Luminite Pickaxes have four variants: Nebula, Solar Flare, Stardust, and Vortex. Although each option has a different appearance, all Luminite Pickaxes share the same stats.
Comparing Pre-Hardmode and Hardmode Pickaxes
In Terraria, the comparison between pre-Hardmode and Hardmode pickaxes reveals some interesting insights.
- Molten Pickaxe: The Molten Pickaxe is considered the most powerful pre-Hardmode pickaxe in the game. It can break nearly every block in one hit, making it essential for early Hardmode. It is capable of mining both Cobalt Ore and Palladium Ore. However, despite its power, it has a very slow mining speed, meaning that many lower tier pickaxes can mine the weakest block types faster than the Molten Pickaxe. Nonetheless, it remains the fastest pre-Hardmode pickaxe when mining stone tiles and above. Its best modifier is Light for harvesting purposes and Legendary for combat purposes. Effectiveness includes one hit needed at 3.3 blocks per second and two hits needed at 1.6 blocks per second.
- Bone Pickaxe: The fastest pre-Hardmode pickaxe is the Bone Pickaxe, with a use time of 18. This means its mining use time is 5.4, or rounded down to five.
- Deathbringer Pickaxe: The Deathbringer Pickaxe is also considered one of the fastest pre-Hardmode picks. While the Bone Pickaxe is the fastest, the Deathbringer is much easier to obtain and can mine a broader range of blocks.
- Palladium Ore Pickaxe (in Calamity Mod): According to the Calamity mod, the Palladium Ore pickaxe is the best pre-Hardmode pickaxe. It has the same pickaxe power as the Molten Pickaxe and is the fastest pickaxe available before Hardmode.
Moving to Hardmode, the Luminite Pickaxes are regarded as the most powerful. They are crafted from Luminite bars, which are only obtainable after defeating the Moon Lord, the final boss in the game.
How to Obtain the Shroomite Digging Claw?
To obtain the Shroomite Digging Claw, follow these steps:
- First, create a Mushroom Biome with a house on your world’s surface. After some time, the Truffle will move in. From him, you can purchase an Autohammer, which is necessary for crafting Shroomite.
- To craft Shroomite Bars, you will need:
- 15 Glowing Mushrooms
- 1 Chlorophyte Bar
Use these ingredients at the Autohammer to create Shroomite Bars.
- Next, to craft the Shroomite Digging Claw, you need:
- A Mythril Anvil or an Orichalcum Anvil
- The Shroomite Bars you just crafted.
- The Shroomite Digging Claw is a Hardmode, post-Plantera pickaxe and axe. It can mine every type of block except Lihzahrd Bricks and is the fastest pickaxe in the game. It deals 15 pickaxe hits per second without modifiers, and 20 with the Legendary modifier.
- Utilizing Smart Cursor with the Shroomite Digging Claw allows it to mine at incredible speeds:
- It can mine 1 block every frame, which equates to 60 blocks per second at 60fps.
- It can chop any tree in 0.27 seconds without modifiers, and in 0.2 seconds with the best modifier.
This high mining speed can be risky without fall damage immunity, as mining may occur faster than the player can fall.
