Pickaxe

Pickaxe
Details
A basic copper pickaxe
Require:	research
Source:	crafting, facilities
Craft:	20 Wood 1 Copper
Usage:	buildings, workers, research
Category:	Crafts, Inventory, Resources

Basic copper pickaxe

Pickaxes are used by miners and for construction and research.

• Your available Pickaxe is listed, in an inventory, after you get some.

Access

Pickaxe appears, on Crafting, after you research Pickaxe on Technologies.

• You can craft a copper Pickaxe, after you research the technology.
• The technology has a requirement to access and research.

Technology required:
Technology	Requirement	Research cost
Pickaxe	build 1 Library	Wood	100
		Copper	3

• You can:
  • craft a Pickaxe, on Crafting; and
  • autocraft Pickaxes, on Facilities.

Craft

Pickaxe on Crafting

You can craft a Pickaxe, on Crafting, after you research the required technology.

• You need 20 Wood and 1 Copper, to craft a Pickaxe.

Resources required:
Resource	Amount
Wood	20
Copper	1

• You can increase the number of Pickaxes crafted, for the base cost, with increases to Craft efficiency.
• You can craft multiple amounts at a time, with Workbenches and Factories.
• After you research Logistics, you can craft Pickaxes directly from the inventory.

Production

• Active Tool factories, on Facilities, produce 0.5 Pickaxes per second.

Pickaxe production:
Producer	Rate
Tool factory	0.5 per second1
1inconsistant with tooltip v0.9.3 beta

• Other factors increment production.

Uses

• Pickaxes are used, to:
  • recruit, on Jobs;
  • research, on Technologies; and
  • construct, on Buildings.

Use of pickaxes:
Use	Item	Amount
recruit	Miner	1
research	Crushing	500
research	Open mining	3 000
research	Multitasking	2 000
research	Mineral coal	10 000
construct	Blockyard	500 × 1.3n
construct	Bunker	750 × 1.4n
construct	Quarry	500 × 1.2n
where 'n' is the number of the item

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