Obsidian pickax?

[mskitty]

I found the copper but the stone pickax is not strong enough to mine it, what do I need to make to unlock the blueprint for a better pickax? I've already made the obsidian ax and obsidian knife blade.

[CrazyMom]

The stone pickax is the one to mine copper, just make sure you have enough mining points/strength on it, repair it in between. There is no obsidian pickax. After copper there is the iron one. For mining iron ore you should bring at least initially 2 copper pickaxes to the puma region.
Collect all stones you find and always have a couple of them at the copper mines as well as spare big branches.

[aliascoyoteh]

You have to look at the tool durability to damage per ore ratio. a stone pick just cant mine many pieces of ore at one time. harvest 3-5 ore, repair pickaxe, repeat as needed. another reason I always keep a cart with me when mining, bring extra repair stones in and more ore back.

[mskitty]

So for a mine with 10 I would need to repair 3 times, the flimsy tool design in this game is so irritating.

[CrazyMom]

You upgrade these as you unlock other regions and the ores there.

[mskitty]

I understand you upgrade as you progress, but the decay rate is still to high, they need to dial it back a bit.

[themany]

Obsidian is brittle and sharp. Not suitable for ore extraction. They are true to RL. Best way to repair is to disassemble and craft from beginning. Max durability you get.