Faster way to break background walls?

[Vynlann]

Don't get me wrong, my matter manipulator is handy.

But it does the job really slow.

Specifically wooden/cobblestone

Is there an item that does it faster? I've tried the axe, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything.

[Astasia]

Pickaxe. >_>

[Proteus]

And later, when the materials are available ... better pickaxe :D

[e-dawg]

right click to remove backgrounds with a pickaxe

[Vynlann]

I felt the pickaxe was slower than matter manipulator.

Is this true?

More so speaking

Matter manipulator > Copper pickaxe?

[maestro]

I found pickaxes way faster for mining anything.

[Dakiaris]

they are about the same just the copper pickaxe can hit 9 boxes instead of 4 so it's better to get mats... The silver goes a little faster and you don't start really feeling the dig speed boost till around gold tier.

[Rothsper]

pickaxe is way better than MM.
right click to remove background tiles.
put cursor in the middle of a 3x3 grid to remove 9 blocks at a time.

[Proteus]

Originally posted by {CS} Believeinsteve:

I felt the pickaxe was slower than matter manipulator.

Is this true?

More so speaking

Matter manipulator > Copper pickaxe?

Surely not ... the pickaxe is superior to the matter manipulator.
The only thing for which the matter manipulator is good (after getting a pickaxe and a normal axe) is for occasional cases where you want to destroy parts, that are out of the reach of your normal pickaxe (the matter manipulator seems to have a slightly larger reach than axe/pickaxe)

[flamedance58]

Do also remember you can hold Shift while using the Pick to mine single blocks, this stops you from accidentally taking out furniture, chests, etc in your house.

Don't forget the MM is the thing you're using to place items if you look. At least it explains how you can reach several meters away unlike Terraria where you had telekinesis or something.

[Hanti]

Just melt the pickaxes into the MM and make it usefull, i never use it after i get the stone pickaxe :P

[pierremcdx]

fishaxe

[TheSuit]

It is great you want to help answer a doubt, but please don't do it if the question is more than 2 months old. In this case 3 years have gone by.