axe or pick

[Havoc]

should i upgrade my pick or axe to copper?

[hansdog]

both lol. I would say pick first though.

[Havoc]

Originally posted by hansdog:

both lol. I would say pick first though.

what does the pick get you?

[Mushroom Soup]

if you have copper axe you can chop down large stumps. Copper pick does nothing special but it can be upgraded to iron pick to break boulders

[Ape-tier Buffoonery]

I think I usually grab copper axe first so I can keep stockpiling more copper to get the rest of the tools. It's also nice to get a headstart on collecting hard wood.

But for min/maxing copper pick is probably better just so you're not wasting as much energy going deeper in the mine since you start 1 shotting denser small stones and I think it brings copper ore veins from 5 to 3 swings.

[I Kinda Fail]

Depends on your farm type (Forest, Riverlands, etc) but I'd typically say upgrade your pick.

If you're upgrading your axe first, I recommend giving it to Clint, then spending the following days mining to get more copper than you currently need.

If you're upgrading pickaxe first, I recommend getting the 5 bars, then upgrading it, then spend the remaining few days fishing for money.

Typically, I'll go:

Spring-ish:
- Upgrade pickaxe to copper
- Backpack upgrade
- Upgrade watering can to copper
- Upgrade axe to copper

Summer-ish:
- Upgrade pickaxe to iron
- Upgrade axe to iron
- Make sprinklers
- Upgrade hoe to copper
- If there's time, upgrade watering can to iron

Autumn-ish:
- Upgrade pickaxe to gold
- Make more sprinklers
- Final backpack upgrade
- Upgrade watering can to gold
- Upgrade axe to gold
- Upgrade hoe to iron
- Upgrade hoe to gold

Winter-ish (if Skull Caverns unlocked)
- Iridium pickaxe
- Iridium band
- Grind out dust sprites for the burglar's ring
- With both rings, resume grinding Skull Caverns
- Iridium sprinklers
- Iridium axe
- Iridium hoe
- Iridium watering can

[Sue]

Okay, I'd upgrade my pick before upgrading my axe.

But I upgrade my backpack as early as possible, before upgrading any tools, so I can carry more. Carrying more = more to sell!

I don't bother with upgrading my watering can, instead I focus on getting deeper into the mines (upgrading my pick as I go) to get the materials for quality sprinklers.

[!?!]

You need an upgraded pickaxe to make reasonable progress in the mines.
Beyond iron, you don't really need an upgraded axe for anything other than convenience.

[Yellowbeard]

What are you upgrading it from...stone? Would it not be stone, copper, bronze, iron, steel, titanium...then what...monomolecular edge/point steel or titanium?