Changes: Pickaxe

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“	No respectable miner would leave home without it.
	— Item Description

About

The Pickaxe is a fundamental Support Tool available to every class. By default, it is bound to the right mouse button when using a Keyboard and Mouse, and the Left Trigger on controllers. Swinging the Pickaxe at terrain will destroy it, allowing the player to shape the environment around them. The Pickaxe is also used to mine veins of resources, such as Morkite, where destroying them will immediately transfer the mined material into your mineral inventory. Normally only 40 of each resource can be carried at a time, but the inventory can be emptied by depositing into the M.U.L.E., Drop Pod, or Mine Head, and carry capacity can be improved through the Deep Pockets Perk and an Armor Rig upgrade.

The Pickaxe can also be used as a basic melee weapon to damage enemies. It does 27.5 damage per swing, instantly killing weak enemies such as Glyphid Swarmers. You will be slowed by 50% for a second after attacking with your Pickaxe, making you vulnerable to attacks. With the "Power Attack" upgrade the Pickaxe is capable of dishing out much more damage by pressing the Right Mouse Button and then immediately followed by Left Mouse Button (Left Trigger followed by Right Trigger on an Xbox Controller). The "Power Attack" has a larger damage radius and much higher damage but there's a 30 second cooldown applied after each use. Both attacks can be used to unfreeze teammates.

Initial Stats

Damage	27.5 Melee
Armor Breaking	150%

Modifications

There are currently two tiers and up to three mods per tier.

Driller, Engineer, Gunner, Scout Upgrades

Mod

Effect

Description

Price

Tier 1

4

Power Attack

+ Power Attack

Power Attack Area Damage: 120
Power Attack Effect Radius: 1m
Power Attack Stun Chance: 50%
Power Attack Stun Duration: 1.5s
Power Attack Cooldown: 30s

Channel your dwarven rage through your pickaxe. While holding the mining button, press fire to activate.

800	Credits
10	Bismor

Tier 2

8

Serrated Edge

+120 Power Attack Area Damage

Power Attack does more direct damage to your target.

3600	Credits
30	Jadiz

Shockwave

+1m Power Attack Effect Radius

Power Attack affects a larger area.

3600	Credits
30	Umanite

Better Weight Balance

-10s Power Attack Cooldown

Thanks to better ergonomics it takes less effort to swing your pickaxe and as a consequence your Power Attack recharges faster.

3600	Credits
30	Enor Pearl

Cosmetics

Main article: Pickaxe Customization

Stat Breakdown

Damage Breakdown

Any pickaxe attack will do melee damage, no matter if it’s the normal attack or the power attack.
Base melee damage is 11.
Skull Crusher Ale adds 20 damage to your melee attack.
See You In Hell passive effect adds 20 damage to your melee attack.
Your melee attack is made of 2 hits:
- The first hit is 1 times your base melee damage versus single targets. It benefits from weakpoints and deals triple damage versus frozen targets.
- The second hit is 1.5 times your base melee damage. It doesn’t benefit from weakpoints or frozen targets but ignores light/medium armor.
So with that in mind here are a few examples on how melee damage works:
- Your basic pickaxe attack damage:
  - 11 + 11 x 1.5 = 27.5 melee damage
  - With Skull Crusher Ale: (11 + 20) + (11 + 20) x 1.5 = 77.5 melee damage
  - With See You in Hell: (11 + 20) + (11 + 20) x 1.5 = 77.5 melee damage
  - With both buffs: (11 + 20 + 20) + (11 + 20 + 20) x 1.5 = 127.5 melee damage
- Weakpoint damage versus a grunt head:
  - 11 x 2 + 11 x 1.5 = 38.5 melee damage
  - With See You in Hell or Skull Crusher Ale (11 + 20) x 2 + (11 + 20) x 1.5 = 108.5 melee damage (enough to kill a grunt in any difficulty)

Trivia

The pickaxe's handle changes color depending on the class.
Driller used to have an upgrade that would allow him to mine terrain with less hits.
When performing a power attack, the back blade is used instead of the front blade.

Bugs

Most pickaxe handles will appear brown in the equipment terminal.
Driller's pickaxe becomes solid yellow during a mission, but while in the Space Rig only the handle will stay yellow.

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+| name         = Pickaxe
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 {{quote|No respectable miner would leave home without it.|Item Description}}
 === About ===
-The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a fundamental Support Tool available to every class. By default, it is bound to the right mouse button when using a Keyboard and Mouse, and the Left Trigger on controllers. Swinging the Pickaxe at terrain will destroy it, allows the player to shape the environment around them. The Pickaxe is also used to mine veins of [[resources]], such as [[Morkite]], where destroying them will immediately transfer the mined material into your mineral inventory. Only 40 of each resource can be carried at a time, but the inventory can be emptied by depositing into the [[M.U.L.E.]]
+The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a fundamental Support Tool available to every class. By default, it is bound to the right mouse button when using a Keyboard and Mouse, and the Left Trigger on controllers. Swinging the Pickaxe at terrain will destroy it, allowing the player to shape the environment around them. The Pickaxe is also used to mine veins of [[resources]], such as [[Morkite]], where destroying them will immediately transfer the mined material into your mineral inventory. Normally only 40 of each resource can be carried at a time, but the inventory can be emptied by depositing into the [[M.U.L.E.]], [[Drop Pod]], or [[Mine Head]], and carry capacity can be improved through the Deep Pockets [[Perks|Perk]] and an Armor Rig upgrade.
-The Pickaxe can also be used as a basic melee weapon to damage enemies. It does 20 damage per swing, instantly killing weak enemies such as [[Glyphid Swarmer]]s. You will be unable to move for a short moment after hitting an enemy after hitting it with your Pickaxe, making you vulnerable to attacks.
+The Pickaxe can also be used as a basic melee weapon to damage enemies. It does 27.5 damage per swing, instantly killing weak enemies such as [[Glyphid Swarmer]]s. You will be slowed by 50% for a second after attacking with your Pickaxe, making you vulnerable to attacks. With the "Power Attack" upgrade the Pickaxe is capable of dishing out much more damage by pressing the Right Mouse Button and then immediately followed by Left Mouse Button (Left Trigger followed by Right Trigger on an Xbox Controller). The "Power Attack" has a larger damage radius and much higher damage but there's a 30 second cooldown applied after each use. Both attacks can be used to unfreeze teammates.
-Unlike the other classes, the [[Driller]] can purchase the Titanium Reinforcement modification to destroy the terrain faster than any other class.
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 |{{Equipment stats
+| damage        = {{tooltip|27.5|It’s not a mistake, the game is lying to you}} Melee
-| damage = 20
+| custom1 name  = Armor Breaking
+| custom1       = 150%
 }}
 |}
 === Modifications ===
-There's currently one tier and a single possible mod per class.
+There are currently two tiers and up to three mods per tier.
 {| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="text-align:center"
-! colspan=5 | Engineer, Gunner, Scout Upgrades
+! colspan=5 | Driller, Engineer, Gunner, Scout Upgrades
 |-
 !
 ! Mod
-! Description
 ! Effect
+! Description
-! Price
+! width="150px" | Price
 |-
-! rowspan=1| Tier 1
+! rowspan=1| Tier 1<br/>{{level}}4
-| style="padding:5px" | [[File:Icon_Upgrade_DamageGeneral.png|45px]]<br/>Sharp Edge
+| style="padding:5px" | [[File:Icon_ExtractOre.png|45px|link=]]<br/>Power Attack
+| + Power Attack
-| More effective against enemies
-| +10 Damage
+Power Attack Area Damage: 120<br>
+Power Attack Effect Radius: 1m<br>
-| {{credits}} 1200 Credits
+Power Attack Stun Chance: 50%<br>
+Power Attack Stun Duration: 1.5s<br>
+Power Attack Cooldown: 30s
+| Channel your dwarven rage through your pickaxe. While holding the mining button, press fire to activate.
+| {{Price table | width = 100%
+| credits = 800
+| bismor = 10
+}}
 |-
+! rowspan=3| Tier 2<br/>{{level}}8
-! colspan=5 | Driller Upgrades
+| style="padding:5px" | {{icon upgrade|DamageGeneral}}<br/>Serrated Edge
+| +120 Power Attack Area Damage
+| Power Attack does more direct damage to your target.
+| {{Price table | width = 100%
+| credits = 3600
+| jadiz = 30
+}}
 |-
+| style="padding:5px" | {{icon upgrade|Area}}<br/>Shockwave
-! rowspan=1| Tier 1
+| +1m Power Attack Effect Radius
-| style="padding:5px" | [[File:Icon_Upgrade_Digging.png|45px]]<br/>Titanium Reinforcement
+| Power Attack affects a larger area.
-| Rock takes less hits to be destroyed
+| {{Price table | width = 100%
-| + Rock Mining
-| {{credits}} 1500 Credits
+| credits = 3600
+| umanite = 30
+}}
+|-
+| style="padding:5px" | {{icon upgrade|ChargeUp}}<br/>Better Weight Balance
+| -10s Power Attack Cooldown
+| Thanks to better ergonomics it takes less effort to swing your pickaxe and as a consequence your Power Attack recharges faster.
+| {{Price table | width = 100%
+| credits = 3600
+| enor pearl = 30
+}}
 |}
+=== Cosmetics ===
+{{main|Pickaxe Customization}}
+=== Stat Breakdown ===
+==== Damage Breakdown ====
+* Any pickaxe attack will do melee damage, no matter if it’s the normal attack or the power attack.
+* Base melee damage is 11.
+* [[Abyss_Bar#Today's_Special|Skull Crusher Ale]] adds 20 damage to your melee attack.
+* [[See You In Hell]] passive effect adds 20 damage to your melee attack.
+* Your melee attack is made of 2 hits:
+** The first hit is 1 times your base melee damage versus single targets. It benefits from weakpoints and deals triple damage versus frozen targets.
+** The second hit is 1.5 times your base melee damage. It doesn’t benefit from weakpoints or frozen targets but ignores light/medium armor.
+* So with that in mind here are a few examples on how melee damage works:
+** Your basic pickaxe attack damage:
+*** 11 + 11 x 1.5 = 27.5 melee damage
+*** With Skull Crusher Ale: (11 + 20) + (11 + 20) x 1.5 = 77.5 melee damage
+*** With See You in Hell: (11 + 20) + (11 + 20) x 1.5 = 77.5 melee damage
+*** With both buffs: (11 + 20 + 20) + (11 + 20 + 20) x 1.5 = 127.5 melee damage
+** Weakpoint damage versus a [[Glyphid Grunt|grunt]] head:
+*** 11 x 2 + 11 x 1.5 = 38.5 melee damage
+*** With See You in Hell or Skull Crusher Ale (11 + 20) x 2 + (11 + 20) x 1.5 = 108.5 melee damage (enough to kill a grunt in any difficulty)
 === Trivia ===
 * The pickaxe's handle changes color depending on the class.
+* Driller used to have an upgrade that would allow him to mine terrain with less hits.
+*When performing a power attack, the back blade is used instead of the front blade.
 === Bugs ===
-* Switching your weapon right after hitting with the pickaxe will cancel out the animation, which allows you to swing the pickaxe immediately again. If done continuously the swinging speed will almost double.
 * Most pickaxe handles will appear brown in the equipment terminal.
 * Driller's pickaxe becomes solid yellow during a mission, but while in the [[Space Rig]] only the handle will stay yellow.
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