The Pickaxe Customization terminal allows the modification of the Pickaxe model regarding 6 different parts: Frontblade, Head, Backblade, Shaft, Handle, Pommel; As well as a Paintjob.
Some pickaxe parts may come with a small stat bonus.
The pickaxe can be randomised with the refresh button in the lower central area of the Pickaxe Customization terminal.
Some Pickaxe Parts come with a small, hidden stat bonus. The bonuses from individual pieces can stack and combine with other effects from other sets. The default Company Standard set, all DLC sets and all unique Backblades do not provide any bonuses. The Pickaxe Paintjob also does not provide a bonus.
Core Hound[]
The Core Hound's Machine Event encounter rate buff only applies if carried by the host (The player with a crown beside their name). Additional players with Core Hound pickaxes will have no effect. If seeking many Machine Events as a group, the host should equip a full set of Core Hound pickaxe parts resulting in a +7% chance to encounter one.
Carven Pride[]
The +2% Flare brightness buff of Carven Pride pickaxe parts applies to all players on a team. The player with the highest flare brightness buff will override all players with lower stat buffs. Players with fewer Carven Pride pickaxe parts will therefore not contribute to the buff.
For example: Player A has all 6 pieces of the Carven Pride pickaxe equipped, resulting in a flare brightness buff of 12% (+2% x 6). Player B has a single Carven Pride piece on their pickaxe, resulting in a buff of 2% (+2% x 1). The 12% buff from Player A will override the 2% buff from Player B, resulting in a 12% flare brightness buff for the entire team.
If the player providing the highest flare brightness buff leaves a game, any existing flares will remain at the buffed brightness until they expire. Any future flares will inherit the next highest brightness buff of the remaining players.
Similarly, if a player with a higher flare brightness buff enters a game, all future flares will inherit the new brightness buff.
The buff only applies to thrown flares. It does not apply to the flares produced by Scout's Flare Gun.
If optimal flare brightness is desired, only one player should equip the full Carven Pride set.
Drift Crusher[]
Drift Crusher's pickaxe 0.04m carve area buff stacks multiplicatively with the naturally increased pickaxe carve area on Dense Biozone. Digging with a full set of Drift Crusher pickaxe parts in Dense Biozone can carve Terrain in a comparable size to Driller's Reinforced Power Drills, albeit much slower.
Pneumatic[]
The decreased pickaxe swing delay from the Pneumatic set is very noticeable when cancelling the swing as soon as the pickaxe impacts with terrain. Optimal animation cancelling with a full set allows for an approximately 27% faster mining speed than a stock pickaxe without animation cancelling.
Reaper Claw[]
The Reaper Claw's +1% weapon damage buff only applies to direct damage. It does not apply to AoE damage, unique damage sources from Weapon Mods or Weapon Overclocks (such as the Thin Containment Field on the Experimental Plasma Charger and Embedded Detonators on the Zhukov NUK17) or damage inflicted by Status Effects (such as the On Fire and Neurotoxin debuffs).
The Frontblade and Backblade parts for a specific set are awarded together. Prestige Pickaxe set Backblades comes with a unique model and a copy of the Frontblade.
Unique Backblade from Lost Pack: Chop-Chop, Hole Digger, Obsidian Mallet, Skull Buster.
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