A Pickaxe is a blunt melee weapon in Dead Island and Dead Island: Riptide. It can be given out as a Quest reward, sold by various Merchants and found in Metal chests or on killed Zombies.
Overview[]
The pickaxe is a two handed blunt weapon and like other blunt two handed weapons, it has high force and durability, however it has relatively low damage and poor handling. This is especially noteworthy as it has the lowest damage out of all the two handed blunt weapons, being beaten most notably by the Sledgehammer, a more common weapon to find. Also in line with two handed weapons, pickaxes have a slow swing speed and high stamina cost, making them good crowd control weapon for dealing with a horde of Walkers but a liability when dealing with Infected, Butchers or lone enemies. That said, slow moving, high health special infected like Thugs are perfect targets for pickaxes and the impact mods that are available to these weapons can give fun explosive finishes to defeated zombies.
Mods[]
- See also: Mods
The pickaxe can accept a decent variety of mods including:
- Heavy mod
- Impact Mod
- Lightning Mod
- Magic Wand Mod
- Pick-and-Ohm Mod
- Piranha Mod
- Weighted mod
- Sharp Edge Mod
Variants[]
Notes[]
- A pickaxe can be received for completing a couple of Quests:
- Tobias at the River Village gives out a pickaxe as a reward for finishing his side quest The Dead in Fishing Net.
- Several Merchants can sell pickaxes
- Joel Dirt at the Laboratory has a chance to sell an orange 'legendary' rarity pickaxe.
- Dwight Turner at the Overpass Camp can potentially sell a pickaxe after completing the side quest Visit to the Pub, after which he becomes a merchant.
- Keenan Fisher at the River Village can sell a pickaxe after the main quest Chasing Shadows, when he gets his stock back.
- Rodrigo will sell a common 'white' rarity pickaxe in Henderson in Dead Island: Riptide.
- Despite the axe head being points, it is still classified as a blunt weapon and so Xian Mei's sharp weapon bonuses don't apply to it but Sam B's blunt weapons do.
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