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Stone Pickaxe
Gathering tool,ProjectileLeaves as a projectile when it is fired or thrown.,Blueprint
Swinging every 0.9 seconds, the Stone Pickaxe clears a stone ore node with 500 health in about 23 seconds.
Stone Pickaxe stats, mechanics, and overview in Rust
In Rust, Stone Pickaxe is a gathering tool in the Tools category (item ID #171931394, console shortname stone.pickaxe). When harvesting, it clears a stone ore node in 26 swings while keeping 77% of the yield. Inventory storage holds a single unit per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.
Primitive tool used for harvesting Stone, Metal ore and Sulfur ore.
Monument recycling yield: Radtown green units return 50% of ingredients (5s cycle), beating 40% yellow safe-zone units by +25%
Bench repair & durability cap: Full repair costs 40 Wood and 20 Stones (zero rare bodies) while capping max condition by 20%
Conveyor & locker automation: Filter by category or shortname stone.pickaxe to auto-stock locker kits and storage boxes
Stone Pickaxe crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust
Crafting Stone Pickaxe in Rust takes 15 seconds by hand without a workbench, with all ballistics, crafting, and durability values read from the Rust game files. Shredding a spare copy at a green recycler recovers base materials at fifty percent yield (vs forty percent at safe-zone yellow units). Damaged copies repair at a Repair Bench for a fraction of recipe cost.
How Stone Pickaxe compares to related tools in Rust
When comparing Stone Pickaxe against related tools in Rust, craft copies once the blueprint is unlocked (15 seconds per craft) and recycle surplus spares at an unpowered radtown green recycler (fifty percent base efficiency) rather than a safe-zone yellow recycler (forty percent efficiency) to maximize recovered materials.
Item
Category
Stack Limit
Craft / Source
Tech Tree / Research
Green Recycler Yield
Stone Pickaxe
Tools
1 per slot
Crafted by hand
10 scrap (Table)
Not recyclable
Pickaxe
Tools
1 per slot
Workbench Level 1
30 node / 120 path
Not recyclable
Salvaged Icepick
Tools
1 per slot
Workbench Level 2
60 node / 150 path
Not recyclable
Jackhammer
Tools
1 per slot
World loot / gather
No blueprint
Not recyclable
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Frequently asked questions about Stone Pickaxe in Rust
How many hits does the Stone Pickaxe take on a stone ore node in Rust?
The Stone Pickaxe clears a stone ore node with 500 health in 26 swings, about 22.5 seconds, and keeps 77% of the yield in Rust. It belongs to the Tools category under numeric ID 171931394 across 36 tools, stacking to 1 unit per slot.
How do you get the Stone Pickaxe in Rust?
The Stone Pickaxe is crafted by hand from 200 Wood and 100 Stones in Rust. Raw ores smelt into metal inputs in a furnace while non-craftable components must be looted from monument crates before queuing the craft at your workbench.
Which crates drop the Stone Pickaxe in Rust?
The Stone Pickaxe drops from 1 container and NPC loot table in Rust, led by Mine Crate and Minecart (7.7% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
What does the Stone Pickaxe recycle into in Rust?
The Stone Pickaxe recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 50 Stones and 100 Wood. Monument green recyclers shred items one unit at a time on fast radtown cycles, whereas safe-zone yellow units trade lower material recovery for peacekeeper protection.
How long does the Stone Pickaxe take to craft in Rust?
The Stone Pickaxe takes 15 seconds to craft, down to 3.75 seconds at Workbench Level 2 or 3 in Rust. It sits in the Tools catalog with item ID 171931394 alongside 35 related tools, stacking up to 1 unit per inventory or container slot.
How much does it cost to repair the Stone Pickaxe in Rust?
A repair bench fixes the Stone Pickaxe from broken for 40 Wood and 20 Stones in Rust. Repairing at a Repair Bench requires no learned blueprint or rare component body, scaling material cost to missing durability while permanently capping maximum condition by 20% across a full repair.
How much scrap does it take to research the Stone Pickaxe in Rust?
Every player starts with the Stone Pickaxe blueprint, so it never needs researching; a Research Table would still charge 10 scrap for it in Rust. It belongs to the Tools category under numeric ID 171931394 across 36 tools, stacking to 1 unit per slot.
How long does the Stone Pickaxe take to despawn in Rust?
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Stone Pickaxe despawns after 5 minutes by default. Picking it back up into a player inventory or storing it inside a base container immediately resets that ground despawn timer, which the server scales by item rarity tier.
What is the item ID for the Stone Pickaxe in Rust?
The Stone Pickaxe has 32-bit signed item ID 171931394 and shortname stone.pickaxe in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Tools category (stack limit 1 unit per slot).
What is the give command for the Stone Pickaxe in Rust?
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Stone Pickaxe in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give stone.pickaxe 1 or inventory.giveid 171931394 1 for a single unit. Both console spawn commands require administrator or moderator privileges on the server, while regular players can bind a quick-craft shortcut key instead.