Pickaxe Progression Guide in The FORGE (Best Path in 2025)
Your pickaxe is the most important tool in The Forge.
A stronger pickaxe means:
- Faster rock breaking
- More ore per hour
- More money from forging
- Faster leveling
- Access to harder areas
Weapons help in combat — but pickaxes are what actually push your account forward.
Here’s the full progression path from beginner to endgame.
Beginner Pickaxe Path (Recommended Order)
Follow this progression for smooth, efficient mining:
1. Iron Pickaxe
📍 Pickaxe Shop (Starter island)
Your first real upgrade. It speeds up early mining and helps you collect materials for the next steps.
2. Stonewake’s Pickaxe
📍 Cave (Starter island)
A hidden but extremely strong early-game pickaxe.
A big jump from Iron and perfect for beginner forging runs.
3. Cobalt Pickaxe
📍 Pickaxe Shop (Forgotten Kingdom)
Your early World 2 power spike. Makes volcanic mining and ore farming much smoother.
4. Titanium Pickaxe
📍 Pickaxe Shop (Forgotten Kingdom)
A very solid mid-game upgrade. Significantly boosts your mining power and speed.
5. Mythril Pickaxe
📍 Pickaxe Shop (Forgotten Kingdom)
The strongest pickaxe available in the shop.
This is the point where you start farming ores at a competitive speed.
📍 Bard Quest (Starter island)
A special quest pickaxe focused on luck, making it great for players farming rare ores or planning to forge high-value armor.
📍Complete Skal’s quest (Forgotten Kingdom)
If you want rare ores → Arcane
If you want maximum speed → Magma