Pickaxe and Gathering Tools

Choose a route by your progress

The useful choice depends on which areas you can already reach. Walking toward a late landmark before finishing the introductory route creates a detour. Check the map names first.

1. Still around Wayfaring Camp — collect the sickle beside Demend’s tent, on the wooden boxes. Keep progressing toward the Watchtower of Hope.
2. Leaving the Watchtower — look beside Herlei for a hunting knife and beside witness Corin for a logging axe. The First Hunt and Hands to Spare quests offer additional tool routes.
3. Past Pirate Hideout and Cliffs of Madness — the walkthrough places access to Seaglass Harbour after this sequence. Choose the merchant if you can spare 400 gold, or continue to the War Memorial Site for the free pickaxe.

These locations and the purchase price come from Melissa Oprea’s illustrated walkthrough. They have not been reproduced in a play session for this site.

Pickaxe landmarks to check

Open the Diamond Shores map and find War Memorial Site, below Watcher’s Village. At the site, search the stone beside the exit stairs toward the village. Raider King also records another pickaxe at an enemy camp in Seaglass Workshop.

Use the landmark and the local object together. A world-map arrow gets you to the area, while the stone and stairs identify the pickup. A missing object can mean you are at the wrong side of the site or have already collected that character’s pickup. The source does not establish respawn timing, so repeated waiting is an unverified recovery method.

Keep a replacement plan

Raider King reports that gathering tools wear out and need replacement, while combat equipment can be repaired at the Blacksmith. Keep the nearest known merchant in mind before starting a long resource trip. A free pickup is useful while exploring, while a purchased spare can save a return journey when you are gathering for a specific task.

The November 7 official maintenance notes separately confirm a logging axe near Rufus for Hands to Spare. They also describe fixes for gathering interactions. If an object cannot be used, update the client before assuming that the route has changed.

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