Terraria Map
Stats
| Type | Tool |
|---|---|
| Rarity | Red |
| Damage | 80 melee |
| Knockback | 5.5 |
| Critical strike chance | 4% |
| Use time | 12 (Very fast) |
| Pickaxe power | 225% |
| Buy price | 35 gold |
| Sell price | 7 gold |
Crafted from
| Makes | Ingredients | At |
|---|---|---|
| Solar Flare Pickaxe | 12 × Solar Fragment, 10 × Luminite Bar | Ancient Manipulator |
Heavy melee clearance and extended mining reach
The Solar Flare Pickaxe pairs destructive mining strength with broad defensive utility, making it well suited for warrior setups. Possessing 225% pickaxe power, it breaches all blocks in the game with minimal strikes. It inflicts 80 base melee damage and 5.5 knockback across an arcing swing, batting away cavern bats and dungeon skeletons. With its built-in +4 tile range extension bonus, the tool outranges drills and early-game tools, letting miners hollow out large caverns safely.
Pillar fragment crafting and rapid quarrying
Forging the pickaxe takes place at an Ancient Manipulator using Luminite Bars and Solar Fragments harvested from the solar invasion. Unlike drills, this swinging tool capitalizes on melee attack speed bonuses, allowing mining potion buffs and melee modifiers to accelerate its block-breaking rate. The result is rapid quarrying potential that can carve out boss arenas and subterranean shelters quickly.
Trivia
- With a +4 tile reach bonus, it reaches farther than drills of the same celestial tier.
- The pickaxe shares its incandescent theme with the Solar Flare armor set.