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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026

Epic · Summoner's Rift

Pickaxe — the 875-Gold Attack Damage Component

875gold

Moderately increases Attack Damage

Pickaxe is 875 gold, bought outright, for 25 Attack Damage — 100.0% gold efficient, the stat priced at exactly what you pay. Eighteen items finish from it — Infinity Edge, Black Cleaver, Bloodthirster, Death's Dance, Sterak's Gage, The Collector and Guinsoo's Rageblade among them. Bot laners held 35.8% of the Pickaxes counted in 37,542 games, junglers 25.5%.

What it grants

  • 25 Attack Damage

Passives

Stats only — this item has no passive. See the shop for items that do.

Pickaxe at a glance

Pickaxe is an epic item on Summoner's Rift that costs 875 gold: bought outright, with no components. It grants 25 Attack Damage. It builds into 18 items: Black Cleaver, Death's Dance, Infinity Edge, Blade of The Ruined King, The Brutalizer, Endless Hunger, Statikk Shiv, Serpent's Fang, Hexoptics C44, Sterak's Gage, Bloodthirster, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Hullbreaker, Mercurial Scimitar, Spear of Shojin, Immortal Shieldbow, The Collector and Eclipse. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 100.0% of its cost in stats.

Build path

Builds from

Nothing — this item is bought whole.

Combine cost

875

The full 875 is paid at once.

Builds into

How it performed

Pick rate
5.7%
Win rate
45.2%
Completion
Not counted
Inventory slot
4
Games
37,542
Δ this patch
Not counted

patch 26.18 · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 65,406 matches counted

Who buys it

  • Top25.2%
  • Jungle25.5%
  • Mid10.1%
  • Bot35.8%
  • Support3.4%

Gold efficiency

100.0%875 gold of stats for 875

The stat block only — the passive is not priced.

16th of 46 items Riot tags Damage, by this measure. Nearest: Hextech Gunblade level with it, Long Sword level with it, Eclipse 98.3%, Immortal Shieldbow 97.5%.

25 Attack Damage · 35g each, from Long Sword
875g

What Pickaxe builds into, in full

  • Black Cleaver 3,000 gold

    Recipe: Phage, Kindlegem and Pickaxe plus 225 gold. Grants 45 Attack Damage, 400 Health and 20 Ability Haste. Passive: Carve, Fervor.

  • Blade of The Ruined King 3,200 gold

    Recipe: Vampiric Scepter, Recurve Bow and Pickaxe plus 725 gold. Grants 40 Attack Damage, 25% Attack Speed and 10% Life Steal. Passive: Mist's Edge, Clawing Shadows.

  • Bloodthirster 3,400 gold

    Recipe: B. F. Sword, Pickaxe and Vampiric Scepter plus 325 gold. Grants 80 Attack Damage and 15% Life Steal. Passive: Ichorshield.

  • Death's Dance 3,300 gold

    Recipe: Steel Sigil, Pickaxe and Caulfield's Warhammer plus 275 gold. Grants 60 Attack Damage, 50 Armor and 15 Ability Haste. Passive: Ignore Pain, Defy, Ignore Pain's.

  • Eclipse 2,900 gold

    Recipe: Caulfield's Warhammer, Pickaxe and Long Sword plus 625 gold. Grants 60 Attack Damage and 15 Ability Haste. Passive: Ever Rising Moon.

  • Endless Hunger 3,100 gold

    Recipe: Caulfield's Warhammer, Pickaxe and Long Sword plus 825 gold. Grants 65 Attack Damage, 5% Omnivamp and 20% Tenacity. Passive: Famine, Feast.

  • Guinsoo's Rageblade 3,000 gold

    Recipe: Amplifying Tome, Recurve Bow and Pickaxe plus 1,025 gold. Grants 30 Attack Damage, 30 Ability Power and 25% Attack Speed. Passive: Wrath, Seething Strike.

  • Hexoptics C44 2,800 gold

    Recipe: Pickaxe, Noonquiver and Long Sword plus 275 gold. Grants 55 Attack Damage and 25% Critical Strike Chance. Passive: Magnification, Arcane Aim.

  • Hullbreaker 3,000 gold

    Recipe: Tunneler, Winged Moonplate and Pickaxe plus 175 gold. Grants 40 Attack Damage, 500 Health and 4% Move Speed. Passive: Skipper, Boarding Party.

  • Immortal Shieldbow 3,000 gold

    Recipe: Pickaxe and Noonquiver plus 825 gold. Grants 55 Attack Damage and 25% Critical Strike Chance. Passive: Lifeline.

  • Infinity Edge 3,500 gold

    Recipe: B. F. Sword, Pickaxe and Cloak of Agility plus 725 gold. Grants 75 Attack Damage, 25% Critical Strike Chance and 30% Critical Strike Damage.

  • Mercurial Scimitar 3,200 gold

    Recipe: Quicksilver Sash, Pickaxe and Vampiric Scepter plus 125 gold. Grants 50 Attack Damage, 35 Magic Resist and 10% Life Steal.

  • Serpent's Fang 2,500 gold

    Recipe: Serrated Dirk and Pickaxe plus 625 gold. Grants 55 Attack Damage and 15 Lethality. Passive: Shield Reaver, Shield Reaver.

  • Spear of Shojin 3,100 gold

    Recipe: Pickaxe, Tunneler and Ruby Crystal plus 675 gold. Grants 45 Attack Damage and 450 Health. Passive: Dragonforce, Focused Will.

  • Statikk Shiv 3,000 gold

    Recipe: Scout's Slingshot, Aether Wisp and Pickaxe plus 625 gold. Grants 45 Attack Damage, 45 Ability Power, 30% Attack Speed and 4% Move Speed. Passive: Electrospark, Electroshock.

  • Sterak's Gage 3,200 gold

    Recipe: Pickaxe, Tunneler and Ruby Crystal plus 775 gold. Grants 400 Health and 20% Tenacity. Passive: The Claws that Catch, Lifeline.

  • The Brutalizer 1,337 gold

    Recipe: Glowing Mote and Pickaxe plus 212 gold. Grants 25 Attack Damage, 10 Ability Haste and 5 Lethality.

  • The Collector 3,000 gold

    Recipe: Pickaxe, Serrated Dirk and Cloak of Agility plus 525 gold. Grants 50 Attack Damage, 10 Lethality and 25% Critical Strike Chance. Passive: Death, Taxes.

Pickaxe balance history

Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change nothing about Pickaxe.

Other items for the same job

All tagged “Damage” by Riot.

Quick answers about Pickaxe

How much does Pickaxe cost?
875 gold in total — bought outright, with no components.
What is Pickaxe built from?
Nothing: Pickaxe is bought outright.
What does Pickaxe build into?
Black Cleaver (3,000), Death's Dance (3,300), Infinity Edge (3,500), Blade of The Ruined King (3,200), The Brutalizer (1,337), Endless Hunger (3,100), Statikk Shiv (3,000), Serpent's Fang (2,500), Hexoptics C44 (2,800), Sterak's Gage (3,200), Bloodthirster (3,400), Guinsoo's Rageblade (3,000), Hullbreaker (3,000), Mercurial Scimitar (3,200), Spear of Shojin (3,100), Immortal Shieldbow (3,000), The Collector (3,000) and Eclipse (2,900).
What stats does Pickaxe give?
25 Attack Damage.
Where can you buy Pickaxe?
In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
What does Pickaxe sell for?
613 gold, against 875 to buy.
Is Pickaxe gold efficient?
Its stats are worth 875 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 875 — 100.0%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.