Pickaxes Skill ID

The skill ID for Pickaxes in Valheim, with raiseskill and resetskill commands to set your level from the console.

About

Pickaxes is a skill and a weapon class in Valheim. They can be used to mine ores, which no other type of player-weapon can do. Pickaxes formerly only hit a single target, but as of the Hearth and Home update, gained a cleaving attribute. Their primary attack is a downward swing. They don't have a secondary attack.

Overview

Pickaxes is one of Valheim's character skills, tracked under the internal ID Pickaxes. Determines damage and stamina cost with Pickaxes.

Experience is gained at 1.5 per attack when hitting stone or ore deposits.

At max level (100) it grants +131% damage and knockback, -33% stamina usage.

Adjust your level from the console with raiseskill Pickaxes 10 to add 10 points, or resetskill Pickaxes to wipe it back to 0.

Skill ID	Pickaxes
Description	Determines damage and stamina cost with Pickaxes.
Effect at Max Level	+131% damage and knockback, -33% stamina usage
Experience Gain	1.5 per attack when hitting stone or ore deposits

Command reference: raiseskill
Command reference: resetskill

Command Builder

Amount

Increases your Pickaxes skill by 10 points (max level is 100).

Example Commands

Increases your Pickaxes skill by 10 points. Max level is 100.

Resets your Pickaxes skill to 0.

Tools That Use Pickaxes

Leveling & Death Penalty

Every Valheim skill ranges from level 0 to 100, and its bonus grows as the level climbs — the +131% damage and knockback, -33% stamina usage above is the full value you reach at level 100. Pickaxes earns experience at 1.5 per attack when hitting stone or ore deposits, so it climbs fastest when you use it deliberately.

Dying is the catch: each death drains roughly 5% of your level in every skill, Pickaxes included, so a hard-won level erodes quickly on a dangerous run. To claw it back without the grind, run raiseskill Pickaxes 10 — that adds ten levels at once, and you can pass any amount (or a negative number to lower it). Prefer a clean slate? resetskill Pickaxes wipes the skill back to 0.