This may have been asked before, but is it more efficient experience-wise to mine with a morphic-tool pickaxe from stealing creation or a dragon pickaxe?

Dragon, because the SC pick last for like 15k xp? So it's not really worth getting. and you can sell the Dragon pickaxe back when you're done.

Dragon, by FAR

Dragon > Rune > Adamant > SC

As others mentioned, go with Dragon pickaxe. If you want double XP, you should look into getting a Penance Horn to go along with Dragon Pick.

15k xp is hideously low imo. Drag all the way.

Yeah the xp per pick is stupidly low (15k)

Its ok at lower level mining, but when you hit the fast xp methods (granite, concentrated ores etc) its useless.

I mean concentrated gold is like 100k xp an hour, that's like 7 picks in a single hour.

 

Personally however I like having an sc pick or 2 on hand for star mining, sure a single star wave is likely to burn up an entire pick or more but unless you do them every single wave none stop its not too bad plus stars epic xp + doubled = awesome boon

Yeah the xp per pick is stupidly low (15k)

Its ok at lower level mining, but when you hit the fast xp methods (granite, concentrated ores etc) its useless.

I mean concentrated gold is like 100k xp an hour, that's like 7 picks in a single hour.

 

Personally however I like having an sc pick or 2 on hand for star mining, sure a single star wave is likely to burn up an entire pick or more but unless you do them every single wave none stop its not too bad plus stars epic xp + doubled = awesome boon

 

Conc gold is around 65k/hour.

 

But yeah, sc picks aren't worth it efficiency-wise.

SC gear in general is pretty lame.

 

In most cases, the time spent getting the weapon more than offsets the extra XP gained, especially because SC weapons/items are generally subpar when compared to higher level stuff.

SC gear in general is pretty lame.

 

In most cases, the time spent getting the weapon more than offsets the extra XP gained, especially because SC weapons/items are generally subpar when compared to higher level stuff.

 

I think Hammers, Needles and Helms are the only items worth getting.

Oh yea hammers, definately worth it.

 

Helped me get my construction up at a very cheap price :D

whatever you do, don't use the SC pick on coal, it's absolutely atrocious bonus exp, and drains as quick as anything else.

I think Hammers, Needles and Helms are the only items worth getting.

Needles aren't worth it, and helms aren't worth it. Hammers are worth it if you have low incomes (we're talkin like 2m or less), but for the most part the people getting 99 construction and smithing have better incomes than that. I regret using hammers to 99 smithing, and I deeply regret using needles for part of 99 crafting (better of 8m xp or so).

Hammers are worth it for construction, not smithing - anyone with reasonable skills can go and make 2m an hour or so.

 

Needles definitely aren't worth it.

 

Pickaxes, hatchets, and knives are the worst of the bunch. If you really enjoy SC, go spend the points on some hammers for construction.

Hammers are worth it for construction, not smithing - anyone with reasonable skills can go and make 2m an hour or so.

 

Needles definitely aren't worth it.

 

Pickaxes, hatchets, and knives are the worst of the bunch. If you really enjoy SC, go spend the points on some hammers for construction.

 

Calling jibberish right here.

 

All the sacred clay tools are good.

I got 99 crafting with needles.

I got 99 smithing with hammers.

I got 99 fletching with the knifes.

And now I am finishing up 99 con with hammers.

I didn't use the pick much unless I was mining pure ess while banking with the abyssal titan.

Mining in the living caverns is about 40-50k depending on spawns of coal and gold, which was good enough for me when I got 95+ mining.

The horn sucks because the people at BA are [developmentally delayed]ed.

I wouldn't bother with that, its more frustration than anything.

 

Also, 2 mil an hr on skills is ego babble with 0% chance of reality.

Only recently when I got 91 rc could I make 800-900k an hr.

Hammers are worth it for construction, not smithing - anyone with reasonable skills can go and make 2m an hour or so.

 

Needles definitely aren't worth it.

 

Pickaxes, hatchets, and knives are the worst of the bunch. If you really enjoy SC, go spend the points on some hammers for construction.

 

Calling jibberish right here.

 

All the sacred clay tools are good.

I got 99 crafting with needles.

I got 99 smithing with hammers.

I got 99 fletching with the knifes.

And now I am finishing up 99 con with hammers.

I didn't use the pick much unless I was mining pure ess while banking with the abyssal titan.

Mining in the living caverns is about 40-50k depending on spawns of coal and gold, which was good enough for me when I got 95+ mining.

The horn sucks because the people at BA are [developmentally delayed]ed.

I wouldn't bother with that, its more frustration than anything.

 

Also, 2 mil an hr on skills is ego babble with 0% chance of reality.

Only recently when I got 91 rc could I make 800-900k an hr.

 

Knives/axes/picks are all not worth it efficiency-wise, as the time it takes to get them is exceeded by spending that time training the skills normally. Fletching logs is slow exp, compared to stringing unstrung bow, which also happen to cost less.

Hammers are worth it for construction, not smithing - anyone with reasonable skills can go and make 2m an hour or so.

 

Needles definitely aren't worth it.

 

Pickaxes, hatchets, and knives are the worst of the bunch. If you really enjoy SC, go spend the points on some hammers for construction.

 

Calling jibberish right here.

 

Also, 2 mil an hr on skills is ego babble with 0% chance of reality.

Only recently when I got 91 rc could I make 800-900k an hr.

 

At your stats, you could probably get a dragon claw drop from TDs every 12-18 hours. That translates to roughly 2 million-3 million per hour. CB stats are "skills" too.

To sum up everything here; use a Dragon Pickaxe. If you can't afford that, don't even bother with the SC Pick, just go with Rune, or save up for one then start mining.