Nickel Pickaxe

Overview

The Nickel Pickaxe is the first upgrade path for your starting tool. Players buy it at the gear station on the NSA Atlantica once they've banked enough from the training dive. It's the baseline "I can go deeper" item in the early progression.

Details

Attribute	Value
Type	Tool
Source	Verified in gameplay video ("upgrade our pickaxe to the nickel pickaxe").
Verified	Yes

Notes

• Cost and exact mining speed are not published by the developer — treat the value as unverified.

More Tool

• Pickaxe — Your starting mining tool — used to break the Sanguinite veins off pipelines.
• Flashlight — A light for the dark — though the toggle behaviour may only unlock later in beta.
• Flood Light / Wave Maker — A picked-up device that acts as a light or a swim aid — function not fully documented.

See the beginner guide for the upgrade order, and the dive sites where this gear matters.