Pickaxe

Overview

The Pickaxe is the tool you're handed on your first dive. You use it to break the Sanguinite vein growing on the oil pipelines — which both clears the pipeline and gives you your currency. It's the first thing you'll upgrade as you earn more.

Details

Attribute	Value
Type	Tool
Source	Verified in gameplay video ("I got a pickaxe").
Verified	Yes

Notes

• Upgrading the Pickaxe later yields the Nickel Pickaxe.
• Mining a vein drops Sanguinite currency you bank in the bell's storage unit.

More Tool

• Nickel Pickaxe — The first Pickaxe upgrade — tougher metal for faster vein breaking.
• 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.