Expeditions / Demo
Copper Pickaxe
Forge the first pickaxe at the Blacksmith after building the workshop chain and smelting copper into bars. Use the Copper Pickaxe row when choosing a mine party. The 28 October Demo screen gives it +1 damage, +1 dwarf and digging to floor 3.
Updated 2026-10-31 · Demo
Open full-size image ↗Key facts
| Field | Answer |
|---|---|
| Forge | Blacksmith |
| Bar stage | Smelt copper into bars at the Smelter |
| Workshop chain | Sawmill → Mason → Smelter → Blacksmith |
| Damage | +1 · 28 Oct Demo screen |
| Party | +1 dwarf · 28 Oct Demo screen |
| Depth | Digs to floor 3 · 28 Oct Demo screen |
| Party selection | Choose how many pickaxes go before packing equipment |
How to get it
Work through the Sawmill, Mason, Smelter and Blacksmith upgrades, build the workshops and connect their tunnels. Smelt copper into bars, then forge the first pickaxe. That is the sequence given by the English Demo tutorial. 13 Oct first-pickaxe tutorial.
- Inspect each building upgrade's own requirement in the tree. Recipe descriptions are available there.
- Place the four named workshops and give dwarves a carved route to them.
- Check the Smelter's copper-bar stage, then the Blacksmith's pickaxe production. Use the recipe inputs shown in your own game.
- When the first pickaxe finishes and mines open, continue to expedition preparation.
Open full-size image ↗How to use it
Choose the mine destination and use the pickaxe row's + and − controls to set the party. The tutorial says to forge more pickaxes at the Blacksmith to send more dwarves. Continue to equipment, then pack torches and any other gear. If you change squad size in Demo 0.90, select the gear again. Every mine run starts at floor 1; the pictured Copper Pickaxe's floor-3 field is not a higher starting floor.
Open full-size image ↗Keep the chain moving
Sources & scope
Read each workshop's in-game recipe for its material quantities. The acquisition tutorial is from the 13 October English Demo recording; the item effects are from the 28 October German Demo recording. Their exact builds are not stated. Demo 0.90 adds gear reselection after changing squad size.