How to Get the Witch’s Pickaxe in Witchspire
The Witch’s Pickaxe is the tool that turns mining from a chore into a real progression system. It is one of the earliest meaningful gear upgrades you unlock, and it sits behind three gates: a Workbench, a Hearth at level 2 or higher, and the Luminaries Skill Tree. This guide walks you through each requirement, the two community-reported recipes, and what the pickaxe actually unlocks once you have it.
Community-reported data: Every recipe and unlock detail below comes from community sources, not official documentation. Recipe verification is still pending across all known sources.
Requirements You Must Meet First
Before the Witch’s Pickaxe becomes available to craft, confirm you have all three prerequisites in place. Missing any one of them will keep the recipe hidden or uncraftable.
| Requirement | What It Does | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Workbench | The reported crafting station for the Witch’s Pickaxe recipe | Community-reported |
| Hearth Lv2+ | Unlocks the Witch’s Pickaxe node in the Luminaries Skill Tree | Community-reported |
| Luminaries Skill Tree unlock | The progression path that gates the pickaxe | Community-reported |
The Hearth level is the hard blocker. If your pickaxe is not appearing anywhere, the Hearth requirement is almost always the reason — this mirrors other Witchspire unlock paths such as unlocking flying, the broom, or other traversal and utility tools, which are also gated behind station and progression milestones rather than being craftable from the start.
Step-by-Step: Unlock and Craft
- Raise your Hearth to level 2. Complete the early gathering and building loop for your base until the Hearth upgrades. This is the gate that opens the Luminaries Skill Tree node for the pickaxe.
- Open the Luminaries Skill Tree. Once the Hearth hits Lv2, the Witch’s Pickaxe node becomes available. This is a progression-path unlock, not a random drop or a shop purchase.
- Unlock the pickaxe node. Spend the required progression points on the Witch’s Pickaxe entry so the recipe becomes craftable at your station.
- Build or confirm a Workbench. The Workbench is the reported crafting station for this recipe. If you have not placed one, set it up at your base first.
- Gather the recipe materials. Community sources disagree on the exact ingredients — see the two reports below — so collect only what you can spare until the recipe is verified.
- Craft at the Workbench. With the node unlocked and the station in place, the pickaxe should appear in the available crafting list.
The Two Reported Recipes (Both Disputed)
This is the most important caveat in this guide: community sources report two conflicting recipes, and neither has been confirmed with an in-game screenshot. Treat both as unverified leads.
Reported Recipe A — status: Disputed
- Carapace x10
- Froblin Goo x10
- Gemstone x1
Reported Recipe B — status: Disputed
- Wood x5
- Iron x3
- Spirit Shard x1
Do not spend rare materials until the recipe is confirmed with a screenshot. Ingredients like Gemstone and Spirit Shard are the kind of resources you do not want to burn on a guess. If you plan to craft the pickaxe, gather the common materials first (Wood, Iron, Froblin Goo) and hold off on the rarer entries until you can confirm which recipe is correct in your version of the game.
What the Witch’s Pickaxe Is Used For
Once you have it, the pickaxe changes how you gather:
- Mining ore at 2x speed. It is significantly faster than mining with default hands, which makes it a core upgrade for any sustained Witchspire materials grind — including the stone, ore, and building materials your Hearth and station upgrades depend on.
- Required for Spirit Ore harvesting. Spirit Ore reportedly cannot be mined at all without this tool. If you hit a Spirit Ore node and nothing happens, the missing pickaxe is the likely cause.
Mining Tool Upgrade Path
The reported mining progression runs in tiers. Note that this list reflects community-reported ordering, not an official upgrade tree.
| Tier | Tool |
|---|---|
| 1 | Default Hands |
| 2 | Witch’s Pickaxe |
| 3 | Iron Pickaxe |
| 4 | Phantom Pickaxe |
The Witch’s Pickaxe is your first step out of bare-hand mining, which is why it is worth prioritizing early even if the exact recipe is still up in the air.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Mining with default hands for too long. Bare-hand mining is extremely slow and bottlenecks your whole Witchspire materials economy. Upgrade as soon as the Hearth gate allows it.
- Not upgrading before volcanic areas. Mid-game zones demand faster mining. Arriving without a pickaxe makes progression painful and slogs down your resource loops.
- Confusing “Spirit Pickaxe” and “Witch’s Pickaxe.” Some community wikis use Spirit Pickaxe as the primary name for this tool. On this site, we use Witch’s Pickaxe — but if a guide elsewhere references the Spirit Pickaxe, it is likely pointing at the same item.
Patch Notes Impact
Patch 0.1.3 made no direct changes to the Witch’s Pickaxe recipe. The naming conflict between “Witch’s Pickaxe” and “Spirit Pickaxe” persists across community sources, and recipe verification is still needed. Until an in-game screenshot confirms Recipe A or Recipe B, plan your crafting around the materials you can afford to lose.
Quick Recap
Raise your Hearth to Lv2, unlock the Witch’s Pickaxe node in the Luminaries Skill Tree, confirm your Workbench, then craft one of the two disputed recipes — and verify before spending Gemstone or Spirit Shard. In return you get 2x mining speed and the ability to harvest Spirit Ore, which unlocks faster progression into the rest of the game’s unlock and crafting paths.