Harvesting Tool (Weapon)

The Harvesting Tool (sometimes referred to in game as a Pickaxe) is a melee weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in the Pre-Season. It is unable to be dropped and is given to you automatically. The default harvesting tool also changed throughout the three chapters.

Functionality
The Harvesting Tool is best used for destroying structures, but can also be used for close combat, although the latter is very ineffective due to its 20 damage standpoint.

The Harvesting Tool is unique in that it has the ability to critical hit structures. When a player strikes a structure, for their second attack a circle indicator will be present, hitting this indicator rewards double damage per hit. After each consecutive hit, the indicator moves around the structure. This indicator is not related to a specific surface, as rotating around a structure and hitting the same indicator continues the chain of critical hits.

When attacking structures that are not player built, materials will be added to the player's inventory. The number of materials depends on the structure or prop being destroyed.

The Harvesting Tool can also be used for melee damage, dealing very little damage per hit as well as low damage per second. It should only be used in emergencies.

Stats
Harvesting Tools deal 20 Damage per hit (20 damage per second). Harvesting Tools do not have a headshot multiplier.

Harvesting Tools deal 50 Structure Damage per hit, but deal 75 on player-built Structures. They can critical hit for double damage on top of this. The Harvesting Tool is a melee weapon, so in order to damage opponents, they must be within a certain radius of the user, when they attack.

Obtained
The Harvesting Tool is given to every player as soon as a match begins, and does not take up an inventory slot, as it has its own.

Strategy Guide

 * Only use the Harvesting Tool when out of all other options, or if you are very early game and neither you or an opponent have a weapon.
 * You could use a Harvesting Tool against a player who only has a long range weapon, such as a Sniper Rifle, as the weak hipfire accuracy can lead you to win a fight against them.
 * The Harvesting Tool is effective at eliminating knocked opponents, as they will have trouble escaping you, and it does not waste any ammo.

Pre-Season

 * Update v1.6: Harvesting Tool added to Battle Royale, alongside the entire game-mode. It deals 10 damage per hit and 50 to structures, with the ability to critical hit them.
 * It also deals 50 damage to Opponent structures, and 25 to Ally Structures.

Season 5

 * Update v5.10: Harvesting Tools now deal 75 damage per hit instead of 50 to Opponent and Ally structures.

Season 6

 * Update v6.30: Harvesting Tools now deal 20 damage per hit instead of 10.

Chapter 2: Season 1

 * Update v11.00: Updated the Default icon of the Harvesting Tool.

Chapter 3: Season 1

 * Update v19.00: Updated the Default icon of the Harvesting Tool.

Trivia

 * Harvesting Tools are unique in that they have a complete model change depending on cosmetic rarity. Unlike other weapons which apply wraps, the cosmetic alteration of a Harvesting Tool is the entire icon and model, rather than a texture change.
 * On top of this, they are the only weapon to not be affected by rarity, and also able to equip series rarities, such as.
 * The Star Wand and AC/DC had a bug attached to the item which caused them to deal 56 Damage per attack, with a 1.5x headshot modifier too. This was quickly patched, but unusual, as it was the only time this weapon could critical hit players.
 * The weapon is technically, but as mentioned prior is only changed by its cosmetic rarity.

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