The Pickaxe (aka Harvesting tool) is a tool used for gathering resources. While the pickaxe can be used as a weapon, it is better used to gather resources. The pickaxe can be evolved to be stronger in the skill tree.
In Fortnite: Battle Royale, the pickaxe functions in almost the same way as it does in Fortnite: Save the World. Players are able to gather resources with it, and it can function as a last resort weapon that deals 20 damage if need be.
One difference that the Battle Royale pickaxe has from Save The World is that players can purchase cosmetic skins for it, making it look and sound different from the default pickaxe. These cosmetic skins offer no advantage in gameplay. As of Update 10.20, these cosmetic skins can be used in Save The World.
Skins are generally available either through purchase with V-Bucks or as a reward from achieving tiers of the season's of the Battle Pass.
Battle Pass seasons
Cosmic Cleavers Rare Tier 15 |
Fang Saws Rare Rumble Royale Mission |
Renegade Rollers Rare Mission |
SC3PT3R Rare Boogie Down Mission |
Sparkle Scythe Rare Tier 55 |
Vanquisher Epic Mission |
Birthday Slice Uncommon Fortnite 2nd Birthday |
Bunker Basher Rare Tier 38 |
Harmonic Axes Epic 45 Fortbytes |
Mech Axe Epic Outlast 5,000 Opponents |
Revoker Rare 55 Fortbytes |
Ripe Rippers Rare Tier 7 |
Scarlet Scythe Rare 70 Fortbytes |
Vox Epic Tier 5 |
Dragon's Claw Epic Hybrid Challenges |
Dread Rare Ruin Challenges |
Flawless Epic Luxe Challenges |
Lockpick Rare Tier 55 |
Snakebite Rare Tier 38 |
Swag Masher Epic Blackheart Challenges |
Abominable Axe Rare Tier 38 |
Frozen Axe Rare 14 Days Of Fortnite Event |
Ice Sceptre Epic The Ice King Challenges |
Marshy Smasher Rare Showtime Challenges |
Scorcher Epic Zenith Challenges |
Scratchmark Epic Lynx Challenges |
Guiding Glow Rare Tier 30 |
Reckoning
Epic |
Smash Up Rare Tier 15 |
Balloon Axe Rare Tier 15 |
Crowbar High Stakes Challenge |
Lug Axe Rare Tier 30 |
Permafrost Epic 250,000 XP |
Rift Edge Epic 100,000 XP |
Gale Force Rare Tier 7 |
Lollipopper Rare Tier 46 |
Onslaught Epic Tier 45 |
Positron Rare Tier 30 |
Eva Epic Tier 46 |
Sawtooth Rare Tier 7 |
Trusty No. 2 Epic Tier 79 |
AC/DC Epic Tier 63 |
Axecalibur Rare Tier 35 |
Pulse Axe Rare Tier 7 |
Raider's Revenge Epic Tier 35 |
Item store
Bitemark 1200 V-Bucks |
Bottom Feeder 1500 V-Bucks |
Burning Axe 1200 V-Bucks |
Candy Axe 1500 V-Bucks |
Chomp Jr. 1500 V-Bucks |
Dark Shard 1200 V-Bucks |
Death Valley 1500 V-Bucks |
Disco Brawl 1500 V-Bucks |
Dual Edge 1200 V-Bucks |
Evil Eye 1200 V-Bucks |
Global Axe 1200 V-Bucks |
Jingu Bang 1200 V-Bucks |
Moonrise 1200 V-Bucks |
Oracle Axe 1200 V-Bucks |
Party Animal 1500 V-Bucks |
Pick Squeak 1500 V-Bucks |
Pink Flamingo 1500 V-Bucks |
Pot O' Gold 1200 V-Bucks |
Rainbow Smash 1500 V-Bucks |
Renegade Roller 1200 V-Bucks |
Six String Striker 1200 V-Bucks |
Skull Sickle 1200 V-Bucks |
Thunder Crash 1200 V-Bucks |
A.X.E. | Airfoil | Anarchy Axe | Autocleave | Axeroni | Batsickle |
Battle Axe | Brat Catcher | Carrot Stick | Carver | Cat's Claw | Cliffhanger |
Clobber Axe | Close Shave | Clutch Axe | Cold Hearted 1000 V-Bucks |
Cold Snap | Crimson Axe |
Cutting Edge | Director's Cut | Dragon Axe | Empire Axe | Fated Frame | Filet Axe |
Flatliner | Flurry | Forebearer | Foul Play | Frozen Beak 1000 V-Bucks |
Glow Stick |
Guandao | Harpoon Axe | Harvester | Herald's Wand | Icebringer | Iron Beak |
Jawblade | Lazer Axe | Magnifying Axe | Night Slicer | Nite Owl | Outburst |
Peely Pick | Persuader | Piledriver | Plunja | Propeller Axe | Psionic Edge |
Razor Edge | Reaper | Rescue Paddle | Silver Fang | Silver Sledge | Ski Boot |
Slam Dunk | Snow Globe | Spectral Axe | Spectre | Spellslinger | Spiky |
Splinterstrike | Squid Striker | Star Wand | Steel Carrot | Stop Axe | Studded Axe |
Tat Axe | Tendril | Throttle | Tooth Pick | Turbine | Upright Axe |
Virtue | Vision | Vuvuzela | Web Breaker |
Guardian Axe 500 V-Bucks |
Widow’s Bite 800 V-Bucks |
Armature | Axcordion | Axercise | Bootstraps | Caliper | Chew Toy |
Clean Cut | Cookie Cutter | Drumbeat | Elite Cleat | Emblematic | First Downer |
Flint Striker | Fork Knife | Gatekeeper | Golden Pigskin | Ice Breaker | Icicle |
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Inverted Blade | Jackspammer | Krakenaxe | Lamp | Lead Swinger | Lucky |
Patty Whacker | Scrambler | Shrapnel | T-Square | Tactical Spade | Tree Splitter |
Victory Lap | You Shouldn't Have! |
Promotional
Angular Axe Uncommon GeForce Bundle |
Chill-Axe Rare Deep Freeze Bundle |
Controller Epic PlayStation Plus #3 |
Dark Razor Rare Xbox One Bundle |
Instigator Rare Twitch Prime |
Pinpoint Rare Nintendo Switch Bundle |
Pointer Rare Fortnite China |
Power Grip Rare Fortnite China |
Resonator Epic Xbox One Bundle |
Stellar Axe Epic Galaxy |
Tenderizer Rare Twitch Prime |
Unknown
Longhorn Rare |
Uni-horn Rare |