To make a crystal pickaxe in Old School RuneScape, you must combine a dragon pickaxe, a crystal tool seed, and crystal shards at a singing bowl. This process requires Song of the Elves, 76 Smithing, and 76 Crafting, though both skills can be boosted. Once created, the crystal pickaxe becomes the fastest pickaxe in the game when charged.

This guide explains every requirement, material, and option so you can make the crystal pickaxe the correct way without wasting shards.

What You Need Before Making A Crystal Pickaxe

Before you can create a crystal pickaxe, several requirements must be met.

You must complete Song of the Elves to unlock Prifddinas and access a singing bowl. You also need the proper stats to both create and wield the pickaxe.

Skill And Quest Requirements

Song of the Elves completed
76 Smithing
76 Crafting
71 Mining to use
70 Attack to wield
50 Agility to wield

Smithing and Crafting can be boosted, but Mining, Attack, and Agility cannot.

Items Required To Create The Crystal Pickaxe

You need three items to sing the crystal pickaxe yourself.

1 dragon pickaxe
1 crystal tool seed
120 crystal shards

Creating it this way grants 6,000 Smithing experience and 6,000 Crafting experience.

How To Make The Crystal Pickaxe Yourself

Once you have all requirements and items, go to a singing bowl in Prifddinas.

Use the crystal tool seed on the singing bowl while the dragon pickaxe and crystal shards are in your inventory. If your Smithing and Crafting levels meet the requirement, the crystal pickaxe will be created instantly.

This version starts with 10,000 charges.

Making A Crystal Pickaxe Without The Stats

If you do not have 76 Smithing and Crafting, you can pay an NPC to sing the crystal for you.

Conwenna or Reese can create the crystal pickaxe on your behalf.

Requires the same items
Costs an extra 60 crystal shards
Total cost becomes 180 crystal shards
No Smithing or Crafting experience gained

This is common for players who rush the pickaxe early.

Charging And Using The Crystal Pickaxe

The crystal pickaxe consumes charges when mining ores. Each ore mined uses 1 charge.

Starts with 10,000 charges
Can hold up to 20,000 charges
Each crystal shard adds 100 charges
Acts like a dragon pickaxe when uncharged

Using an elven signet or celestial signet gives a chance to save charges.

Crystal Pickaxe Special Attack

The crystal pickaxe has the Rock Knocker special attack.

Boosts Mining by 3 levels
Uses 100 percent special attack energy
Same special as the dragon pickaxe

This is most effective below level 99 Mining.

What Happens If You Die With It

If you die in dangerous PvP with a crystal pickaxe, it reverts to a dragon pickaxe. All crystal shards used as charges are lost.

The dragon pickaxe is dropped to the killer.

Final Note

The crystal pickaxe is the best mining tool in Old School RuneScape if you can afford the setup. Making it yourself saves shards and gives bonus experience, but paying an NPC is fine if your stats are low. Once charged, it provides a noticeable mining speed increase over the dragon pickaxe and is worth it for long term mining.