Well, if the point is: Why would I need a better pickaxe?

a) A better pickaxe lets me mine more effectively, without any doubt, think of making a tunnel with a coffespoon or with  a pickaxe, or with some dwarf-made-tools to make tunnels. So, the tool always affect your effectivity.

b) Maybe you need some quality on your tools to make some action, I say, I wouldn\'t cross the Cloudy Ocean on a canoa, neither do I try to mine Black Iron with a pickaxe made of something that cannot break that kind of rock.

c) Maybe the only purpose of getting a dwarf hammer to go mining some special ore and go towards the goal of making himself his own great sword could be part of a player-driven quest


Osgroth