The Pickaxe is the player's second tool, it is quite important as it is the only way to obtain resources without machines. The player is given the Pickaxe on spawn, it appears in the second slot of the hotbar and it cannot be dropped.
To use the Pickaxe simply walk up to a deposit and and click it, it will generate resource and begin a cooldown. Between 1-3 resource is obtained from any deposit with a few exceptions;