Legacy:Tool speed

Old-gen console versionNintendo 3DS version
This is the Legacy page whose information relates to the article Tool speed.
It applies only to the Old-gen console and 3DS versions of Terraria, detailing their differences from modern versions.

On the Old-gen console version Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DSNintendo 3DS version version, the individual pieces of Mining armor do not grant tool speed; only the set bonus of the full set does.

Fastest mining tools

Pre-Hardmode

Pickaxes

  • (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) If using a Bone Pickaxe, also use it for everything else that it can mine (namely, Meteorite Ore and below, plus Spikes).
  • (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) If using a Deathbringer Pickaxe, also use it for things it mines in three hits: Ebonstone, Crimstone, Hellstone Ore and Dungeon Brick.

Hardmode

Hammers

  • (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) A Quick The Axe, is the fastest hammer available.