Handpicks are smaller versions of a regular pick

A handpick digs twice as slow and has half the durability to regular picks. However is able to uncover special ores.

The primary purpose of a handpick is to discover special ores. These ores do not generate in the world, instead have a chance on being found with these tools.

Each special ore appears in a certain block(usually stone or ores). and have a chance on dropping. Some drops require a certain tier to mine.

Niter can be found using this method, it has a 5% drop rate in stone, and a 50% drop rate in iron ore. (requires bronze handpick or better to mine from iron ore)