What pickaxe is better, Ruby or iron?

[estudillod]

I was wondering which pickaxe is better, a ruby pickaxe, or a iron pickaxe. And maybe, if possible, I was wondering if someone could list all the pickaxes from worst to best. Thanks!

[Plenituz]

the ruby one is better than the iron one. because it's swag. my list : steel/iron/bronze/gems/diamond. i didn't test all of them but it my personnal list.

[Game1235]

Ruby, emerald and sapphire are both as fast in mining speed as diamond, but only have the durabillity of iron. My list would probaly go like this:

Wood, cobble, iron, gem, diamond, drill, DM and then RM.

[estudillod]

Ruby, emerald and sapphire are both as fast in mining speed as diamond, but only have the durabillity of iron. My list would probaly go like this:

Wood, cobble, iron, gem, diamond, drill, DM and then RM.

Thank-you so much! I've been looking for a list like this for a while.

[BingBong]

Ruby is better.

[Game1235]

Ruby, emerald and sapphire are all the same. They have the same durabillity of iron tools. Ruby is not better than emerald

[BingBong]

This thread is about Ruby v. Iron, not Ruby vs Emerald

[Malicus]

Ruby is a better choice than Iron. Ruby has the same durability of Iron (512 uses) but mines as fast as a diamond pickaxe, but it cant mine obsidian.

[Game1235]

I was just saying that ruby is as good as emerald. I know its better than iron, but so is emerald and sapphire.