Patch 12 for Sons of the Forest introduced plenty of new features to spruce up the gameplay, including the ability to upgrade your weapons via the forge. To access the new upgrade system, you must build a forge, for which you’ll need to mine a new resource in the game called Solofite. To mine Solofite, you’ll need the Pickaxe, an item that was also added in Patch 12. This guide will show you where Pickaxe is in Sons of the Forest.
How to reach the Pickaxe location in Sons of the Forest, explained
To obtain the Pickaxe in Sons of the Forest, you must go to the location of the new cave system at the northeastern end of the map. If you pull up your GPS tracker, there will be two cave entrances close to each other; you’re looking for one closest to the river.
Once you reach the location in the image above, rope down into the cave system. There won’t be any mutant activity inside, so you won’t have to stock up on weapons, but you will need to have arebreatheras there are multiple diving sections in the cave. Once you’re inside, follow these directions to get to the Pickaxe:
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