How it works

Hold, mine, climb

Your level is set by the PXE you hold. The higher you climb, the more your crew mines every day.

Open the app
Start the Mini App in Telegram. Your first miner is already digging, at no cost.
Mine PXE
Your crew fills your storage around the clock. Claim it to move it into your balance.
Level up
Everything you hold (in the app and in your TON wallet) sets your level, your crew and your speed.
Withdraw
Connect a TON wallet and withdraw PXE whenever you have enough. Hold it, or keep climbing.

The journey

Ten of the oldest mines on Earth

Every 100 levels your crew travels to a new real-world mine, from the red ochre of Ngwenya to the legendary gold of Ophir.

Mine 1 · Lv 1–100

Ngwenya Mine

Eswatini, Africa · c. 43,000 BC

The oldest known mine on Earth. Early people dug red ochre here for paint and ritual.

Red ochreOchre Diggerfrom 0 PXE

Mine 2 · Lv 101–200

Grimes Graves

Norfolk, Britain · c. 2600 BC

Hundreds of Neolithic shafts sunk through chalk with antler picks to reach black flint.

FlintFlint Knapperfrom 580 PXE

Mine 3 · Lv 201–300

Rio Tinto

Andalusia, Iberia · c. 3000 BC

Red hills and a red river, worked by Iberians, Phoenicians and Romans for copper and silver.

Copper & silverCopper Smelterfrom 3,430 PXE

Mine 4 · Lv 301–400

Isle Royale

Lake Superior, America · c. 3000 BC

The Old Copper peoples hammered pure copper from lakeside pits thousands of years ago.

Native copperCopper Hunterfrom 20,300 PXE

Mine 5 · Lv 401–500

Wadi Maghara

Sinai, Egypt · c. 2600 BC

Pharaohs sent expeditions here for turquoise, the 'stone of the sky'.

TurquoiseTurquoise Cutterfrom 120,000 PXE

Mine 6 · Lv 501–600

Altai Gold Fields

Siberia, Asia · c. 500 BC

Scythian horsemen mined and worked gold in the frozen Altai mountains.

GoldScythian Goldsmithfrom 707,000 PXE

Mine 7 · Lv 601–700

Laurion Mines

Attica, Greece · c. 480 BC

Athens' silver mines. Their wealth built the fleet that won at Salamis.

SilverSilver Masterfrom 4.18M PXE

Mine 8 · Lv 701–800

Kolar Gold Fields

Karnataka, India · c. 200 AD

Some of the deepest ancient gold workings in the world, mined since early times.

GoldTemple Priestfrom 24.7M PXE

Mine 9 · Lv 801–900

Tonglüshan

Hubei, China · c. 1000 BC

Copper for the Zhou dynasty's bronzes came from this hill of shafts and furnaces.

CopperBronze Kingfrom 146M PXE

Mine 10 · Lv 901–1000

Mahd adh Dhahab

Hejaz, Arabia · c. 950 BC

The 'Cradle of Gold', thought by many to be the legendary Ophir of King Solomon.

GoldEmperor of Ophirfrom 861M PXE

Your crew

From one digger to an army of fifty

Every mine brings new miners with their own tools and outfits. Your crew grows with each mine and each star you earn, and every miner adds speed.

1 → 50miners as you climb

10ranks in every mine

★ 1–5stars per mine

24/7they never stop digging

Levels

What does your holding mine?

Level 1 mines 5 PXE a day for free. Holding more lifts you up to 1,000 levels. Try it with the real game numbers.

Level	Hold	Mines / day
Lv 1 Ngwenya I	0	5
Lv 2 Ngwenya I	100	5
Lv 25 Ngwenya III	150	6.77
Lv 50 Ngwenya V	235	9.4
Lv 100 Ngwenya X	570	18.14
Lv 200 Grimes Graves X	3,370	67.55
Lv 300 Rio Tinto X	19,900	252
Lv 500 Wadi Maghara X	695,000	3,490
Lv 750 Kolar V	58.9M	93,400
Lv 1000 Ophir X	5B	2.5M

PXE you hold (in the app + in your wallet)

Mine · rankNgwenya I

Level1

Mines / day5

Crew1

Per month150

Speed0.2 TH/s

Next level at100

Mining fills your storage (24 hours at the start). Claim it to keep the crew digging. Figures are what the game uses today and can change as it develops.

More ways to earn

Every day counts

Mining is only the start. Check in, finish tasks and bring friends to grow faster.

Daily check-in

Collect a reward every day. Keep the streak going and it grows all week, then starts again.

+3Day 1+5Day 2+7Day 3+9Day 4+11Day 5+13Day 6+15Day 7

63 PXE for a full week

Friends, for life

Earn 5% of everything your friends mine, for as long as they play, once they connect a TON wallet. Verified friends unlock extra invite rewards.

5% of their mining · on top, never taken from them

Tasks

Join the community, reach milestones and complete partner quests for one-off PXE rewards.

New tasks added regularly

Bigger storage

Upgrade your storage from 24 hours up to 96 hours so your crew keeps mining while you are away.

24h → 36h → 48h → 72h → 96h

Holder rewards

Keep PXE in your own TON wallet and claim a holder reward every 24 hours. Every tier you hold pays on its own.

Hold 5K, 10K, 30K or 50K PXE on-chain

The token

PXE, the coin of the empire

PXE is a jetton on The Open Network (TON). What you mine in the app is yours to withdraw to your own wallet.

Your wallet counts. PXE in your connected TON wallet adds to your level, just like your in-app balance.
Withdraw from 500 PXE to the wallet you connected. A small fee is kept, and requests are reviewed for fair play before they are sent.
Your keys stay yours. Wallets are connected with TON Connect. We never ask for your seed phrase.

PXE is launching soon. The official contract address will be posted here and in our channel.

Minimum withdrawal	500 PXE
Fee from 500 to 4,999 PXE	70 PXE
Fee from 5,000 to 9,999 PXE	60 PXE
Fee from 10,000 PXE	50 PXE

Fair play

Built to be fair and safe

Telegram sign-in

Every request is signed by Telegram. No passwords, no emails, no sign-up forms.

Proven wallets

A wallet is linked only after it signs a TON Connect proof. One wallet belongs to one account.

One player, one account

Bots, farms and multiple accounts are detected and removed, so rewards go to real players.

Privacy first

We keep only what the game needs. Read exactly what in our privacy policy.

FAQ

Questions, answered

What is Pickaxe Empire?

A mining game that runs as a Telegram Mini App. Your crew mines PXE every day, you climb 1,000 levels and travel through ten real ancient mines, and you can withdraw what you mine to your TON wallet.

Is it free to play?

Yes. Open the app and your first miner starts digging right away. Level 1 mines 5 PXE a day without holding anything. Holding more PXE raises your level and your daily mining.

How does mining work?

Your level is set by everything you hold: your in-app balance plus the PXE in your connected TON wallet. Each level mines a set amount per day into your storage. Claim it to move it into your balance, which raises your holding again.

Levels can also go down: withdrawing, buying boosts or selling from your wallet lowers your level right away.

Do I need a crypto wallet?

Not to start. You need a TON wallet (for example Telegram Wallet or Tonkeeper) to withdraw PXE and to count the PXE you hold on-chain towards your level.

How do withdrawals work?

Connect your wallet, then withdraw from 500 PXE. A small fee is kept (shown before you confirm), and each request is checked for fair play before it is sent. Most are sent within 24 hours. If a withdrawal can't be sent, the full amount goes back to your balance.

How do friend rewards work?

Share your invite link from the app. You earn 5% of everything a friend claims from mining, for life, once they connect a TON wallet. It never comes out of their share. A friend becomes verified after connecting a wallet, completing 3 tasks and checking in on 3 days, which unlocks the "Invite verified friends" rewards.

Is my wallet safe?

Wallets connect through TON Connect and prove ownership with a signature. The game never sees your keys and will never ask for your seed phrase. Anyone who asks for it is not us.

Can I play with more than one account?

No. One Telegram account and one TON wallet per person. Multiple accounts, fake referrals and bots lead to removed rewards and banned accounts.

Is PXE an investment?

No. Pickaxe Empire is a game. PXE is a crypto token whose price can go up or down, and nothing here is financial advice. Only use what you can afford to lose.

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