THE PICKAXE OF A THOUSAND ATTRIBUTES
A free trial account. An ancient console. And the one item the game’s elite would kill for.
Everyone grinds for glory. Egor grinds ore.
Egor, a fresh college grad, joins the hottest VR game around hoping to earn some cash. But his budget won’t stretch to a full account or an immersion capsule — so it’s a free trial and an ancient console hooked to an old TV. Laggy gameplay, crappy graphics? Who cares, when the plan is simple: mine ore in the sandbox, slaughter rabbits, score loot.
Then he stumbles on an item the game’s elite would burn the whole server to possess — and the quiet grind turns into a hunt where a broke newbie with a pickaxe has to out-think players a thousand levels above him.
A completed duology: classic underdog LitRPG with mining, crafting and a wicked sense of humor.
Readers on The Pickaxe
“I feel like Dan Sugralinov has reached the Master level of his craft — my only complaint is that his novels are too short.”
“If you love the Disgardium series like I do, then just hold on to your seats. This is the beginning of something that will be absolutely beautiful.”
“Not many authors can create and maintain a self-consistent world spread across multiple book series, characters and time frames. But Dan Sugralinov does it extremely well.”
From Audible reviews of Book 1, The Grind (★4.6, July 2026).
Quick answers
- Is the series finished?
- Yes — a complete two-book story: The Grind and The Tryhard.
- Is there an audiobook?
- Yes, narrated by Daniel Thomas May on Audible.
- Where should I start?
- Book 1, The Grind.
- Do I need to read the author's other series first?
- No — it is a standalone entry point in the shared universe.