Salem

Are they worth making? Should I just use 2 Metal Axe + Metal Shovel when Mining/Chipping rather than a Pickaxe?

I'm really confused about the pros/cons of Pickaxe and Shovel.

Pickaxe is 2x more effective than shovel. That means you will mine twice as fast and use 2x less phlegm. It IS worth it. Especially when you smelt a lot of iron and have to mine lots of ore and lime

PIckaxes were the best content added to the game to date, imo. So yeah, totally worth it.

Metal axe for chopping trees +(until better is released)
Metal shovel for digging + destroying tree stumps/destroying things in general +(until better is released)
Pickaxe for Chipping stone, Granite, Lime, Ore boulders and mining(When digging ore boulders out from the wall) +(Until better is released)

Hope this made things more clear for you.

A metal shovel only helps you destroy/save phlegm on stumps. There are no tools that affect your ability to destroy any other things(like buildings).