Axes

Axes are the only weapon class in the game that can fell a tree, so the axe you carry also decides which tier of wood you can chop.

Combat

Pros

• It is your woodcutting tool, so the axe on your belt is a second weapon you were carrying anyway. On a tree the swing is also much faster than in a fight: 1.3 seconds against 2.58 for a one-hander.
• The primary swings through a 90 degree arc, the widest of the melee classes, and two-handed axes take no damage penalty when one swing catches several enemies.
• The two-handed secondary is the cheapest stagger in the game: half a swing's stamina for 4x stagger in 0.84 seconds. Treat it as a stun button, not a damage button.
• Knockback runs from 50 to 70. That is high enough to buy room without the club habit of punting a target out of your own reach.

Cons

• Chop damage does nothing to a creature; it only cuts wood. A Berserkir Axes reads 220 total but lands only 140 of it on anything alive, so the class looks stronger on paper than it is in a fight.
• Axes deal Slash. Nothing in the game is weak to slash and some creatures resist it, so an axe never gets the bonus a club gets against Skeletons.
• Axes are slower than a sword and dearer to swing. The one-handed combo takes 2.58 seconds against a sword's cheaper, faster one, and the top of the class costs up to 22 stamina a hit.
• Reach is 2.2 to 2.5 metres, short of a polearm at 3.2, so nothing here hits first.

Builds

One-handed with a shield is the practical build, because the same axe clears the forest. The secondary is a vertical downward chop for 1.5x damage at double stamina, and it is the one swing that reaches a tree stump too low for a normal arc.

Two-handed trades the shield for 2.5 metres of reach, 1.5x stagger and the multi-target rule. Open with the secondary, which takes 0.84 seconds and half the stamina for 4x stagger, then run the full combo into the staggered enemy. That loop is the reason to carry a battleaxe at all.

Dual-wield gives 6 hits across a 3.62-second combo. The third and fourth movements land with both axes at once, and the secondary leaps forward into a double slash. The damage is front-loaded into a long animation, so it needs space and a target that is already staggered.

Against Skeletons or the Charred, put the axe away and bring blunt: no amount of Axes skill beats a resistance.

Axes are made at the Black forge, the Forge, the Workbench and the Frost Foundry, or by hand.

The skill is Axes, and it levels up through use, not choice.

Best Axes

Build	Weapon	Image	Key Figure
Hardest hitter	Frostfire Greataxe		254 damage across all types
Cheapest to swing	Stone Axe		5 stamina a swing
Best guard	Frostfire Greataxe		76 block armour
Lightest to carry	Flint Axe		1.5 weight
Longest lasting	Frostfire Axe		400 durability

Notes

• Chop damage applies to trees, not creatures, which is why a tree falls to an axe and nothing else.
• The trees an axe can fell are part of its tier. Stone and flint handle Beech, Fir and Pine. Bronze and iron add Birch, Oak and the Ancient Tree. Only the Black Metal Axe and the Jotun Bane cut Yggdrasil Shoots and Scorched Trees.
• The first hit of a two-handed combo is by far the slowest at 1.58 seconds. The second and third take about 0.92 and 0.7, and they carry triple damage between them.

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*stats displayed are item's base values. See upgrades under each item for item stats per level.

Name	Image	Slash	Chop	Elemental Damage	Stamina	Block	Weight	Durability	Crafting Materials	Crafting Station	Spawn ID
Wooden Axe		1	1	-	4	12	2	125	-	-	spawn AxeWood
Wooden Battleaxe		1	1	-	8	12	2.5	200	-	-	spawn BattleaxeWood
Stone Axe		15	20	-	5	3	1.5	100	5x Wood 4x Stone	By hand	spawn AxeStone
Flint Axe		20	30	-	6	4	1.5	100	4x Wood 6x Flint	Workbench	spawn AxeFlint
Early Axes		30	35	-	6	4	2	175	1x Curious axe head 1x Mysterious axe head 4x Wood	Workbench	spawn AxeEarly
Bronze Axe		40	40	-	8	12	-	125	4x Wood 8x Bronze 2x Leather Scraps	Forge	spawn AxeBronze
Iron Axe		60	50	-	10	21	-	175	4x Wood 20x Iron 2x Leather Scraps	Forge	spawn AxeIron
Battleaxe		70	40	-	16	28	-	200	30x Ancient bark 35x Iron 4x Leather scraps	Forge	spawn Battleaxe
Jotun Bane		80	70	40 Poison	16	48	2	175	5x Yggdrasil wood 15x Iron 3x Bilebag 10x Refined eitr	Black forge	spawn AxeJotunBane
Crystal Battleaxe		90	50	30 Spirit	18	40	-	200	40x Ancient bark 30x Silver 10x Crystal	Forge	spawn BattleaxeCrystal
Black Metal Axe		100	60	-	14	39	-	175	6x Finewood 20x Black metal 5x Linen thread	Forge	spawn AxeBlackMetal
Black Metal Battleaxe		110	60	-	20	52	-	200	5x Linen 30x Black metal 10x Finewood	Forge	spawn BattleaxeBlackmetal
Skull Splittur		130	70	-	22	64	-	200	15x Yggdrasil wood 30x Iron 10x Refined eitr	Black forge	spawn BattleaxeSkullSplittur
Berserkir Axes		140	80	-	16	57	2	175	15x Charred bone 24x Flametal 3x Asksvin hide	Black forge	spawn AxeBerzerkr
Bleeding Berserkir Axes		140	80	-	16	57	2	175	1x Berserkir axes 5x Flametal 1x Bloodstone	Black forge	spawn AxeBerzerkrBlood
Primal Berserkir Axes		140	80	10 Poison	16	57	-	175	1x Berserkir axes 5x Flametal 1x Jade	Black forge	spawn AxeBerzerkrNature
Thundering Berserkir Axes		140	80	10 Lightning	16	57	2	175	1x Berserkir axes 5x Flametal 1x Iolite	Black forge	spawn AxeBerzerkrLightning
Frostfire Axe		144	90	12 Fire, 88 Frost	16	66	2	400	1x Nord Axe 20x Bloodgold 1x Frostfire Essence	Black Forge	spawn AxeGold_FrostFire
Frostfire Greataxe		154	40	12 Fire, 88 Frost	22	76	2.5	400	1x Nord Greataxe 20x Bloodgold 1x Frostfire Essence	Black Forge	spawn BattleaxeGold_FrostFire
Nord Axe		176	90	-	16	66	2	400	1x Cast: Nord Axe 5x Liquid Frost	Frost Foundry	spawn AxeGold
Thunderblood Axe		186	90	45 Lightning	16	66	2	400	1x Nord Axe 20x Bloodgold 1x Thunderblood Essence	Black Forge	spawn AxeGold_BloodLightning
Nord Greataxe		188	40	-	22	76	2.5	400	1x Cast: Nord Greataxe 5x Liquid Frost	Frost Foundry	spawn BattleaxeGold
Thunderblood Greataxe		198	40	45 Lightning	22	76	2.5	400	1x Nord Greataxe 20x Bloodgold 1x Thunderblood Essence	Black Forge	spawn BattleaxeGold_BloodLightning

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