Forked-Tongue Hatchet

Forked-Tongue Hatchet

Attack	125 Physical
Critical	100
Scaling	Str D, Dex D
Requires	Str 10, Dex 13
Effect	Causes blood loss buildup (50)
Guard	45% physical, 30 guard boost
Type	Axe
Attack Type	Standard/Pierce
Skill	Dragonform Flame
FP Cost	14
Weight	4
Upgrades With	Somber Smithing Stones, to +10
Sell Price	200

The Forked-Tongue Hatchet is a Axe in Elden Ring.

When to Use It

Shadow of the Erdtree. It is found around Realm of Shadow in the expansion, which opens only once Starscourge Radahn and Mohg, Lord of Blood are beaten.

Upgrades

It takes Somber Smithing Stones rather than the common kind, one per level up to +10, and it keeps its own skill for good: no Ash of War will replace it and no affinity will re-cut its scaling.

Skill

Dragonform Flame costs 14 FP. Spew fire from a dragon-form maw, sweeping in a forward arc. The flames on the ground will continue to burn for a short time. It belongs to this weapon alone: no Ash of War will move it onto anything else, and nothing will replace it here.

Build

Its scaling runs Str at D and Dex at D, so Str and Dex are the stats worth levelling, and you need Str 10 and Dex 13 before you can lift it. Because the skill is its own, the build has to come to the weapon rather than the other way round. It also causes blood loss buildup (50) on its own, with no infusion needed.

Notes

A peculiar weapon wielded by imps. Hatchet smithed in the shape of a fork-tongued dragon. The gently undulating forked blade is known as an "imp's tongue" and causes blood loss.

How to Get Forked-Tongue Hatchet Guide

This weapon has a 2% chance to be dropped by hatchet-wielding Imps in catacombs in the Realm of Shadow.
It can be farmed in the Scorpion River Catacombs.

Where to find Forked-Tongue Hatchet Location?

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All Axes

Name	Physical	Magic	Fire	Light	Holy	Crit. Boost	Weight	Str.	Dex.	Int.	Fai.	Arc.	Sell Price	Skill
Battle Axe	123 47	0 31	0 31	0 31	0 31	100 31	4.5	D 12	D 8	0	0	0	100	Wind Strikes
Celebrant's Cleaver	119 47	0 31	0 31	0 31	0 31	100 33	4.5	D 12	D 8	0	0	0	100	Wind Strikes
Death Knight's Twin Axes	101 44.0	0 30.0	0 30.0	65 44.0	0 30.0	100	5.5	D 14	D 12	0	D 16	0	0	Blinkbolt: Twinaxe
Forked Hatchet	101 40	0 27	0 27	0 27	0 27	100 27	2.5	D 9	D 14	0	0	0	100	Quickstep
Forked-Tongue Hatchet	125 45.0	0 30.0	0 30.0	0 30.0	0 30.0	100	4.0	D 10	D 13	0	0	0	200	Dragonform Flame
Hand Axe	113 42	0 28	0 28	0 28	0 28	100 28	3.5	D 9	D 8	0	0	0	100	Quickstep
Highland Axe	123 47	0 31	0 31	0 31	0 31	110 31	4.5	D 12	D 9	0	0	0	100	War Cry
Icerind Hatchet	111 40	0 27	0 27	0 27	0 27	100 27	3	E 11	D 16	0	0	0	100	Hoarfrost Stomp
Iron Cleaver	120 51	0 34	0 34	0 34	0 34	100 34	6	C 15	E 7	0	0	0	100	Wind Strikes
Jawbone Axe	124 49	0 33	0 33	0 33	0 33	100 36	5.5	D 14	E 8	0	0	0	100	Wind Strikes
Messmer Soldier's Axe	133 49.0	0 33.0	0 33.0	0 33.0	0 33.0	100	5.5	D 14	D 10	0	0	0	100	War Cry
Ripple Blade	70 47	0 31	0 31	0 31	0 31	100 31	4.5	-11	-11	0	0	A 20	100	Wind Strikes
Rosus' Axe	106 44	68 44	0 30	0 30	0 30	100 33	5.5	D 18	E 10	D 18	0	0	200	Rosus's Summons
Sacrificial Axe	128 49	0 33	0 33	0 33	0 33	100 33	5.5	D 16	D 10	0	0	0	100	Wind Strikes
Smithscript Axe	133 48.0	0 32.0	0 32.0	0 32.0	0 32.0	100	5.0	D 13	D 10	E 11	E 11	0	0	Wild Strikes
Stormhawk Axe	130 49	0 33	0 33	0 33	0 33	100 31	5.5	D 19	D 15	0	0	0	200	Thunderstorm
Warped Axe	118 56	0 37	0 37	0 37	0 37	100 43	7.5	C 24	-8	0	0	0	200	War Cry