Greataxe

Greataxe

Attack	151 Physical
Critical	100
Scaling	Str D, Dex D
Requires	Str 30, Dex 8
Effect
Guard	69% physical, 45 guard boost
Type	Greataxe
Attack Type	Standard
Skill	Barbaric Roar
FP Cost	16
Weight	13
Upgrades With	Smithing Stones, to +25
Sell Price	100

The Greataxe is a Greataxe in Elden Ring. It carries the highest physical attack of any greataxe in the game.

When to Use It

Early game. It is found around Limgrave, in the opening stretch of a run, so it is one of the first real upgrades you can carry.

Why Players Pick It

Highest base physical in the class at 151, and highest max-standard attack rating (AR) on at 369 with C/D scaling and 168 Sta. Costs 30 Str / 8 Dex and 13 weight. Found in the troll-hauled carriage near Waypoint Ruins in Limgrave, which makes it reachable in the first hour, it is the single best damage-per-rune pickup in the class.

Upgrades

Ordinary Smithing Stones carry it all the way to +25, and because it is not a Somber weapon it will also hold a grease or a weapon buff, which is a damage source the unique blades simply do not have.

Build

Its scaling runs Str at D and Dex at D, so Str and Dex are the stats worth levelling, and you need Str 30 and Dex 8 before you can lift it. Any Ash of War and any affinity will sit on it, so its scaling can be re-cut towards whichever stat you are already levelling.

Notes

Greataxe akin to a huge lump of iron. Recognized as the weapon of choice of badland chieftains. Too heavy to be wielded by those of merely ordinary strength, blows from this axe will flatten enemies, and the force of its charged attack is a sight to be behold.

How to Get Greataxe Guide

Inside the carriage hauled by two Trolls on the road close to the Waypoint Ruins in Limgrave.
The carriage must be stopped before the chest can be opened, requiring both trolls be killed.
These trolls will not pursue the Tarnished, instead choosing to focus on pulling the carriage.
Instead, they will stomp to try and punish the Tarnished for being attacked before going back to pulling, leaving the Tarnished to focus simply on avoiding being truck by their retort between attacks.

Where to find Greataxe Location?

Map credit by Map Genie.

All Greataxes

Name	Physical	Magic	Fire	Light	Holy	Crit. Boost	Weight	Str.	Dex.	Fai.	Arc.	Sell Price	Skill
Axe of Godrick	142 50	0 35	0 35	0 35	0 35	100 35	11	D 34	D 22	0	0	100	I Command Thee, Kneel!
Bonny Butchering Knife	134 58.0	0 31.0	0 31.0	0 31.0	0 31.0	100	8.5	C 16	D 20	0	0	0	Hone Blade
Butchering Knife	134 58	0 31	0 31	0 31	0 31	100 37	8.5	E 16	C 20	0	0	200	Barbaric Roar
Crescent Moon Axe	146 68	0 36	0 36	0 36	0 36	100 44	12.5	D 25	D 15	0	0	100	War Cry
Death Knight's Longhaft Axe	113 61.0	0 32.0	0 32.0	73 46.0	0 32.0	100	11.5	D 23	E 10	D 18	0	0	Blinkbolt: Long-hafted Axe
Executioner's Greataxe	150 74	0 40	0 40	0 40	0 40	115 48	15	C 34	E 8	0	0	200	War Cry
Gargoyle's Black Axe	100 49	0 27	0 27	0 27	120 54	100 37	8.5	D 24	E 8	D 22	0	200	War Cry
Gargoyle's Great Axe	123 58	0 31	0 31	0 31	0 31	100 37	8.5	C 24	E 8	0	0	200	War Cry
Great Omenkiller Cleaver	142 63	0 33	0 33	0 33	0 45	100 42	11	D 23	D 12	0	0	200	Wild Strikes
Greataxe	151 69	0 37	0 37	0 37	0 37	100 45	13	D 30	D 8	0	0	100	Barbaric Roar
Longhaft Axe	146 68	0 36	0 36	0 36	0 36	100 44	12.5	D 24	D 8	0	0	100	War Cry
Putrescence Cleaver	141 66.0	0 44.0	0 38.0	0 38.0	0 38.0	100	13.5	D 28	E 10	0	D 15	0	Spinning Guillotine
Rusted Anchor	147 68	0 36	0 36	0 36	0 36	100 44	12.5	C 26	E 9	0	0	200	Barbaric Roar
Winged Greathorn	130 50	0 35	0 35	0 35	0 35	100 35	11	D 30	D 20	0	0	100	Soul Stifler