Molten Axe

Molten Axe

It feels as though this metal, still carrying a small flame as its eye, like a candle's light, never truly solidified. The axe's body still bends and morphs under your touch, eager to be molded by your grip.
Type	One-handed Axe
Level	1 to 55
Damage	18 to 147 (legendary)
Speed	0.6s attack speed, 245 DPS
Defence	-
Gem Slot	-
Location	-

Molten Axe is a one-handed Warrior axe whose metal seems to have stayed liquid, and a small flame still burns in it like an eye. Its strength is fiery damage with finishing power. Two of its enhancements add fire, and one more adds cutting damage, so each swing scorches as it cuts. Extra crit chance pairs with merciless attack damage, rewarding quick crits and a clean finish on a stunned enemy. Agile Warriors who build stun and then end the fight will like its pace. Strength hardens its soft, flowing metal into real damage, and crit damage armour backs up its crit chance. Late adventurers find this still-glowing axe tucked inside Ancient barrels and crates of the Cinder's Cradle, a fitting home for metal that stayed warm.

Damage By Level

Base damage grows with item level and with rarity. The table shows the base damage before perks and gems. Each perk adds its own bonus on top.

Level	Common	Uncommon	Rare	Epic	Legendary
1	10	11	12	16	18
10	23	26	29	38	41
20	38	42	48	62	68
30	54	59	67	86	94
40	68	75	86	110	121
50	84	92	104	134	147

Enhancements by Level

Each upgrade at the Blacksmith raises a copy by one level and unlocks the next enhancement. The levels count from the copy's own level, so a level 9 copy unlocks them at levels 10 to 14. This weapon takes up to five upgrades. Every upgrade of one copy costs the same number of Runes. On a legendary copy, the fourth and fifth upgrades also take Legendary Runes. The costs are for a level 50 copy. Other copies cost more or less by level, as the second table shows.

Upgrade	Unlocks At	Enhancement	Effect	Runes	Legendary Runes	NPC
1	Level +1	Cutting Damage	Adds Cutting Damage equal to 10% of base damage	850	-	Blacksmith
2	Level +2	Fire Damage	Adds Fire Damage equal to 10% of base damage	850	-	Blacksmith
3	Level +3	Critical Strike Chance	+7% Critical Strike Chance	850	-	Blacksmith
4	Level +4	Merciless Attack Damage	+24% Merciless Attack Damage	850	106	Blacksmith
5	Level +5	Fire Damage	Adds Fire Damage equal to 10% of base damage	850	106	Blacksmith
Total	-	-	-	4,250	212	Blacksmith

The rune cost depends only on the copy's level. This table shows the price of one upgrade and of every upgrade the copy can take, level by level.

Level	Upgrades	Runes per Upgrade	Total Runes	Total Legendary Runes
1	5	46	230	12
10	5	130	650	32
20	5	256	1,280	64
30	5	418	2,090	104
40	5	616	3,080	154
50	5	850	4,250	212

Skills

These skills make axes stronger or add new moves to them.

Skill	Tree	Cost	Effect
Swift Blades	Warrior	5	Allows you to attack faster with one-handed swords and axes.

Compared With Other Axes

The strongest legendary axes at level 50, sorted by damage per second.

Weapon	Damage	Speed	DPS
Golden War Hero Axe	220	0.7s	314
Abyssal Wing Axe	220	0.77s	286
Axe Of Deimos	220	0.77s	286
Axe Of Phobos	220	0.77s	286
Blood Omen Axe	220	0.77s	286
Boreal Axe	220	0.77s	286
Champion's Axe	220	0.77s	286
Molten Axe	147	0.6s	245

Lore

The axe bends and shifts under the grip, as if its metal were still eager to take a shape.

Notes

Crit chance and merciless attack damage reward critical hits and finishing blows on stunned enemies.
Two fire damage enhancements give it magic fire damage on top of cutting damage.

Lore

The metal of this axe never fully set. A small flame burns in it like an eye or a candle. The axe still bends and shifts under the grip, eager to take its shape.

Notes

Copies come in every rarity from Common to Legendary.

All Axes

Springlands

Axes found or crafted in the Springlands:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Executioner's Axe	1 to 50	0.8s	286	Springlands
Fenrig's Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	223	Lore Weapon, Craftable
Guillotine	1 to 50	0.8s	204	Springlands
Hatchet	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Springlands
Tainted Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Springlands

Revelwood

Axes found or crafted in Revelwood:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Cyclone Axe	1 to 50	0.8s	286	-
Bonebreaker	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Revelwood
Enshrouded Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Revelwood
Hair Splitter	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Revelwood
Wolf Pack Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Revelwood
Wolf's Claw	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Revelwood

Nomad Highlands

Axes found or crafted in the Nomad Highlands:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Deeproot Axe	1 to 50	0.8s	286	Nomad Highlands
Jezmina's Apotheosis	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Lore Weapon, Craftable
Meat Chopper	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Nomad Highlands

Kindlewastes

Axes found or crafted in the Kindlewastes:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Scavenger Miner Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Scavenger Enemy Drop
Dark Cleaver	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Kindlewastes
Greater Thunderblast Axe	1 to 50	0.8s	286	Kindlewastes
Lightforged Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Kindlewastes
Lumenshade Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Kindlewastes
Sun Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Kindlewastes
Thunderbolt Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Kindlewastes

Albaneve Summits

Axes found or crafted in the Albaneve Summits:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Batwing Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Albaneve Summits
Boreal Axe	1 to 50	0.8s	286	Albaneve Summits
Celestial Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Albaneve Summits
Champion's Axe	1 to 50	0.8s	286	Albaneve Summits
Dimweald Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Lore Weapon, Craftable
Dragonsbane	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Lore Weapon, Craftable
Frostwing Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Albaneve Summits
Provisional Scythe	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Scavenger Enemy Drop
Ruffian's Axe	1 to 50	0.8s	286	Albaneve Summits
Steel Moon Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Albaneve Summits
Darkwood Axe	1 to 50	0.8s	286	Albaneve Summits

Veilwater Basin

Axes found or crafted in the Veilwater Basin:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Fallen Wing Axe	1 to 50	0.8s	286	Veilwater Basin
Golden Recruit Axe	1 to 50	0.8s	260	Lore Weapon, Craftable
Golden War Hero Axe	1 to 50	0.7s	314	Lore Weapon, Craftable
Abyssal Wing Axe	1 to 50	0.8s	286	Veilwater Basin
Curse Bringer Axe	1 to 50	0.8s	286	Veilwater Basin
Blood Omen Axe	1 to 50	0.8s	286	Veilwater Basin
Death Gazer Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Veilwater Basin
Jagged Obsidian Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Veilwater Basin
Skull Splitter Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Veilwater Basin
Graven Idol Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Veilwater Basin

Cinder's Cradle

Axes found or crafted in the Cinder's Cradle:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Axe Of Deimos	1 to 55	0.8s	286	-
Axe Of Phobos	1 to 55	0.8s	286	-
Calescent Axe	1 to 55	0.6s	245	-
Firebird's Claw	1 to 55	0.8s	286	-
Lucent Axe	1 to 55	0.6s	245	-
Magmatic Axe	1 to 55	0.8s	286	-
Molten Axe	1 to 55	0.6s	245	-
Nocturnal Axe	1 to 55	0.6s	245	-
Chief Drak'Dal Axe	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Drak Enemy Drop