Nocturnal Axe

Nocturnal Axe

Forged from a dark metal, mysterious and silent as the night. This axe does not reflect, does not allow light. Still, you believe you catch reflections dancing across the blade from the corner of your eye... surely, your sight betrays you.
Type	One-handed Axe
Level	1 to 55
Damage	18 to 147 (legendary)
Speed	0.6s attack speed, 245 DPS
Defence	-
Gem Slot	-
Location	-

Nocturnal Axe is a one-handed Warrior axe forged from a dark metal that reflects no light, and it rewards strikes from the shadows. Backstab damage makes its hits from behind much stronger, and crit damage makes its critical strikes hit hard. Three cutting enhancements give its dark edge even more physical bite. It suits a Warrior who flanks enemies and strikes their backs. Strength and a reliable supply of crit chance make its silent blade truly dangerous. It also works well in co-op, where allies draw attention away from its wielder. Searching Ancient ruins of the Cinder's Cradle deep into the late game can turn up this lightless blade. Though the metal swallows all light, faint reflections still seem to dance across it at the edge of sight. That eerie look matches its role as a weapon of ambush.

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	Backstab Damage	+24% Backstab Damage	850	-	Blacksmith
2	Level +2	Cutting Damage	Adds Cutting Damage equal to 10% of base damage	850	-	Blacksmith
3	Level +3	Critical Strike Damage	+24% Critical Strike Damage	850	-	Blacksmith
4	Level +4	Cutting Damage	Adds Cutting Damage equal to 10% of base damage	850	106	Blacksmith
5	Level +5	Cutting Damage	Adds Cutting 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
Nocturnal Axe	147	0.6s	245

Lore

The dark metal reflects no light, yet reflections still seem to dance across the blade at the edge of sight.

Notes

Backstab damage and crit damage make it strongest on attacks from behind.
Three cutting damage enhancements add more physical damage to each swing.

Lore

The axe is forged from a dark metal as silent as the night. It reflects no light at all. Even so, reflections seem to dance across the blade at the edge of sight.

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