Axe Head
| Axe Head | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Material |
| Weight | 2 |
| Condition | 15 |
| Made With | |
| Station | Simple Forge |
| Research |
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| Crafting Skill | Blacksmithing: 6 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.OldAxeHead
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| Crafting XP | 70 XP (Blacksmithing) |
The Axe Head is the iron blade of an axe, separated from its handle. It is a part for rebuilding axes and good iron for smelting.
Fitted to a Large Handle with the Assemble Long Implement recipe, it becomes an Axe. Fitted to a Medium Handle with the Assemble Medium Implement recipe, it becomes a Hand Axe. Both recipes need Maintenance level 1. A blacksmith can also forge a new one at a forge with Blacksmithing level 6.
Most Axe Heads come from taking a worn Axe or Hand Axe apart. A few turn up in barns. The Carpenter is the best occupation for materials. It starts with the most Carpentry skill. For Welding, the Welder starts strongest.
Uses
The Assemble Long Implement recipe joins the Axe Head to a Large Handle. A hammer or mallet and a sharp knife are needed and kept. The result is an Axe. The Assemble Medium Implement recipe does the same with a Medium Handle and makes a Hand Axe. Swapping heads this way saves a good blade when its handle breaks.
The head can be sharpened on its own. The Sharpen Blade, Sharpen Blade Poorly with File and Sharpen Blade with Grindstone recipes all accept it.
An unwanted head is good iron. Smelt Iron From Large Item turns it into four Iron Chunk at a Primitive Furnace or better. Smelt Steel From Large Iron Item gives four Steel Chunk at an Advanced Furnace.
The Research Craft option teaches four recipes. These are Knap Large Stone Axe Head, Forge Axe Head, Forge Hatchet Head and Forge Wood Axe Head. One found head can open up a whole line of axe making.
How to Get Axe Head
The Dismantle Long Implement recipe takes an Axe apart with a hammer, club hammer or mallet. It gives the Axe Head and a broken handle. The Dismantle Medium Implement recipe does the same for a Hand Axe.
The Forge Axe Head recipe makes a new one at a Simple Forge or better. It takes five charcoal and a pierced metal block. A ball peen hammer, tongs and a metalworking punch are needed and kept. The recipe needs Blacksmithing level 6 and must be learned first.
Research
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Axe Head and teaches the recipes below.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knap Large Stone Axe Head | Large Stone Axe Head | 
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/additem Base.StoneAxeHead
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| Forge Axe Head | Axe Head | 
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/additem Base.OldAxeHead
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| Forge Hatchet Head | Hatchet Head | 
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/additem Base.HandAxeHead
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| Forge Wood Axe Head | Wood Axe Head |
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/additem Base.WoodAxeHead
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How to Craft Axe Head
Each recipe that makes the Axe Head is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Forge Axe Head
The Forge Axe Head recipe makes the Axe Head. It needs Blacksmithing level 6. It is made at a Simple Forge. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 
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5x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
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| Iron Block (Pierced) | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.PiercedIronBlock
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| Ball-peen Hammer | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.BallPeenHammer
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| Tongs | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Tongs
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| Metalworking Punch | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.MetalworkingPunch
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Used in Crafting
Everything made with the Axe Head, with how much each recipe takes, the other materials it needs, the station and the skill.
| Item | Image | Recipe | Amount | Other Materials | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axe | 
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Assemble Long Implement | 1x |
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- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.Axe_Old
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| Hand Axe | 
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Assemble Medium Implement | 1x |
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- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.HandAxe_Old
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These recipes accept the Axe Head by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharpen Blade | - | - | - | - |
| Sharpen Blade Poorly with File | - | - | - | - |
| Sharpen Blade with Grindstone | - | - | Grindstone | - |
| Smelt Iron From Large Item | Iron Chunk | 
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Primitive Furnace | /additem Base.IronChunk
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| Smelt Large Iron Item | Small Ceramic Crucible with Iron | 
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Simple Furnace | /additem Base.CeramicCrucibleSmall_Iron
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| Smelt Steel From Large Iron Item | Steel Chunk | 
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Advanced Furnace | /additem Base.SteelChunk
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Locations
The Axe Head is a rare find. Barns are the only place it appears in loot. Metal shelves and other storage in a barn hold one about one time in fifty. Barn crates hold one even less often.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Barn | Metal shelves | 2% |
| Barn | Other | 2% |
| Barn | Crate | 0.5% |
Notes
- Research Craft on one head teaches four axe and hatchet head recipes.
- The same head fits a Large Handle for an Axe or a Medium Handle for a Hand Axe.
- A spare head smelts into four Iron Chunk.
- Dismantling a broken axe keeps the head for a fresh handle.
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