Firefighter Axe
| Firefighter Axe | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Axe |
| Skill | Axe |
| Damage | 0.8-2 |
| Range | 0.61-1.2 |
| Crit | 20% x5 |
| Condition | 13 |
| Weight | 3 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Maintenance: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Axe
|
| Crafting XP | 1 XP (Maintenance) |
The Firefighter Axe is a two-handed axe built for breaking through doors, and it works as a weapon and a woodcutting tool. It trains the Axe skill. It hits hard, crits for five times the damage and keeps its condition for a long time.
It also fells trees, chops logs into firewood, pries off barricades and smashes doors. That range of jobs makes it one of the most useful items a survivor can carry. The Firefighter Axe is a common find in fire stations, where garages and storage rooms hold one in nearly half their containers. It can also be put together from a Firefighter Axe Head and a Large Handle at Maintenance 1. The Lumberjack is the best occupation for axes. It starts with the most Axe skill. The Firefighter also starts with some Axe skill.
Combat
The Firefighter Axe swings at base speed and reaches 1.2 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.8 and 2.0 damage. The crit chance starts at 20 percent, and a crit multiplies the damage by five, so a crit usually kills an ordinary zombie outright. A well-charged hit can kill a zombie in one blow.
One swing can strike two zombies at once. The weapon is two-handed, so both hands stay on the handle while it is equipped. Each swing has a long recovery, which leaves a survivor open when zombies close in from several sides. Short fights against a few zombies suit it best.
The Axe skill raises attack speed, damage and crit chance as it levels. The Lumberjack occupation carries the Ax-pert trait, which speeds up every axe swing. The Firefighter occupation starts with a point in Axe. The Wood Axe has more reach, higher damage and a far stronger crit. The Firefighter Axe matches the Axe in combat, and it is much easier to find.
Uses
The Firefighter Axe cuts down trees for logs. It chops a Log into six Firewood and a Large Branch into four. It cuts plants and clears brush. It breaks down doors fast, at 35 damage per hit. Like a crowbar, it pries plank barricades off doors and windows. It kills animals, serves as the tool for log furniture such as the Log Bench and Log Table, and helps build Log Stairs at Carpentry 3.
How to Craft Firefighter Axe
Each recipe that makes the Firefighter Axe is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Assemble Long Implement
The Assemble Long Implement recipe makes the Firefighter Axe. It needs Maintenance level 1.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claw Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
|
| Large Knife | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.LargeKnife
|
| Firefighter Axe Head | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.FireAxeHead
|
| Large Handle | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LongHandle
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Firefighter Axe as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismantle Long Implement | Firefighter Axe Head |
|
- | None | /additem Base.FireAxeHead
|
Any recipe that asks for a tree-felling axe accepts it as the tool, such as Bone Spike Weapon, Chop Log Into Firewood and Chop Large Branch Into Firewood.
Repair
The Firefighter Axe has 13 condition, and each hit has only a 1 in 35 chance of taking a point off. The Axe and Maintenance skills both lower that chance. A dull blade can be sharpened with a whetstone or a grindstone, or poorly with a File. Duct Tape, Adhesive Tape and Glue repair it with no skill. Wood Glue needs Carpentry 2. Zip Ties need Maintenance 1, Epoxy needs Maintenance 3, and Epoxy with Rags needs Maintenance 4. Every repair restores less condition than the one before it. A hammer takes the axe apart into its head and a broken handle, and the head fits a fresh Large Handle.
Locations
The Firefighter Axe is a common find in fire stations. Fire station garages and storage rooms hold one in nearly half their containers, on metal shelves and loose among the gear. Outside fire stations it is a rare find. Survivor safehouses and survivor caches keep one in boxes, crates, counters and shelves at a small chance. Tool caches can hold one in a tool box or a duffel bag.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Fire station garage | Other | 47.4% |
| Fire station garage | Bin | 28.6% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 0.1% |
| Attic | Crate | 0.1% |
| Closet | Crate | 0.1% |
| Closet | Other | 0.1% |
| Garage storage | Crate | 0.1% |
| Garage storage | Locker | 0.1% |
| Hall | Other | 0.1% |
| Shed | Metal shelves | 0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Fire station storage | Metal shelves | 47.4% |
| Fire station storage | Other | 47.4% |
| Fire station storage | Bin | 28.6% |
| Farm storage | Metal shelves | 0.2% |
| Farm storage | Other | 0.2% |
| Carpenter workshop | Cardboard box | 0.1% |
| Carpenter workshop | Counter | 0.1% |
| Carpenter workshop | Crate | 0.1% |
| Carpenter workshop | Metal shelves | 0.1% |
| Catwalk | Other | 0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 1.5% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 1.5% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 1.5% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 1.5% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 1.5% |
| Tools cache1 | Tools box | 1.4% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 1.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Counter | 0.9% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 0.9% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 0.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Carpenter workshop | Small box | 0.1% |
| Construction site | Small box | 0.1% |
| General store | Metal shelves | 0.1% |
| Generalstore storage | Other | 0.1% |
| Tool store | Other | 0.1% |
| Tool store | Shelves | 0.1% |
| Tool store storage | Other | 0.1% |
| Warehouse | Small box | 0.1% |
| Any building | Small box | <0.1% |
| General store | Shelves | <0.1% |
Notes
- Fire stations are by far the best place to look.
- The axe breaks doors and removes barricades, which opens almost any building.
- Wear is slow, so one axe lasts a long time with a little tape and a whetstone.
- A broken handle is not the end, since the head fits a new Large Handle.
- The long recovery after each swing makes it risky when surrounded.
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