Firefighter Axe Head
| Firefighter Axe Head | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Material |
| Weight | 2 |
| Condition | 15 |
| Research |
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| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.FireAxeHead
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The Firefighter Axe Head is the steel head of a fire axe, separated from its handle. It is a part for rebuilding a Firefighter Axe and a good piece of steel for smelting.
Fitted to a Large Handle with the Assemble Long Implement recipe, it becomes a Firefighter Axe again. The recipe needs Maintenance level 1. The head can also be sharpened, smelted, or studied to learn four axe recipes.
Most heads come from taking a worn Firefighter Axe apart. Fire stations also keep spares in their bins. 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 head to a Large Handle. A hammer, club hammer or mallet and a sharp knife are needed, and both are kept. The result is a Firefighter Axe. Swapping a head 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.
A spare head is good steel. Smelt Steel From Large Steel Item turns it into four Steel Chunk at an Advanced Furnace. Smelt Large Steel Item melts it into a ceramic crucible of steel at a Simple Furnace or better.
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 opens up a whole line of axe making for a future blacksmith.
How to Get Firefighter Axe Head
The Dismantle Long Implement recipe takes a Firefighter Axe apart with a hammer, club hammer or mallet. The tool is kept. It gives the head and a Broken Large Handle. No skill or station is needed.
Research
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Firefighter 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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Used in Crafting
Everything made with the Firefighter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firefighter Axe | 
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Assemble Long Implement | 1x |
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- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.Axe
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These recipes accept the Firefighter 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 Large Steel Item | Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel | 
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Simple Furnace | /additem Base.CeramicCrucibleSmall_Steel
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| Smelt Steel From Large Steel Item | Steel Chunk | 
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Advanced Furnace | /additem Base.SteelChunk
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Locations
Fire stations are the only place it appears in loot. Bins in a fire station garage or storage room hold one more than half the time. That makes a fire station visit a near sure way to find one.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Fire station garage | Bin | 57.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Fire station storage | Bin | 57.2% |
Notes
- Research Craft on one head teaches four axe and hatchet head recipes.
- Bins in fire stations are the best place to look.
- A spare head smelts into four Steel Chunk at an Advanced Furnace.
- Dismantling a broken axe keeps the head for a fresh handle.
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