Sawblade Axe
| Sawblade Axe | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Axe |
| Skill | Axe |
| Damage | 0.7-1.8 |
| Range | 0.61-1.4 |
| Crit | 15% x4 |
| Condition | 10 |
| Weight | 3 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Welding: 5 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Axe_Sawblade
|
| Crafting XP | 50 XP (Welding) |
The Sawblade Axe is a half circular sawblade welded onto a steel shaft. It is a two-handed crafted axe that trains the Axe skill. It hits hard, reaches far for an axe, and works as a woodcutting tool as well as a weapon.
It is a weapon for a survivor with a welding setup. The Make Scrap Metal Weapon recipe builds it at Welding 5 from a Circular Sawblade Half and a Steel Rod or Iron Pipe. As loot it turns up only in late-game survivor safehouses, and only on very rare occasions. 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 Sawblade Axe swings a little slower than normal and reaches about 1.4 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.7 and 1.8 damage, enough to drop an ordinary zombie in one to three swings. The critical chance starts at 15 percent, and a crit deals four times the damage.
The weapon is two-handed and weighs 3. Each swing costs a fair amount of endurance, so short fights against a few zombies suit it best. A tired survivor swings slower and hits softer. The Axe skill raises damage, attack speed and crit chance with each level, and it lowers wear.
The long reach lets it land before most short weapons do. That makes it a good home-made stand-in for a factory axe. The one-handed Sawblade Hatchet is lighter and needs less Welding skill, but it hits softer and reaches less far.
Uses
The Sawblade Axe chops down trees and cuts plants. It chops a Log into six Firewood and a Large Branch into four Firewood. It serves as the tool for log furniture such as the Log Bench, Log Stool, Log Table and Log Stairs. It is also the cutting tool for the Bone Spike Weapon recipe. A worn-out axe can be smelted into four Iron Chunks at a furnace, or four Steel Chunks at an Advanced Furnace.
How to Craft Sawblade Axe
Each recipe that makes the Sawblade Axe is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Scrap Metal Weapon
The Make Scrap Metal Weapon recipe makes the Sawblade Axe. It needs Welding level 5.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welding Torch | 
|
6x | No | /additem Base.BlowTorch
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| Welder Mask | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.WeldingMask
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| Steel Rod | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.MetalBar
|
| Nuts and Bolts | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.NutsBolts
|
| Circular Sawblade Half | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.CircularSawblade_Half
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| Wrench | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Wrench
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| Hand Drill | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.HandDrill
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| Rag | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.RippedSheets
|
Used in Crafting
Any recipe that asks for a smeltableironlarge or tree-felling axe accepts it as the tool, such as Smelt Iron From Large Item, Smelt Steel From Large Iron Item and Smelt Large Iron Item.
Repair
The Sawblade Axe has 10 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 10 chance of taking a point off. The Axe and Maintenance skills lower that chance. Epoxy is the fix that works on it. Fix With Epoxy needs Maintenance 3, and Fix With Epoxy And Rags needs Maintenance 4. Each repair restores less than the one before it.
Locations
The Sawblade Axe is an extremely rare piece of loot. It can appear only in late-game survivor safehouses, in boxes, crates, counters, shelves and wardrobes. Welding one is the only practical way to get it.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Wardrobe | <0.1% |
Notes
- The recipe needs six units of Welding Torch fuel, a welding mask, a wrench and a metal drill.
- It also takes a Steel Rod or Iron Pipe, Nuts and Bolts, a Circular Sawblade Half and a Rag, Denim Strips or Leather Strips.
- Chopping trees with it spares a real axe for fighting.
- Researching the weapon teaches the Make Scrap Metal Weapon recipe.
- Keep a stock of Epoxy before relying on it as a main weapon.
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