Wood Axe
| Wood Axe | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Axe |
| Skill | Axe |
| Damage | 1.3-3 |
| Range | 0.61-1.35 |
| Crit | 50% x12 |
| Condition | 15 |
| Weight | 3 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Maintenance: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.WoodAxe/additem Base.WoodAxeForged
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| Crafting XP | 1 XP (Maintenance) |
The Wood Axe is a two-handed axe that works as a weapon and as a tool. It trains the Axe skill, and it is the heaviest hitter of the axe family. One swing can hit up to three zombies at once, and a critical hit multiplies the damage twelve times over. The price is a slow swing, a weight of 3 and a quick drain on endurance.
As a tool it fells trees for logs, cuts plants and chops logs into planks. That double use is the reason many survivors carry one on the back slot even when a lighter weapon does the day's fighting. The Wood Axe is a rare find in logging yards, sheds, warehouses and fire stations, and it can be put together from a Wood Axe Head and a Large Handle. 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 Wood Axe swings at base speed and reaches 1.35 tiles, so it lands before most short weapons do. Each hit deals between 1.3 and 3 damage, enough to drop an ordinary zombie in one or two swings. Multi-hit lets one swing strike up to three zombies, which makes the axe strong against a small group at a doorway or a fence line. The critical chance starts at 50 percent, and a crit deals twelve times the damage, so most hits that crit kill outright.
The weapon is two-handed. Both hands stay on the handle, so there is no room for a flashlight or a shield item. Every swing costs a large amount of endurance, and a tired survivor swings slower and hits softer. Short bursts against a few zombies suit it far better than a long fight against a horde.
The Axe skill changes how the Wood Axe feels. Higher levels raise attack speed, damage and critical chance, and reduce the endurance cost per swing. A high Axe skill also raises the chance of pushing off a zombie that grabs from the front. The Lumberjack occupation starts at Axe 2 with the Ax-pert trait, which speeds up every axe swing. Compared with the Axe and the Firefighter Axe, the Wood Axe trades a little speed for the highest damage and the strongest crit in the class. The one-handed Hand Axe is faster and lighter but hits far softer.
Uses
The Wood Axe is a complete woodcutting tool. It cuts down trees for logs, and it chops a log into planks or a large branch into smaller pieces. It also cuts plants and clears brush. With a sharp knife and a hammer it serves as the tool in several carpentry jobs, and it is a required tool when building log furniture such as the Log Bench, Log Stool, Log Table and Log Stairs. The axe attaches to the back slot, which cuts its carried weight and keeps a hand free until the fight starts.
How to Craft Wood Axe
Each recipe that makes the Wood Axe is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Assemble Long Implement
The Assemble Long Implement recipe makes the Wood 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
|
| Wood Axe Head | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.WoodAxeHead
|
| Large Handle | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LongHandle
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Wood Axe as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismantle Long Implement | Wood Axe Head |
|
- | None | /additem Base.WoodAxeHead
|
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 Wood Axe has 15 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 40 chance of taking one point off, and the forged version loses a point 1 in 25 hits. The Axe skill and the Maintenance skill both lower that chance, so a trained survivor keeps an axe sharp for far longer. A worn blade can be sharpened with a whetstone, a grindstone or, poorly, with a file, and the head can be repaired with duct tape, adhesive tape, glue, wood glue, epoxy or zip ties. Every repair restores less condition than the one before it. When the handle finally breaks, dismantling the axe returns the head, which can be fitted to a fresh Large Handle.
Variants
The game holds the Wood Axe under more than one item id. Each one is listed here.
| Image | Damage | Condition | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1.3-3 | 15 | 3 | /additem Base.WoodAxe
|
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1.3-3 | 15 | 3 | /additem Base.WoodAxeForged
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Locations
The Wood Axe is a rare piece of loot. The best odds by far are the logging factory and the logging warehouse, where it turns up in the tool piles and crates. Outside those, it spawns at a low rate in the tool crates of sheds, closets, storage rooms and warehouses, and in the storage rooms and garages of fire stations. Survivor safehouses and hidden survivor caches can hold one as well. The forged version is never found as loot and comes only from the Assemble Long Implement recipe.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Logging factory | Other | 5.2% |
| Logging warehouse | Other | 5.2% |
| Logging factory | Crate | 1% |
| Logging warehouse | Crate | 1% |
| Catwalk | Other | 0.1% |
| Fire station storage | Metal shelves | 0.1% |
| Fire station storage | Other | 0.1% |
| Storage room | Other | 0.1% |
| Studio | Metal shelves | 0.1% |
| Warehouse | Metal shelves | 0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Pawn shop | Other | 0.7% |
| Pawnshop storage | Other | 0.7% |
| Pawn shop | Counter | 0.1% |
| Pawn shop | Metal shelves | 0.1% |
| Pawn shop | Shelves | 0.1% |
| Warehouse | Small box | 0.1% |
| Carpenter workshop | Small box | <0.1% |
| Any building | Small box | <0.1% |
| Barn | Crate | <0.1% |
| Barn | Metal shelves | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Tools cache1 | Tools box | 0.5% |
| Tools cache1 | Bag duffel bag tint | 0.3% |
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 0.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 0.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 0.2% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 0.2% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 0.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Counter | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse | Wardrobe | 0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Closet | Crate | 0.1% |
| Fire station garage | Other | 0.1% |
| Shed | Other | 0.1% |
| Any building | Cardboard box | <0.1% |
| Any building | Crate | <0.1% |
| Any building | Tool cabinet | <0.1% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | <0.1% |
| Attic | Crate | <0.1% |
| Attic | Other | <0.1% |
| Bedroom | Cardboard box | <0.1% |
Notes
- The forged Wood Axe loses condition more often than the factory one, 1 hit in 25 against 1 in 40, but it is otherwise identical.
- Hitting trees no longer trains the Axe skill; only hits on zombies and animals do.
- A Wood Axe on the back slot weighs less than one in the hands or in a bag.
- Reading the Wood Axe in the crafting menu can teach the recipes for the Wood Axe Head and the Large Stone Axe Head.
- The Ax-pert trait from the Lumberjack occupation makes every axe swing faster and chops trees quicker.
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