Battleaxe
| Battleaxe | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Skull-splitter, a warrior's joy. | |
| Type | Axe |
| Damage | |
| Stamina | 16 primary |
| Block |
28 block armour |
| Weight | - |
| Durability | 200 |
| Crafting Station | Forge |
| Station Level | 2 |
| Crafting Materials |
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| Biome | Swamp |
| Spawn ID | spawn Battleaxe
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The Battleaxe is a two-handed weapon made from Ancient Bark from the Swamp's drowned trees and iron from its crypts. Its swings carry through a whole crowd instead of stopping at the first enemy. It deals 70 slash and 40 chop damage. At 110 total damage it ranks 10th for damage among axes, so it is a step on the ladder rather than the top of it.
How to Craft
It is crafted at a level 2 Forge from:
- 30x Ancient Bark: chopped from Ancient Trees in the Swamp.
- 35x Iron: smelted from Scrap Iron in a Smelter.
- 4x Leather Scraps: dropped by Boars and Bats, and dug out of muddy scrap piles.
| Name | Image | Biome | Crafting Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Bark | 
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Swamp | - | spawn ElderBark
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| Iron | 
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Swamp | Smelter | spawn Iron
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| Leather Scraps | 
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Meadows | - | spawn LeatherScraps
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When to Use It
This is early game gear. Iron comes from Sunken Crypts in the Swamp, so you get it once The Elder is down.
Upgrades
You can upgrade it 3 times after crafting, and each level needs the station built one step higher than the last. All stats quoted elsewhere are for quality 1, so this is the ladder your own copy sits on:
| Quality | Crafting Station | Slash | Chop (trees) | Durability | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forge (Level 2) | 70 | 40 | 200 |
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| 2 | Forge (Level 3) | 76 | 42.5 | 250 |
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| 3 | Forge (Level 4) | 82 | 45 | 300 |
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| 4 | Forge (Level 5) | 88 | 47.5 | 350 |
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Properties
It is the first two-hander and the cheapest stagger in the game. The secondary attack costs half a swing's stamina and does half damage, but deals 4x stagger in 0.84 seconds. Open with it, then follow up with the primary attack on an enemy that cannot move.
Crowds cost you no damage. The two-handed primary does not split its damage between the enemies one swing catches, and it reaches 2.5 metres across a 90 degree arc. A Greydwarf pack takes the full hit.
The first hit is the slow one. It takes 1.58 seconds to land, then 0.92 and 0.7 for the 2 after it, which deal triple damage between them. Starting the combo cold against a moving target is why the class has a reputation for missing.
Notes
- An axe's chop damage is what fells trees, and it does not hurt creatures, so in a fight the Battleaxe relies on its slash damage.
- It chops as well as the Iron Axe, so it fells Beech, Fir, Pine, Birch, Oak and Ancient Trees. Yggdrasil Shoots and Scorched Trees need an axe at least as strong as the Black Metal Axe or the Jotun Bane.
- The first swing of the primary combo is by far the slowest, at 1.58 seconds. The second and third swings are much quicker, at about 0.92 and 0.7 seconds, and together deal three times the damage of the first.
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*stats displayed are item's base values. See upgrades under each item for item stats per level.