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Iron Axe


Iron Axe
Iron Axe
Sharp and strong, a woodcutter's friend.
Type Axe
Damage
Stamina 10 primary
Block

21 block armour

Weight -
Durability 175
Crafting Station Forge
Station Level 2
Crafting Materials
Biome Swamp
Spawn ID spawn AxeIron

The Iron Axe fells the same trees a bronze one can, just in fewer swings, and it cuts down a Greydwarf just as readily. It deals 60 slash and 50 chop, its materials come from the Swamp, and you make it at a Forge. At 110 total damage it ranks 11th among axes, so it is a step on the ladder rather than the top of it.

How to Craft


Craft it at a level 2 forge from:

  • 4x Wood: Chopped from any tree.
  • 20x Iron: Smelted from Scrap Iron in a Smelter.
  • 2x Leather Scraps: Drops from boars and bats, and dug out of muddy scrap piles.
Name Image Biome Crafting Station Spawn ID
Wood Wood All biomes - spawn Wood
Iron Iron Swamp Smelter spawn Iron
Leather Scraps Leather Scraps Meadows - spawn LeatherScraps

When to Use It


This is early game gear. Iron comes from Sunken Crypts in the Swamp, so it opens up 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. Every other figure on this page is for quality 1, so this table shows where your own copy sits:

Quality Crafting Station Slash Chop (trees) Durability Resources
1 Forge (Level 2) 60 50 175
2 Forge (Level 3) 65 53 225
3 Forge (Level 4) 70 56 275
4 Forge (Level 5) 75 59 325

Properties


It brings more damage but the same trees. It deals 60 slash against bronze's 40, and it fells the same list of trees: Birch, Oak and Ancient. Yggdrasil shoots and Scorched trees have to wait for Black Metal or the Jotun Bane.

It needs the Forge at level 2, so in practice an anvil upgrade is part of the recipe.

Notes


  • An axe's chop damage is what fells trees, and it does not hurt creatures, so in a fight the Iron Axe relies on its slash damage.
  • Bronze and iron axes fell Birch, Oak and Ancient Trees as well as Beech, Fir and Pine. Yggdrasil Shoots and Scorched Trees need an axe at least as strong as the Black Metal Axe or the Jotun Bane.


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*stats displayed are item's base values. See upgrades under each item for item stats per level.