Nord Greataxe
| Nord Greataxe | |
|---|---|
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| A mighty axe fit for a mighty warrior. | |
| Type | Axe |
| Damage | |
| Stamina | 22 primary, 11 secondary |
| Block |
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| Weight | 2.5 |
| Durability | 400 |
| Crafting Station | Frost Foundry |
| Station Level | 4 (Black Forge) |
| Crafting Materials | |
| Biome | Deep North |
| Spawn ID | spawn BattleaxeGold
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Nord Greataxe is the two-handed axe of the Deep North. It deals 188 slash and 40 chop in wide swings that hit every enemy within reach. Instead of crafting it outright at a forge, you pour a cast around a mould found in the biome and then harden it in a Frost Foundry.
How to Craft
You make it in a Frost Foundry from:
- 1x Cast: Nord Greataxe: poured at a level 4 Black Forge from Bloodgold, Timberwood and its mould.
- 5x Liquid Frost: frozen down from Ice in a Frigid Kiln.
| Name | Image | Biome | Crafting Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cast: Nord Greataxe | 
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Deep North | Black Forge | spawn BattleaxeGoldUncooked
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| Liquid Frost | 
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Deep North | Frigid Kiln | spawn FrozenFuel
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Mould
You find the Mould: Nord Greataxe in the Deep North:
- It drops from the trash piles you smash in the Winding Tunnels.
- It lies in the buried chests at Memorial Sites.
- It sits on the weapon stands on the last floor of Mörkhalla.
- It turns up in the barrels of Abandoned Villages.
When to Use It
This is end-game gear: you can only progress through the Deep North once Fader is dead.
Upgrades
You can upgrade it twice at the Black Forge. Each step needs the station one level higher than the last: the first costs the per-level amount and the second costs twice that. Quality 4 would cost four times the per-level amount, but it needs a level 7 Black Forge, above the forge's current maximum of 6, so that row is not yet available.
| Quality | Crafting Station | Slash | Chop | Durability | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frost Foundry | 188 | 40 | 400 | |
| 2 | Black Forge (Level 5) | 198 | 42.5 | 450 |
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| 3 | Black Forge (Level 6) | 208 | 45 | 500 |
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| 4 | Black Forge (Level 7, not yet available) | 218 | 47.5 | 550 |
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Variants
| Weapon | Image | Damage | Elemental Damage | Essence | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nord Greataxe | 
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188 Slash | - | Base weapon | spawn BattleaxeGold
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| Frostfire Greataxe | 
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154 Slash | 12 Fire, 88 Frost | Frostfire Essence | spawn BattleaxeGold_FrostFire
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| Thunderblood Greataxe | 
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198 Slash | 45 Lightning | Thunderblood Essence | spawn BattleaxeGold_BloodLightning
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Properties
The primary attack is two wide swings and an overhead, with the last hit dealing double damage, and every enemy in the arc takes full damage. The quicker secondary deals half damage but four times the stagger.
It blocks with 76 armour and parries at 2x.
It gives -20% movement speed while it is in your hands.
At quality 1 it deals 188 slash damage, 188 in all. Primal Berserkir Axes and Thundering Berserkir Axes, jointly the hardest-hitting weapons of their kind before the Deep North, deal 150 at quality 1, so the Nord Greataxe hits 25% harder. Each upgrade adds 10 slash, which takes it to 208 slash, 208 in all, at quality 3.
A primary attack costs 22 stamina and the secondary costs 11. Its hits knock enemies back with a force of 70.
It weighs 2.5 and has 400 durability, rising to 500 at quality 3.
It blocks with 76 armour, or 152 on a well-timed parry at 2x. Blocking a melee attack knocks the attacker back with a block force of up to 70.
Against the creatures of the Deep North, slash deals full damage to Elakings, the Eyeless One, Deep North Greydwarves and their Shamans, Skeletons, Hexen, Krigen, Captive Fulings, Imprisoned Dvergr and Kall Fimbulbringer. It deals reduced damage to Barka, Fallen Warriors, Gammeltrolls, Shapeless and Tiny Pulps and Moose.
Because quality 4 needs a level 7 Black Forge, above the forge's current maximum of 6, it stops at quality 3 in practice.
Crafting it from scratch and taking it to quality 3 costs 50 Bloodgold and 25 Timberwood, plus a mould and 5 Liquid Frost.
Notes
- Reforging it into the Frostfire Greataxe or Thunderblood Greataxe resets it to quality 1, so add the essence first and spend upgrade materials afterwards.
- Once it is fully upgraded, the Forge of Potential can upgrade it further with a Bloodgold Battle Idol.
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*stats displayed are item's base values. See upgrades under each item for item stats per level.