Axe

The 1\* axe as it appears in the crafting window.

The axe is a Tool used by the Hero as a melee weapon and to cut down large trees.

### Obtaining

#### Crafting

1\* Axes can be crafted in the inventory from a wood bundle, additionally requiring 2 metal shards and 2 cloth.

#### Repairing

As with all repairs, it takes about 8 seconds to repair an axe, and can be done by selecting the axe in the inventory and selecting the hammer icon.

* 1\* Axes can be repaired from their broken state with 3 metal shards, 3 cloth, and 3 rope.
* 2\* Axes require an additional 2 metal shards, for a total of 5 metal shards, 3 cloth, and 3 rope required for repairing.

#### Natural Generation

Both 1\* & 2\* Axes can be found lodged into tree stumps around the island and interacted with to pick them up—as you would for a normal dropped item.

### Usage

#### Equipping

Pressing and holding "1" (as default) will bring up the list of melee tools the player has in their inventory, which can then be selected from the right side of the screen. Pressing "1" once will also equip the most recently used melee tool. Alternatively, clicking on the tool from inside the inventory within the melee tab and selecting the icon of a hand holding a sword will also equip the tool without exiting the inventory.

#### Durability

As with all tools, axes have a certain amount of durability until they reach a "broken" state. At this point, they can still be used for a further limited amount at considerably reduced effectiveness. The table below shows an approximate range for each of the durabilities, which seem to vary.

 2\*

Please note, these figures are approximate and based on limited data.

#### Weapon

Axes can be used as a melee weapon, but have the lowest durability of all melee weapons in the same tier as them—therefore their secondary use of cutting down large trees is generally recommended, although it is worth noting the 1\* axe does very slightly more damage than the 1\* club.

#### Obtaining wood bundles

Striking certain trees at the base with an axe will result in the tree being felled. The amount of strikes it takes depends on the tree, which will always fall down in the direction the player is facing—so the player should plan ahead where they want the tree to go.

* Oak trees are unable to be interacted with by the axe
* The smaller, leaved evergreen tree will break into 2 logs when felled
* The taller, bare evergreen tree will break into 3 sections when felled

The tree breaks apart into its 2–3 logs on impact with any surface, at which point the logs also require hitting with the axe a few times, which drop 1 wood bundle per log.

Attempting to continue to strike the tree during the falling animation (before it breaks apart) still consumes durability, but will result in the trunk completely disappearing, with no drops, after the same amount of strikes it takes to fell the tree initially with the specific axe/tree combination. This is believed to be a bug. The tree can only be struck at the base and the axe will simply not interact with the tree above a certain height. Felled tree stumps cannot be interacted with at all by the axe.

An average number of strikes it takes to break trees and logs is outlined below, which do vary slightly:

 2\* Axe
 Broken 1\* Axe
 Broken 2\* Axe

\*\*If the axe survives that long

Please note, these figures are approximate and based on limited data.

#### Source of fire

Wooden axes can be set on fire by swinging the tool at a fire source to be used as torches just like wooden clubs.

#### Breaking crates

Striking partially damaged crates with an axe will destroy them instantly, compared to the two hits with a fist it takes to break them. Furthermore, normal crates can be broken in 2–3 hits depending on the axe, whereas it would normally take 4 hits with a fist to break the same crate. Breaking crates with an axe does consume the tool's durability, so it is up to the player if they want to do so to save a little time at the cost of the durability points.

#### Dismantling

As with all tools, axes can be dismantled to get a slight refund on the resources they're made from. Dismantling a tool will always return the same amount of items, regardless of durability, even if it is in its "broken" state:

* 1\* Axes refund 1 metal shard and 1 cloth.
* 2\* Axes provide 2 metal shards, 1 cloth and 1 rope