Drax

Drax*

Statistics* 200%
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* 110%

Projectile created* Hamdrax
Sounds

* Internal Item ID: **579**
* Internal Projectile ID: **107**

The **Drax** is a drill and axe combination which can be crafted after all three mechanical bosses have been defeated. It is able to mine any block other than Lihzahrd Bricks.

On the Nintendo 3DSversion, the Drax can be found in Shadow Chests in The Underworld, making it available prior to Hardmode. The Drax also used to be available prior to Hardmode In the Mobile version.

The counterpart of the Drax is the Pickaxe Axe, which is slightly slower than the Drax but does not have a -1 range penalty.

Its best modifier is **Godly** or **Demonic**. Both modifiers increase the average damage output by the same amount.

## Crafting

### Recipes

* Soul of Fright
* Soul of Might
* Soul of Sight

## Achievements

 **Drax Attax** • *“Craft a drax or pickaxe axe using hallowed bars, and the souls of the three mechanical bosses.”*Craft your first **Drax** or Pickaxe Axe. Category:  Collector
## Tips

* Due to its rapid attack speed, high damage and low knockback, it can serve as a melee weapon for low-end close-range targets.
* Finding the Drax in a Shadow Chest will give the player a significant mining advantage, as it can mine all pre-Plantera blocks, at which point the Picksaw is needed. It makes killing the mechanical bosses much easier, as the player will have access to Chlorophyte gear and Turtle armor.

## Trivia

* The tool is named "Drax", a combination of the words "drill" and "axe", because it can perform the actions of both.
* It was originally called the "Hamdrax", a portmanteau of the words "hammer", "drill", and "axe" and had 85% hammer power in addition to its current abilities. Its hammer ability was removed in 1.2 when hammers were given the ability to create slopes and half-blocks, which would conflict with the Drax's mining functionality. In addition, players often complained that they would accidentally remove background walls when building using the Hamdrax.
	+ The projectile created by the drill is still named "Hamdrax", which can be seen in death messages when killing another player with it in PvP.
	+ Currently, only the Drill Containment Unit's summoned mount has all three abilities.
* The original tooltip was "Not to be confused with a hamsaw", although a hamsaw (presumably a portmanteau of the words "hammer" and "chainsaw") was never added to the game. The Picksaw and the updated tooltip were added in 1.2.
	+ Although hamsaws do not exist in *Terraria*, there are tools called hamaxes. When it was called the "Hamdrax", the Drax functioned as a hamaxe in addition to its pickaxe functionality (and still has the axe functionality).
* Unlike most drills, the Drax has a minimal amount of knockback.

## History

PC version
* Desktop 1.4.0.1:
	+ All drills and chainsaws now dig faster than their non-mechanical counterparts, but have shorter range.
	+ Additionally, optimized digging loadouts still perform better on pickaxes/axes, but drills and chainsaws will be faster on non-optimized loadouts.

* Desktop 1.3.1: Sprite updated.

* Desktop 1.2.3: Recipe now includes one of each of the souls dropped by the mechanical bosses.

* Desktop 1.2:
	+ Removed Hammer capabilities due to issues surrounding the breaking of furniture and walls simultaneously.
	+ Renamed to "Drax".
	+ Tooltip changed to 'Not to be confused with a picksaw' (was 'Not to be confused with a hamsaw').
	+ Now only takes Hallowed Bars to craft. The old recipe required one of each: Adamantite Chainsaw, Adamantite Drill, Cobalt Chainsaw, Cobalt Drill, Mythril Chainsaw, Mythril Drill, plus 5 of each Soul of Fright, Soul of Might, and Soul of Sight.

* Desktop 1.1: Introduced as Hamdrax.

Console version
* Console 1.0.933.1: Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.3.1. ()

* Console 1.0.750.0: Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.3.1. ()

* Console 1.06: Recipe now includes one of each of the souls dropped by the mechanical bosses.

* Console 1.02:
	+ Removed Hammer capabilities due to issues surrounding the breaking of furniture and walls simultaneously.
	+ Renamed to "Drax".
	+ Tooltip changed to 'Not to be confused with a picksaw' (was 'Not to be confused with a hamsaw').
	+ Now only takes Hallowed Bars to craft. The old recipe required one of each: Adamantite Chainsaw, Adamantite Drill, Cobalt Chainsaw, Cobalt Drill, Mythril Chainsaw, Mythril Drill, plus 5 of each Soul of Fright, Soul of Might, and Soul of Sight.

* Console-Release: Introduced as Hamdrax.

Nintendo Switch version
* Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.2.3.

Mobile version
* Mobile 1.3.0.7: Can no longer be found in Shadow Chests.

* Mobile 1.2.11212: Recipe now includes one of each of the souls dropped by the mechanical bosses.

* Mobile 1.2.6508:
	+ Removed Hammer capabilities due to issues surrounding the breaking of furniture and walls simultaneously.
	+ Renamed to "Drax".
	+ Tooltip changed to 'Not to be confused with a picksaw' (was 'Not to be confused with a hamsaw').
	+ Now only takes Hallowed Bars to craft. The old recipe required one of each: Adamantite Chainsaw, Adamantite Drill, Cobalt Chainsaw, Cobalt Drill, Mythril Chainsaw, Mythril Drill, plus 5 of each Soul of Fright, Soul of Might, and Soul of Sight.

* Mobile-Release: Introduced as Hamdrax, can be found in Shadow Chests.

Nintendo 3DSversion
* 3DS-Release: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.2, can be found in Shadow Chests.