Axe

**"***This will definitely come in handy.***"**
— **Henry Stein,*Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter 1***

The **axe** is a recurring weapon in *Bendy and the Ink Machine*, equipped in all chapters. It is the very first weapon Henry wields for clearing out the obstacles in his way and defending himself against enemies. It is a minor item in Bendy and the Dark Revival, but it will have a bigger purpose in Bendy: The Cage.

## Appearance

Originally for use in an emergency in case of fire, it appears to be based on a fireman's axe, while also resembling a hatchet. It has a pale tan blade and a black handle, with a wooden tube at the top near the axe-head, and ring near the bottom of the handle.

Its primary usage is for chopping wooden boards and even Bendy cutouts. It is also used as a weapon when fighting monsters encountered in several locations.

## Usage and Locations

### *Bendy and the Ink Machine*

#### *Chapter 1: Moving Pictures*

The axe is found in the room located in the building's lower level after walking down some service tunnels of the basement, after Henry falls through wooden planks while attempting to escape the flooding workshop. It appears on a workbench next to a small casket.

#### *Chapter 2: The Old Song*

At the start in the Ritual Room, Henry reclaims the axe that was leaning against one of the coffins, where the game left off at the end of *Chapter 1*. Its primary use in this chapter is to fight the Searchers, as well as breaking wooden boards. Towards the end of the chapter however, the axe breaks in half as soon as chopping down the last board to clear the hall completely while escaping from the sacrifice room, just before Henry encounters Ink Bendy.

#### *Chapter 3: Rise and Fall*

During a series of fetch quests, the axe is given to Henry by Twisted Alice and used to destroy fifteen Bendy cutouts from various locations on Level K. Although, the Alice Angel cutout (seen in the Angel Path room) cannot be broken with the axe.

In the blocked room on Level 9, another axe can be found behind some of the crates next to Grant Cohen's audio log that can be used to break the wooden planks in order to access the enemy gauntlet.

#### *Chapter 4: Colossal Wonders*

The axe is only located in the attraction storage. It drops from within the workbench destroyed by Bertrum Piedmont during the boss fight, and is used to destroy the carousel's beam connectors to destroy each crane arms. The axe will soon break in half after breaking all four of Bertrum's crane arms.

#### *Chapter 5: The Last Reel*

The axe appears for the last time in *Chapter 5*. Tom is seen using it multiple times and Sammy returns using it in an attempt to kill Henry. The player uses the axe to fend off the Searchers and the now-hostile Lost Ones. The axe is lost, after falling down in the decrepit hallway.

### Bendy and the Dark Revival

The axe reappears in The Pit as contraband in Chapter 4. If Audrey tries to go back in Chapter 5, then the axe, along with everything else, isn't there anymore, likely taken by Henry.

### Bendy: The Cage

The axe will return in *Bendy: The Cage* as a weapon, with Henry presumably being the one who wields it. Combat will also be better, with the new usage for blocking attacks.

## Trivia

### *Bendy and the Ink Machine*

General
* According to Mike Mood, the axe was added to the game as a random "eh, the end needs something extra" during *Chapter 1*'s development.
* From previous updates before the release of *Chapter 3*, the axe cannot leave cut marks on anything upon hitting with it.
* The axe is the only weapon to appear in every chapter. Including *Chapter ?: The Archives*, as Sammy Lawrence is seen wielding it in his "Final Sammy" model.
* Introduced in *Chapter 3*'s update, it is possible for breaking chairs and barrels with the axe. Although this was reverted in the release of *Chapter 4*.
* This is the second-most powerful weapon in the game.

*Chapter 1: Moving Pictures*
* In older updates before *Chapter 4*'s release, with no table added for the basement location's last area, the axe was instead held on a wall mount.

*Chapter 2: The Old Song*
* The axe is seen in the post-credits cutscene of *Chapter 2*'s first release, near Sammy's mask from his own remains.

### Miscellaneous

* The axe appeared in *Bendy in Nightmare Run* as one of the numerous weapons, labeled as a medium-class weapon. Unlike the axe in *Bendy and the Ink Machine*, in terms of design, it resembles an Indian tomahawk as opposed to a fireman's axe.

## References

1. ↑ Mike on X: "Yes I've read a lot of feedback on #BATDR and I agree with a lot of it, especially the combat. The biggest ask, which I don't agree with in Dark Revival, would be the ability to block. But for #BendyTHECAGE 👌" / X (twitter.com)
2. ↑ "*At some point today 1 year ago the axe was added into #BATIM as a random “eh, the end needs something extra”*" - Mike Mood. February 9, 2018. Twitter.