Two-handed weapon · Axes

Battleaxe

Skull-splitter, a warrior's joy.

Damage

70 Slash

Block

parry ×2

Attack stamina

Max level

Materials fromSwamp

Item IDBattleaxeSpawnspawn Battleaxe 1 4

Recipe

Crafted at

Forgelevel 2

Beyond level 4 at the Forge of Potential: 1× Iron Battle Idol per attempt.

Upgrades by level

Level	Damage	Block	Durability	Station lvl	Materials
1	70 Slash40 Chop	28	200	2	30× Ancient Bark 35× Iron 4× Leather Scraps
2	76 Slash42.5 Chop	28	250	3	5× Ancient Bark 15× Iron
3	82 Slash45 Chop	28	300	4	10× Ancient Bark 30× Iron
4	88 Slash47.5 Chop	28	350	5	20× Ancient Bark 60× Iron

Upgrade cost per level = materials per level × (level − 1), and × 4 at level 4 (Piece.Requirement.GetAmount in the game code). Station level = recipe level + level − 1.

Total cost

Craft it and upgrade to level 4:

One Battleaxe, broken down to what you gather (bars smelted from ore, with the coal the smelter burns):

Stats

Skill: Axes
Primary attack stamina: 16
Secondary attack: 8 stamina, ×0.5 damage
Knockback: 70
Backstab bonus: ×3
Block armor: 28
Parry bonus: ×2
Block force: 70
Movement speed: -15%
Tool tier: 3
Durability: 200 (+50 per level)
Weight: 2.5

Hits to kill in the Swamp

Creature	Health	Per hit	Hits	2★ hits
Skeleton	40	61.6	1	2
Blob	50	30.8	2	5
Leech	60	61.6	1	3
Draugr	100	61.6	2	5
Wraith	100	30.8	4	10
Oozer	150	30.8	5	15
Draugr Elite	200	61.6	4	10
Writhan	400	92.4	5	13
Abomination	800	61.6	13	39
Bonemass	5,000	30.8	163	—

Level 4 Battleaxe, primary attack, skill 50 (each hit rolls 55–85% of the damage), after each creature's resistances. Try other levels and skills in the damage calculator.

Compared with similar weapons

Item	Damage	Max level	Stamina	Weight
Stone Axe	15	30	6	1.5
Flint Axe	20	35	6	1.5
Early Axes	30	45	6	2
Bronze Axe	40	55	8	2
Iron Axe	60	75	10	2
Battleaxe	70	88	16	2.5
Black Metal Axe	100	115	14	2
Black Metal Battleaxe	110	128	20	2.5
Crystal Battleaxe	120	138	18	2.5