One-handed weapon · Axes

Black Metal Axe

A perfectly balanced axe forged from dark metal with an emerald sheen.

Damage

100

100 Slash

Block

parry ×2

Attack stamina

Max level

Materials fromPlains· in the developers' Plains boss test kit

Item IDAxeBlackMetalSpawnspawn AxeBlackMetal 1 4

Recipe

Crafted at

Forgelevel 4

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

Upgrades by level

Level	Damage	Block	Durability	Station lvl	Materials
1	100 Slash60 Chop	39	175	4	6× Finewood 20× Black Metal 5× Linen Thread
2	105 Slash63 Chop	39	225	5	10× Black Metal 5× Linen Thread
3	110 Slash66 Chop	39	275	6	20× Black Metal 10× Linen Thread
4	115 Slash69 Chop	39	325	7	40× Black Metal 20× Linen Thread

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 Black Metal Axe, broken down to what you gather (bars smelted from ore, with the coal the smelter burns):

Stats

Skill: Axes
Primary attack stamina: 14
Secondary attack: 28 stamina, ×1.5 damage
Knockback: 60
Backstab bonus: ×3
Block armor: 39
Parry bonus: ×2
Block force: 20
Movement speed: -5%
Tool tier: 4
Durability: 175 (+50 per level)
Weight: 2

Hits to kill in the Plains

Creature	Health	Per hit	Hits	2★ hits
Deathsquito	10	80.5	1	1
Fuling	175	80.5	3	7
Fuling Berserker	800	80.5	10	30
Lox	1,000	40.3	25	75
Vile	1,200	40.3	30	90
Yagluth	10,000	80.5	125	—

Level 4 Black Metal Axe, 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
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
Jotun Bane	120	135	16	2
Skull Splittur	130	148	22	2.5
Berserkir Axes	140	155	16	2
Bleeding Berserkir Axes	140	155	16	2