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Two-handed weapon · Axes

Thunderblood Greataxe

As you cleave your foes in two, their blood shall sing like a thunderstorm.

Damage
243
198 Slash · 45 Lightning
Block
76
parry ×2
Attack stamina
22
Max level
4

Materials fromSwamp

Item IDBattleaxeGold_BloodLightningSpawnspawn BattleaxeGold_BloodLightning 1 4

Recipe

Upgrades by level

LevelDamageBlockDurabilityStation lvlMaterials
1198 Slash40 Chop45 Lightning7640041× Nord Greataxe20× Bloodgold1× Thunderblood Essence
2208 Slash42.5 Chop50 Lightning76450510× Bloodgold1× Thunderblood Essence
3218 Slash45 Chop55 Lightning76500620× Bloodgold2× Thunderblood Essence
4228 Slash47.5 Chop60 Lightning76550740× Bloodgold4× Thunderblood Essence

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

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

Stats

Skill
Axes
Primary attack stamina
22
Secondary attack
11 stamina, ×0.5 damage
Knockback
70
Backstab bonus
×3
Block armor
76
Parry bonus
×2
Block force
70
Movement speed
-20%
Tool tier
4
Durability
400 (+50 per level)
Weight
2.5

Hits to kill in the Swamp

CreatureHealthPer hitHits2★ hits
Skeleton40201.611
Blob50142.812
Leech60201.611
Draugr100201.612
Wraith100121.813
Oozer150142.824
Draugr Elite200201.613
Writhan400281.425
Abomination800201.6412
Bonemass5,000121.842—

Level 4 Thunderblood Greataxe, 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

ItemDamageMax levelStaminaWeight
Berserkir Axes140155162
Thundering Berserkir Axes150165162
Primal Berserkir Axes150165162
Nord Axe176206162
Nord Greataxe188218222.5
Thunderblood Axe231276162
Thunderblood Greataxe243288222.5
Frostfire Axe244292162
Frostfire Greataxe254302222.5

Thunderblood Greataxe in other languages

UkrainianГромокровний топір

Portuguese BrazilianMachado grande de trovossangue

DanishTordenblod stridsøkse

FrenchBardiche de sang-tonnerre

ItalianAscia grande di Sangue tonante

GermanDonnerblut-Großaxt

SpanishGran hacha de sangre de trueno

RussianГромокровная секира

BulgarianГръмокръвна Голяма Брадва

TurkishŞimşekkanı Ulu Baltası

PolishGrzmotokrwisty topór dwuręczny

Chinese雷血巨斧

Chinese Trad雷血巨斧

Japanese雷血の大斧

Korean천둥피 대형도끼

From the game's own localization files (16 languages).

Source: ObjectDB in the files of Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24), prefab BattleaxeGold_BloodLightning. See how this site reads the game.