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Hand Axe

General

Category

Tool/Weapon

Encumbrance

2

Equipped

One-handed

Slot attached

Belt

Function

Chop trees

Skill

Axe

Properties

Max condition

10

Performance

Damage type

Slash

Damage

0.7–1.5

Door damage

20

Tree damage

15

Range

0.61–1.1

Attack speed

1

Knockback

0.3

Knockdown

2

Crit chance

15%

Technical

Item ID

Base.HandAxe

A hand axe is a one-handed weapon and tool.

Usage

The hand axe can be attached to the left or right slot of a belt for quick access and weight reduction.

Pros	Cons
Fastest swing speed of any axe. Weighs less than most axes. Can be used as an effective tool for chopping down trees and breaking down doors. Not too difficult to find.	Shortest range of any axe. Deals less damage than most axes. Not as durable as most axes. Tied with the stone axe for lowest critical hit chance of any axe.

Weapon

The hand axe can hit up to 2 enemies at a time (with multi-hit enabled), dealing a maximum of 1.5 damage to enemies (unless a critical hit) from up to 1.1 tiles away at an attack speed of 1.

Chopping trees

A hand axe is a decent choice when chopping trees and collecting logs to turn into planks using a saw. It does 15 damage per swing. For comparison, a regular axe deals 35.

Breaking doors

A hand axe is a decent choice when breaking down doors. It does 20 damage per swing. For comparison, a regular axe deals 35.

Condition

The hand axe has a maximum condition of 10. Its rate of degradation is influenced by the axe and maintenance skills. The chance of losing durability can be simplified to the following formula: 1 in (15 + maintenanceMod × 2). Where "maintenanceMod" is calculated using the axe and maintenance skills.
Below is an example of the chance of losing durability at varying levels of the maintenance and axe skills.

For how this is calculated, see: Durability

Maintenance skill	Weapon skill	Durability lower chance
0	0	1/15 (7%)
0	4	1/17 (6%)
0	8	1/19 (5%)
4	0	1/19 (5%)
8	0	1/23 (4%)
4	4	1/21 (5%)
4	8	1/23 (4%)
8	8	1/27 (4%)
10	10	1/29 (3%)

Repairing

Item repaired	1st Repair materials = 50% repaired, 100% success	20% repaired, 95% success	10% repaired, 95% success	10% repaired, 95% success
Hand Axe	Wood Glue (2 Uses) (Requires Carpentry Level 2)	Duct Tape (2 Uses)	Glue (2 Uses)	Adhesive Tape (4 Uses)

It should be noted that repairing the hand axe makes following repairs less likely to succeed and can, if repaired numerous times, cause reduced durability instead of increased.

Distribution

The loot distributions can be found in the table(s) below.

Containers
Building/Room	Container	Rolls	Chance
SafehouseLoot	counter	4	1
all	toolcabinet	4	1
armysurplus	metal_shelves	4	4
	metal_shelves	4	4
	metal_shelves	4	4
	metal_shelves	4	4
closet	crate	4	1
	crate	4	1
	crate	4	1
	crate	4	4
drugshack	crate	4	1
firestorage	metal_shelves	4	1
garagestorage	counter	4	1
	counter	4	1
gardenstore	metal_shelves	4	1
generalstore	metal_shelves	4	1
	metal_shelves	4	1
pawnshop	counter	4	1
toolstorestorage	metal_shelves	4	1
	metal_shelves	4	1

Crafting

Cooking

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Watermelon Slice ×10	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Saw ×1 Axe ×1 Stone Axe ×1 Hand Axe ×1 Wood Axe ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Each of: Watermelon ×1	none	none	none	0.75 Cooking

Gallery

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  Survivor wielding the hand axe

Code

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Item

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item HandAxe
	{
	    DisplayCategory = ToolWeapon,
		MaxRange	=	1.1,
		WeaponSprite	=	HandAxe,
		MinAngle	=	0.67,
		Type	=	Weapon,
		MinimumSwingTime	=	3,
		KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
		Categories	=	Axe,
		ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	15,
		Weight	=	2,
		SplatNumber	=	2,
		PushBackMod	=	0.3,
		SubCategory	=	Swinging,
		ConditionMax	=	10,
		MaxHitCount	=	2,
		DoorDamage	=	20,
		SwingAnim	=	Bat,
		DisplayName	=	Hand Axe,
		MinRange	=	0.61,
		SwingTime	=	4,
		KnockdownMod	=	2,
		SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		Icon	=	AxeHand,
        BreakSound  =   HandAxeBreak,
        DoorHitSound = HandAxeHit,
        HitSound = HandAxeHit,
        HitFloorSound = HandAxeHit,
		SwingSound = HandAxeSwing,
        TreeDamage  =   15,
        CriticalChance	=	15,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 5,
        MinDamage	=	0.7,
        MaxDamage	=	1.5,
        BaseSpeed = 1,
      	WeaponLength = 0.35,
      	DamageCategory = Slash,
        DamageMakeHole = TRUE,
        AttachmentType = Hammer,
        Tags = ChopTree;CutPlant,
  	}

Repair

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\fixing.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

fixing Fix Hand Axe
	{
	   Require : HandAxe,

       Fixer : Woodglue=2; Woodwork=2,
       Fixer : DuctTape=2,
       Fixer : Glue=2,
       Fixer : Scotchtape=4,
	}

See also

• Axe
• Wood Axe