Hand Axe

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Hand Axe

General

Category

Tool/Weapon

Encumbrance

2

Equipped

One-handed

Slot attached

Belt

Skill

Axe

Properties

Max condition

10

Condition lower chance

15

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

Crit chance

15%

Technical

Tags

ChopTree
CutPlant

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.

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.

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.

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: Condition

Maintenance skill	Weapon skill	Condition 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.

HandAxe distribution Show / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default loot settings, and median zombie density. The higher the density of zombies in an area, the higher the effective chance of an item spawning. Chance is also influenced by the lucky and unlucky traits.

Containers

Building/Room	Container	Effective chance
Bag_ToolBag	Bag_ToolBag	1.01%
Carpenter	crate	3.98%
Carpenter	metal_shelves	3.98%
Farmer	crate	3.98%
Farmer	metal_shelves	3.98%
SafehouseLoot	counter	23.28%
SafehouseLoot	crate	3.98%
SafehouseLoot	crate	23.28%
SafehouseLoot	metal_shelves	3.98%
SafehouseLoot	metal_shelves	23.28%
SafehouseLoot	wardrobe	23.28%
SurvivorCache1	counter	23.28%
SurvivorCache2	counter	23.28%
ToolsCache1	Bag_DuffelBagTINT	3.98%
ToolsCache1	ToolsBox	10.78%
ToolsCache1	counter	3.98%
all	crate	0.47%
all	metal_shelves	1.87%
all	toolcabinet	3.98%
armysurplus	metal_shelves	10.78%
armysurplus	shelves	10.78%
closet	crate	3.98%
closet	crate	10.78%
construction	crate	3.98%
drugshack	crate	23.28%
factory	crate	3.98%
factory	metal_shelves	3.98%
farmstorage	crate	3.98%
farmstorage	metal_shelves	3.98%
firestorage	metal_shelves	3.98%
garagestorage	counter	3.98%
garagestorage	crate	3.98%
garagestorage	crate	10.78%
garagestorage	locker	3.98%
garagestorage	metal_shelves	3.98%
gardenstore	metal_shelves	3.98%
gardenstore	shelves	3.98%
generalstore	metal_shelves	3.98%
generalstore	shelves	3.98%
generalstorestorage	metal_shelves	3.98%
generalstorestorage	shelves	3.98%
gigamart	shelves	3.98%
kitchen	crate	3.98%
loggingfactory	crate	3.98%
loggingfactory	metal_shelves	3.98%
pawnshop	counter	3.98%
pawnshop	counter	10.78%
pawnshop	crate	3.98%
pawnshop	metal_shelves	3.98%
pawnshop	shelves	3.98%
pawnshopoffice	crate	10.78%
pawnshopoffice	metal_shelves	10.78%
pawnshopstorage	crate	3.98%
pawnshopstorage	crate	10.78%
pawnshopstorage	metal_shelves	3.98%
pawnshopstorage	metal_shelves	10.78%
producestorage	metal_shelves	3.98%
shed	counter	3.98%
shed	crate	3.98%
shed	locker	3.98%
shed	metal_shelves	3.98%
storageunit	crate	3.98%
storageunit	crate	10.78%
storageunit	metal_shelves	3.98%
toolstore	counter	3.98%
toolstore	crate	3.98%
toolstore	metal_shelves	3.98%
toolstore	shelves	3.98%
toolstorestorage	crate	3.98%
toolstorestorage	metal_shelves	3.98%
warehouse	crate	3.98%
warehouse	metal_shelves	3.98%

Vehicles

Type	Container	Effective chance
Carpenter	Trunk	3.98%
Farmer	Trunk	3.98%

Zombie

Outfit	Days survived	Chance
Bandit	0	80
McCoys	0	80
All	20	1
All	0	5

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

Code snippet! This section contains source code from Project ZomboidShow / Hide

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