Hand Axe
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.
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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.
| 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) |
 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 |
| 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 | XP gained | Skill(s) | Recipe | Ingredient 1 | Ingredient 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Watermelon Slice x10 |
0.75 Cooking | none | One of:  Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Saw Axe Stone Axe Hand Axe Wood Axe Meat Cleaver Stone Knife Machete(keep) |
 Watermelon (consumed) |
Gallery
Survivor wielding the hand axe.
Code
Item
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt
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
fixing Fix Hand Axe
{
Require : HandAxe,
Fixer : Woodglue=2; Woodwork=2,
Fixer : DuctTape=2,
Fixer : Glue=2,
Fixer : Scotchtape=4,
}