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Wood Axe
General
Category	Tool
Encumbrance	3
Function	Chopping Trees
Equipped	Two-handed
Condition max.	15
Skill	Axe
Attachment	Back
Damage
Type	Axe
Attack speed	0.5
Range	0.61–1.35 tiles
Damage	1.3–3
Knockback	0.3
Knockdown	3
Technical details
Base ID	WoodAxe

A wood axe is a two-handed weapon and tool. The weapon can be attached to the character's back for quick access and weight reduction.

Usage

Pros	Cons
Deals significantly more damage than most melee weapons. Highest critical hit chance(50%) of any axe. Longest range of any axe. Most durable axe. Can be used as an effective tool for chopping down trees or breaking down doors.	Extremely slow swing speed. Uses lots of stamina. Can only be held in both hands.

Chopping trees

A wood axe is the best choice when chopping trees. It does 55 damage per swing. For comparison, a regular axe deals 35.

Breaking doors

A wood axe is the best choice when breaking down doors. It does 55 damage per swing. For comparison, a regular axe deals 35..

Distribution

• The best method of finding a wood axe is looting places like hardware stores and industrial locations such as warehouses, factories and storage units. It can also sometimes be found in garages.
• Wood axes can also be found inside of barricaded buildings and carpenter's houses.

Gallery

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  Survivor wielding the wood axe.

Code

From items_weapons.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/) Retrieved: Build 41.50

	item WoodAxe
		MaxRange			= 1.35,
		WeaponSprite			= WoodAxe,
		MinAngle			= 0.8,
		Type				= Weapon,
		MinimumSwingTime		= 0.5,
		KnockBackOnNoDeath		= TRUE,
		SwingAmountBeforeImpact		= 0.002,
		Categories			= Axe,
		ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	= 25,
		Weight				= 3,
		SplatNumber			= 3,
		PushBackMod			= 0.3,
		EnduranceMod			= 3,
		SubCategory			= Swinging,
		ConditionMax			= 15,
		MaxHitCount			= 2,
		DoorDamage			= 55,
		IdleAnim			= Idle_Weapon2,
		SwingAnim			= Heavy,
		DisplayName			= Wood Axe,
		MinRange			= 0.61,
		SwingTime			= 0.5,
		HitAngleMod			= -30,
		SplatSize			= 5,
		KnockdownMod			= 3,
		SplatBloodOnNoDeath		= TRUE,
		Icon				= WoodAxe,
		RunAnim				= Run_Weapon2,
		TwoHandWeapon			= TRUE,
		BreakSound			= BreakWoodItem,
		TreeDamage			= 55,
		MetalValue			= 120,
		CriticalChance			= 50,
		CritDmgMultiplier		= 12,
		MinDamage			= 1.3,
		MaxDamage			= 3,
		BaseSpeed			= 1,
		WeaponLength			= 0.5,
		RequiresEquippedBothHands	= TRUE,
		DamageCategory			= Slash,
		DamageMakeHole			= TRUE,
		AttachmentType			= BigBlade,
		Tags				= ChopTree;CutPlant,