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Wood Axe

General

Category

Tool/Weapon

Encumbrance

3

Equipped

Two-handed

Slot attached

Back

Function

Chopping trees

Skill

Axe

Properties

Max condition

15

Performance

Damage type

Slash

Damage

1.3–3

Range

0.61–1.35

Knockback

0.3

Knockdown

3

Technical

Item ID

Base.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
High damage average and maximum damage. Highest range and durability of any axe. Highest critical hit chance (50%) of any axe. Highest critical damage multiplier (12x) of any weapon. Effective at chopping down trees and breaking down doors.	Extremely slow swing speed. Uses lots of endurance per swing. Can only be held in both hands.

Weapon

The wood axe can hit up to 3 enemies at a time (with multi-hit enabled), dealing a maximum of 3 damage to enemies (unless a critical hit) from up to 1.35 tiles away at an attack speed of 1.

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.

Condition

The wood axe has a maximum condition of 15. 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 (25 + maintenanceMod × 2). Where "maintenanceMod" is calculated using the a andxe 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	1/25 (4%)
0	4	1/27 (4%)
0	8	1/29 (3%)
4	0	1/29 (3%)
8	0	1/33 (3%)
4	4	1/31 (3%)
4	8	1/33 (3%)
8	8	1/37 (3%)
10	10	1/39 (3%)

Distribution

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

WoodAxe 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	0.42%
Carpenter	crate	1.69%
Carpenter	metal_shelves	1.69%
SafehouseLoot	counter	10.78%
SafehouseLoot	crate	1.69%
SafehouseLoot	crate	10.78%
SafehouseLoot	metal_shelves	1.69%
SafehouseLoot	metal_shelves	10.78%
SafehouseLoot	wardrobe	10.78%
SurvivorCache1	counter	10.78%
SurvivorCache2	counter	10.78%
ToolsCache1	Bag_DuffelBagTINT	3.98%
ToolsCache1	ToolsBox	3.98%
ToolsCache1	counter	3.98%
all	crate	0.41%
all	toolcabinet	1.69%
bedroom	crate	0.42%
closet	crate	0.42%
closet	crate	1.69%
construction	crate	1.69%
factory	crate	1.69%
factory	metal_shelves	1.69%
farmstorage	crate	1.69%
farmstorage	metal_shelves	1.69%
firestorage	metal_shelves	1.69%
garagestorage	counter	1.69%
garagestorage	crate	0.42%
garagestorage	crate	1.69%
garagestorage	locker	1.69%
garagestorage	metal_shelves	1.69%
kitchen	crate	1.69%
loggingfactory	crate	1.69%
loggingfactory	metal_shelves	1.69%
pawnshop	counter	1.69%
pawnshop	crate	1.69%
pawnshop	metal_shelves	1.69%
pawnshop	shelves	1.69%
pawnshopstorage	crate	1.69%
pawnshopstorage	metal_shelves	1.69%
shed	counter	1.69%
shed	crate	1.69%
shed	locker	1.69%
shed	metal_shelves	1.69%
storageunit	crate	0.42%
storageunit	crate	1.69%
storageunit	metal_shelves	0.42%
storageunit	metal_shelves	1.69%
toolstore	counter	1.69%
toolstore	crate	1.69%
toolstore	metal_shelves	1.69%
toolstore	shelves	1.69%
toolstorestorage	crate	1.69%
toolstorestorage	metal_shelves	1.69%
warehouse	crate	1.69%
warehouse	metal_shelves	1.69%

Vehicles

Type	Container	Effective chance
Carpenter	Trunk	1.69%
McCoy	Trunk	6.29%

Gallery

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  Survivor wielding the wood 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 WoodAxe
    {
        DisplayCategory = ToolWeapon,
        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	=	3,
        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,
        SwingSound = WoodAxeSwing,
        DoorHitSound = WoodAxeHit,
        HitSound = WoodAxeHit,
        HitFloorSound = WoodAxeHit,
        BreakSound = WoodAxeBreak,
        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,
  }

Repair

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\fixing.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

fixing Fix Wood Axe
	{
	   Require : WoodAxe,

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

See also

• McCoy Logging Co.
• Axe