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Hand Axe
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| General | ||
| Category | Tool | |
Weight  |
2 | |
| Equipped | One-handed | |
| Condition max. | 10 | |
| Attachment | Belt | |
| Damage | ||
| Type | Axe | |
| Attack speed | 4 | |
| Range | 0.61–1.1 tiles | |
| Damage | 0.7–1.5 | |
| Tree damage | 15 | |
| Door damage | 20 | |
| Knockback | 0.3 | |
| Knockdown | 2 | |
| Technical details | ||
| Base ID | HandAxe | |
A hand axe is a one-handed weapon and tool. The weapon can be attached to the left or right slot of a Belt for quick access and weight reduction.
Contents
Usage
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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.
Distribution
- The best method of finding a hand 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.
- Hand axes can also be found inside of barricaded buildings and carpenter's houses.
- Occasionally, some zombies can be found with hand axes stuck to them.
Crafting
Cooking
| Product | XP Gained | Skill(s) | Recipe | Ingredient 1 | Ingredient 2 |
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 Watermelon Slice x10 |
none |  Watermelon x1 (consumed) |
 Hand Axe or Kitchen Knife or Saw or Stone Knife or Axe or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver or Stone Axe or Wood Axe or x1 |
Gallery
Survivor wielding the hand axe.
Code
From items_weapons.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/)
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item HandAxe 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 = BreakWoodItem, 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,
