Fire axe

Axe
A sturdy fireman's axe.
Pricing: £150 (£112) Weight: 5 blocks Power: Speed: Related achievements: – Random Axe of Kindness – Can't Catch Me! – Deck the Halls with Buckets o' Blood

The fire axe is a cheap, powerful and slow melee weapon. It is the second most powerful melee weapon available in terms of single shot damage, behind only the Claymore, but due the long time it takes to swing has an overall damage per second comparable to the katana despite the quite big price differences; the katana being one of the most expensive melee weapons and the axe being one of the cheapest. The fire axe can be found in any default random weapon spawns and allows the same run speed bonus as the other blades while wielded.

[edit] Statistics

The berserker perk receives bonuses for the use of a fire axe. For headshot damage, multiply by 1.25.

Level	Hit damage		Fire mode DPS
	Primary	Alternate	Primary	Alternate
Base	175	275	159	206
0	192	302	175	226
1	210	330	200	259
2	245	385	245	317
3	280	440	280	363
4	315	495	329	427
5	350	550	381	495
6	350	550	397	515

[edit] Price

The fire axe costs £150, a price which is nearly always within the players price range. The sell value was originally £100, but was increased to £112 to match the 75% returns value of other weapons. As with all melee weapons there are no upkeep costs.

[edit] Damage

There are two modes of fire with the fire axe, controlled by the primary and alternate fire buttons. The primary fire function is a horizontal slash, and the secondary is a powerful overhead vertical swing. The power of either function is enough to stun targets, allowing for easy one on one battles with any specimen susceptible to stunning. The alternate fire function has approximately a third higher damage per second than the primary function, making it more useful for dealing with tougher specimens. Another bonus of the axe is that it possesses a 1.25x headshot damage multiplier, 15% higher than that of the katana, which allows it to effectively be used to quickly decapitate most targets.

Equipment by perk
Field medic	Medical syringe • Combat armour • MP7M • MP5M
Support specialist	Welder • Shotguns (Shotgun • Combat shotgun • Hunting shotgun • AA12)
Sharpshooter	Pistols (9mm • .44 Magnum • Handcannon) • Rifles (Lever-action • Crossbow • M14 EBR)
Commando	Grenade • Assault rifles (Bullpup • AK-47 • M4 • SCARMK17)
Berserker	Knife • Machete • Fire axe • Katana • Claymore • Chainsaw
Firebug	MAC-10 • Flamethrower • Husk fireball launcher
Demolition	Pipe bomb • Grenade launchers (M79 • M32 • M4 203) • L.A.W
Weapon damage table

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