Large Crude Iron Axe

[Borfoid]

Created one of these and aside from needing less swings it doesn't seem to have any use or benefit over the small iron axe, that right ?

I don't mind the extra swings or lower durability, I don't do enough chopping to care about those factors. This seems like a bit of a pointless upgrade, for me at least.

[Ethos]

The 1H iron axe is too weak to chop down Willow trees.

[SuperDave]

Needed for hardwood "logs"

[Borfoid]

Originally posted by SuperDave:

Needed for hardwood "logs"

I've got hardwood logs off the small iron axe. I upgraded a couple of building with hardwood before I created the larger version of the iron axe.

Originally posted by Ethos:

The 1H iron axe is too weak to chop down Willow trees.

I read somewhere that the willow isn't used yet, maybe that's old info? If it's current info, maybe it'll do something in the future?

Think I'll just put it in my hut on the weapon rack until it become obvious why I need it.

[mmelson]

Not sure if there's other plans for it in the future, but for now you do need the 2H axe to chop down a willow. It just doesn't do anything other than give you a bunch of regular hardwood logs and long sticks.

[axeblade346]

From our player test data
(Pre-Aug 2024 update , with cheats to speed up skilling of villagers and players)

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1H iron axe vs 2H iron axe
Willow tree = 2H , same items as Birch, just more logs depending on skill.
50 Woodcutting , 50 Melee = 15% (14.97) to mobs and 15% (15.09) to trees -- about the same at 20 skills and 80 skills.
Swing speed = 10% slower on 2H
Thus you need a 2H Crude Iron Axe for Willow trees , it does about 15% more damage but at a 10% slower action time, it averages out to about a 6% faster tree chopping. Recommendation : Only use 2H for Willow and clearing out large areas of trees in the day. Rather go 1H + Torch/Shield.
Test more : Check damage to mobs vs Battle Axe versions and swords.
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Devs : Check these numbers in the code and perhaps buff the damage % a but more.