Aetherian Greataxe BUILD IT!!!

[william_es]

The aetherian great axe has a very misleading damage of 32-48 listed in codex. The aetherian hammer shows 52-60, and looks better on paper... but....

Apparently, it's a twin bladed axe, and that damage is PER BLADE. It's also got insanely fast attack speed.

With my damage stat leveled up to 46, I've seen numbers like 108 for a normal attack, and 198 for a power attack. The thing is insane.

It will slice through the skinny aetherian scouts with spears like they're water balloons, only slightly slower on the chubby aetherian scout. The elite with the 2 handed sword (it's actually an Aetherian greataxe, not sword) is still a pain tho, but easier to take down (his 3-hit combo chain takes half my health away).

Woops, you do need feathers for the greataxe, so you will need to kill one of the birds.

[Steevo]

how do you unlock it? i ran all around the new zone but cant find it or the hammer and arrows

[Frozz]

Originally posted by Steevo:

how do you unlock it? i ran all around the new zone but cant find it or the hammer and arrows

south east side, theres a forge you gotta hit

[william_es]

Yeah, there's a big forge. Made of golden looking metal in a vaguely mayan/aztec motif.

Interact with the forge, and there's an option to examine the forge, then another option to examine weapons in the process of being made. Examining the weapons unlocks three things you can simply build in any normal forge anywhere. Aetherian hammer (1 hand blunt), Aetherian Greataxe (2 handed edged), and icarus arrows (pyrite and refined wood arrows with 7 base damage).

And before you ask, no, you can't actually use their forge to build weapons. You'll either have to build one in the Forbidden Monuments, or go back to the main map and summon your tree base.

The forge is inside an Aetherian base, usually 2-3 scouts (skinny w/spear, chubby scout), and 1 elite.

The elite is a bad mofo who's actually armed with an Aetherian axe. When you get hit by that thing, you will understand how good it is. It can do a 3 hit combo _insanely_ quick . Be aware. He will mess you up. The elite is a good source of Hoots coins btw. Usually 10+ every kill. You need 500 for the blue tit bird mount. I've made 150 just killing Aetherians (and most of that was from the elites).