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Steel Axe

Steel Axe

Tool

A Steel axe made for cutting down trees.

Weight1000 gMax stack1SkillBlacksmith Lv 3StationPower Hammer

Notes

A Steel Axe is a tier-3 tool used for chopping down trees, and using it trains the Logging skill, helping you level that specialty. It has 2,500 durability and consumes 20 calories per swing, so keep your hunger topped off while working. When the axe eventually breaks, it can be recycled into a Scrap Tool, making it worth recovering rather than discarding.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
IngredientQtyType
Steel Bar20item
Leather Hide8item
Lumber5category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
MaterialQty / craft
Iron Scrap0.34
Bio Residue0.08
Wood Scrap0.06

Approximate โ€” a category ingredient's salvage value depends on the item actually used.

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled โ€” see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats
Labor750 calories
Craft time0.5 min
Throughput120 Steel Axe / hour (base)

As a weapon

Tier3Damage2Vs animals×0.2Calories/use20Durability/use1Max durability2500TrainsLogging

Showing base values. Set Logging level / talents in the ⚙ Character panel to recompute.

Recycling & waste

Salvages into (per unit)

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Total raw to craft this

Steps12Total labor7832.08 calTotal time107.92 min

Approximate โ€” category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.

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