Melee
Wood Axe Stats & Availability
Two Handed wood cutting axe with a hickory handle.
Quick answer
- Type
- Melee
- First available
- Returning Home — exact pickup not confirmed
- Acquisition
- Available in the chapter, pickup not confirmed
- Damage per hit
- 85–125
- Strongest effect
- Bleed / Force — no single stat stands out
- Challenge use
- Challenge 5
Where to find it
Availability only
- A Challenge in the chapter "Returning Home" requires this weapon, which confirms it is available in that chapter — the exact source has not been confirmed. Returning Home
A Challenge in the chapter "Returning Home" requires this weapon, which confirms it is usable there — the exact pickup has not been confirmed yet.
Weapon stats
- Damage per hitDamage dealt on a landed hit.
- 85–125
- Attack powerA separate value from damage. The two are never added together.
- 30
- Stamina per attackCost of a single swing.
- 15–25
- Attack moves
- 5
- Bleed buildup
- 5
- Force
- 80
- Fear buildup
- 15
Damage per hit and attack power are separate values. Daze, Bleed, Force and Fear are four independent systems — they are not damage and are never added together.
What it is good at
No single stat on the Wood Axe stands out above the rest of the melee weapons, so it has no standout strength to call out. It does inflict Bleed and Force.
How it compares
Each stat is listed on its own. No weapon tops every one of them, because they measure different things, so this page does not pick a winner.
- Average damage
- 100.4 · higher than 13 of 15 melee weapons
- Average stamina cost
- 20 · lower than 1 of 15 melee weapons
- Bleed buildup
- 5 · higher than 0 of 10 melee weapons
- Force
- 80 · higher than 4 of 15 melee weapons
Challenges
Challenge 5 requires this weapon.
A Challenge requirement means the weapon is usable at that point in the game. It does not tell you where to pick it up.
Challenge 5 guide →Weapon executions
This weapon family has cinematic executions.
Weapon executions are cinematic kills tied to a weapon family. They are a different system from environment executions, which use contextual objects or locations.
Chapter availability
This is when the weapon is available to you, not an exact spot on the map.
Can't find it?
Common reasons
- I looked around the chapter and did not see it
- Chapter availability is confirmed for this weapon, but the exact pickup is not. It may come from a story step rather than a spot you can walk to.
Where to go next
- Weapons guideAll melee weapons and firearms
- Returning Home walkthroughObjective order
- Challenge 5Requires this weapon
Related guides
Found here
- Returning Home walkthroughReturning Home
Required for
- Challenge 5Challenge guide
Next step
- Weapon comparisonPut this weapon next to any other one
- Weapons guideAll melee weapons with a side-by-side comparison