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Axes and Pickaxes are a type of sharp melee weapon featured in Dying Light.

They contain more damage to inflict against your enemies, but has a slower handling when swinging and recovering. Axes and Pickaxes are generally recommended against slow enemies such as Biters and Goons, and avoid using them on agile enemies like Rais's Men or Virals.

Pickaxes can appear in blue, red, green, or yellow.

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Variants[]

There are 16 variants of Axe all together in the base game: 14 variants of Axe and 2 variants of Pickaxe

Axe[]

Variants Image
Heavy Double-Bit Axe
  • Heavy Devil Axe
  • Heavy Tribal Axe
  • Premium Heavy Double-Bit Axe
Double-Bit Axe
Heavy Fireman's Axe
  • Bone Splitter
  • Remarkable Heavy Fireman's Axe
Fireman's Axe
Heavy Felling Axe
  • Deadly Fireman's Axe
  • Exceptional Heavy Felling Axe
Felling Axe
Heavy Hewing Axe
  • Remarkable Heavy Hewing Axe
Hewing Axe
Heavy Splitting Axe
  • Superior Heavy Splitting Axe
Splitting Axe

Pickaxe[]

Variants Image
Pickaxe
Blue Pickaxe
Vintage Pickaxe
Vintage Pickaxe

The Following adds 13 new variants: 11 new Axes and 2 new Pickaxes

Variants
Heavy Fireman's Axe
  • Extravagant Fireman's Axe (×2)
  • Fabulous Fireman's Axe (×2)
  • Legendary Fireman's Axe
Heavy Hewing Axe
  • Extravagant Hewing Axe (×4)
  • Fabulous Hewing Axe
  • Legendary Hewing Axe (×2)
Heavy Splitting Axe
  • Heavy Countryside Axe
  • Heavy Farming Axe
  • Heavy Garden Axe
  • Heavy Plower Axe
  • Heavy Solid Axe
Variants
Pickaxe
  • Fabulous Pickaxe (×2)
  • Legendary Pickaxe (×2)

Blueprints[]

Axes and Pickaxes are modifiable with the following 31 blueprints:

Blueprint Requirements Effects
All-Purpose Toxic Striker
  • Metal Parts (1)
  • Herb (4)
  • Toxic Lichen (4)
Toxic — Small
Bad Hangover

(Pickaxe only)

  • Metal Parts (1)
  • String (1)
  • Nails (1)
  • Batteries (2)
  • Aerosol (2)
  • Electronics (1)
  • Bleeding — Small
  • Toxic — Medium
Ben Franklin's Key
  • Metal Parts (1)
  • Plastic (1)
  • Batteries (1)
Electricity — Small
Bolter Poison
  • Herbs (4)
  • Underwater Algae (4)
  • Bolter Tissue (1)
Toxic — Strong
Big Thunder (The Following)
  • Metal Parts (1)
  • Nails (2)
  • Chemicals (2)
  • Power Cable (1)
  • Electricity — Medium
  • Impact — Small
Chill Kill (The Following)

(Pickaxe only)

  • Metal Parts (2)
  • Duct Tape (1)
  • Fluorescent Shrooms (3)
Freezing — Small
Cloud9
  • Metal Parts (2)
  • Duct Tape (2)
  • Herb (4)
  • Toxic Lichen (4)
  • Gauze (1)
Toxic — Medium
Dirty Tool (The Following)

(Pickaxe Only)

  • Metal Parts (1)
  • Herb (4)
  • Underwater Algae (4)
  • Toxic Lichen (4)
  • Gauze (2)
Toxic — Strong
Electrocutioner
  • Metal Parts (1)
  • String (2)
  • Plastic (1)
  • Batteries (2)
  • Power Cable (1)
Electricity — Medium
Exorcist

(Pickaxe only)

  • Metal Parts (2)
  • Duct Tape (2)
  • Nails (1)
  • Blade (2)
  • Batteries (2)
  • Electronics (1)
  • Bleeding — Small
  • Electricity — Small
Fastball Special
  • Metal Parts (1)
  • Household Supplies (1)
  • Chemicals (1)
Impact — Small
Fire Launcher

(Pickaxe only)

  • Metal Parts (2)
  • Duct Tape (1)
  • Household Supplies (2)
  • Chemicals (2)
  • Aerosol (2)
  • Electronics (1)
  • Impact — Small
  • Burning — Medium
Get Medieval
  • Metal Parts (1)
  • String (2)
  • Duct Tape (1)
  • Blade (2)
  • Gauze (1)
Bleeding — Medium
God Hammer
  • Metal Parts (2)
  • String (2)
  • Aerosol (2)
  • Batteries (2)
  • Power Cable (2)
  • Electronics (1)
  • Burning — Medium
  • Electricity — Medium
Grill'Em and Kill'Em

(Pickaxe only)

  • Metal Parts (2)
  • Alcohol (1)
  • Aerosol (2)
  • Batteries (2)
  • Power Cable (1)
  • Electronics (1)
  • Electricity — Small
  • Burning — Medium
Haemorrhage (The Following)
  • Metal Parts (1)
  • String (2)
  • Duct tape (1)
  • Blade (2)
  • Gauze (1)
Bleeding — Strong
Heavy Venom (The Following)
  • Metal Parts (1)
  • Duct tape (2)
  • Herb (4)
  • Toxic Lichen (4)
  • Gauze (2)
Toxic — Strong
Heavy Welder
  • Metal Parts (2)
  • Duct Tape (1)
  • Household Supplies (1)
  • Aerosol (2)
  • Gauze (1)
Burning — Medium
Home Run

(Pickaxe only)

  • Metal Parts (1)
  • Duct Tape (1)
  • Nails (1)
  • Chemicals (2)
  • Power Cable (1)
Impact — Medium
Hot Swing (The Following)

(Pickaxe only)

  • Metal Parts (1)
  • String (1)
  • Household Supplies (1)
  • Aersol (2)
  • Gauze (2)
Burning — Strong
Iceberg (The Following)
  • Metal Parts (2)
  • String (1)
  • Fluorescent Shrooms (3)
Freezing — Small
Industrial-Grade Leech
  • Metal Parts (1)
  • Nails (1)
  • Blade (1)
Bleeding — Small
Poison Blast
  • Metal Parts (2)
  • Alcohol (1)
  • Nails (1)
  • Blade (2)
  • Aerosol (2)
  • Electronics (1)
  • Bleeding — Medium
  • Toxic — Medium
Puff Puff Pass

(Pickaxe only)

  • Metal Parts (1)
  • Nails (1)
  • Underwater Algae (4)
  • Toxic Lichen (4)
  • Gauze (1)
Toxic — Medium
Puke'N'Nuke

(Pickaxe only)

  • Metal Parts (1)
  • Alcohol (1)
  • Household Supplies (1)
  • Aerosol (2)
  • Toxic Lichen (4)
  • Electronics (1)
  • Toxic — Medium
  • Burning — Small
Roast Blast (The Following)
  • Metal Parts (1)
  • String (1)
  • Household Supplies (1)
  • Aerosol (2)
  • Gauze (2)
Burning — Strong
Short Circuit

(Pickaxe only)

  • Metal Parts (1)
  • Duct Tape (2)
  • Plastic (1)
  • Batteries (2)
  • Power Cable (1)
Electricity — Medium
Standard Issue Hellfire
  • Metal Parts (1)
  • Gauze (1)
  • Aerosol (1)
Burning — Small
Stay Down
  • Metal Parts (2)
  • Duct Tape (2)
  • Plastic (1)
  • Chemicals (2)
  • Power Cable (1)
Impact — Medium
Surprise MFs!!!

(Pickaxe only)

  • Metal Parts (2)
  • String (2)
  • Alcohol (1)
  • Toxic Lichen (4)
  • Batteries (2)
  • Electronics (1)
  • Electricity — Small
  • Toxic — Small
Welder

(Pickaxe only)

  • Metal Parts (1)
  • Duct Tape (1)
  • Nails (1)
  • Aerosol (2)
  • Gauze (1)
Burning — Medium

Trivia[]

  • In real life, Axes have various purposes. Generally, they serve as tools for wood cutting and splitting, and harvesting lumber. They are also served as ceremonial/heraldic symbols and as weapons.
    • Double-Bit Axes served as tools for cutting wood. It's notable for having two bladed bits on the head; this makes it ideal for switching to the other bit when one bit is dull from the work.
    • Firefighter Axes (known as the Fireman's Axe in-game) are used by firefighters during emergencies such as breaking down doors and windows. It's recognizable for it's helpful pick-bladed point on the head.
    • Felling Axes are the more-common axe used in felling; cutting down trees across.
    • Hewing Axes are used for hewing; converting tree logs into lumber with more of less flat surfaces.
    • Splitting Axes are served for wood splitting along the tree's grain, and have a more wedged appearance which causes to rend the wood's fibres apart without having to cut through them.
  • In real life, Pickaxes are tools commonly used for mining, but also for agriculture. It's recognizable for it's head; one side having a sharp point and the other a flat chiselled point. The sharp point is used for breaking rocky surfaces while the chiselled side is used for cutting through roots.
  • The Felling axe in-game is actually a Broad Axe despite its name.
  • The Splitting Axe in-game appears more akin to an actual Felling Axe than a splitting axe.
  • A glitch occurs when using a special variant of Axe such as the Remarkable Heavy Fireman's Axe, the axe handle will revert to the default wooden handle instead of its customized handle.

Gallery[]

Vanilla Variants[]

The Following Variants[]

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