Iron Axe
| Iron Axe | |
|---|---|
| |
| Type | Tool (iron tier) |
| Gathered at | Smithed at Frostmere or Dunes West |
| Skill | Woodcutting |
| Used for | Swings 10% faster than the base Axe · 10% chance of double Wood · +5% Woodcutting XP |
Iron Axe is the iron tier of the axe ladder, forged through Smithing at Frostmere or at Harun's forge in Dunes West. It is the iron step of the copper → iron → silver tool progression, and was previously listed on this wiki as the Lvl 2 Axe. It swings 10% faster than the base Axe, has a 10% chance on each swing of gathering 2 Wood instead of 1, and pays +5% Woodcutting XP when a tree is felled.
Use
- Equip the Iron Axe in a hotbar slot (keys 1–6), same as the base Axe.
- Use it on trees in the Wilderness to gather Wood.
- Each swing yields 1 Wood (2 on the 10% double roll, shown as a small gold +2 ×2 over the tree); Woodcutting XP is granted when the tree is felled, with the Iron Axe's +5% on top. Tree size changes how many hits it takes to fell the tree, not the yield per hit.
- It is the lowest axe tier that can cut cacti in The Dunes (Woodcutting 20 required) — see Woodcutting.
Acquisition
- Forged from scratch through Smithing — no base Axe is consumed.
- An unwanted Iron Axe can be salvaged at the forge for up to 16 Iron Ingots (less if it's worn).
Crafting cost
Requires Smithing level 10.
| Material | Amount |
|---|---|
| Iron Ingots | 40 |
 Wood
|
1,000 |
Each Iron Ingot smelts from 6 Iron Ore + 6 Coal, so a full craft works out to roughly 240 ore and 240 coal end-to-end.
Durability
The Iron Axe has 4,000 total durability and spends 1 durability per swing, regardless of tree size.