Bronze hatchet

The Old School RuneScape Wiki also has an article on: osrsw:Bronze axeThe RuneScape Classic Wiki also has an article on: classicrsw:Bronze Axe

Bronze hatchet
Release	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Actions
Backpack	Wield, Add to tool belt
Values
Value	84 coins
High alch	50 coins
Low alch	33 coins
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Weight	1.36 kg
Examine
A woodcutter's hatchet.
Grand Exchange
Exchange	2,795 coins (info)
Buy limit	1,000
Loading...
Advanced data
Item ID	1351
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

Item JSON: {"edible":"no","members":"no","stackable":"no","stacksinbank":"yes","death":"always","name":"Bronze hatchet","bankable":"yes","gemw":{"name":"Bronze hatchet","limit":1000},"equipable":"yes","disassembly":"yes","release_date":"4 January 2001","id":"1351","release_update_post":"Runescape beta is now online!","lendable":"no","destroy":"Drop","highalch":33,"weight":1.36,"tradeable":"yes","examine":"A woodcutter's hatchet.","noteable":"yes"}Buy limit: 1000

The bronze hatchet is the weakest hatchet in RuneScape. It may be wielded for combat or used to cut trees in Woodcutting. One respawns at the chicken farm by the Lumbridge cow field. Bronze hatchets can be stored in the tool belt.

Combat stats

Requirements
1
Class			Slot
Melee
Tier
1
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		30.0		-
Accuracy		110		-
Style		Slash
Range		1
Speed		Fast (3.0s)
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0.0		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0.0		0.0		0.0
FAQ • docs

Creation

Bronze hatchet

	-
15 XP	-	Varies		2,795
Requirements
Smithing level				1
You must use a normal Anvil or Forge
Free-to-play
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Bronze bar	1	838	838
Profit				1,957

Drop sources

This is an auto-generated list (update now). For all sources of this item, see here (include RDT). For help, see the FAQ.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	Members
Cave slime	26	1	3/128
Goblin Raider	56	1	Common
Goblin Goblin Village	?	1	3/128	N/A
New Varrock guard captain	104	1	Rare
Ogre coffin	N/A	1	Common	N/A
Zombie	11; 12; 14; 22; 29; 72; 74; 75; 77; 78; 79; 82; 84; 85	1	Unknown	N/A

Locations

Store locations

This is an auto-generated list (update now). For help, see the FAQ.

Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Aurel's Supplies	Burgh de Rott	840	Coins	10
Bob's Brilliant Axes	Lumbridge	Free sample	-	1
Gift Shop	Oo'glog	840	Coins	10
Gulluck and Sons	Grand Tree	840	Coins	10
Ignatius's Hot Deals	Northeast of the Sorcerer's Tower	840	Coins	10
Jiminua's Jungle Store	Tai Bwo Wannai, Karamja	840	Coins	1
King Lathas's Armoury	Combat Training Camp	840	Coins	10
Neitiznot Supplies	Neitiznot	840	Coins	10
New Varrock Sword Shop	New Varrock	840	Zemomark	10
Obli's General Store	Shilo Village (location)	840	Coins	10
Void Knight General Store	Void Knights' Outpost	840	Coins	10

Item spawns

• On the peninsula north of Rellekka
• In the Dead Man's Chest bar in Brimhaven
• In the hardwood grove east of Tai Bwo Wannai village (2 spawns) (requires 100 trading sticks to enter or Telekinetic Grab to reach)
• On the 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US] of the Faladian forge

Disassembly

Bronze hatchet
Disassembly category	Hatchets
Disassembly XP	0.3
Item quantity required	1
Material count	4
Base junk chance	?  98.9% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 98.9% 1 34 98.0 2 49 96.0 3 64 94.0 4 69 92.0 5 78 90.0 6 83 87.1 7 91 85.1 8 95 82.1 9 105 79.2
Common materials
Head parts	35/100
Blade parts	30/100
Connector parts	30/100
Rare materials
Sharp components	3/100
Strong components	2/100

Graphical updates

Inventory

• 

  Initial in-game appearance of Bronze hatchet from 29 March 2004 (update)

• 

  Appearance of Bronze hatchet after 20 November 2012 (update)

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• patch 17 February 2020 (Update):
  • Hatchets now correctly give four components per bar used in the making of them when disassembled.

• patch 1 April 2009 (Update):
  • Renamed from "Bronze axe" to "Bronze hatchet"

• update 4 January 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• At the Lumbridge respawn location in the chicken coop, the hatchet in the stump still uses the RuneScape Classic graphical model. The examine text of the hatchet reads "Don't bury this one.", a reference to the idiom burying the hatchet.