Crystal hatchet

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For this item's augmented variant, see augmented crystal hatchet.

Crystal hatchet
Release																				10 November 2014 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				Yes
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Destroy																				You cannot reclaim the crystal hatchet. You will need to give Lady Ithell in Prifddinas a dragon hatchet and 4,000 harmonic dust to sing a new one.
Actions
Backpack																				Wield, Add to tool belt, Destroy
Values
Value																				0 coins
Alchemy																				Not alchemisable
On death																				Reclaimable Reclaim: −1
Weight																				1.36 kg
Examine
A dragon hatchet encased in crystal.
Advanced data
Item ID																				32645
Links																				MRID • recipe
Calcval parsed																				176600
Calcval smw																				{{GEP|Dragon hatchet}}
FAQ • doc

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The crystal hatchet is the most powerful hatchet available. Level 70 Attack is required to wield it, unless switched to a tool-only variant by right-clicking and swapping it, and level 71 Woodcutting to chop with it, although 75 Woodcutting is indirectly needed to complete Plague's End and thus to have access to Prifddinas to create the hatchet. It chops roughly 15% faster than the dragon hatchet.

It can be obtained by trading in a dragon hatchet, from either the inventory or the tool belt, and 4,000 harmonic dust to Lady Ithell, in the Ithell Clan district of Prifddinas.

The crystal hatchet can be added to the tool belt, and does not degrade like other crystal items. It features an improved woodcutting speed compared to a dragon hatchet and players using it have twice the chance to gain Shattered Heart and golden Shattered Heart rocks. Players may convert their crystal hatchet back to a dragon hatchet by speaking to Lady Ithell; however, they will not be given back the harmonic dust previously used to upgrade the tool.

Players who wish to augment a crystal hatchet already on their tool belt may speak with Doc, who will remove it from the tool belt. He will only perform this service once.

Combat stats

Requirements
70 , 71
Class			Slot
Melee
Tier
70
		Auto		Ability
Damage		428.8		336
Accuracy		1486
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

Special attack

The dragon hatchet's special attack, Clobber

The crystal hatchet has a special attack, Clobber (identical to the dragon hatchet special attack), which requires 30% adrenaline. The attack hits for 50-150% ability damage. Upon successful hit, the special attack applies a debuff that raises the affinity of the target by 3 and decreases the target's Magic damage dealt by 10% for one minute. The special attack also lowers the Defence and Magic level by 5% rounded down on targets with level 20 or more Defence/Magic.

Creation

Crystal hatchet

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-	-	?		-
Requirements
Plague's End
Must be performed at Lady Ithell
Members only
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Dragon hatchet	1	176,600	176,600
	Harmonic dust	4,000	N/A	-

Disassembly

Crystal hatchet
Disassembly category	Hatchets
Disassembly XP	21.3
Item quantity required	1
Material count	8
Base junk chance	?  21.9% 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 21.9% 1 34 21.7 2 49 21.3 3 64 20.9 4 69 20.4 5 78 20.0 6 83 19.3 7 91 18.9 8 95 18.2 9 105 17.6
Special materials
1 × Crystal parts	85/115
OR
1 × Seren components	15/115
OR
1 × Faceted components	15/115
Common materials
Head parts	35/100
Blade parts	30/100
Connector parts	30/100
Rare materials
Sharp components	3/100
Strong components	2/100

Development history

The version of the axe intended for release with The Eyes of Glouphrie.

The crystal axe (as hatchets were called at the time) was originally intended to release in 2006 as a reward from the The Eyes of Glouphrie quest. For unknown reasons, it was cut before release, leaving the crystal saw to be the reward instead. Despite this, its models and sound effects remained unused in the game files for a time, before eventually being deleted. The exact mechanics of how this version of the axe was intended to function are unknown, although the name of one of the sound effects associated with it indicates it would use charges like other crystal equipment.

A crystal hatchet would finally see a release in 2014 alongside the second batch of Prifddinas.

• "eyeglo_crystal_axe", a sound effect intended for using the axe.

• "eyeglo_crystal_axe_crush", a sound effect intended for using the axe's crush attack style in combat.

• "eyeglo_crystal_axe_slash", a sound effect intended for using the axe's slash attack style in combat.

• "eyeglo_crystal_axe_recharge", a sound effect intended for either the axe running out of charges, or recharging it at the singing bowl.

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 28 November 2022 (Update):
  • Crystal tools' tooltips now accurately reflect their effects.

• ninja 18 July 2022 (Update):
  • Bladed Dive can now be used with the following items, when wielded with laceration boots or an appropriate off-hand item:
    • Augmented tools: crystal hammer, crystal hatchet, crystal pickaxe, crystal tinderbox, dragon hatchet, dragon pickaxe, Imcando pickaxe and inferno adze.
    • Crystal tools: chime, chisel, hammer, hatchet, knife, pickaxe, saw and tinderbox.
    • Hammer-tron, Pyro-matic and the uncharged fishing rod-o-matic.
    • Enhanced tools: fishing rod-o-matic, hammer-tron and pyro-matic.
    • Sculpting chisels: Bandos, Guthix, Saradomin, Seren and Zamorak.
  • Catalyst fragments (combined, farmer's, hunter's and runecrafter's) from Sliske's Endgame now count as an off-hand item for Bladed Dive, similar to other skilling off-hands.

• patch 10 May 2021 (Update):
  • Crystal and Dragon Axe special attacks now deal the expected amount of damage.

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

patch 5 August 2019 (Update):

• • Fixed an issue with this item clipping outside of the worn inventory slot.

• patch 8 December 2014 (Update):
  • This item will now protect on death correctly.

• patch 24 November 2014 (Update):
  • Crystal hatchets and pickaxes now appear in the player's gravestone if lost on death.
  • Players can now use a crystal hatchet to chop down teak trees in Etceteria.

• update 10 November 2014 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Given a rate of 600 dust per hour at the harps, obtaining the crystal hatchet is worth it if you would spend 51 hours or more chopping trees normally. It is also worth considering that in earning the 4,000 harmonic dust, players earn between 320,000 and 384,000 experience in Crafting.