Hatchet

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

For hatchets from Stealing Creation, see Hatchet (Stealing Creation).

"Axe" redirects here. For the melee weapon class, see Battleaxe.

Slot	Main-hand
Style	Slash
Speed	Fast (3.0s)

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The hatchet is the tool used in Woodcutting to chop trees and also serves as a melee weapon. It is available in all metal types bar white, but has less favourable power and speed compared to similar weapons. They can be used to slash webs. Except for the black, dragon, crystal, and sacred clay hatchets, and the inferno adze, all hatchets can be created using the Smithing skill. Hatchets are rarely used as weapons, as they have half the same damage compared to weapons of the same tier and speed.

The hatchet can be added to the tool belt. However, the blessed, sacred clay, inferno adze, and augmented hatchets cannot be added. This saves space while woodcutting. Doc can remove dragon and crystal hatchets from the tool belt one time only; all other hatchets cannot be removed once added.

Types of hatchets

The level required to wield a hatchet is different than the level required to use a hatchet to chop trees. Wielding is governed by Attack level while chopping trees is governed by Woodcutting level. For example, a player with level 1 Attack and level 61 Woodcutting can use a dragon hatchet to chop trees, but not wield it as their Attack level is not high enough.

Item		Level	Level	Main-hand			Off-hand			Attribute			Style bonus			Price
				Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Dwarven army axe	1	1	Slash	183	160	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	Obtained during Troll Warzone
	Bronze hatchet	1	1	Slash	30	110	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	1,497
	Iron hatchet	1	10	Slash	61	152	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	2,253
	Steel hatchet	6	20	Slash	122	202	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	2,538
	Black hatchet	6	25	Slash	147	223	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	3,007
	Mithril hatchet	21	30	Slash	183	257	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	5,476
	Blessed hatchet	35	20	Slash	9	110	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	Made during the quest Animal Magnetism
	Adamant hatchet	31	40	Slash	245	316	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	8,875
	Rune hatchet	41	50	Slash	306	381	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	8,418
	Sacred clay hatchet/Volatile clay hatchet	50	1	Slash	24	110	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	20 Stealing Creation points
	Dragon hatchet	61	60	Slash	367	454	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	1,382,892
	Inferno adze	61	1	Slash	447	454	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	Beacon network reward
	Crystal hatchet	71	70	Slash	428	536	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	4000 harmonic dust & a dragon hatchet

Dungeoneering hatchets

These hatchets can only be obtained and used within Daemonheim.

Table of hatchets

Tier	Item	Levels to use
1	Novite hatchet	1 Attack; 1 Woodcutting
2	Bathus hatchet	10 Attack; 10 Woodcutting
3	Marmaros hatchet	20 Attack; 20 Woodcutting
4	Kratonite hatchet	30 Attack; 30 Woodcutting
5	Fractite hatchet	40 Attack; 40 Woodcutting
6	Zephyrium hatchet	50 Attack; 50 Woodcutting
7	Argonite hatchet	60 Attack; 60 Woodcutting
8	Katagon hatchet	70 Attack; 70 Woodcutting
9	Gorgonite hatchet	80 Attack; 80 Woodcutting
10	Promethium hatchet	90 Attack; 90 Woodcutting
11	Primal hatchet	99 Attack; 99 Woodcutting

Augementable hatchets

The dragon and crystal hatchets can be augmented using an Augmentor at level 22 Invention. These can be augmented using tool gizmos and will consume charges from the charge pack, which uses divine charges.

Update history

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• patch 19 May 2009 (Update):
  • Woodcutting and Mining now try to use the axe/pickaxe you're currently wielding. If you don't have one in your hands, it'll try to select the best one in your inventory.

• patch 1 April 2009 (Update):
  • Woodcutting axes are now called hatchets to avoid confusion with other objects in the game.

Trivia

A player wielding a Dragon hatchet.

• When the woodcutting animation was changed, only the sacred clay hatchet retained the old woodcutting animation.
• Axes were renamed as 'Hatchets' on 1 April 2009 to avoid confusion, but this temporarily caused some scams as people said that a hatchet was a rare item.
• Before the introduction of hatchets, the Broken axe random event was removed and all remaining broken pieces were removed from the game.
• When smithing hatchets, only a bar of the relevant metal is required. Where the wood for the handle comes from is unknown.
• After the Evolution of Combat update, if players were woodcutting with a sheathed hatchet, it would appear in their hand but also remain sheathed on their back at the same time, giving the appearance of having two hatchets equipped. This also happened when mining with a sheathed pickaxe. This was fixed on 13 May 2013, causing them to be unsheathed when they are being used for woodcutting, and another update on 17 June caused them to be sheathed again after use.

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