Axe blade and haft?

[morrneyo]

I just returned playing this game again, and when I was chopping down trees with my axe, its durability started depleting. What's going on? I turned off the weapon durability reduction option, but it's still happening.

I looked it up and found that the blade and haft were separated in a recent update. Does this durability loss only affect the handle? Does the blade currently have infinite durability? The blade can't be repaired, but if it's true that the blade also wears down slowly, I'd be hesitant to use a Masterwork tool if I found one. (I hope the blade doesn't wear out later, even if the forging system is added. If the blade did, I'd be hesitant to use a Masterwork.)

[Matti-patti]

I don't think the blade itself is ever damaged, though the resulting re-hafted tool/weapon won't necessarily be masterwork anymore. The head quality is even tracked seperately, so the game should remember that the masterwork axe you rehafted as fine axe is has masterwork quality head.

[morrneyo]

I don't think the blade itself is ever damaged, though the resulting re-hafted tool/weapon won't necessarily be masterwork anymore. The head quality is even tracked seperately, so the game should remember that the masterwork axe you rehafted as fine axe is has masterwork quality head.

So, if I repair a Masterwork grade axe with a Fine grade haft and the grade drops to Fine grade, does that mean that the performance will not change because the axe blade is actually Masterwork grade? The system seems a bit strange.

[Matti-patti]

It functions as fine quality. But once you take the axe head off again it's still a masterwork and you have increased chance of producing a masterwork axe when you re-haft it.

[morrneyo]

It functions as fine quality. But once you take the axe head off again it's still a masterwork and you have increased chance of producing a masterwork axe when you re-haft it.

That... sounds really stupid. The axe blade and the axe haft don't change, but just by repeatedly removing and putting the haft back on, the axe's grade changes?

[Matti-patti]

It functions as fine quality. But once you take the axe head off again it's still a masterwork and you have increased chance of producing a masterwork axe when you re-haft it.

That... sounds really stupid. The axe blade and the axe haft don't change, but just by repeatedly removing and putting the haft back on, the axe's grade changes?

Yes, though this damages the haft and gradually drops it's quality, so you'll only get so many attempts per haft you make. The actual rolls seem decently reliable for fine quality (e.g. skilled carpenter will likely get fines even if only one of the two pieces is fine even without small knife), but I haven't had character with excellent carpentry for a while so I can't comment how reliable masterwork hafting is at high skill.