Stone Axe
| Stone Axe | ||
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| Basic Info | ||
| Cultures: | ||
| Weight: | 4 | |
| Trade Value: | 0.8 | |
| Flammable: | No | |
| Required By: | Alder, Grainflail, Paddle, Paw-board fox trap, Pine Tree, Rowan, Shortbow, Ski stick, Skis, Slender Tree Trunk, Slender tree trunk, Spruce Tree, Wooden bowl, Wooden cup, Wooden mug, Wooden stake | |
| Combat Information | ||
| Skill Required: | Axe | |
| Blunt Damage: | 5 | |
| Edge Damage: | 2 | |
| Point Damage: | 0 | |
| Attack Bonus: | Very Little | |
| Defense Bonus: | Very Little | |
| Crafting Information | ||
| Skills Required: | Common | |
| Tools Required: | Knives | |
| Prefers: | ||
| Ingredients: | 1 Slender Tree Trunk, 1 Stone, 1 Tying Equipment | |
| Craft Time: | 3h | |
| Finish Time: | 0 | |
A makeshift stone axe can be made out of a slender tree trunk, a stone and a piece of tying equipment. It is very low quality and drastically increases the time needed for a task.
Contents
Usage
The stone axe is used as a weaker, inexpensive alternative for axes bought from shops, if there are none available or the player is far away from any villages.
A stone axe cannot be used to make boards.
Availability
The only axe type in the game that can be crafted by the player character.
URW Game Encyclopedia description
The official URW in-game encyclopedia (accessed by the F1 key) describes the stone axe thusly:
A crude but effective weapon which can be used to cut down trees - although any timberwork with a stone-axe requires patience.
Real life context
- Stone tools - English Wikipedia article
- The polished axes - Neolithic axes from northern Europe
- Video on making a wooden handle for a stone axe
Stone axes are some of the oldest human tools, possibly even older than the oldest stone knives. They developed from rudimentary "hand-axes" without handles, with wooden handles becoming increasingly common and standard in the later Paleolithic and the Neolithic. These hafted stone axes became the ancestors of all later metal axes, including the copper, bronze and iron axes seen in later prehistory and antiquity.
Cultural lore
TBA
Gallery
Stone axe in-game
