One-Handed Axe

One-handed axes are Warrior melee weapons that trade the sword's universal mastery for a Fighter-only one. Axe Mastery is a Fighter skill and has no Page equivalent, so the axe is a commitment made at second job advancement rather than a weapon a warrior can pick up at any time without cost.

They are one-handed, so the off-hand stays free for a shield. Eleven are tracked on the wiki, the smallest of the three one-handed warrior categories.

What a one-handed axe does

Fast attack speed on eight of the eleven, with one rated Faster, the quickest tier in the category.
Scales damage on STR.
Allows a shield in the off-hand.
Mastered by Fighter only.

Used by

Axes are a Warrior weapon. Roughly half carry no job restriction, so a Beginner can equip the low-level ones before advancing.

The mastery is the deciding factor. A Page can equip an axe and will simply never receive a mastery bonus on it, which in practice means axes belong to the Fighter line.

Axe or sword

They reach the same ceiling. The strongest axe and the strongest one-handed sword on the wiki both stop at 87 weapon attack at level 70, so the choice is not about damage at the top end. It is about which second job is being taken: Fighter masters both swords and axes, Page masters swords and blunt weapons. A sword is the safe pick before that decision is made, an axe the specialised one after.

List of one-handed axes

Every one-handed axe tracked on the wiki, sorted by required level ascending then weapon attack descending. Click any column header to re-sort.

Lv	Item	Job	Atk speed	WA	Slots
0	Hand Axe		Fast	17	7
10	Double Axe		Fast	27	7
15	Battle Axe	Warrior	Fast	32	7
15	Scythe		Fast	32	7
25	Mithril Axe	Warrior	Fast	45	7
30	Fireman's Axe	Warrior	Fast	47	7
35	Dankke	Warrior	Fast	55	7
40	Blue Counter	Warrior	Fast	57	7
50	Buck	Warrior	Fast	70	7
60	Hawkhead	Warrior	Fast	77	7
70	Mikhail	Warrior	Fast	87	7

One-Handed Axe

Contents

What a one-handed axe does

Used by

Axe or sword

List of one-handed axes

See also