Splitting Axe
The Splitting Axe is a common blade melee weapon and multipurpose tool in DayZ. It can chop trees for Wooden Logs and Firewood, cut bark, cut bushes for sticks, cut clothing into rags, open canned food with 20% to 40% food loss, and destroy certain player-built fortifications.
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The Splitting Axe is a strong axe-style melee weapon and survival tool in DayZ. It has high melee damage, good reach, and useful woodcutting actions, making it valuable for combat, fireplaces, crafting, and base-related work.
In-game description
“Useful for splitting wood or other objects, including closed cans and an occasional forehead.”
Main Uses
- Completely destroy certain player-built fortifications
- Cut clothing into rags
- Open canned food with 20% to 40% food loss
- Chop down shrubs and bushes for sticks
- Cut bark from trees
- Chop down trees for Wooden Logs and Firewood
- Use as a strong blade melee weapon
- Repair with a Sharpening Stone
How to use this item
Chop wood
Use the Splitting Axe to cut down trees and gather Wooden Logs or Firewood.
- Equip the Splitting Axe.
- Find a valid tree.
- Use the chop wood action.
- Collect the Wooden Logs or Firewood.
Cut bark
The Splitting Axe can cut bark from trees for survival crafting.
- Equip the Splitting Axe.
- Look at a valid tree.
- Use the cut bark action.
- Collect the bark.
Cut sticks
Use the Splitting Axe to chop shrubs and bushes for sticks.
- Equip the Splitting Axe.
- Find a bush or shrub.
- Use the cut sticks action.
- Collect the sticks.
Destroy fortifications
The Splitting Axe can completely destroy certain player-built fortifications, but destroyed structures do not return materials.
- Equip the Splitting Axe.
- Approach a compatible player-built fortification.
- Use the destroy action when available.
- Be aware that this destroys the structure without returning materials.
Cut rags
Use the Splitting Axe to cut clothing into rags.
- Place clothing in your hands or on the ground.
- Equip or combine the Splitting Axe.
- Use the cut into rags action.
Open canned food
The Splitting Axe can open canned food, but some food will be spilled.
- Hold the canned food or the Splitting Axe.
- Combine the Splitting Axe with the can.
- Open the can and expect 20% to 40% food loss.
Repair the Splitting Axe
Use a Sharpening Stone to repair a damaged Splitting Axe.
- Place the Splitting Axe in your hands or inventory.
- Combine it with a Sharpening Stone.
- Repair it until it reaches a better condition state.
How to get Splitting Axe
- Search farm areas.
- Search industrial areas.
- Search villages.
- Check barns, sheds, garages, workshops, rural buildings, and work areas.
- Loot players or bases where axe-style tools are stored.
Important notes
- The Splitting Axe is both a blade melee weapon and a multipurpose tool.
- It has strong melee damage and good reach.
- It can chop trees for Wooden Logs and Firewood.
- It can cut bark from trees.
- It can cut bushes and shrubs for sticks.
- It can cut clothing into rags.
- It can open canned food, but spills 20% to 40% of the food.
- It can completely destroy certain player-built fortifications without returning materials.
- It can be repaired with a Sharpening Stone.
- Compared with the Firefighter Axe, the Splitting Axe is more common but slightly less prestigious as a rare melee find.