Luxury Axe

Don't Starve

DST

“That is one fancy axe.”

–Wilson

“It won't light trees on fire, but at least it's shiny.”

–Willow

“Fancy axe more good for chop.”

–Wolfgang

“At least I can kill trees with style.

One might as well kill trees with style. (DST)”

–Wendy

“GOLD IS MORE DURABLE?”

–WX-78

“The most malleable of metals, but let's see how this chops.”

–Wickerbottom

“It's almost as nice as Lucy.”

–Woodie

“It gets sharper with every cut.”

–Maxwell

“Fascinating! Gold has much more durable properties here.”

–Wagstaff

“A tööl öf göld!”

–Wigfrid

“Life is okay when you've got a golden axe.”

–Webber

“That's one treasury tool.”

–Walani

“A golden chopper!”

–Warly

“Tis one way ta use treasure.”

–Woodlegs

“'TIS AXE O' SHINY”

–Wilba

“Pretty. Pretty scary.”

–Wormwood

“Swell. Because I can't think of anything better to do with gold.”

–Wheeler

“A shiny way to cut stuff down.”

–Winona

“Now where's my golden fiddle?”

–Wortox

“Gold very strong.”

–Wurt

“I feel like you could use gold for better things.”

–Walter

“What else will I use gold for around here?”

–Wanda

The Luxury Axe is a version of the normal Axe that has four times as much durability and requires Gold Nuggets instead of Flint, making it easily renewable. It requires 4 Twigs and 2 Gold Nuggets to craft, and an Alchemy Engine to prototype. It has 400 uses, 4 times as many as the regular Axe. When used as a weapon it deals the same amount of damage as a regular Axe. It also has the same efficiency as the regular Axe, requiring 5, 10, and 15 chops to fell trees depending on their size.

Downloadable Content

In the Shipwrecked DLC, Axes can be obtained from the Slot Machine and Steamer Trunk. Luxury Axes can be obtained from the Slot Machine and X Marks the Spot and by using a Trawl Net in the Ocean.

In the Hamlet DLC, Axes can be bought for 5 Oincs at the Pigg and Pigglet's General Store in the Pig City. Three of them are also required to craft the Pigg and Pigglet's General Store using the Key to the City.

Comparison

Amount of chops required to cut down a tree

Trees	, , , ,	(×0.75)	(×0.5)	, (×0.4)	(×0.25)		(×0.25)
	3	3	2	2	–	–	1
(stage 1)	5	4	3	2	2	3	2
	6	5	3	3	–	–	2
	8	6	4	4	–	–	2
(stage 2)	10	8	5	4	3	5	3
	12	9	6	5	–	–	3
	14	11	7	6	–	–	4
(stage 3)	15	12	8	6	4	8	4
	16	12	8	7	–	–	4
	18	14	9	8	5	9	5
	20	15	10	8	5	10	5
	25	19	13	10	–	–	7

• Consuming dishes with reduces the required number of chops by half. This effect does not apply to the Obsidian Axe.
• The efficiency of the Shadow Maul varies depending on its level, so it is not listed in the table.
• Some Characters has different effiency. For example, Wes works 0.5x efficiency and strong Wolfgang works 2x efficiency.

Usage

To chop down a Tree with the Axe, players can right-click it from the inventory to equip it and left-click the Tree (Or press "X" in the console edition). Once the player begins to chop the Tree, holding down the LMB or Spacebar will have the player character keep chopping until the Tree falls. Alternatively, one can chop faster by repeatedly clicking LMB with specific timing.

In addition to chopping down trees, Axes are used in the following crafting recipes.

Outside of chopping trees, the Axe can be a cheap tool to be used as a weapon for early game survival.

Trivia

• The Luxury Axe was added in the October 2, 2012 update.
• The Axe used to have a value of 1-10 Science Points depending on its durability when used on a Science Machine, while the Luxury Axe gave 1-35.
• Lucy the Axe, a character-specific item, is given to Woodie upon spawn. It acts as an infinite durability Axe that chops Trees much faster but does less damage. 
• When the Luxury Axe is equipped, a 'ding' sound can be heard. 
• In reality, gold is not a practical metal to be used in tools or weapons as it is a soft metal; it would easily deform and break. This is often remarked when examined by some Characters.
• Axes deal the same amount of damage as Boomerangs.

Gallery

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  Wilson wielding a Luxury Axe.
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  A Woodie figurine holding a Luxury Axe.
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  Original HD Luxury Axe icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.

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