Shadow Maul

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“Yikes! I'd rather bury this hatchet.”

–Wilson

“Nasty. I like it.”

–Willow

“Does axe have to be so scary?”

–Wolfgang

“A beautiful death bringer.”

–Wendy

“IT CRAVES FLESH. GROSS... BUT ACCEPTABLE.”

–WX-78

“There is a price to wielding such implements.”

–Wickerbottom

“Lucy, I can explain!”

–Woodie

“Lovely.”

–Maxwell

“I shall bring döwn many a beast with that cursed axe.”

–Wigfrid

“We'll be careful. Promise!”

–Webber

“I've never seen a cleaver like that before.”

–Warly

“Not nice!”

–Wormwood

“It ain't a precision tool.”

–Winona

“Foes will take pause, when they see the claws.”

–Wortox

“Choppy time!”

–Wurt

“Woby, I think it winked at me!”

–Walter

“That will fell a tree in no time.”

–Wanda

“ It can take down both creatures and trees. You can upgrade its stats, life steal and hunger, by defeating giants.
The weapon has 3 levels, and each level requires 3 giant kills to progress”

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The Shadow Maul is a Weapon item exclusive to Don't Starve Together, introduced in From Beyond. It can be crafted at the Shadowcraft Plinth with a Possessed Shadow Atrium, 5 Pure Horror, 3 Dreadstone and 2 Dark Tatters. The Shadow Maul can also be used as an Axe with 150% efficiency.

When used as a Weapon, it deals 38 Physical Damage and 10 Planar Damage. It deals +10% damage against Lunar Aligned mobs. If the Void Cowl is equipped, physical damage is increased by 10%, and planar damage is increased by 5. Additionally, the Void Cowl increases the Shadow Maul's planar damage by accumulating an additional 4 damage per consecutive hit on an enemy. The maximum bonus is 24 damage reached after 6 hits, totaling 39 planar damage. The bonus disappears if the character unequips the Void Cowl or does not attack for 3 seconds. The first hit with the Cowl equipped totals 60.8 damage, or 66.9 damage against Lunar Aligned creatures. The maximum damage reached is 80.8, or 88.9 against Lunar Aligned creatures.

The Shadow Maul will level up whenever the player kills 3 Bosses with it. The kill will count if the player attacks the boss with the Shadow Maul within five seconds of its death. Leveling up increases its Planar Damage and Chopping Efficiency. When Shadow Maul levels up at least once, it will start to drain its Hunger from 500. Killing any mobs restores its Hunger by 50. When its Hunger drops to 0, it will start to lose durability. The speed of draining Hunger is increased with the Level. Attacking with the Shadow Maul also restores the player's Health while losing the amount of Sanity equals to 50% of Health restored.

Once the Durability drops to 0, it will become "broken" form and can be repaired with a Void Repair Kit. The Level of Shadow Maul will also get reset to 0.

Level	Planar Damage	Life Steal (per hit)	Chopping Efficiency	Hunger Drain
0	10	0	150%	0
1	14	1.7	175%	3/min
2	18	2.55	200%	6/min
3	22	3.4	225%	12/min

Maxwell with Shadow Maul equipped will give Shadow Duelist tier 3 buff.

Quotes

Over time level 1 "Sh-sharp." "We k-kill n-now?" "Ch-chop." "H-hack... ha-ack? HACK!" Over time level 2 and level 3 "Let me axe you a question. Why aren't we killing something?" "What shall we destroy next, wielder?" "I know I have a rough edge. But I can still cut it." "Can you hack it?" "We haven't murdered something in forever." "We shall commit unspeakable acts of savagery!" "Mortal, do you realize what we are capable of together?" Over time level 3 "It's been a journey, wielder." "I reflect on our path of destruction with fondness." "Remember how much fun we had killing things?" Over time level 1 with Woodie "Fo-for...get... forget h-her..." "M-mi... mine." "He's... m-mine." "Wo... Woo... Woodie." Over time level 2 and level 3 with Woodie "Heard you're an axe man." "Forget your crazy axe." "Sever your ties with that old battle axe." "Just me and hew." "I fell for you." Over time level 3 with Woodie "I just want a simple wielding." "I'll never cleave you." "Let's carve our names in a tree." Hungry level 1 "Hungry!" "F-feed me!" "M-must... k-kill." "Fl... fl-flesh!" Hungry level 2 and level 3 "So hungry." "I need to fleshen up." "Find us something to kill." "How about some pork chops?" "GASH, I'm so hungry!" "You need to MEAT me halfway." "I crave beast flesh!" "When do we eat?" "I need meat." Hungry level 3 "You dare neglect me, mortal?" "Death gives me life." "Wielder, you've changed." Level Up to level 1 "F-feel... str-strange..." "Some... thing... ha-happening." "Stro... str-stronger!" "Aw... awa- awake." Level Up to level 2 "I'm changing." "My strength grows!" "I'm evolving!" Level Up to level 3 "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!" "Nothing can stop us now, wielder!" "AXE-IMUM POWER!!!" Killed Creature level 1 "Fun." "I l-like." "Want b-big... meat." "Kill!" Killed Creature level 2 and level 3 "That was fun." "Thanks for the meat!" "Crunchy bones!" "Time to split!" "Shall we hunt bigger game?" "A tasty morsel." "Shall we murder something of consequence now?" "Too easy." "Nothing sweeter than death delivered by your hand and my face." "Good times. Good times had by all." "What a HACK job." "It will do for now." "You're a HACK!" "Satisfactory." "Here's your final SEVERANCE." "'Twas but a snack." Killed Creature level 3 "I'm rather insulted." "That's it?" "Playing it safe, wielder?" "Meager."

Chopping level 1 "Ch- cho- chop. CHOP!" "Ch- chop tree... CHOP TREE!" "CHOP! CHOP! CHOP!" "Swi-ing... Swing!" "More..." Chopping level 2 and level 3 "No tree is safe from us." "CHOP-CHOP!" "We're in full swing now, wielder!" "Chop'em down. Chop'em all down." "I was meant for greater things... fleshier things." "Only flesh will sustain me." "Where's the challenge?" Chopping level 3 "Every tree shall fall before us." "Trees feel pain... but not enough." "I prefer the mobile variety." Chopping level 1 with Woodie "Yes." "All... m-mine." "Wo... W-Woodie... i-is... mine!" Chopping level 2 and level 3 with Woodie "Forget her." "No one will ever split us apart." "Hold me tight!" Chopping level 3 with Woodie "Hew and me... FOREVER." "Never let me go." "I love hew!" Starving level 1 "Starv... starving!" "D-dying!" "F-find... fl-flesh... now!" "Must h-have mmm-MEAT!" Starving level 2 and level 3 "Feed me, NOW." "Why do you starve me, cruel mortal?" "Are you trying to kill me, wretched mortal?" "Feed me before it's too late!" "We need to murder something, now!" "Getting... weaker." "I crave beast flesh!" "If I'm not killing, I'm dying!" "Not to be dramatic, but... I'M STARVING TO DEATH!" Starving level 3 "Cursed mortal." "Is this the end?" "It can't end like this." "Come too far... tasted too much..." Killed 1st Boss with level 1 "Yes." Killed 2nd Boss with level 1 "More... new... meat." Killed 1st Boss with level 2 "Sumptuous! We're on the right path, wielder!" Killed 2nd Boss with level 2 "We're on the cusp, wielder. I FEEL IT." Killed 1st Boss with level 3 "OH YES." "So juicy!" "A satisfying meal." "Worthy." "Beautiful!" "A delight!" "I am satiated." "A fine feast of flesh." "Gluttonous!" "Thank you, wielder." "I'm proud of us."

Tips

• The Bosses that qualify for level up include all Bosses in Scrapbook except Treeguard, Spider Queen, Lord of the Fruit Flies, Forest and Caves Reanimated Skeleton, Level 1 and 2 Shadow Pieces, and Phase 1 and 2 Celestial Champion.
  • Nightmare Werepig, Scrappy Werepig and Frostjaw does not count despite being in Boss category.
  • Each of Twins of Terror counts as one boss.
  • Klaus has 2 phases and count as 2 bosses.
• When Woodie chops with Shadow Maul, he loses 15 per hit. The Shadow Maul will not transform into Lucy like other Axes.

Trivia

• Its Scrapbook description from beta was: "A weapon that is also a axe! It levels up by killing giants, increasing its stats, life steal and desire for death... It has 4 levels and it needs to kill 3 giants for each level."
• When wielded by Wortox, the Shadow Maul will refer to him as "imp" instead of "mortal".
  • This was added in a post-release patch for the Skill Spotlight: Walter, Wendy & Wortox update. Before then, the Shadow Maul would refer to everybody but Woodie the same way.

Gallery

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  Shadow Maul Concept from Depths of Duplicity announce stream from Rhymes with Play.

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