Modern Axe | |
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The Modern Axe | |
Description | |
Also known as |
Yellow Axe Metal Axe |
Added in |
v0.02 |
Item type |
Tool Melee Weapon |
Location(s) |
Hidden Stash Room Cave 2 - Hanging Cave |
The Forest Map |
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Obtained through |
Collecting |
Equipable |
Yes |
Upgradable |
Yes |
Throwable |
No |
Consumable |
No |
Storage |
Wall Weapon Rack Ground Weapon Holder Weapon Rack |
Statistics | |
Speed ◼ |
5 |
Damage ◼ |
7 |
Block ◼ |
9 |
Range |
Medium to Long |
Max. Stack |
1 |
The Modern Axe is a tool and weapon that was added in update v0.02 to The Forest.
Gameplay[]
The modern axe has a carbon steel head with a fiberglass shaft. It is the best available real axe for tree cutting in the game.
When used as a weapon, it deals five bars of damage. The modern axe swings slower than the plane axe, but knocks down cannibals more often than its weaker counterparts. Possessing nine bars of block, equivalent to the crafted axe and Crafted Club, it blocks almost all damage. The rusty axe, turtle shell, and club will block 100% of damage however.
The modern axe uses 7.9 points of stamina per swing and 23 points for a power attack. It is capable (with upgrades) of doing more than 3x more damage than the katana. The modern axe is often regarded to be the best weapon in the game.
Location[]
The Modern Axe is located in Cave 2 - Hanging Cave, more precisely in Hidden Stash Room
- Enter the cave from the west entrance (in the cliff near the native camp by the lake on the southern portion of the map). Continue straight until you enter a room. There a are 2 cannibals in this room. After killing the cannibals, find the area in this room with water on the floor. Upon entering the area with water on the floor, follow the wall on the right and there will be a chair on a rock. To the right of the chair is a very long rope. At the bottom of this rope, continue straight and you will enter a room full of boxes. The modern axe is located at the back of the room, on top of some boxes. There is also a can of red paint, a paintbrush, some soda cans, modern arrows, meds, dynamite, ropes, flares, and an autopsy report.
(Note: You can climb down long ropes past your stamina limit without fear of falling.)
Upgrades[]
= | + | + | ||||
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Speed Upgrade |
Feather | Sap | One of these weapons |
Plane Axe |
Crafted Axe |
Rusty Axe |
Modern Axe |
Crafted Club |
Upgraded Stick |
Machete | Tennis Racket |
Club |
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= | + | + | ||||
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Damage Upgrade |
Teeth | Sap | One of these weapons |
Plane Axe |
Crafted Axe |
Rusty Axe |
Modern Axe |
Crafted Club |
Upgraded Stick |
Machete | Tennis Racket |
Club |
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= | + | + | ||||
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Damage Upgrade+ |
Booze | Sap | One of these weapons |
Plane Axe |
Crafted Axe |
Rusty Axe |
Modern Axe |
Upgraded Rock |
Crafted Club |
Upgraded Stick |
Machete | Tennis Racket |
Club |
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= | OR | OR | OR | + | ||||||
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Poison Upgrade |
Twin Berries |
Snow Berries |
Amanita Mushroom |
Jack Mushroom |
One of these weapons |
Plane Axe |
Crafted Axe |
Rusty Axe |
Modern Axe |
Upgraded Spear |
Incendiary Spear |
Katana | Machete |
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= | + | |||
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Fire Upgrade |
Cloth | One of these weapons |
Plane Axe |
Crafted Axe |
Rusty Axe |
Modern Axe |
Crafted Club |
Club | Upgraded Stick |
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Weapon | Burn Seconds | Burn Length Time | Swing Amount | Swing % off burn time |
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Upgraded Stick | 240 | 4 Minutes | 8 | 12.5% |
Modern Axe | 110 | 1 Minute and 50 seconds | 7 | 14.2% |
Crafted Club | 110 | 1 Minute and 50 seconds | 9 | 11.1% |
Club | 110 | 1 Minute and 50 seconds | 9 | 11.1% |
Crafted Axe | 90 | 1 Minute and 30 seconds | 4 | 25.0% |
Rusty Axe | 80 | 1 Minute and 20 seconds | 3 | 33.3% |
Plane Axe | 50 | 50 seconds | 4 | 25.0% |
Upgraded Rock | * | * | * | * |
Trivia[]
- v0.18c - New modern axe art added! - The modern axe received a complete texture overhaul.
- The modern axe appears to be closely modelled after a Fiskars splitting axe and the Lexivon V28 Chopping Axe.
Gallery[]
Update History[]
Version | Changes |
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v1.05 | Fixed upgrades on modern axe disappearing on load |
v1.0 | Burning weapons are no longer extinguished when entering caves and climbing ropes
Improved placement of weapons on racks and holders! Molotovs and held burning weapons are no longer extinguished by rain Improved look of held weapon fire and added distortion effect Cloth wrapping weapons is now red |
v0.70 | Poisoned weapons will now display a visual |
v0.69 | You can now poison most weapons by combining them with poison berries, or poison mushrooms. |
v0.60 | Caves – removed duplicate modern axe from Cave 7 |
v0.58 | (Audio) Fixed modern axe playing incorrect impact sound when hitting plane wreckage. |
v0.47 | Added heavy attack for large axe type weapons |
v0.35 | Fixed heavy axe behaving like a stick if swung while jumping |
v0.34 | (Balance) Slightly faster transition into heavy axe attack |
v0.28 | Moved second modern axe from dead tree to deeper inside cave 2. Moved katana from in front of cave 1 to deeper inside cave 1. Moved rusty axe from early in cave 5 to deeper inside cave 5 |
v0.27 | (Balance) Slightly increased all axe damage |
v0.25 | (audio) Axe, club and rock weapons now make impact sounds when hitting plane hull
(balance) Slightly lowered energy drain from swinging an axe |
v0.24 | (multiplayer) Fixed weapon damage inconsistency between single player and multiplayer – ie modern axe now takes less chops to chop down a tree in multiplayer |
v0.19b | Fixed missing modern axe pickup! (check main cannibal village dead tree) |
v0.19 | (multiplayer) Fixed bug where modern axe would appear as old yellow axe to other players |
v0.19 | Balance – Modern axe removed from yacht. |
v0.18c | New modern axe art added! |
v0.18 | Some axes now are faster at chopping trees than others (Hint, modern axe is better)
Stealth kills can now be performed with any axe/rock/stick type weapon |
v0.16 | New combat move – Flying axe attack. Attack downwards with axe while jumping to perform a powerful ground chop. |
v0.07 | Fixed yellow axe mesh not visible when equipped |
v0.05 | Fixed yellow axe not appearing in inventory |
v0.04 | Increased axe damage against enemies |
v0.02 | Modern Axe added to the game (originally called the yellow axe)
New suprise item added to yacht |
Axes | Plane Axe • Crafted Axe • Rusty Axe • Modern Axe • Machete • Chainsaw(Fuel Can) • (Climbing Axe) |
Handheld Light Sources | Lighter • Torch • Flare Gun(Flare) • Flashlight |
Inventory Storage | Stick Bag(Sticks) • Rock Bag(Rocks) • Quiver(Arrows) • Water Skin(Water) • Old Pot(Water) |
Miscellaneous Tools | Map • Compass • Pedometer • Pouch • Rebreather(Air Canister) • Repair Tool |