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Plane Axe
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The Plane Axe
Description
Also known as
The Starting Axe
Added in
v0.01
Item type
Tool
Melee Weapon
Location(s)
Plane Crash
Obtained through
Collecting
Equipable
Yes
Upgradable
Yes
Throwable
No
Storage
None
Statistics
Speed 
5 1/2
Damage 
4 1/4
Block 
2
Range
Medium
Max. Stack
1


The Plane Axe is an axe, tool, and weapon that was added in update v0.01 of The Forest.

This is the first weapon a player will obtain. Similar to the Lighter, it will be picked up automatically before leaving the plane. It can be dropped upon death in Multiplayer sessions.

Gameplay[]

Once equipped, the plane axe may be swung with the left mouse button. Like other axes and melee weapons, the plane axe can be used to block by holding the right mouse button. It can also be used to attack enemies and can stun them for a moment.

It will take approximately 4-6 hits to kill a starving cannibal and approximately 8-12 hits to kill the stronger and more developed cannibals. In the early game it helps to make a wrapped plane axe and light it when fighting cannibals due to the damage boost it gets when burning.

The plane axe can also be used on large trees to get logs and tree sap, small trees to get sticks and leaves, bushes and ferns to get leaves, locked suitcases to open them, and animals to kill them. It can also be used to break cannibal effigies to get their building components. Chopping down a tree will take exactly 17 hits.

The plane axe can also dismember a corpse of a cannibal by chopping downward with the left mouse button over the different sections of the body. Furthermore, it is used by the player to skin animals after killing them, it is also used to skin creepy mutants for armor. This, however, is an automatic action, the axe is used to skin even when another item is wielded, and the plane axe does not need to be equipped beforehand for the skinning to work, nor does it need to be in your inventory. However, as of update V0.72, the plane axe cannot be placed anywhere, such as on a weapon rack, and will always stay in the player's inventory.

As with most axes, the plane axe can be combined with cloth, letting it be lit with the lighter (default L) for burning damage, or upgraded using tree sap with feathers, teeth, or booze, adding permanent weapon bonuses each time.

Upgrades[]

1
IconSpeedUpgrade
=
1
IconFeather
+
1
IconSap
+
IconDownArrow
Speed
Upgrade
Feather Sap One of these
weapons
1
IconPlaneAxe
1
IconCraftedAxe
1
IconRustyAxe
1
IconModernAxe
1
IconCraftedClub
1
IconUpgradedStick
1
IconMachete
1
IconTennisRacket
1
IconClub
Plane
Axe
Crafted
Axe
Rusty
Axe
Modern
Axe
Crafted
Club
Upgraded
Stick
Machete Tennis
Racket
Club

1
IconDamageUpgrade
=
1
IconTooth
+
1
IconSap
+
IconDownArrow
Damage
Upgrade
Teeth Sap One of these
weapons
1
IconPlaneAxe
1
IconCraftedAxe
1
IconRustyAxe
1
IconModernAxe
1
IconCraftedClub
1
IconUpgradedStick
1
IconMachete
1
IconTennisRacket
1
IconClub
Plane
Axe
Crafted
Axe
Rusty
Axe
Modern
Axe
Crafted
Club
Upgraded
Stick
Machete Tennis
Racket
Club

1
IconDamagePlusUpgrade
=
1
IconBooze
+
1
IconSap
+
IconDownArrow
Damage
Upgrade+
Booze Sap One of these
weapons
1
IconPlaneAxe
1
IconCraftedAxe
1
IconRustyAxe
1
IconModernAxe
1
IconUpgradedRock
1
IconCraftedClub
1
IconUpgradedStick
1
IconMachete
1
IconTennisRacket
1
IconClub
Plane
Axe
Crafted
Axe
Rusty
Axe
Modern
Axe
Upgraded
Rock
Crafted
Club
Upgraded
Stick
Machete Tennis
Racket
Club

1
IconPoison
=
4
IconTwinberry
OR
4
IconSnowberries
OR
1
IconAmanitaMushroom
OR
1
IconJackMushroom
+
IconDownArrow
Poison
Upgrade
Twin
Berries
Snow
Berries
Amanita
Mushroom
Jack
Mushroom
One of these
weapons
1
IconPlaneAxe
1
IconCraftedAxe
1
IconRustyAxe
1
IconModernAxe
1
IconUpgradedSpear
1
IconIncendiarySpear
1
IconKatana
1
IconMachete
Plane
Axe
Crafted
Axe
Rusty
Axe
Modern
Axe
Upgraded
Spear
Incendiary
Spear
Katana Machete

1
IconFireUpgrade
=
1
IconCloth
+
IconDownArrow
Fire
Upgrade
Cloth One of these
weapons
1
IconPlaneAxe
1
IconCraftedAxe
1
IconRustyAxe
1
IconModernAxe
1
IconCraftedClub
1
IconClub
1
IconUpgradedStick
Plane
Axe
Crafted
Axe
Rusty
Axe
Modern
Axe
Crafted
Club
Club Upgraded
Stick

Weapon Burn Seconds Burn Length Time Swing Amount Swing % off burn time
IconUpgradedStick Upgraded Stick 240 4 Minutes 8 12.5%
IconModernAxe Modern Axe 110 1 Minute and 50 seconds 7 14.2%
IconCraftedClub Crafted Club 110 1 Minute and 50 seconds 9 11.1%
IconClub Club 110 1 Minute and 50 seconds 9 11.1%
IconCraftedAxe Crafted Axe 90 1 Minute and 30 seconds 4 25.0%
IconRustyAxe Rusty Axe 80 1 Minute and 20 seconds 3 33.3%
IconPlaneAxe Plane Axe 50 50 seconds 4 25.0%
IconUpgradedRock Upgraded Rock * * * *


Trivia[]

  • The plane axe appears to be based on the D42 Crash Axe, a survival tool developed by the military in WWII for use in airplanes. It is a combination axe, pick and knife. The cutout in the center is actually designed to be used to turn gas valves and fire hydrants on or off.
  • The plane axe's handle reads "1807GEB". It is currently unclear if this has any meaning, though could simply be a serial code.
  • Prior to update v0.72, the plane axe was able to be stored on weapon racks, ground weapon holders and the wall weapon rack. This was removed and the plane axe can no longer be stored.

Known Bugs[]

  • If the Plane Axe is lost or removed from the player's inventory upon death in Multiplayer, and the player does not retrieve the lost items afterwards, skinning an animal without the Plane Axe in the inventory will somehow still trigger the standard animation with the Plane Axe equipped, without actually having it.

Gallery[]

Update History[]

Version Changes
v1.0 Burning weapons are no longer extinguished when entering caves and climbing ropes

Molotov’s 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

v0.72b Fixed missing plane axe speed upgrade
v0.72 Plane axe can no longer be placed on racks and will always stay in inventory

Fixed plane axe equipping after entering caves with empty hands

Fixed picking up a log during the eating animation causing player to switch to the Plane Axe after dropping the Log

v0.70 Player can no longer do downward axe attacks while crouching and head height is blocked by a low ceiling
v0.69b Fixed weird visual on the held poisoned plane axe
v0.69 The list of possible recipe displayed while combining ingredients on the crafting mat now shows only distinct entries (ie: 3 recipes yield a poisoned plane axe, it will display “Poisoned Plane Axe” only once instead of 3 times)
v0.65 Fixed held plane axe clipping through player hands
v0.62 Fixed plane axe using wrong icon during hanging scene
v0.53 Skinning an animal now makes the plane axe bloody
v0.47 (Multiplayer) Looting backpack now equips the plane axe if not already owned
v0.46 The plane axe is used by the player for skinning a dead animal (even when not in inventory)
v0.42 Fixed a bug when loading a saved game without owning plane axe preventing inventory system from functioning, notably causing both inventory and book to be impossible to open
v0.30 Passenger manifest and plane axe are no longer available in hull when already owned
v0.28 Fixed missing blood on Katanta and climbing axe, improved look of rusty axe blood. Fixed plane axe not bloody when first picked up.
v0.27 (Balance) Slightly lowered attack range of plane axe
v0.26 Fixed plane axe not getting bloody
v0.15 Fixed held plane axe upgrade visuals positioning
v0.12 New upgrade recipes: Plane Axe + Blue/Orange paint
v0.08d Fixed Plane Axe’s Cloth on crafting mat (for fire weapon upgrade)
v0.08b New art for red plane axe
v0.08 The plane axe can now be upgraded.
v0.02 The plane axe can now be used to block.
v0.01 Plane axe added to the game




Tools
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