Plane Axe

Plane Axe
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	=	1	+	1	+
Speed Upgrade		Feather		Sap		One of these weapons

1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Plane Axe	Crafted Axe	Rusty Axe	Modern Axe	Crafted Club	Upgraded Stick	Machete	Tennis Racket	Club

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1	=	1	+	1	+
Damage Upgrade		Teeth		Sap		One of these weapons

1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Plane Axe	Crafted Axe	Rusty Axe	Modern Axe	Crafted Club	Upgraded Stick	Machete	Tennis Racket	Club

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1	=	1	+	1	+
Damage Upgrade+		Booze		Sap		One of these weapons

1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Plane Axe	Crafted Axe	Rusty Axe	Modern Axe	Upgraded Rock	Crafted Club	Upgraded Stick	Machete	Tennis Racket	Club

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1	=	4	OR	4	OR	1	OR	1	+
Poison Upgrade		Twin Berries		Snow Berries		Amanita Mushroom		Jack Mushroom		One of these weapons

1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Plane Axe	Crafted Axe	Rusty Axe	Modern Axe	Upgraded Spear	Incendiary Spear	Katana	Machete

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1	=	1	+
Fire Upgrade		Cloth		One of these weapons

1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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
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

• 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 head appears to be bent slightly to the left. The reason for this is unknown.
• 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.
  • The plane axe use to be able to be painted with blue paint and orange paint, however these items were removed in v1.0.

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

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  Plane Axe Icon

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  The plane axe held by the player.

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  The plane axe lodged in the flight attendant's corpse at the front of the plane.

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  The plane axe wielded by the player.

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  The plane axe in the player's inventory.

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  The plane axe in the player's hands.

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  The plane axe when the player blocks.

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  The plane axe held by the player wrapped in cloth.

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  The plane axe wrapped in cloth when the player blocks.

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 (i.e.: 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

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