Early Axes — stats, sources and recipes Valheim
Mighty weapons from long ago, from a time when the world was still young and incomplete...
Early Axes · Meadows
Progression stage
Crafting progression is inferred from materials and stations. It is not an item gathering location.
Properties
- Weight
- 2 kg
- Teleportable
- Yes
- Durability
- 175
- Movement speed
- -5%
- Skill
- Axes
Base damage
- Slash
- 30
Resource gathering
- Wood chopping
- 35
- Tool tier
- 2
Attack
- Knockback
- 20
- Backstab
- ×3
Primary attack
- Stamina cost
- 6
Secondary attack
- Stamina cost
- 12
- Damage multiplier
- ×1.5
Blocking
- Base block
- 4
- Block force
- 20
- Parry bonus
- ×2
Upgrades and combined materials
The cost includes crafting at quality 1 and every intermediate upgrade.
| Quality | Total materials from scratch | Station level |
|---|---|---|
| 1★ | Wood ×4, Curious Axe Head ×1, Mysterious Axe Head ×1 | 1 |
| 2★ | Wood ×6, Curious Axe Head ×1, Mysterious Axe Head ×1, Leather Scraps ×2 | 2 |
| 3★ | Wood ×10, Curious Axe Head ×1, Mysterious Axe Head ×1, Leather Scraps ×6 | 3 |
| 4★ | Wood ×18, Curious Axe Head ×1, Mysterious Axe Head ×1, Leather Scraps ×14 | 4 |
How to obtain
Workbench
Quit: 1 item · station level 1
Wood ×4, Curious Axe Head ×1, Mysterious Axe Head ×1
Source: Valheim game files, Steam build 25909357. Database updated 2026-10-20. Some gathering sources and spawn conditions may not have been identified.