Dwarven army axe

The Dwarven army axe is a tool that serves as a steel hatchet, steel pickaxe, needle, tinderbox, and chisel in one item. It can also be used as a weapon, with a little less power than Mithril weapons. As there are no requirements to wield it, the Dwarven Army Axe is the second most powerful one-handed weapon for players with level 1 Attack, its predecessor being the red topaz machete.

The Dwarven Army Axe is a members-only benefit and is given to all members. The axe is sent directly to your inventory if you are a low-level player or, if there is no space there or in your hand, the item is sent to your bank.

Note that the axe will automatically be swapped for any bronze or steel pick, dagger, sword or hatchet, should there be no space in your inventory. The replaced item will then be sent to your bank. If there is no space in your bank either, no items will be replaced and you can collect your Dwarven Army Axe from Larry the Lumberjack or Moe the Miner outside Varrock. You can also collect your axe from either of them should you lose it. Higher level players can collect their axe from Larry or Moe directly. The axe also makes a decent pvp weapon for lower leveled players or for pures as it is fairly strong and easily replaced if lost.

When cutting a normal tree, you have a chance of receiving a wooden knot. This can be crafted into an unfinished brooch. When mining copper or tin ore, you can receive an uncut lapis lazuli gem. This can be crafted into a cut lapis lazuli gem. The two can be combined into a Lapis lazuli brooch.

Depending on which attack style the player is using the axe will change into one of three forms.

Hack! (Controlled)


When using the "Hack!" Attack Style the Axe is in the form of a hatchet as seen wielded by Larry the Lumberjack.

Gouge! (Controlled)


When using the "Gouge" Attack Style the Axe is in the form of a pickaxe as seen wielded by Moe the Miner.

Smash! (Controlled)


When using the "Smash!" Attack Style the axe takes the form of a Mace.

None of these forms change the Equipment Bonus in any way.

Special Attack
Cyclone attack deals 3 lots of damage to 1 target. Your target will be hit for 10, 15 and 20 simultaneously, for a total of 45 life points, except if the opponent has Protect from Melee or Deflect Melee active, then the hits are reduced to 6, 9, and 12, which is 27 lifepoints in total. However, if the opponent has less than 45 life points remaining, damage is reduced in a reverse order of the hits mentioned. The special attack drains 100% of your Special Attack bar. The damage dealt is not affected by prayers or the set effect of the Void Knight Equipment.

Noncombat uses
The axe will automatically be used for any of its noncombat uses even when equipped much like the Golden hammer. This means that players can avoid carrying it in inventory and save one inventory space for other items, for example carrying one extra bone per inventory when using gilded altars, as there is no need to carry a tinderbox. But, when firemaking with the Dwarven Army Axe, it shows the player with a tinderbox.

The Dwarven Army Axe is also incredibly useful for Runecrafting in the Abyss. Players usually need to carry a tinderbox, hatchet or pickaxe to reduce the number of obstacles through the first area, whereas the DAA works for all three types of obstacle that require an item to bypass, possibly speeding up Runecrafting at the Abyss.

Trivia

 * It is most likely a reference to the Swiss Army Knife, with the same function of having many tools combined into a single one.
 * Or possibly the Chinese Military Shovel whose functions are quite similar.
 * The names of the axe's providers may be taken from The Three Stooges, although there is no NPC by the name of Curley.
 * Even though the animation for the special attack shows the player hit three separate hits, the hitsplats all appear at the same time. This is not the case with other weapons whose special attacks hit multiple times such as dragon claws, dragon daggers, or dark bows.
 * Though this item is designed for lower level players, all players may find this item useful for new quests, similar to the quest kit, or rogue kit as it only takes up one inventory space and functions as multiple items
 * The Dwarven Army Axe is ideal for players that use the Abyss for Runecrafting, as it acts as a hatchet, pickaxe, and tinderbox all at once. This allows players to pass any portion of the Abyss that requires a tool.
 * This item has unique animations for woodcutting, mining and combat.
 * If you get to Level 10 Woodcutting in F2P, you will get a message telling that you will now be able to use the Dwarven army axe as a member.
 * There is a bug with the axe where it is not counted as a hatchet for cutting dense jungle in the Kharazi Jungle (this has not been fixed), and it will give the message that you need a hatchet to cut through the Jungle even if you have another hatchet type in your inventory. To cut through, you will need to equip the other hatchet.