Dragon hatchet



The Dragon hatchet is tied with the Inferno adze for the best hatchet available in terms of its ability to cut wood. It is a members-only tool. As with all hatchets, it is both a weapon (requiring 60 Attack to wield) and a Woodcutting tool (requiring 61 Woodcutting to use). It is considered a rare drop from the Dagannoth Rex, Dagannoth Prime, and Dagannoth Supreme, all of whom inhabit Waterbirth Island.

The Dragon hatchet is thought to be more efficient than the Rune hatchet at cutting trees; it is said to be 5-10% faster than a rune hatchet. However, there are still debates on whether the rune hatchet is as effective as dragon hatchet if used on trees that are below Yew.

In the recent Q&A between some Jagex developers, Mod Mark released the differences between a Dragon hatchet and a Rune hatchet:

Since July 2010, the price of the Dragon hatchet seems to be dramatically falling.

''As with all dragon equipment, the Dragon hatchet cannot be made from raw materials using the Smithing skill. The dragon platebody and the dragon sq shield can be smithed from their component parts.''

Special Attack
Like other dragon weapons, the hatchet has a special attack, which is called "Clobber". This lowers the target's Defence and Magic level by the amount of damage dealt divided by 100. The special attack uses up 100% of the special attack bar. Clobber is especially useful when battling a Wild jade vine. Although it is not quite an efficient melee weapon, its special attack is somewhat useful when fighting mages because it can lower their Magic level and their Defence to make them more vulnerable against attacks. Clobber will not work while fighting evil trees. It is effective lowering Ahrim's magic in Barrows. It can also be useful in the quest Desert Treasure.

Trivia



 * Upon its release the Dragon Hatchet only needed a Woodcutting level of 41 (same as a rune hatchet), but could only cut logs at the same rate as a Rune hatchet. It was simply considered a more expensive, red-coloured with better combat stats (which Jagex actually confirmed in the knowledge base earlier). On 22 Aug 2006, its log cutting ability was increased to be about 5-10% faster than a rune hatchet, and its Woodcutting level was increased to 61. Now it is popular among members for cutting trees such as Magic trees, Yew trees, Maple trees, Willow trees and Ivy due to its faster cutting speed that allows for more logs in the same amount of time; therefore, faster experience and cash if selling the logs.
 * On 1 April 2009, Jagex officially changed the names of all Woodcutting "axes" to "hatchets" to avoid confusion with battleaxes and pickaxes.
 * Upon release of the Woodcutting Rebalance update on 23 September 2009, the Dragon Hatchet spiked in price, reaching slightly above 3 million coins.
 * Sometimes, on low detail, when being by a magic tree stump, your Dragon Hatchet top seems to become invisible. This needs a certain angle though, see picture to the right.
 * There used to be a graphics glitch that occurred when cutting ivy; if you wielded any item and had a Dragon Hatchet in your inventory, that item would swing at the ivy instead of the Dragon Hatchet. Also, if you didn't wield anything, it looked as if you were punching the wall. Due to a hidden update on 22 February 2010 this has been fixed. (See picture left)
 * As with all dragon equipment the dragon hatchet is unique in appearance to their lesser metal counterparts, the Dragon Hatchet looks more like a bearded axe rather than a regular hatchet.
 * The dragon hatchet has recently had an update to its special attack looking different to what it once looked like, it previously looked like the dragon hatchet special was similar to the spin emote.
 * Unlike the image of the dragon hatchet at the top of the page, the ingame model has an indentation were the handle is. Although very hard to see, this could have been a hidden update added by Jagex
 * Also the Dragon woodcutting axe has been proven to cut more logs when the special attack is activated and toggled on. Logs seem to fall at a faster rate.