Corrupt dragon battleaxe

The Corrupt dragon battleaxe was released on 15 October 2008 along with the PvP worlds. It is the strongest battleaxe available to non-members, but it crumbles to after 30 minutes of use. This weapon also gives the second highest Strength bonus for non-members (succeeded by the Gravite 2h Sword from the Dungeoneering skill). It requires 60 Attack to wield.

Players can receive this item either by trading with another player, or receiving it as a very rare drop from killing another player in PvP worlds or Bounty Worlds.

This weapon has the best slash and the second best strength bonuses for non-members (70 and 85, respectively), surpassing the previous record holder, the Rune two-handed sword.

When the battleaxe is bought, it is called "Corrupt dragon battleaxe". In this form it is tradeable, however once it is used it will change to "C. Dragon Battleaxe (deg)", which is the untradeable form. It may be assumed that this has been done to prevent players from using it and then selling it when there is only a little amount of time left for it to degrade.

It is arguably the second most desirable weapon in Free-to-Play(succeeded by the Gravite 2h Sword), as many players hope to use it for a devastating final blow. The maximum hit of this weapon in F2P is approximately 360 with the right strength bonuses. It can be bought from the Grand Exchange in Varrock. The Corrupt Dragon Battleaxe was released at 120,000 coins.

The Corrupt Dragon Battleaxe is becoming less common since the release of Dungeoneering because the Gravite 2h Sword lasts longer (10 hours of combat, as opposed to 30 minutes), has a higher strength bonus (90 as opposed to 85), and is arguably easier to obtain. The cost to maintain a Gravite 2h Sword is much cheaper.

Combat styles
There has been a rumour, where "When you put the Corrupt Dragon Battleaxe on, and take it off in less than a minute, as with all Corrupt items, it will count as a full minute of time used. Therefore, doing this 30 times will destroy the weapon. Do not attempt to use it to hit once to gain an advantage over an enemy- your weapon will break". This myth has been tested, and is NOT TRUE. Wielding ANY corrupt items, and taking it off in less than a minute, will NOT count as a full minute of time used ( e.g. using a rune scimitar as a main weapon during combat, then switching to a corrupt dragon battleaxe in attempt to land a big hit, then switching back to the rune scimitar will not count as a full minute of time used on the corrupt dragon battleaxe, rather the time used has only been about 3 seconds [ or however much time was used when wielded for that attempt of a big hit]). "This actually is false information due to the fact that it was incorrectly tested. This is because during their test they tried the weapon out many times in a short period of time. Using it once DOES count as one full minute to the weapon's timer, but that is because you get the next full minute to use it. Once you use it, it will count as 1 minute of use, but you can freely switch back and forth for the next full minute and still have same effect on timer."This is not true again. It has been correctly tested with the more than one minute between uses and after using it 30 times with at least 2 min in between each use, the weapon does not reduce to dust.

Corrupt dragon battleaxe