Rune hatchet



A Rune hatchet is a hatchet that is stronger than the Adamant hatchet. It requires level 41 Woodcutting to use for Woodcutting. It is suspected to be about 25-35% faster than an adamant hatchet and 15% slower than a dragon hatchet. It is mostly used for Woodcutting, but it can be used in combat. It is the strongest hatchet available to free players. Players can make a Rune hatchet with the Smithing skill at level 86 using 1 Rune bar, giving the player 75 Smithing experience. Before the Random event update, if it was broken by an Ent, it could be fixed at Bob's Brilliant Axes in Lumbridge for 427 coins.

Players must have an Attack level of 40 to wield a Rune hatchet as a weapon and a Woodcutting level of 41 to use a rune axe to chop down trees. There used to be no level requirement to use it to chop down trees, but Jagex fixed this to prevent macros from using them from the beginning. This item can be bought from the Grand Exchange in Varrock.

Price history
Before the Grand Exchange update, Rune hatchets were worth between 9,000-15,000 in the streets; however, shortly after the release of the Grand Exchange, the price of the Rune hatchet crashed down to 1,000 coins. Now it has rebounded back, up to coins, still significantly cheaper than it used to be before the introduction of the Grand Exchange. The only hatchets that are better are the Dragon hatchet and Inferno adze, both of which are for members. The rune hatchet is occasionally subject to price manipulation (merching), shown in the history graph. However the demand and supply remains stable, leading to a fairly even price trend.

Trivia

 * On 1 April 2009, Jagex officially changed the names of all Woodcutting "axes" to "hatchets".
 * Hatchets are typically held and used with one hand only, while axes have a longer handle and is used with two hands.