Dharok's greataxe

Dharok's greataxe is a part of Dharok the Wretched's set of barrows equipment and is a melee weapon. It is wielded in two hands and requires 70 Attack and 70 Strength to wield. It has the fifth highest slash attack bonus in the game with +103 and the second highest crush attack bonus with +95. As with all Barrows equipment, this item degrades over time and cannot be made using the Smithing skill.

If Dharok's Greataxe is wielded along with all of the other pieces of equipment in Dharok's barrows set, a special effect occurs. Attacks can deal more damage as the wielder's Lifepoints decrease, up to double damage at 10% lifepoints. This weapon is very slow, the same speed as a Two-handed sword, allowing opponents to attack you multiple times before you can attack once and making it a poor choice for training. However the high slash and strength bonus make up for its lack of speed. Despite the fact that it is an axe, It is more similar bonus-wise to a 2h, because it has a high slash bonus, some crush bonus, and has a very high strength bonus.

The axe will degrade from 100 to 75 then to 50 then 25 until it reaches 0. This weapon can be fixed at Bob's Axes in Lumbridge, Tindel Marchant in Port Khazard and Dunstan in Burthorpe. Although the price of repair varies on the level it has degraded, it costs 100,000 coins to repair it from 0.

The way the player holds the Greataxe depends on the level of Degradation. Wielding a fully repaired Greataxe resembles wielding a Granite maul or a Tzhaar-ket-om. While wielding a completely degraded Greataxe slightly resembles a Dragon longsword.

Dharoking is a popular method of player Killing utilising the full Dharok's set. A player will purposely let his health points reach a low level by either letting himself get hit by an attacking player or using items. Once the player reaches the desired health point level the player will then activate the corresponding prayer to protect from his attacker then and then attack; causing damage in the 400s, 500s, and even over 900. The maximum hit with the Dharok set effect is believed to be 1260. However, this is very dangerous, because if the player dies, which is made quite possible by their low health, they will lose all of their armour.

Dharok's greataxe is commonly used in the TzHaar city to fight the TzHaar-Ket and TzHaar-Xil, as the full set effect can do large amounts of damage with little effort and the drops received from training can pay for the cost of repairs.

Because of its high slash and strength bonus it is the closest alternative to a godsword, although a one handed weapon such as an abyssal whip or a dragon scimitar is more efficient and less costly if a player cannot obtain the full set.

On 28 July 2009, the axe received a graphical makeover.

 * - Dharok's greataxe can only be traded when undamaged or fully broken.

Trivia

 * In the quest While Guthix Sleeps, at one point the player's combat stats are increased to 255. Theoretically the Dharok set special would be able to hit 2700+ on the Tormented Demon; however the player's lifepoints will instantly restore to 2550 when damage is taken, so it is not possible for a player to lower their lifepoints enough.
 * During the Graphical Update, Dharok's Axe was first held over the shoulder, with both hands, then over the shoulder again, then it got glitched because Jagex kept on varying it. This has been fixed by Jagex. To do the glitch, players would hold a Dharok's Axe and open their combat interface menu. It would glitch and result in it being held to something like a Dragon longsword.
 * After the 28 July 2009 Animation Pack updates, the great axe held by Dharok the Wretched at the Barrows activity remained unchanged.
 * The graphics of the Greataxe in a player's inventory remained the same after the graphical update, and differs from when it is equipped in terms of looks. After the Champion's Challenge and Hairstyles update, the sprite was changed to match the look of the Greataxe when you wield it.
 * Currently the Dharok's Greataxe has no proper walking or running animation. it has a default animation, similar to a player running/walking with it in a free world.
 * The axe appears to have a different inventory display for every level of degradation (100, 75, 50, 25, 0). It is the only degrading item to do so, most others only have a "100" and "0" (or "worn-out") display.
 * The difference between the Dharok's Greataxe inventory icon and wielded model were resolved on 9 November 2009.
 * Strangely, in the Grand Exchange database, the image of the Dharok's greataxe inventory and the model are not up to date.
 * Balmung has a similar appearance and animation to Dharok's greataxe.
 * Dharok's Greataxe is held similarly to the Granite Maul.
 * The "broken" version of the greataxe resembles the old appearance of the weapon.
 * The Local Thug who takes the place of Lucien after While Guthix Sleeps seems to be wielding the old version of this axe.
 * When running with the Greataxe you will hold it in one hand.
 * There appears to be a blue, rune coloured Dharok's Greataxe in the "Vote YES/NO/I DON'T CARE, RuneScape Free Trade & the Wilderness" video. Specifically at 0:25 Runescape Free Trade & Wilderness Vote Blue Dharok's Greataxe. This is also the case with a cut scene in the Animal Magnetism involving level-123 Cow1337killr.

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