Editing Axe

An '''axe''' is a [[tool]] that chops down trees to remove them. In {{DnM}}, only one axe is available and it is unbreakable. However, in all subsequent games, standard axes have a limited number of uses and will degrade with every use before shattering.

An axe can be swung at trees, which will fall after three strikes. Striking this tree can cause any object on the tree to fall, including [[fruit]] and [[beehive]]s. Cutting down a tree results in a stump which must be dug out using a [[shovel]]. Swinging an axe when there are no surrounding obstacles results in the player swinging and missing. Attempting to strike a [[villager]] with an axe will result in the axe either missing or simply bouncing off of them. Axes used in any game after ''Doubutsu no Mori'' have a limited number of uses before shattering, requiring them to be replaced. As an axe degrades, its inventory icon becomes more visibly distressed with a crack appearing to become increasingly larger. Axes can also be used as a substitute for the shovel to hit rocks to find [[insects]], [[Bell]]s, and [[ore]]. This will also quickly degrade the axe, however.

More advanced variations of the axe are available; a silver axe is more durable, and the golden axe is quicker to use and unbreakable. In {{NL|short}}, the rental axe available from [[Lloid]] on [[Tortimer Island]] is also unbreakable, despite appearing otherwise identical to a standard axe. Finally, in {{NL|short|nolink}}, the silver axe and golden axe can create [[Tree#Special stump designs|special designs]] on the stumps left behind after felling a tree.  

In {{NH|short}}, every type of axe is breakable, even the golden axe. In addition, only the axe made from iron nuggets and the golden axe can break trees by chopping them, and the flimsy axe and stone axe can only cut trees to retrieve wood.

In {{DnM}}, the axe is unbreakable and does not appear in the catalog. In {{PG}} and {{DnMe+}}, the axe has 8 stages of durability degradation which change by hitting objects with the axe. At stage 3, the axe appears slightly damaged and at stage 6, the axe appears very cracked. After stage 8, the axe breaks apart and disappears followed by the player expressing sadness and saying "Awww... My axe broke...". Each stage lasts for either 9 consecutive hits of a tree or 3 consecutive hits of other objects, such as cliffs, buildings, or balls. Hits on objects that are not trees do not carry over damage to the next stage, so if a tree is hit 8 times, the durability will shift to the beginning of the next stage and be equal whether the player hits a tree or another object. Only the axe's current durability stage is saved in the save file, so saving and quitting will reset the axe to the beginning of its current stage. In total, the axe lasts for 72 consecutive hits on a tree and 24 consecutive hits on other objects. Trees take 3 hits to chop down, so a maximum of 24 trees can be chopped down with a single axe during a single play session.

From {{WW|short}} onwards, the reward for having a [[perfect town]] is changed to the [[Watering can|golden can]]. The golden axe is now obtained through other means.

|Golden axe

|Completing the golden axe trading sequence

 

#When Wendell is in town, giving him a [[red turnip]], which can be bought from [[Joan]], will result in him giving the player either a {{I|turban|WW}} or {{I|country guitar|WW}}.

#*A country guitar can be given to [[K.K. Slider]] in exchange for {{I|K.K.'s pic|WW|his picture}}.

#When [[Saharah]] is in town, giving her the turban will result in her giving the player either a {{I|red vase|WW}} or a {{I|massage chair|WW}}.

#*A red vase can be given to [[Redd]] to receive a {{I|safe|WW}}, which can be given to [[Tom Nook]] for {{I|Tom Nook's pic|WW|his picture}}.

#When [[Tortimer]] is outside for an event, if the {{I|massage chair|WW}} is given to him he will give the player a {{I|scallop|WW}}.

#When [[Pascal]] is in town, if the player gives him the {{I|scallop|WW}}, he will reward them with either the {{I|golden axe|WW}} or {{I|Pascal's pic|WW|his picture}}.

{{CF|short}} introduces the silver axe, which is unbreakable. The golden axe continues to be unbreakable but will now also swing much quicker than the other axes.

|Silver axe

|[[File:Silver Axe CF Icon.png|64px|class=sprite]]

| {{Availability|Serena|nb=Yes|note=randomly after throwing a standard axe into the [[Town fund#Fountain|town fountain]]}}

|Golden axe

|[[File:Golden Axe CF Icon.png|64px|class=sprite]]

| {{Availability|Serena|nb=Yes|note=randomly after throwing a standard axe into the [[Town fund#Fountain|town fountain]]}}

{{NL|short}} changes the effects of the silver axe and golden axe, which can now produce [[Tree#Special stump designs|unique designs]] on tree stumps. The silver axe is no longer unbreakable and will shatter after many more uses than a standard axe.

| Silver axe

| [[File:Silver Axe NL Icon.png|64px|class=sprite]]

| Golden axe

| [[File:Golden Axe NL Icon.png|64px|class=sprite]]

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