Axe

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Axe
Type	Tool
Stackable	Not stackable
Availability	Regular: Bought / crafted Silver: Rare Gold: Rare Flimsy: Bought / crafted
Appearances	AF, AC, AFe+, WW, CF, NL, NH

Axes are a type of tool in the Animal Crossing series. Axes have been present in all of the games since the original Animal Forest. They are used to chop down trees or hit objects. New Horizons has a unique axe system that differs from prior installments.

Usage

Axes are primarily used to cut down trees in the player's town and are the only method of removing them. The axe can be swung at a tree, which will fall after three strikes. Striking a tree can cause any object on the tree to fall, including fruit and beehives. The removal of a tree results in a stump, which must be dug out using a shovel if complete removal of the tree is desired. Axes can also be used as a substitute for the shovel to hit rocks to find insects, Bells, and ore at a faster rate.

Breaking an axe in Animal Crossing

Axes used in any game after Animal Forest have a limited number of uses before shattering, whereas in Animal Forest, axes were indestructible like any other tool. As an axe degrades, cracks start to appear and become increasingly larger until the axe then breaks.

In New Horizons, axes are available much earlier and essential for the crafting system, being used to chop 3 types of wood from most trees and bamboo pieces from bamboo (up to 3 time per day, regardless of whether the tree is cut down or not), while striking rocks is required to obtain stone, iron nuggets, clay, and rarely gold ore (though a shovel is generally better suited to this task in this game).

Obtaining

In Animal Forest

In Animal Forest, there is only one axe available.

Image	Name	Obtained from	Buy Price	Sale Price	Durability
	Axe	Tom Nook's Store	400 Bells	100 Bells	Unbreakable

In Animal Crossing and Animal Forest e+

In Animal Crossing and Animal Forest e+, the golden axe was introduced to the series and can be obtained by completing a task.

Image	Name	Obtained from	Buy Price	Sale Price	Durability
	Axe	Tom Nook's Store	400 Bells	100 Bells	23 times (AF+/AC) 28 times (AFe+)
	Gold Axe	Farley at the Wishing Well Have a perfect town for 14 days straight.	-	-	Unbreakable

• Note 1: In Animal Forest+​ and Animal Crossing
• Note 2: In Animal Forest e+

In Wild World

In Wild World, the golden axe can be obtained by completing a task known as a trading event and is the final object that is traded for.

Image	Name	Obtained from	Buy Price	Sale Price	Durability
	Axe	Tom Nook's Store	400 Bells	100 Bells	32 times
	Gold Axe	Golden Axe Trading Event	-	-	Unbreakable

In City Folk

In City Folk, the silver axe was introduced to the series. It can be obtained in the same way as the golden axe, by completing a task which may result in being given either of the two rare axes, a regular axe or no axe at all.

Image	Name	Obtained from	Buy Price	Sale Price	Durability
	Axe	Tom Nook's Store	400 Bells	100 Bells	37 times
	Silver Axe	Serena Throw an axe into the town fountain (obtained through the Town Fund).	-	-	Unbreakable
	Gold Axe	Serena	-	-	Unbreakable

In New Leaf

“Whoa, amazing! I got a golden axe! I bet this thing will never break!”, New Leaf

In New Leaf, all axes are easier to obtain than in previous games. The more durable silver axe can be bought using medals on Tortimer Island, while the unbreakable golden axe is given to the player as a gift for buying 50 tree saplings from the Gardening Store.

Image	Name	Obtained from	Buy Price	Sale Price	Durability	Info
	Axe	Gardening Store	400 Bells	100 Bells	32 times	Rarely creates a stump pattern
	Silver Axe	Island Shop	8 Medals	-	136 times	Always creates a stump pattern
	Gold Axe	Leif Purchase 50 tree saplings	-	-	Unbreakable	Faster Sometimes creates a stump pattern

Tree stump designs, left: Oak Tree, right: Pine Tree

In New Horizons

In New Horizons, axes use the same crafting system as most items. As a result, there are three unique axes only available in this game. The inferior flimsy axe is less durable but is required to make the axe that rivals standard tools in prior games. The stone axe is an alternative to the axe that allows players to gain crafting materials without harming trees via chopping. The golden axe recipe is learned by the player after breaking axes a total of 100 times. Unlike the other tools, there are no unique variants that can only be bought at the upgraded shop, although regular axes are available. The golden axe possesses no unique attributes, although it has a greater durability than all other axes.

Name	Image	Durability	How to obtain	Crafting materials	?	Buy	Sell
						Price
Flimsy axe		40	Recipe obtained from Tom Nook (first DIY workshop)	x5 tree branch x1 stone	✘	800	200
Stone axe		100	Recipe obtained from Pretty Good Tools Recipes, purchased for 3,000 Nook Miles on the Nook Stop	x1 flimsy axe x3 wood	✘	N/A	560
Axe		100	Recipe obtained from Pretty Good Tools Recipes, purchased for 3,000 Nook Miles on the Nook Stop	x1 flimsy axe x3 wood x1 iron nugget	✘	2,500	625
Golden axe		200	Recipe obtained by breaking axes a total of 100 times	x1 axe x1 gold nugget	✘	N/A	10,655

Trivia

• In New Leaf / Welcome amiibo, if the player asks Lloid for an axe on the Island or during a minigame, the axe that Lloid provides looks like a regular axe, but is unbreakable, like a Golden Axe.
• Axe swings bounce right off villagers just like the shovel.
• The sound when the player breaks an axe in New Leaf.
• In New Horizons, like other tools, the Axe can break. It is also the first title in the series to not have a Silver Axe Variant and has three new variants.

Gallery

Animal Crossing

A player's reaction to their axe breaking in Animal Crossing

New Leaf

A Player chopping a tree down with an axe in New Leaf

Axe breaks apart in New Leaf

Player reaction to broken axe in New Leaf

Obtaining the Golden Axe in New Leaf

New Horizons

Golden axe icon

A player with a flimsy axe in New Horizons.

The stone axe favorited and in a player's inventory, New Horizons.

In other languages

Axe
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