Cliff wielding the axe
The Trusty Axe is a melee weapon featured in Escape Dead Island. It replaces the makeshift club as Cliff Calo's primary melee weapon. It allows Cliff to take on zombies in greater numbers and more reliably, capable of doing more damage and allowing Cliff to protect himself better.
Location[]
It is found during Mission 6 - Stories of the Dead in the Staff Village, after acquiring Faith's keycard. The axe is on a workbench next to the stairs out of the village.
Usage[]
The trusty axe is a well needed and welcomed upgrade to the makeshift club. It's pretty much just a regular old axe so you can imagine the damage this can do! With this axe, zombies are far easily killed, requiring just three or four hits to kill rather than the 6+ hits required by the club. The weapon can still do the faster light attack and the harder heavy attack like the club, as well as still being able to execute downed zombies knocked over by the weapon. Because of the greater damage output of the axe, Shamblers are easy meat, while stronger, higher health enemies like the Bouncer and Spitter go down easier, meaning Cliff will take less damage. Overall, it's a great upgrade over the club with the same strong points and none of the drawbacks. You can rely less on stealth kills and if you do get spotted, you're more likely to survive as a result.
Damage[]
Values are based on Cliff's health. Ground attacks are those against knocked down enemies. Some possible damage values may not have been found during testing.
| Attack | Median damage | Possible damage numbers |
|---|---|---|
| Basic 1 | 6.1 | 4.6, 5.6, 6.6 and 7.6 |
| Basic 2 | 6.1 | 4.6, 5.6, 6.6 and 7.6 |
| Basic 3 | 11.7 | 9.2, 10.2, 11.2, 12.2, 13.2 and 14.2 |
| Heavy | 15.8 | 13.8, 14.8, 15.8, 16.8 and 17.8 |
| Run | 18.6 | 16.1, 17.1, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1 and 21.1 |
| Ground | 6.1 | 4.6, 5.6, 6.6 and 7.6 |
Basic 1 to 3 are the separate attacks of a full combo attack. The Trusty Axe can unleash 0.34 combos per second meaning a DPS of 8.13. The combo speed drops by ~22% when out of stamina which happens after 8 combos. For heavy attacks an attack speed of 0.52 heavies per second can be achieved with corresponding DPS of 8.22. This drops by ~29% when out of stamina, which is after 4 heavy attacks.
Notes[]
- As with all weapons in Escape Dead Island, the club can't break.
- It also can't be upgraded at a workbench, like other Escape weapons.
- After collecting the axe, it replaces the makeshift club, so Cliff can't pick that up again or use it, as the axe takes over.
- With the Underwater Labs DLC installed, if you look at the axe handle, you will see a kill tally near the end of the handle as well as a name scratched onto it. The name is Betsy and that's what Cliff has named the axe.
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