# Zombie Axe

The zombie axe is a power level 5 one-handed melee weapon that can be crafted at a blacksmith's bench. The axe and its recipe are received by completing Doric's Quest. It can be ascended at the mystic forge using ascension cores. Its special effect is that it deals both crush and slash damage simultaneously. Both damage types are taken into account when considering monsters' weaknesses and resistances. This weapon is effective against enemies that are weak to crush but not resistant to slash (including vault guardians, putrid rats, garou thanes, skeletal marauders, and skeletal necromancers). However, against enemies that are weak to crush but resistant to slash damage (including skeletal hoplites, zogres, black knight guardians, black knight warriors, and the black knight titan), this weapon will deal slightly less damage to them because resistances lower damage (-33%) more than weaknesses increase it (+25%). Note that this damage is additive rather than multiplicative, unlike other damage modifiers (i.e. it will lower damage by a factor of 0.92 rather than 0.8375). This weapon has a higher base damage than other similar one-handed crush weapons, but that benefit is lost against enemies that are also resistant to slash, making Skullsplitter with its +15% critical strike chance more valuable. This weapon also uses the mace moveset, which hits slower than the sword, scimitar, or whip move set, therefore against enemies that are weak to slash but not resistant to crush (including abyssal demons, lost souls, zombies, Zamorakian acolytes, and mages of zamorak), weapons like the black sword, Imaru's talon, or abyssal whip may be better choices.

## Key facts

- **Attackstyle:** Mace
- **Basedmg:** 118 - 209
- **Block:** 66
- **Combo:** 5
- **Crafted At:** Blacksmith's Bench
- **Crafting Skill:** Artisan
- **Damagetype:** Slash and Crush
- **Durability:** 1300
- **Item Type:** Melee Weapon
- **Materials:** 6 Steel Bar, 6 Willow Logs, 3 Necrotic Bonemeal, 2 Fine Cloth, 6 Vault Shard
- **Power:** 7
- **Recipe Count:** 1
- **Release:** 15 January 2026
- **Repaircost:** 1 steel bar
- **Specialaction:** Special Attack
- **Update:** Eye on Ashenfall - 0.10.1
- **Weight:** 15.0

## Update

- Updated: 2026-09-20
- Category: [Items](/games/runescape-dragonwilds/items/)