Steel Axe

The Steel Axe is the best axe: it adds Building mastery +6 while it is on your toolbar, against 4 for the Iron Axe. You forge it at the Steel Anvil, with a Hardening Bucket, from 2 Sticks, 2 Steel Details and a Steel Ingot. The recipe comes with Steel Instruments I (150 red, 20 blue), which also gives the Steel Hammer, and needs Smithing mastery 10.

How to obtain

Craft

Workbench Ingredients Mastery Duration Tech points
Steel Anvil
Required extension: Hardening Bucket
Stick ×2
10 8 9

Used for

Study

Study requires: Tech points Duration
Science ×10 10020 16 ( Researcher −2 )

Each item is studied once, on the Study Table. Studying does not use the item up. With the Scientist perk, a 30% chance of a Story.

Notes

  • All four axes on the toolbar give Building 13. Every tool of a branch there counts.
  • No trader sells or buys it. The steel comes only from the Bishop in conversation.
  • Studying it costs 10 Science and gives 100 red and 20 blue.