Boarding Axe
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 Inventory icon  Sprite A hand axe, meant to be wielded with both hands. | ||||||||||
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| Quality Bonuses | +10% Affliction Strength | |||||||||
| Range | 1.55 m | |||||||||
| Attack Speed | 0.83 | |||||||||
| Severance chance | 750% | |||||||||
| Structure damage | 25 | |||||||||
| Item Damage | 30 | |||||||||
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The Boarding Axe is a Melee Weapon in Barotrauma.
Description
The Boarding Axe is a two-handed melee weapon. It has a reach of 1.55 meters, more than 3 times the range of the 
Diving Knife. In addition to this, it inflicts the highest amount of 
Lacerations of all melee weapons and has an extremely high Severance Chance. These properties make it the strongest melee weapon that does not require talent-specific builds.
It is very effective against any small Creatures given that unarmored ones like 
Crawlers are likely to be killed in a single strike to the head due to raw damage, and armored Creatures like 
Mudraptors are liable to get their limbs cut off very quickly. It also possesses significantly higher structure damage than most other melee weapons, making it possible to cut through a submarine's or wreck's walls a lot faster than with a 
Plasma Cutter.
It can be crafted by a 
Security Officer with the 
Boarding Party talent unlocked; it cannot be bought.
Function
The Boarding Axe is held with both hands. As with all weapons and tools, using it is done by holding the 
Right-click to take aim, then by 
Left-clicking to shoot/use.
- Its extremely high severance chance makes it very probable to cut off limbs or entire chunks of armor of Creatures, making it possible to often kill them in one hit if their head is severed.
Damage Values
When comparing to knives, note that knives are one-handed and can be dual-wielded, effectively doubling DPS for most purposes.
| Item | Afflictions | Attack Speed | Armor Penetration |
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| Boarding Axe |
0.83 | 0% | |
 Diving Knife |
1.33 | 0% | |
 Hardened Diving Knife |
1.33 | 25% |
The Boarding Axe gains 10% Affliction Strength per quality level. (10% / 20% / 30%)
Related talents
| Talent | Tree | Description |
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 Boarding Party ID: boardingparty
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 Security OfficerFrogman Spec. 1 |
Unlock recipe:  Boarding Axe,  Slipsuit,  Harpoon Coil-Rifle.
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