Throwing Axe

Throwing Axe icon
ConsumableSupplyCommon
The axe is extremely heavy, requiring careful calculation of its drop speed before throwing.

Overview

Category
Consumable
Rarity
Common
Sells for
9g
Auction band
9–100g · rec. 50g
Stacks to
5
Hold to
Throw

What it does

Hold to aim. Release to throw, dealing Physical Damage to enemies hit and slowing them. Stacks up to 3 times. Additionally, it can knock enemies off ladders.

Throwing Axe can be bought from these hub vendors.

Sold by in-raid merchants

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Merchants that spawn inside a raid stock Throwing Axe in 4 zones — the price and how many you may buy differ by intensity.

Where it drops

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Every chest and monster that can drop Throwing Axe, with the drop chance in each zone and Gyldening Intensity. A range means the rate shifts with party size and map district.

Treasure chests

Normal (either zone)12.7%Hallowgrove · Chaos5.5%Brandrgarde · Cataclysm2.8%
Normal (either zone)3.1%
Normal (either zone)2.1%–2.5%
Normal (either zone)1.0%–2.1%Hallowgrove · Chaos0.81%Brandrgarde · Cataclysm0.50%
Normal (either zone)1.0%–2.1%Hallowgrove · Chaos0.81%Brandrgarde · Cataclysm0.50%
Normal (either zone)1.7%–1.7%
Normal (either zone)1.0%–1.7%Hallowgrove · Chaos0.81%Brandrgarde · Cataclysm0.50%
Normal (either zone)1.7%
Normal (either zone)1.7%
Normal (either zone)1.7%
Normal (either zone)1.0%Hallowgrove · Chaos0.81%Brandrgarde · Cataclysm0.50%
Normal (either zone)1.0%Hallowgrove · Chaos0.81%Brandrgarde · Cataclysm0.50%

Monsters

Other100%Hallowgrove · Normal4.7%–5.9%Brandrgarde · Normal5.9%Hallowgrove · Chaos3.1%–4.0%Brandrgarde · Cataclysm4.0%
Hallowgrove · Normal4.7%–5.9%Brandrgarde · Normal5.9%Hallowgrove · Chaos3.1%–4.0%Brandrgarde · Cataclysm4.0%
Hallowgrove · Normal2.1%–4.9%Brandrgarde · Normal4.9%Hallowgrove · Chaos0.89%–2.1%
Hallowgrove · Normal1.4%–2.0%Brandrgarde · Normal2.0%
Hallowgrove · Normal1.3%–1.9%Brandrgarde · Normal1.9%
Hallowgrove · Normal0.43%–1.5%Brandrgarde · Normal1.5%

Rates are the chance per chest opened or monster looted. Low rolls also build up the drop guarantee, which upgrades a future drop to Legendary once it fills.

Featured in builds

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Throwing Axe is a quick-use pick in 144 of the game's recommended builds.

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