This article refers to all hatchets, if you wish to view Hatchets from Stealing Creation see Hatchet (Stealing Creation)

The Hatchet is the tool used in Woodcutting to chop trees. (Prior to 1 April 2009, a hatchet was called an 'Axe'. All woodcutting axes were then renamed as hatchets to clear up ambiguity between the woodcutting tool and other items such as pickaxes, battleaxes, and thrownaxes.)

A hatchet is a melee weapon, available in all varieties of metal except white, although its power and speed are less favourable than many other weapons. Hatchets can be used to slash webs. A bronze hatchet spawns on the wood stump at the chicken farm in the north east section of Lumbridge. All hatchets except for the Dragon hatchet, the Black hatchet, the Inferno Adze, and the Sacred clay hatchet, can be smithed using the Smithing skill.

The level required to wield a hatchet is different than the level required to use a hatchet to chop trees. Wielding is governed by attack level while chopping trees is governed by woodcutting level. Therefore a level 3 combat player with level 61 woodcutting can use a Dragon hatchet to chop trees, but not wield it if their attack level is not high enough.

Hatchet Type	Woodcutting level required to use	Attack level required to wield	Attack bonus (Slash)
Dwarven army axe	1	1	+15
Bronze hatchet	1	1	+4
Iron hatchet	1	1	+5
Steel hatchet	6	5	+8
Black hatchet	6	10	+10
Mithril hatchet	21	20	+12
Blessed hatchet	?	?	+1
Adamant hatchet	31	30	+17
Volatile clay hatchet	40	1	+14
Rune hatchet	41	40	+26
Sacred clay hatchet	40	1	+1
Dragon hatchet	61	60	+38
Inferno Adze	61(and 92 firemaking)	1	+19

Dungeoneering hatchetsEdit

These hatchets could only be obtained and used during Dungeoneering.

• Novite hatchet
• Bathus hatchet
• Marmaros hatchet
• Kratonite hatchet
• Fractite hatchet
• Zephyrium hatchet
• Argonite hatchet
• Katagon hatchet
• Gorgonite hatchet
• Promethium hatchet
• Primal hatchet

Combat StylesEdit

				Name	Combat style	Type	Melee experience
				Chop	Accurate	Slash	Attack
				Hack	Aggressive	Slash	Strength
				Smash	Aggressive	Crush	Strength
				Block	Defensive	Slash	Defence

TriviaEdit

• When the woodcutting animation was changed, only the Sacred clay hatchet retained the old woodcutting animation.
• Axes were renamed as 'Hatchets' on 1 April 2009 to avoid confusion, but this temporarily caused some scams as people said that a hatchet was a rare item.
• Before the introduction of Hatchets, the Broken axe random event was removed and all remaining broken pieces were removed from the game.
• Interestingly, although hatchets can be made using the Smithing skill with only the metal bar and a Hammer, there is no wood involved in the production and thus the origin of the hatchet's handle remains a mystery.

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Magic weapons	Staff • Battlestaff • Mystic staff • Salamander
Ranged weapons	Shortbow • Longbow • Composite bow • Crossbow • Dart • Throwing knife • Thrownaxes • Javelin • Salamander