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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.

Hatchet ListEdit

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.

Item		Level	Level	Mainhand Info			Offhand Info			Attributes			Critical bonuses
				Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Dwarven army axe	1	1	Slash	183	140	N/A	-	-	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%
	Bronze hatchet	1	1	Slash	30	10	N/A	-	-	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%
	Iron hatchet	1	10	Slash	61	100	N/A	-	-	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%
	Steel hatchet	6	20	Slash	122	200	N/A	-	-	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%
	Black hatchet	6	25	Slash	147	250	N/A	-	-	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%
	Mithril hatchet	21	30	Slash	183	300	N/A	-	-	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%
	Blessed hatchet	35	1	Slash	9	1	N/A	-	-	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%
	Adamant hatchet	31	40	Slash	245	400	N/A	-	-	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%
	Volatile clay hatchet	40	1	Slash	24	10	N/A	-	-	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%
	Rune hatchet	41	50	Slash	306	208	N/A	-	-	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%
	Sacred clay hatchet	50	1	Slash	24	10	N/A	-	-	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%
	Dragon hatchet	61	60	Slash	367.5	600	N/A	-	-	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%
	Inferno adze	61*	1	Slash	12	10	N/A	-	-	0	0	0	0%	0%	0%

_{* Also requires 92 Firemaking to use.}

Dungeoneering hatchetsEdit

These hatchets could only be obtained and used during Dungeoneering.

Table of hatchets (Dungeoneering)

Tier	Icon	Item	Level to use
1		Novite hatchet	1 Attack
2		Bathus hatchet	10 Attack
3		Marmaros hatchet	20 Attack
4		Kratonite hatchet	30 Attack
5		Fractite hatchet	40 Attack
6		Zephyrium hatchet	50 Attack
7		Argonite hatchet	60 Attack
8		Katagon hatchet	70 Attack
9		Gorgonite hatchet	80 Attack
10		Promethium hatchet	90 Attack
11		Primal hatchet	99 Attack

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.
• Since the Evolution of Combat, when one is wielding a hatchet and goes to cut a tree, it will show them using the hatchet, but the handle will still show on their back.

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