Dimpy 85 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 I tend to have a stone axe in my inventory for a long time and am curious if other people do too. It's pretty versatile, but also weak late-game. Link to post Share on other sites
theFlu 106 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Depends a little on luck, but I often find myself scrapping poor quality iron axes in favor of the trusty stone axe. The marginal improvement isn't worth the extra toolbelt slot; I want to have an upgrade tool there for the early game anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
Kyonshi 94 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 As soon as i have a stack of 25 repair kits, i ditch it. That's my milestone. By the time i will have to repair a single iron/steel tool, i'll already have found other kits or enough parts to craft plenty. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
hiemfire 195 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 When I have sufficiently durable tools that fill each of the roles it fulfills. Tends to result in me having an auger, chainsaw and nailgun before I finally toss it and use an iron or steel axe to remove the trash/glass plies that tip off zombies. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowDog1942 564 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 I keep it until it starts annoying me, as long as I got other tools at that point I get rid of it. Link to post Share on other sites
quyxkh 16 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 For scouting and looting it's the all-purpose tool, you can build with it, it's one slot. The four slots I basically never change are stone axe on 1, wood, rocks, fiber in the backpack. Link to post Share on other sites
12pack 19 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 It's pretty useful very early game, but i tend to scrap it when i find a decent supply of repair kits, and i don't need to be upgrading frames on the fly.. as for breaking through doors and into crates, i find the sledge to be quite adept.. and since i'm already using the sledge to bash in Zed heads, that works out pretty well.. Link to post Share on other sites
Worrun 39 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 I used to keep it around for on-the-fly repairs and knocking wooden boxes really quick Link to post Share on other sites
AtomicUs5000 241 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) I use stone axes forever. Unless I have mass amounts of upgrading to do, I prefer it over the nail gun. I tend to upgrade things before I want to on accident with that. Since I don't care to constantly switch out gear when going between building/looting/horde moments, I just keep it on hand and rarely bother using a fireaxe. Even if I have a good number of repair kits, I usually play solo and don't have someone to help replenish those... and you tend to burn through them quickly looting and going on missions with the fireaxe. If there were less things that could be one-shotted with a good stone axe, I might feel differently. I also tend to put the burning shaft on it because in most situations, I don't like that mod. However, sometimes there are perfect moments when using one would be a great idea, so I justify using up a slot for a stone axe by considering it a special melee attack. I put the stone axe away when farming trees. After that, it goes back in inventory. Edited May 22, 2020 by AtomicUs5000 (see edit history) Link to post Share on other sites
grieferbastard 11 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Forever. It reduces my wear and tear on more valuable tools, it's quick and simple for all the basics. Wood frames, removing debris, etc. I don't ever get rid of it. Link to post Share on other sites
Roland 3,245 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 It's gone as soon as I have an iron axe, iron pick, and a hammer. Until I have all three I keep it to do what the other two can't. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Banginurz 1 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Roland said: It's gone as soon as I have an iron axe, iron pick, and a hammer. Until I have all three I keep it to do what the other two can't. This. Link to post Share on other sites
rosedragon 3 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 I keep it until I have repair kits, then I put it on one of my storage forever. Now I have lvl 5 stone axe and lvl 3 taza axe on my storage. Link to post Share on other sites
pApA^LeGBa 231 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 The option when i have all tools in iron is missing. I get rid of it as soon as i have a shovel, fire and pickaxe in iron. Forge is there at day one anyways, so repair kits aren´t a problem, usually i have enough repair kits before i have all tools in iron anyways. I don´t invest in mining skills early on so i rely on finding them. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Kirtonos 14 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 On 5/21/2020 at 8:19 PM, Roland said: It's gone as soon as I have an iron axe, iron pick, and a hammer. Until I have all three I keep it to do what the other two can't. Ditto. The statements about being concerned for tool durability by others was kinda surprising. I've either always been able to make a new higher tier tool or found a replacement in loot before needing to really worry about repairing. Granted, I'm not the type to build my own structure from scratch on day 1 but rather take over POI's now. This requires less overall resources and harvesting in the early days when a stone ax is most valuable. Link to post Share on other sites
Ttocs 9 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Always keep it in a safe space aslong as it doesnt fall out, never know when it could come in handy in a pinch Link to post Share on other sites
Synvastian 63 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 When I have a t3 iron axe, pickaxe and hammer or better until then its all about how easy it is to repair, usually by the time I have all 3 at tier 3, I can easily repair the new tools Link to post Share on other sites
12pack 19 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 5 hours ago, Kirtonos said: The statements about being concerned for tool durability by others was kinda surprising. I've either always been able to make a new higher tier tool or found a replacement in loot before needing to really worry about repairing. 100% loot really is not a problem.. ya use the stone axe, stone sledge, wood club, whatever, for a minute while it suits ya.. repair a couple times.. meh.. perk up in looter early, the rest is moot.. 50% loot or less (25 even).. it becomes a bit of a chore.. leaving you with stone axe, stone sledge, wood club for so much longer... durability becomes a thing to be concerned about, and using iron replacements becomes a question of: do i really need to.. Link to post Share on other sites
Guppycur 1,015 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Fast, virtually invulnerable, performs multiple functions... Forever. Link to post Share on other sites
DrTeath 4 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Until I can reliably repair Iron ones. Link to post Share on other sites
Feycat 91 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 On 5/25/2020 at 10:52 AM, Guppycur said: Fast, virtually invulnerable, performs multiple functions... Forever. This. I don't carry an axe, pick or hammer. My husband carries a pick, and both of us carry a top level stone axe with mods. It's seriously the most versatile object in the game, it's literally always useful. Link to post Share on other sites
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