Morrowind:Axe

Skill: Axe
Governing Attribute: Strength
Specialization: Combat
Increase: Successful Attack: +1.2

The Axe skill helps a user wield heavy chopping weapons like war axes and battleaxes more effectively.

Character Creation

The following races receive bonuses to their Axe skill:

• +10 bonus: Nord, +5 bonus: Orc, Redguard

The following classes have Axe as a Major skill:

• Barbarian, Battlemage, Knight, Rogue

The following classes have Axe as a Minor skill:

• Spellsword, Warrior

Factions

The following factions include Axe as one of their favored skills:

• Fighters Guild
• Skaal ^BM (not joinable)

Trainers

The Master Trainer of Axe is Alfhedil Elf-Hewer, who can be found on the Upper Level of Falensarano. The most noteworthy other trainer of the skill is Eydis Fire-Eye at the Guild of Fighters in Balmora (up to 72).

See Axe Trainers for the complete list.

Books

The following books will increase your Axe skill:

• The Third Door
• The Axe Man
• The Seed
• 36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 5
• 36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 16

Quest Rewards

• 1 point from Widowmaker

• If you give the axe to the barbarian you will receive a bonus to your Axe skill.

Axes

This is a list of base axes. Complete lists of one-handed and two-handed axe-style weapons, including enchanted and unique ones, are also available.

1-Hand

A bewildering variety of one-handed axe styles can be found in Morrowind. The spiked chitin war axe favored by Ashlander and Great House Dunmer is in some ways more like a mace than an axe. The steel war axe is double-bladed; the iron war axe is single-bladed; the glass, ebony, and daedric war axes are single-bladed with balancing spikes. - Garothmuk gro-Muzgub

Name ID Chop Slash Thrust Speed Reach Enchant Chitin War Axe chitin war axe 12.0 640 19 1−11 1−6 1−2 1.25 1.0 2.5 Iron War Axe iron war axe 24.0 800 30 1−18 1−10 1−2 1.25 1.0 5 Steel Axe steel axe 24.0 1,200 60 1−18 1−10 1−2 1.0 1.0 4.5 Steel War Axe steel war axe 24.0 1,200 60 1−20 1−11 1−3 1.25 1.0 5 Silver War Axe silver war axe 19.2 720 120 1−20 1−11 1−3 1.25 1.0 4 Dwarven War Axe dwarven war axe 24.0 2,000 450 1−24 1−13 1−3 1.25 1.0 5 Glass War Axe glass war axe 14.4 640 12,000 1−33 1−18 1−5 1.25 1.0 3 Ebony War Axe ebony war axe 48.0 2,400 15,000 1−37 1−20 1−5 1.25 1.0 10 Daedric War Axe daedric war axe 72.0 3,200 30,000 1−44 1−24 1−6 1.25 1.0 15

War Axes: Chitin, Daedric, Ebony, Dwarven, Glass, Iron, Silver, Steel

2-Hand

The term 'battle axe' includes all very heavy axes used two-handed. Most battle axes are double-bladed, but the Nordic battle axe has a single blade. The great mass and efficiency of the battle axe enables a strong warrior to penetrate heavy armor, but the battle axe is also a powerful shock weapon against massed, lightly armored opponents. - Garothmuk gro-Muzgub

Name ID Chop Slash Thrust Speed Reach Enchant Miner's Pick miner's pick 20.0 400 8 3−7 2−3 1−3 1.0 1.0 1 Iron Battle Axe iron battle axe 30.0 1,200 50 1−32 1−24 1−3 1.0 1.0 5.5 Nordic Battle Axe nordic battle axe 30.0 1,200 60 1−30 1−30 1−4 1.0 1.0 5.5 Steel Battle Axe steel battle axe 30.0 1,800 100 1−36 1−27 1−4 1.0 1.0 5.5 Dwarven Battle Axe dwarven battle axe 30.0 3,000 750 1−35 1−33 1−15 1.0 1.0 5.5 Orcish Battle Axe orcish battle axe 15.0 2,400 2,000 17−28 2−23 0−2 1.0 1.0 8 Daedric Battle Axe daedric battle axe 90.0 4,800 50,000 1−80 1−60 1−8 1.0 1.0 16.5

Battle Axes: Daedric, Dwarven, Iron, Nordic, Orcish, Steel Miner's Pick