Crystal axe

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Crystal axe
Released							25 July 2019 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
League region							&&
Properties
Tradeable							No
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							No
Options							Wield, Check, Revert, Drop
Worn options							Check
Examine							A very powerful axe.
Values
Value							520,000 coins
High alch							312,000 coins
Low alch							208,000 coins
Weight							0.907 kg
Advanced data
Item ID							23673
Link							MOID

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The crystal axe is an item used in Woodcutting. It requires level 71 Woodcutting and Song of the Elves to create and use, with 50 Agility and 70 Attack required to wield it. It possesses the same special attack as the dragon axe, and gives the player a 15% increase in efficiency chopping logs over the rune axe, surpassing the 10% increase of the dragon axe. This makes the crystal axe approximately 4.5% faster than the dragon axe.

Players can create a crystal axe via a singing bowl by combining a dragon axe, 120 crystal shards and a crystal tool seed. Doing so requires level 76 Smithing^[boostable] and 76 Crafting^[boostable] to sing the crystal, and grants 6,000 experience in both skills. Players can configure the charges while the axe is in their bank by right-clicking on Configure-Charges, as long as players have the required materials. If the player does not meet the Smithing and Crafting requirements, they can have Conwenna or Reese sing the crystal for them for an extra 60 crystal shards, for a total of 180.

After creation, the player can revert the crystal axe into a dragon axe. This process returns the crystal tool seed and the dragon axe to the player, but all crystal shards used to create or charge the axe are lost.

A dangerous death in PvP causes the crystal axe to revert to a dragon axe, which will then be dropped for the killer. All crystal shards will be lost should this happen.

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Attack bonuses
-2	+38	+32	+0	+0
Defence bonuses
+0	+1	+0	+0	+0
Other bonuses				Slot
+42	+0	+0%	+0	List

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Combat style		Attack type	Weapon style	Attack speed	Range	Experience	Level boost
	Chop	Slash	Accurate	5 ticks (3.0s)	1 tile		+3 Attack
	Hack	Slash	Aggressive				+3 Strength
	Smash	Crush	Aggressive				+3 Strength
	Block	Slash	Defensive				+3 Defence

The crystal axe has a special attack, Lumber Up, that it shares with the dragon, infernal, and 3rd age axes and their variants. It temporarily boosts the player's Woodcutting level by 3, consuming 100% of the player's special attack energy. The boost degrades every 60 seconds, with the player's Woodcutting level returning to normal after 3 minutes. Using Preserve can increase the duration by 50%.

Note that any levels boosted above 99 with the special attack will be treated as 99. Therefore, you will start to receive diminishing returns with the special attack at level 97 and 98^[1], with visible boosts past level 99 only influencing the pet and clue nest chances.^[2]

Requirements

Skill		Level	XP
Smithing		76 (b)	6,000
Crafting		76 (b)	6,000
Members		Ticks	3 (1.8s)[r 1]
Tools	None	Facilities	Singing bowl

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Dragon axe	1	67,574
	Crystal tool seed	1	20,582,252
	Crystal shard[r 2]	120	2,702,604
Total cost			23,352,430
	Crystal axe	1	N/A

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Crystal felling axe		71 71	5 5	1 × Felling axe handle 1 × Crystal axe

Crystal shards may be used on the axe to add charges beyond the initial 10,000 the axe holds when created, with each shard granting 100 charges, up to a maximum of 20,000. Charges may be added to the axe regardless of whether the axe currently holds charges or is in its inactive, zero-charge state.

As with all crystal equipment, one charge of the crystal axe is consumed for each item chopped, except during the following activities where it provides no benefit over other axes:

• Chopping crystal trees in Prifddinas to obtain crystal shards
• Chopping tendrils in the Tar Swamp
• Chopping tendrils in the Abyss
• Chopping light, medium and dense jungle and fixing the village fence during the Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup minigame
• Chopping the meat tree, roots obstacle or saplings in the Chambers of Xeric
• Chopping celastrus bark from celastrus trees
• Finishing off growthlings during the fight with Bryophyta
• Splitting arctic pine logs

Once the axe's charges have been fully depleted, it can still be used to cut wood, but will act like a dragon axe. Wearing an elven signet (or Celestial signet) while using crystal equipment will provide a 10% chance to not consume charges.

Dismantling a crystal axe will return the dragon axe and crystal tool seed to the player. All crystal shard charges are lost in the process.

Tier	Emotes	STASH location	Items	Cost
Master	Stamp	Western side of the Enchanted Valley (BKQ)		20,649,826[c 1]

The crystal axe was originally intended to release in 2006 as a reward from the The Eyes of Glouphrie quest. For unknown reasons, it was cut before release, leaving the crystal saw to be the reward instead. Despite this, its models and sound effects remained unused in the game files. The exact mechanics of how this version of the axe was intended to function are unknown, although the name of one of the sound effects associated with it indicates it would use charges like other crystal equipment.

A crystal axe would finally see a release in 2019 alongside the Song of the Elves quest after passing Content Poll 64.

• "eyeglo_crystal_axe", a sound effect intended for using the axe.
• "eyeglo_crystal_axe_crush", a sound effect intended for using the axe's crush attack style in combat.
• "eyeglo_crystal_axe_slash", a sound effect intended for using the axe's slash attack style in combat.
• "eyeglo_crystal_axe_recharge", a sound effect intended for either the axe running out of charges, or recharging it at the singing bowl.