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Avalanche axe

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An impressive ice-based axe with an interesting shape.

The essentials

  • Simplest: make it in the Krak Pot, Ice axe ×1 + Ice crystal ×6 + Agate of evolution ×1.
  • Sells for 20,500 G.
  • Attack +126: 6th of 19 axes; top: Galaxy axe (+178).

“Simplest”, in this order: buy it (cheapest), pick it up, from a monster (best rate), make it, then the other sources.

Attack +126

Vocations that can equip it: Gladiator, Ranger

Effects: ice element; ×1.1 against plant

Style: Aloof 70 · Vanity 68 · Naive 60 · Casual 58 · Chic 57 · Allure 43

Alchemy Read in the code

  • Ice axe ×1 + Ice crystal ×6 + Agate of evolution ×1
  • Recipe in the book “Elements of Alchemy: Water and Ice” (Swinedimples Academy – Main Building Lv 1)

Crafting tree

Quantities for 1 Avalanche axe. Every ingredient that can be made is broken down to raw materials: the ones you can buy, pick up, find in furniture and blue chests or get from monsters, with no limit. Open or close a branch: the total follows, what is open gets made, the rest is to gather.

To gather: 5 raw materials, 2 uses of the Krak Pot.

Raw materialSimplest way to get it
Ice axe×1Buy it, 37,000 G (Stornway – Weapon Shop (post-game)).
Ice crystal×6Pick it up, Snowberia (timer and amount depend on your group).
Sainted soma×2In a chest, Grotto chests rank S (10%).
Ethereal stone×2In a chest, Grotto chests rank A (10%).
Chronocrystal×1Buy it, 50,000 G (Lonely Coast – Interior (post-game)).

Tree idea: Antoine. Thank you!

Best attack in the category, by vocation

Under the hood

Internal item number: 20211; record no. 982 of prm/itemdt (file order); selling price in its record (u16 at +0x1A): 20500; stars: +0x09 bits 1-3.

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