MapleStory Classic Axes Guide: Every One- and Two-Handed Axe

Checked against v1.0.0 on October 29, 2026.

Axes are the Fighter's crafted weapon line and the most common pick for a damage-focused Warrior. MapleStory Classic World has 11 one-handed and 10 two-handed axes, from the Hand Axe that Silver sells for 50 mesos to the level 70 Mikhail and Chrono. This MapleStory Classic axe guide lists all 21 with attack, speed, STR and DEX needs, price and source. It covers the launch shops, the five axe recipes, axe vs sword math on the full damage formula, scrolls and an upgrade path.

Quick summary

• 21 axes: 11 one-handed and 10 two-handed, all with 7 upgrade slots. Most are Fast (4) or (5). The Pickaxe, The Rising and Chrono are Normal (6) (MapleStory Quest, Public Release client).
• River in Perion sells five axes at launch, from the Battle Axe and Metal Axe at 5,000 mesos to the Two-Handed Axe at 16,500. Silver in Lith Harbor sells the two cheapest one-handed axes (NiaMeowDB launch prices).
• Weaponcrafting makes five axes: Scythe (2), Pickaxe (4), Niam (7) and Sabretooth (8) at launch. The Rising needs craft 10, past the launch cap of 8 (MapleStory Quest).
• A two-handed axe beats a two-handed sword by about 3% per hit on the full damage formula, and a one-handed axe by 21–27% (our math on henesys.gg's multipliers).
• El Moth sells One-Handed Axe Lessers for 30,000 mesos and Two-handed Axe Lessers for 60,000, for a guaranteed +1 attack each (NiaMeowDB; MapleStory Quest).

Every one-handed axe in MapleStory Classic

Lv	Axe	Attack	Speed	Needs	Job	NPC pays	How to get it
–	Hand Axe	17	Fast (4)	–	All	–	Silver 50; Shroom (older data)
10	Double Axe	27	Fast (4)	20 STR	All	1,500	Silver 3,000; Orange Mushroom (older data)
15	Battle Axe	32	Fast (4)	30 STR, 10 DEX	Warrior	2,500	River 5,000
15	Scythe	32	Fast (4)	20 STR	All	2,500	Weaponcrafting 2
25	Mithril Axe	45	Fast (5)	50 STR, 20 DEX	Warrior	4,500	River 13,500
30	Fireman's Axe	47	Fast (4)	60 STR, 25 DEX	Warrior	5,500	No launch shop
35	Dankke	55	Fast (5)	70 STR, 30 DEX	Warrior	7,500	Iron Hog (older data)
40	Blue Counter	57	Fast (4)	80 STR, 35 DEX	Warrior	9,500	Only Closed Online Test 2 drops recorded
50	Buck	70	Fast (5)	100 STR, 45 DEX	Warrior	13,500	Taurospear (older data)
60	Hawkhead	77	Fast (4)	120 STR, 55 DEX	Warrior	17,500	Stone Golem (older data)
70	Mikhail	87	Fast (4)	140 STR, 65 DEX	Warrior	21,500	Jr. Balrog 4% (older data)

Every two-handed axe in MapleStory Classic

Lv	Axe	Attack	Speed	Needs	Job	NPC pays	How to get it
10	Metal Axe	30	Fast (5)	25 STR	Warrior, Bowman, Thief	2,500	River, Manny 5,000; Slime (older data)
20	Iron Axe	35	Fast (5)	45 STR, 20 DEX	Warrior	4,500	River 13,500; Slime, mushrooms, Bubbling (older data)
20	Pickaxe	38	Normal (6)	35 STR, 20 DEX	Warrior, Thief	4,500	Weaponcrafting 4
25	Two-Handed Axe	45	Fast (5)	55 STR, 25 DEX	Warrior	5,500	River 16,500
30	Blue Axe	50	Fast (5)	65 STR, 30 DEX	Warrior	6,500	No launch shop
35	Niam	55	Fast (5)	75 STR, 35 DEX	Warrior	9,000	Weaponcrafting 7; Jr. Wraith, Cold Eye (older data)
40	Sabretooth	60	Fast (5)	85 STR, 40 DEX	Warrior	11,500	Weaponcrafting 8; Drake (older data)
50	The Rising	73	Normal (6)	105 STR, 50 DEX	Warrior	16,500	Weaponcrafting 10 (not at launch); Clang (older data)
60	The Shining	80	Fast (5)	125 STR, 60 DEX	Warrior	21,500	Only a Closed Online Test 2 drop recorded
70	Chrono	93	Normal (6)	145 STR, 70 DEX	Warrior	26,500	Taurospear (older data)

Stats, needs, jobs and sell prices are MapleStory Quest's client read. "All" means MapleStory Quest lists no job lock. Shop prices are NiaMeowDB launch prices. Our Jr. Balrog guide covers the Mikhail drop.

Where to buy axes: launch shop prices

Axe	River (Perion)	Silver (Lith Harbor)	Cutthroat Manny (Kerning City)
Hand Axe	–	50	–
Double Axe	–	3,000	–
Battle Axe	5,000	–	–
Mithril Axe	13,500	–	–
Metal Axe	5,000	–	5,000
Iron Axe	13,500	–	–
Two-Handed Axe	16,500	–	–

River stands in Perion's weapon store and Silver in Lith Harbor; our Perion guide and Lith Harbor guide cover the rest of each town's shops.

Axe crafting recipes (Weaponcrafting)

Axe	Weaponcrafting	Character level	Ingredients	Fee
Scythe	2	15	2 Iron Ingots, 2 Processed Wood, 6 Screws	2,500
Pickaxe	4	20	4 Iron Ingots, 2 Processed Wood, 12 Screws	4,500
Niam	7	35	4 Iron Ingots, 3 Emeralds, 21 Screws	9,000
Sabretooth	8	40	4 Iron Ingots, 2 Silver Ingots, 2 Gold Ingots, 24 Screws	11,500
The Rising	10 (not at launch)	50	5 Bronze Ingots, 5 Gold Ingots, 6 Diamonds, 30 Screws	16,500

Recipes come from MapleStory Quest, and each fee equals the axe's NPC sell price. Its crafting ladder says the Public Release's crafting stops at 8, so of the three crafted two-handed axes, only the Niam and Sabretooth can be made at launch (henesys.gg). See our Weaponcrafting guide.

Our math on inputs: ingots take 5 ore each, Arcforge gems take 1 ore each, and one Screw craft makes 10 Screws (our Weaponcrafting guide and Arcforge guide). A Niam takes 20 Iron Ore, 3 Emerald Ore and 3 Screw crafts. A Sabretooth takes 20 Iron, 10 Silver and 10 Gold Ore, plus 3 Screw crafts.

Example: a level 33 Fighter with Weaponcrafting 6 wants a Niam at 35. They need Weaponcrafting 7 and character level 35 for the recipe, 4 Iron Ingots from 20 Iron Ore, 3 Emeralds refined by an Arcforger (theirs or a friend's), and 21 Screws. Starting the Screw and ingot crafts two levels early means the Niam is ready the moment they ding 35, instead of a trip to the Free Market for a Blue Axe that no shop sells.

Axe vs sword: which is better for a Fighter?

Henesys.gg's multipliers (our damage formula guide):

Weapon	Swing	Stab	60/40 average
Two-handed axe	3.0	2.0	2.60
Two-handed sword	2.5	2.5	2.50
One-handed axe	2.4	1.2	1.92
One-handed sword	1.8	1.8	1.80

The formula is max = skill % × weapon attack × (1 + (STR × multiplier + DEX + 2 × attack power) ÷ 100). NiaMeowDB's speed ladder gives 83 attacks a minute at Fast (4), 80 at Fast (5) and 74 at Normal (6) (our attack speed guide).

Our math (max damage × attacks a minute, typical Warrior stats, no attack power):

Level	Stats	Two-handed axe	Two-handed sword	Axe lead	One-handed axe	2H lead
30	125 STR, 30 DEX	Blue Axe: 18,200	Aluminum Baseball Bat: 17,700	+2.8%	Fireman's Axe: 14,434	+26.1%
35	150 STR, 35 DEX	Niam: 23,100	Lionheart: 22,440	+2.9%	Dankke: 18,612	+24.1%
40	170 STR, 40 DEX	Sabretooth: 27,936	Zard: 27,120	+3.0%	Blue Counter: 22,065	+26.6%
50	220 STR, 50 DEX	The Rising: 39,002	Lion's Fang: 37,814	+3.1%	Buck: 32,054	+21.7%
60	260 STR, 60 DEX	The Shining: 53,504	Sparta: 49,750	+7.5%	Hawkhead: 42,129	+27.0%
70	300 STR, 70 DEX	Chrono: 65,379	Doombringer: 63,314	+3.3%	Mikhail: 53,869	+21.4%

That's average damage. Mscw-guidebook adds a caveat our Fighter guide covers: a sword's even multiplier can kill some monsters in fewer hits (2 hits every time on Ligators vs 2.15 on average with an axe). Sword Mastery also gives +20 accuracy (NiaMeowDB). One-handed axes beat one-handed swords (1.92 vs 1.80) and still leave room for a shield. See our swords guide for the sword side.

Our pick: a two-handed axe from 30, with the crafted Niam at 35 and Sabretooth at 40. Our Fighter guide covers the skill build.

Axe attack scrolls

Scroll	Success	Effect	Risk
Axe Attack Scroll: Lesser	100%	+1 attack	None
Intermediate	60%	+2	None
Greater	10%	+4	None
Chaos	10%	+5	50% chance to destroy the axe when it fails

Odds come from MapleStory Quest. El Moth sells One-Handed Axe Lessers for 30,000 mesos and Two-handed Axe Lessers for 60,000 (NiaMeowDB). The Two-handed Axe Attack Scroll: Greater is a pick reward from Building a New House for Blackbull and Taking Out the Alligators 1 (henesys.gg); Horny Mushrooms list it only among their old MapleSEA reference drops (NiaMeowDB). Our math: seven Lessers add +7 attack for 420,000 mesos on a two-handed axe. On a Sabretooth, 67 attack instead of 60 is about 12% more damage. Our scrolling guide covers the tiers.

Axe upgrade path by level

Level	Two-handed path	One-handed path	Source
10	Metal Axe	Double Axe	River, Manny / Silver
15	Metal Axe	Battle Axe or Scythe	River / Weaponcrafting 2
20	Iron Axe or Pickaxe	Battle Axe	River / Weaponcrafting 4
25	Two-Handed Axe	Mithril Axe	River
30	Blue Axe	Fireman's Axe	Drop or trade
35	Niam	Dankke	Weaponcrafting 7 / drop
40	Sabretooth	Blue Counter	Weaponcrafting 8 / trade
50+	The Rising, The Shining, Chrono	Buck, Hawkhead, Mikhail	Drops or later crafting

Our math on River: the Metal Axe, Iron Axe and Two-Handed Axe cost 35,000 mesos together. Crafting the Pickaxe instead of buying the Iron Axe costs a 4,500 fee plus 20 Iron Ore, and the Pickaxe has 3 more attack but is Normal (6) instead of Fast (5). New Warriors can start with our Warrior guide 1–30.

Axes for alts and returning players

• Returning players: no launch shop sells the level 30 Blue Axe, so trade for one or wait for Niam at 35 (NiaMeowDB).
• Thief alts: the Pickaxe (Warrior and Thief) and the Metal Axe (Warrior, Bowman and Thief) are usable off-job.
• Weaponcrafters: Niam and Sabretooth are good trade goods, since no launch shop sells a level 30+ axe. Spearmen want the polearm line instead (our spears and polearms guide), and Pages use maces and hammers (our blunt weapons guide).
• Rushing a Fighter: a powerleveling run won't level Weaponcrafting, and check that your SP is in one weapon line.

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What changed for axes at Grand Launch

Grand Launch (v1.0.0, October 21, 2026) didn't change any axe's stats or recipe. Crafting still stops at craft level 8, so The Rising stays out of reach, and the axe recipes kept their fees (henesys.gg; Nexon's Grand Launch release notes). The only recent recipe price change, nine Lesser cape, earring and glove scrolls going from 10,000 to 20,000 mesos, came at Founder's Access on October 6, not at Grand Launch (henesys.gg), and it doesn't touch axes. The change axe users will notice is Final Attack: every Final Attack, including Axe, now lasts 60 seconds instead of 30, so you recast it half as often.

FAQ

Is an axe or sword better for a Fighter? An axe, by about 3% average damage on the full formula by our math. Swords kill some monsters in fewer hits and Sword Mastery adds accuracy (henesys.gg; mscw-guidebook).

What is the best axe at launch? The Sabretooth: level 40, +60 attack, Fast (5), made at Weaponcrafting 8 (MapleStory Quest).

Where do I buy axes? River in Perion sells the Battle Axe, Mithril Axe, Metal Axe, Iron Axe and Two-Handed Axe. Silver in Lith Harbor sells the Hand Axe and Double Axe (NiaMeowDB).

Can you craft The Rising at launch? No. It needs Weaponcrafting 10, and the Public Release stops at 8 (MapleStory Quest).

Is a one-handed or two-handed axe better? Two-handed, by about 21–27% by our math. A one-handed axe lets you use a shield and still beats a one-handed sword.

Can non-Warriors use axes? The Hand Axe, Double Axe and Scythe have no job lock, the Metal Axe works for Warriors, Bowmen and Thieves, and the Pickaxe for Warriors and Thieves (MapleStory Quest).

Related guides

• MapleStory Classic Fighter guide: axe vs sword
• MapleStory Classic swords guide
• MapleStory Classic Weaponcrafting guide
• MapleStory Classic Arcforge guide
• MapleStory Classic Warrior guide 1–30
• MapleStory Classic hub