Bull Horn Axe
Best grade: Refitted Blade (made by Ancient) — 0.196 cut and 0.9 blunt, 18 kg, needs 36 strength. The Bull Horn Axe is a heavy weapon that deals mostly blunt damage.
Weaker at fighting indoors (-4 attack and defence).
A unique weapon: it cannot be crafted and has no blueprint; it exists in 3 grades only.
- Class
- Heavy
- Damage type
- Blunt
- Reach
- 32
- Strength needed
- 21.6 (Mid-Grade Salvage) → 36 (Refitted Blade)
- Weight
- 12.6 → 18 kg
- Value
- 4,102 → 5,682 cats
Bull Horn Axe stats by grade
Cut and blunt are damage multipliers. Str is the strength the weapon asks for at that grade — below it, attacks and blocks slow down, by up to 47.5% at 20 or more points short (Kenshi Wiki: Strength).
| Grade | Maker | Cut | Blunt | Str | Weight | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-Grade Salvage | Ancient | 0.15 | 0.54 | 21.6 | 12.6 kg | 4,102 |
| Old Refitted Blade | Ancient | 0.173 | 0.72 | 28.8 | 14.4 kg | 4,762 |
| Refitted Blade | Ancient | 0.196 | 0.9 | 36 | 18 kg | 5,682 |
Bull Horn Axe vs other heavy weapons
Every one of the heavy weapons at Refitted Blade; a weapon that never comes in that grade shows its best one.
- Bull Horn Axe vs Fragment Axe: At Refitted Blade, the Bull Horn Axe has a smaller indoor penalty (-4 vs -6).
- Bull Horn Axe vs Plank: At Refitted Blade, the Bull Horn Axe has less cut (0.196 vs 0.522), more blunt (0.9 vs 0.6), longer reach (32 vs 30), needs more strength (36 vs 24) and a smaller indoor penalty (-4 vs -6).
- Bull Horn Axe vs Falling Sun: At Refitted Blade, the Bull Horn Axe has less cut (0.196 vs 0.783), more blunt (0.9 vs 0.5), longer reach (32 vs 25), needs more strength (36 vs 20) and a smaller indoor penalty (-4 vs -6).
| Weapon | Grade | Cut | Blunt | Reach | Atk / Def | Indoors | Str | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Horn Axe | Refitted Blade | 0.196 | 0.9 | 32 | 0 / 0 | -4 | 36 | 18 |
| Exile Plank | Meitou | 1.76 | 2.4 | 30 | 0 / 0 | -6 | 96 | 48 |
| Falling Sun | Refitted Blade | 0.783 | 0.5 | 25 | 0 / 0 | -6 | 20 | 10 |
| Fragment Axe | Refitted Blade | 0.196 | 0.9 | 32 | 0 / 0 | -6 | 36 | 18 |
| Plank | Refitted Blade | 0.522 | 0.6 | 30 | 0 / 0 | -6 | 24 | 12 |
Where to get the Bull Horn Axe
No shop on the wiki's vendor pages stocks the Bull Horn Axe.
Crafting
Cannot be crafted.
Which race learns Heavy Weapons fastest
About the Bull Horn Axe
Gifted to Shager's most loyal Invincible Warrior, Ida the Flying Bull. For him, I fight a thousand men. For him, I die a thousand deaths.In-game description
Heavy weapons hit hard in a wide arc but need a lot of strength; below the requirement they attack and block much more slowly. Source: Kenshi Wiki
