Golden Axe

"A holy axe, forged by the dwarves of Urdual"The Golden Axe is unique in that it deals Holy damage exclusively. It is a two-handed axe that deals an extra pulse of Holy damage when inflicting damage from a leap, which some players use to grind for Divination experience. This variant is breakable, and has a 2% chance to break every time it strikes something. Once it breaks, it must be repaired before it can be used again. There is an unbreakable variant called the Unbreakable Golden Axe. It can be obtained through the same quest line that the Golden Axe is acquired at gatecity.

Leap
Enemies that are damaged via the Leap also take a pulse of Holy damage equal to Spell Casting Divination level * 8. Unholy enemies that revive, like Skeletons and Mummies no longer revive once they take Holy damage this way. Damage from the pulse is also awarded to Divination. Early players tend to use this method to grind experience, since leveling divination at that stage is not very accessible.

Breakable
This weapon has a 2% chance to break each time it strikes something. Once it breaks you will get a Broken Axe Hilt in return. Combat wise, it makes this axe unviable. Otherwise, it progresses the Unbreakable Golden Axe Quest.

Unbreakable Golden Axe Quest Progression
If the player finds that they broke the Golden Axe and now have the Broken Axe Hilt, they can return to Mayor Vilhelm in gatecity, in which he explains that he created the axe from memory and that it may not have the integrity as the original recipe. He directs the player to Roland the Blacksmith, also located in gatecity, who can repair it. If the player talks to Roland, he confirms that he can fix it, but requires the Broken Axe Hilt, Loreldian Ore, and 10,000 Gold. Upon fulfilling his request, the player gets the Golden Axe in return, and a Letter from Roland. He informs the player that if he takes the letter and the Golden Axe to Thordac the Blacksmith in Deralia, that he will make the Golden Axe into an Unbreakable Golden Axe. Once the player does so, Thordac requests that he take the Letter from Roland, the Golden Axe, and 100,000 Gold in return for the Unbreakable Golden Axe. Upon payment, he finally grants the player the Unbreakable Golden Axe and ends the quest.

Golden Axe Quest
In order to obtain the Golden Axe, the player must fulfill the requests of Mayor Vilhelm in gatecity. He will ask the player to do two tasks:


 * 1) Bring the Goblin Chief's Head.
 * 2) Kill 150 Dwarven Zombies.

Both tasks must be completed without changing the map. The second task takes in an irritating amount of time to complete. The Dwarven Zombies are not too challenging, but they respawn incredibly slowly. Once the second task is completed, whoever brought the Mayor the Goblin Chief's Head will be rewarded the Golden Axe. If that person is no longer on the server, whoever talks to him first will be rewarded the Golden Axe.

Bugs

 * This weapon's icon does not appear correctly, and seems to select a random icon to appear as from the player's inventory. The icon used here is what it would look like if it were not bugged.

Trivia

 * Although the Golden Axe will likely break in any encounter, it still has 100 more base damage than the Unbreakable Golden Axe.
 * The pulse of Holy damage that the leap inflicts rewards experience to Spell Casting Divination. Early players may find use in leveling Divination this way since ways to level it are limited.