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Battle Axe +15
		237			100
		177(192)			36
		228(228)			250
		237(237)			4.0
Requirements & Bonus

12	8		–	–
Weapon Type			Axe
Attack Type			Regular
Enchantable			Yes
Special			No

*When infused with Magic: 177 physical dmg/192 magic dmg, with Fire: 228 physical dmg/228 Fire dmg, with Lightning: 237 physical dmg/237 Lightning dmg

Battle Axe is a Weapon in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered.

Standard battle axe. Inflicts regular damage, making it effective in various situations."
"Powerful attack due to its weight, but one wrong swing leaves the wielder wide open, so timing and proximity to the enemy must be judged carefully."

How to Get / Where to Find the Battle Axe

Starting equipment for Bandit
Sold by Andre of Astora for 1,000 souls
Rare drop from axe-wielding Hollow Warriors

Hints and tips:

Give to Frampt to receive 50 souls.

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Battle Axe Upgrade Table

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Overview table for all Upgrades at regular, max and threshold levels. Click on the tabs to see individual upgrade paths in detail. Use this table to quickly compare performance

	Attack Values					Parameter Bonuses				Auxiliary Effects				Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Battle Axe
Regular	95	0	0	0	100	C	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +5	142	0	0	0	100	C	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +10	190	0	0	0	100	C	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +14	228	0	0	0	100	C	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +15	237	0	0	0	100	C	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Crystal	209	0	0	0	100	C	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Crystal +4	246	0	0	0	100	C	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Crystal +5	256	0	0	0	100	C	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Lightning	190	0	0	190	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Lightning +4	224	0	0	224	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	52.8	36
Lightning +5	237	0	0	237	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	56	36
Raw	163	0	0	0	100	D	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Raw +5	218	0	0	0	100	D	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Magic	106	115	0	0	100	E	E	C	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Magic +5	142	154	0	0	100	E	E	C	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Magic +9	170	184	0	0	100	E	E	C		-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Magic +10	177	192	0	0	100	E	E	C	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Enchanted	142	152	0	0	100	E	E	C	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Enchanted +4	164	170	0	0	100	E	E	C		-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Enchanted +5	170	176	0	0	100	E	E	C	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Divine	96	117	0	0	100	D	E	-	C	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Divine +5	128	156	0	0	100	D	E	-	C	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Divine +9	153	187	0	0	100	D	E	-	C	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Divine +10	160	195	0	0	100	D	E	-	C	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Occult	130	142	0	0	100	D	E	-	B	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Occult +4	161	170	0	0	100	D	E	-	B	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Occult +5	169	177	0	0	100	D	E	-	B	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Fire	123	0	123	0	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Fire +5	171	0	171	0	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	42	40	36
Fire +9	216	0	216	0	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	43.6	40	36
Fire +10	228	0	228	0	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	44	40	36
Chaos	149	0	171	0	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Chaos +4	182	0	209	0	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Chaos +4 @ 10 Humanity	+	0	+	0	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Chaos +5	190	0	218	0	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Chaos +5 @ 10 Humanity	+	0	+	0	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36

Regular Upgrades are performed by Andre of Astora at the Undead Parish.
Regular +6 requires a regular +5 weapon and to hand in the Large Ember. Regular +11 requires a regular +10 weapon and to hand in the Very Large Ember.
Regular Reinforcement Scales 60% for Strength and 30% for Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 3,000 souls, 9 titanite shards to +5, 9 large titanite shards to +10, 7 titanite chunks to +14 and 1 titanite slab to +15

Battle Axe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Regular	95	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +1 (x1)	104	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +2 (x1)	114	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +3 (x2)	123	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +4 (x2)	133	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +5 (x3)	142	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +6 (x1)	152	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +7 (x1)	161	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +8 (x2)	171	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +9 (x2)	180	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +10 (x3)	190	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +11 (x1)	199	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +12 (x1)	209	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +13 (x2)	218	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +14 (x3)	228	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Regular +15 (x1)	237	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36

Crystal Upgrades are performed by the Giant Blacksmith at Anor Londo.
Crystal Upgrades require a regular +10 weapon and to hand in the Crystal Ember.
Crystal Reinforcement reduces weapon Durability by 25, but increases base damage. It scales 60% for Strengthand 30% for Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 8 titanite chunks to +4 and 1 titanite slab to +5

Battle Axe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Crystal (x1)	209	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Crystal +1 (x1)	218	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Crystal +2 (x1)	228	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Crystal +3 (x2)	237	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Crystal +4 (x3)	247	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Crystal +5 (x1)	256	-	-	-	C	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36

Lightning Upgrades are performed by the Giant Blacksmith at Anor Londo.
Lightning Upgrades require a regular +10 weapon, but no special Ember is required.
Lightning Reinforcement removes all scaling but adds Lightning Damage.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 8 titanite chunks to +4 and 1 titanite slab to +5

Battle Axe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Lightning (x1)	171	-	-	171	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Lightning +1 (x1)	184	-	-	184	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	43.2	36
Lightning +2 (x1)	197	-	-	197	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	46.4	36
Lightning +3 (x2)	210	-	-	210	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	49.6	36
Lightning +4 (x3)	224	-	-	224	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	52.8	36
Lightning +5 (x1)	237	-	-	237	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	56	36

Raw Upgrades are performed by Andre of Astora at the Undead Parish.
Raw Upgrades require a regular +5 weapon and to hand in the Large Ember.
Raw Reinforcement increases base damage whilst reducing stat bonuses. Scales 45% for Strength and 23% for Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 10 large titanite shards

Battle Axe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Raw (x1)	163	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Raw +1 (x1)	174	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Raw +2 (x1)	185	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Raw +3 (x2)	196	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Raw +4 (x2)	207	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Raw +5 (x3)	218	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36

Magic Upgrades are performed by Rickert of Vinheim, found in New Londo Ruins.
Magic Upgrade +1 requires a regular +5 weapon. Magic +6 requires a Magic +5 and to hand in the Large Magic Ember
Magic Reinforcement adds Magic Damage and an Intelligence bonus. The weapon can no longer be buffed with Magic Weapon. Scales 17% for Strength and 8% for Dexterity and 65% Intelligence to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 2,000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards to +5, 7 Blue Titanite Chunks to +14 and 1 Blue Titanite Slab to +15

Battle Axe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Magic (x1)	106	115	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Magic +1 (x1)	113	123	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Magic +2 (x1)	120	130	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Magic +3 (x2)	127	138	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Magic +4 (x2)	134	146	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Magic +5 (x3)	142	154	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Magic +6 (x1)	149	161	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Magic +7 (x1)	156	169	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Magic +8 (x2)	163	177	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Magic +9 (x3)	170	184	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Magic +10 (x1)	177	192	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36

Enchanted Upgrades are performed by Rickert of Vinheim, found in New Londo Ruins.
Enchanted Upgrade +1 requires a regular +5 weapon. Enchanted +6 requires a Enchanted +5 and to hand in the Large Magic Ember
Enchanted Reinforcement increases the Intelligence bonus at the cost of base magic damage. The weapon can no longer be buffed with Magic Weapon. Scales 12% for Strength and 6% for Dexterity and 63% Intelligence to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 8 Blue Titanite Chunks to +4 and 1 Blue Titanite Slab to +5

Battle Axe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Enchanted (x1)	142	152	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Enchanted +1 (x1)	147	156	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Enchanted +2 (x1)	153	161	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Enchanted +3 (x2)	159	165	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Enchanted +4 (x3)	164	170	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Enchanted +5 (x1)	170	176	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	-36

Divine Upgrades are performed by Andre of Astora at the Undead Parish.
Divine Upgrades require a regular +5 weapon and to hand in the Divine Ember. Divine +6 upgrades require a Divine Weapon +5 and to hand in the Large Divine Ember.
Divine Reinforcement adds Magic Damage and Faith scaling. Scales 23% for Strength and 12% for Dexterityand 64% Faith to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 2,000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards, 7 White Titanite Chunks and 1 White Titanite Slab

Battle Axe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Divine (x1)	96	117	-	-	D	E	-	C	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Divine +1 (x1)	102	124	-	-	D	E	-	C	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Divine +2 (x1)	108	132	-	-	D	E	-	C	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Divine +3 (x2)	115	140	-	-	D	E	-	C	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Divine +4 (x2)	121	148	-	-	D	E	-	C	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Divine +5 (x3)	128	156	-	-	D	E	-	C	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Divine +6 (x1)	134	163	-	-	D	E	-	C	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Divine +7 (x1)	140	171	-	-	D	E	-	C	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Divine +8 (x2)	147	179	-	-	D	E	-	C	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Divine +9 (x3)	153	187	-	-	D	E	-	C	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Divine +10 (x1)	160	195	-	-	D	E	-	C	-	-	55	10	40	40	36

Occult Upgrades are performed by Andre of Astora at the Undead Parish.
Occult Upgrades require a Divine+5 weapon and to hand in the Dark Ember.
Occult Reinforcement reduces the base damage but increases Faith scaling. Scales 22% for Strength and 11% for Dexterity and 76% Faith to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 7 White Titanite Chunks and 1 White Titanite Slab

Battle Axe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Occult (x1)	130	142	-	-	D	E	-	B	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Occult +1 (x1)	137	149	-	-	D	E	-	B	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Occult +2 (x1)	145	156	-	-	D	E	-	B	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Occult +3 (x2)	153	163	-	-	D	E	-	B	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Occult +4 (x3)	161	170	-	-	D	E	-	B	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Occult +5 (x1)	169	177	-	-	D	E	-	B	-	-	55	10	40	40	36

Fire Upgrades are performed by Blacksmith Vamos in The Catacombs.
Fire Upgrades require a regular +5 weapon. Fire+6 requires a Fire+5 weapon and to hand in the Large Flame Ember.
Fire Reinforcement adds Fire Damage but removes all scaling bonuses from the weapon.
To reach max, you need: 2,000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards, 7 Red Titanite Chunks and 1 Red Titanite Slab

Battle Axe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Fire (x1)	123	-	123	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Fire +1 (x1)	133	-	133	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40.4	40	36
Fire +2 (x1)	142	-	142	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40.8	40	36
Fire +3 (x2)	152	-	152	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	41.2	40	36
Fire +4 (x2)	161	-	161	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	41.6	40	36
Fire +5 (x3)	171	-	171	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	42	40	36
Fire +6 (x1)	182	-	182	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	42.4	40	36
Fire +7 (x1)	193	-	193	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	42.8	40	36
Fire +8 (x2)	205	-	205	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	43.2	40	36
Fire +9 (x3)	216	-	216	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	43.6	40	36
Fire +10 (x1)	228	-	228	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	44	40	36

Chaos Upgrades are performed by Blacksmith Vamos in The Catacombs.
Chaos Upgrades require a Fire+5 weapon and to hand in the Chaos Flame Ember
Fire Reinforcement reduces Fire Damage but adds a bonus based on the Humanity you hold.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 7 Red Titanite Chunks and 1 Red Titanite Slab

Battle Axe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Chaos (x1)	149	-	171	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40	40	36
Chaos +1 (x1)	157	-	180	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	40.8	40	36
Chaos +2 (x1)	166	-	190	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	41.6	40	36
Chaos +3 (x2)	174	-	199	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	42.4	40	36
Chaos +4 (x3)	182	-	209	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	43.2	40	36
Chaos +5 (x1)	190	-	218	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	10	44	40	36

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Butcher Knife ♦ Crescent Axe ♦ Gargoyle Tail Axe ♦ Golem Axe ♦ Hand Axe

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- Minuslee
  10 Sep 2023 04:17
  It feels funny attacking giant enemies while 2handed. Like im chopping down a tree lol
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- Anonymous
  13 Aug 2023 02:03
  Seriously underrated weapon. It gets over 450 AR, is really fast for an axe, stunlocks everything, has horizontal and vertical attacks and has absurd motion values for R2 attacks which boosts it's damage even further.
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- Anonymous
  10 Apr 2023 23:17
  Grand those swords but i prefer me trusty axe
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- Anonymous
  04 Sep 2022 23:27
  Is there any reason to not lighting infuse this other than no scaling?
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- Anonymous
  25 Feb 2022 02:02
  Solid quality weapon. Roughly 460 ar with very powerful r2 attacks. Ignore everyone saying it's early game only
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- Anonymous
  30 Jan 2022 22:00
  There appears to be an anomaly with the damage multiplier for the two-handed heavy attack. It hits much harder than the Bastard Sword two-handed heavy attack even though it has lower attack rating. Something worth noting.
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- Anonymous
  29 Oct 2021 17:00
  I wish it had the hand axe moveset.
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- Anonymous
  03 Oct 2021 04:31
  is this a bad option for an enchanted infusion? I see it has a C scaling, while most other weapons have a B or an A scaling
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- Anonymous
  04 Jun 2021 02:35
  I know there's probably better options but this is an underrated gem it got me through my SL1 build
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- Anonymous
  24 Mar 2021 19:02
  Great starting weapon for early areas but later there are much better toys.
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- Wolfdragon89
  24 Nov 2020 12:35
  Like Norm Macdonald says,
  
  " A real battleaxe!!!!"
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- Anonymous
  24 Aug 2020 04:18
  My secondary weapon for my SL1 run <3
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- Sonolanders
  23 Aug 2020 03:39
  Only C scaling? I really wanted it to be my main weapon. :(
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- Anonymous
  08 Apr 2019 00:52
  Best starting weapon.
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- Anonymous
  27 Feb 2019 10:02
  Butcher's knife is better in all ways except stat requirement if you're going to have 24+ strength go for that instead
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- Anonymous
  22 Feb 2019 14:19
  Magic +10 better in all ways than Enchanted +5? Interesting
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- Anonymous
  05 Jul 2017 17:14
  it can stunlock pretty well
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- lacard
  10 May 2017 17:21
  Armored Zombies? you mean hollow? lol
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