Equipment
Bronze axe crafting and upgrade costs
A new bronze axe costs 8 bronze, 4 wood and 2 leather scraps. Crafting it and upgrading all the way to quality 4 costs 32 bronze, 4 wood and 8 leather scraps in total.
Each upgrade is an additional cost
The recipe beside an upgrade is not the cumulative total. To reach quality 4 from nothing, pay the crafting cost and all three upgrade costs. If you already own the axe, choose its current quality in the planner so those previous costs are excluded.
| Step | Bronze | Leather scraps | Wood |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craft quality 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| Quality 1 → 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Quality 2 → 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Quality 3 → 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| New → quality 4 total | 32 | 8 | 4 |
Example: quality 2 to quality 4
Only two steps remain: quality 3 and quality 4. Add 8 + 12 bronze and 2 + 3 leather scraps, for 20 bronze and 5 scraps. No additional wood is needed. Starting from zero bronze, that metal budget translates to 40 copper ingots and 20 tin ingots.
The planner can also account for more than one axe. Keep separate rows if party members are starting from different quality levels.
When the axe is the useful first purchase
A bronze axe can fell birch and oak as well as the earlier trees. That makes it an exploration and material-access purchase, rather than only a combat upgrade. If your current goal is fine wood, the initial axe is the relevant unlock; buying every quality level is a separate decision.
The listed axe quality levels require matching forge levels 1 through 4 for crafting or upgrades. Building forge improvements is not included in the equipment totals. Repairs do not consume crafting materials.
Make the numbers your own.
Set your gear, subtract your inventory and save a plan.
Sources & scope
Reference checked September 27, 2026. Original explanations based on the sources above; not an in-game test of every configuration. Editorial standards · Report a correction