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For other uses, see Axe (disambiguation).
Golden Axe
Rarity tier
 
Common
Mining efficiency 12
Attack damage JE: 7HPπŸ‘ ❀️
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BE: 4HPπŸ‘ ❀️
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Attack speedβ€Œ[JE only] 1 (1 second)
Attack range 3 (3 blocks)
Hitbox margin 0
Durability JE: 32
BE: 33
Enchantability 22
Renewable Yes
Stackable No
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A golden axe is a variant of axe that is crafted from gold ingots. It can be used to cut down trees faster, to strip logs and scrape copper-based blocks, and as a melee weapon that disables shields. It is the sixth-highest tier of axe, having the lowest durability, and having the lowest attack damage alongside wooden axes, despite having the highest mining efficiency and the highest attack speed alongside diamond and netherite axes. It can be admired by piglins, and has the highest enchantability.

Obtaining

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Crafting

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Ingredients Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot +
Stick
πŸ‘ Invicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold Ingot
πŸ‘ Invicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold Ingot
πŸ‘ Invicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold Ingot
πŸ‘ Invicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: Stick
πŸ‘ Invicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: Stick

πŸ‘ Invicon Golden Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Axe When in Main Hand:  7 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed

Generated loot

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Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
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[A]
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Bastion Remnant
Bridge chest 1 11.2%
{ "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11242603550295849, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
Hoglin stable chest 1 22.8%
{ "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22793887963348602, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
Generic chest 1 9.8%
{ "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09750000000000003, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
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Ruined Portal
Chest 1 20.5%
{ "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
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[B]
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Trial Chambers
Intersection barrel 1 22.3%
{ "item": "Damaged Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22342803610021233, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection barrel" }
Bedrock Edition
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[A]
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Bastion Remnant
Bridge chest 1 11.2%
{ "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11242603550295849, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
Hoglin stable chest 1 22.8%
{ "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22793887963348602, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
Generic chest 1 9.8%
{ "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09750000000000003, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
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Ruined Portal
Chest 1 20.5%
{ "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
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[B]
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Trial Chambers
Intersection barrel 1 22.3%
{ "item": "Damaged Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22342803610021233, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection barrel" }
  1. ↑ a b All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.
  2. ↑ a b The item has between 15% and 80% of its total durability.

Mob loot

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Equipment

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A piglin brute spawns with a golden axe and has an 8.5% chance (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II, and 11.5% with Looting III) of dropping it upon death by the player. Also, in Java Edition, zombified piglins can drop their golden axe (with the same chance as piglin brute drop) if they have been zombified from a piglin brute.

Villager gifts

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Weaponsmith villagers occasionally throw golden axes at players with the Hero of the Village status effect.β€Œ[Java Edition only]

Usage

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Breaking

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Golden axes can break wood-related blocks faster than other tools. Breaking a block costs 1 durability.[note 1]

  1. ↑ Blocks that break instantly don't use up durability.

Stripping

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Using a golden axe on a log, wood block, or block of bamboo turns it into a stripped log, stripped wood, or block of stripped bamboo, respectively. This uses 1 point of the axe's durability.

Scraping

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Using a golden axe on a waxed or oxidized copper block removes the wax if it has any, or otherwise removes a level of oxidization. This uses 1 point of durability.

Weapon

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When you hit a mob or player with a golden axe, it loses 2 durability points.

Attacking a shield user with an axe disables the use of the shield for 5 seconds. Vindicators, piglin brutes, or other mobs with commands always disable the player's shield. Damage done when using an axe as a weapon is more than that of a sword of the same tier, though they take longer than a sword to recover, resulting in lower DPS.

Attack damage Attack speed Recovery time DPS Lifetime damage inflicted[note 1]
7HPπŸ‘ ❀️
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1.0 1 second (20 game ticks) 7.0 112HPπŸ‘ ❀️
Γ— 56
  1. ↑ The formula to find the total lifetime damage is ceil(durability Γ· 2) Γ— damage per hit. The durability is halved then ceiled because axes take double durability when used as a weapon, and the last 1 durability can also deal damage. The formula also ignores enchantments and critical hits, and assumes each attack is performed at maximum charge.

Golden axes attack instantly with no cooldown and deal 4HPπŸ‘ ❀️
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damage.

Repairing

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Combining

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Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Damaged Golden Axe The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.
Ingredients Grinding recipe Description
2Γ— Damaged Golden Axe The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.

Unit repair

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Ingredients Anvil recipe
Damaged  +
Gold Ingot

A golden axe can be repaired in an anvil by adding golden ingots, with each ingot restoring 25% of the axe's maximum durability, rounded down. Two golden axes can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the axe's enchantments.

Enchantments

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A golden axe can receive the following enchantments:

Name Description Max level Method Weight
Efficiency Increases the mining speed. V πŸ‘ Image
Enchanting Table

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Anvil
10
Fortune[note 1] Increases the amount of drops when mining. III πŸ‘ Image
Enchanting Table

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Anvil
2
Silk Touch[note 1] Causes blocks to drop themselves when mined. I πŸ‘ Image
Enchanting Table

πŸ‘ Image
Anvil
1
Sharpness[note 2] Increases the damage dealt. V πŸ‘ Image
Enchanting Table
β€Œ[BE only]
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Anvil
10
Smite[note 2] Increases the damage dealt to undead. V πŸ‘ Image
Enchanting Table
β€Œ[BE only]
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Anvil
5
Bane of Arthropods[note 2] Increases the damage dealt to arthropods. V πŸ‘ Image
Enchanting Table
β€Œ[BE only]
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Anvil
5
Cleaving​[upcoming: JE Combat Tests][note 2] Increases the damage and shield cooldown time dealt. III πŸ‘ Image
Enchanting Table

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Anvil
Looting​[upcoming: JE Combat Tests][note 3] Increases the amount of drops when killing an entity with the axe. III πŸ‘ Image
Anvil
2
Knockback​[upcoming: JE Combat Tests][note 3] Increases the knockback dealt. II πŸ‘ Image
Anvil
5
Fire Aspect​[upcoming: JE Combat Tests][note 3] Ignites any targets hit by the axe and lights unlit candles, campfires, and Block of TNT when used. II πŸ‘ Image
Anvil
2
Sweeping Edge​[upcoming: JE Combat Tests][note 3] Increases the sweeping damage dealt. III πŸ‘ Image
Anvil
2
Unbreaking Grants a chance to negate durability consumption. III πŸ‘ Image
Enchanting Table

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Anvil
5
Mending Repairs the axe when obtaining experience. I πŸ‘ Image
Anvil
2
Curse of Vanishing The axe vanishes on death, not dropping as an item. I πŸ‘ Image
Anvil
1
  1. ↑ a b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive
  2. ↑ a b c d Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, and Cleaving​[upcoming: JE Combat Tests] are mutually exclusive.
  3. ↑ a b c d Fire Aspect, Looting, Knockback, and Sweeping Edge currently exist, but they can be used only for swords.

Smelting ingredient

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Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Gold Nugget  +
Any fuel
πŸ‘ Invicon Golden Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Axe When in Main Hand:  7 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed

πŸ‘ Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: Coal
πŸ‘ Invicon Charcoal.png: Inventory sprite for Charcoal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Charcoal with description: Charcoal
πŸ‘ Invicon Oak Log.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Log in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Log with description: Log
πŸ‘ Invicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Overworld Planks
πŸ‘ Invicon Lava Bucket.png: Inventory sprite for Lava Bucket in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lava Bucket with description: Lava Bucket
πŸ‘ Invicon Block of Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Block of Coal with description: Block of Coal

πŸ‘ Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Nugget with description: Gold Nugget
0.1

Piglins

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Piglins are attracted to golden axes and run toward any golden axes on the ground, and inspect it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.

Sounds

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Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Axe stripsBlocksWhen an axe strips a log or wood blockitem.axe.stripsubtitles.item.axe.strip​0.91.0/0.8516
​Wax offBlocksWhen an axe unwaxes a block of copperitem.axe.wax_offsubtitles.item.axe.wax_off​1.00.9/1.1/1.016
​Axe scrapesBlocksWhen an axe deoxidizes a block of copperitem.axe.scrapesubtitles.item.axe.scrape​1.01.0/0.9/1.116
​Item breaksPlayersWhen an axe's durability is exhaustedentity.item.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​0.80.8–1.216

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Axe stripsBlocksWhen an axe strips a log or wood block [sound 1]use.woodsubtitles.item.axe.strip​1.00.8
​Block placedBlocksWhen an axe strips a stem or hyphae block [sound 1]use.stemsubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8
​FootstepsPlayersWhen an axe strips a block of bamboo [sound 1]step.bamboo_woodsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​1.00.8
​FootstepsPlayersWhen an axe strips a cherry log or cherry wood block [sound 1]step.cherry_woodsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​1.00.8
​Wax offFriendly MobsWhen an axe unwaxes a copper blocks and copper golem ​[more information needed]copper.wax.offsubtitles.item.axe.wax_off​1.00.8–1.2
​Axe scrapesFriendly MobsWhen an axe deoxidizes a copper blocks and copper golemscrapesubtitles.item.axe.scrape​1.00.8–1.2
​Item breaksPlayersWhen an axe's durability is exhaustedrandom.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​1.00.9
  1. ↑ a b c d MCPE-189879

Data values

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Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
πŸ‘ ItemSprite golden-axe.png: Sprite image for golden-axe in Minecraft
Golden Axe
golden_axeItem item.minecraft.golden_axe

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
πŸ‘ ItemSprite golden-axe.png: Sprite image for golden-axe in Minecraft
Golden Axe
golden_axe325Item item.golden_axe.name

Achievements

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IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
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MOAR ToolsConstruct one type of each tool.Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material.15Bronze
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Oooh, shiny!Distract a Piglin using goldGive a piglin a gold item​[more information needed] while it is aggressive toward the player.30Silver

Advancements

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IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
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Oh ShinyDistract Piglins with gold The player must not be wearing any golden armor. Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.
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Wax OffScrape Wax off of a Copper block!Use an axe to revert any of these 15 waxed variants of copper blocks: The block can be in any of its four oxidation stages.

Videos

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History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition Indev
0.3120100130πŸ‘ Image
Added golden axes.
20100131Golden axes now have durability which is 33 points.
20100206-2034πŸ‘ Image
The texture of golden axes has been changed.
Java Edition Beta
1.2Golden tools, including axes, now remove blocks faster than diamond tools.
Java Edition
1.6.113w21aInstead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HPπŸ‘ πŸ’”
), golden axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HPπŸ‘ πŸ’”
more damage than before.
1.915w34aGolden axes now use the attack speed combat mechanic meter. The time it takes for the meter to fill up for an axe is 1.2 seconds.
15w34bGolden axes now have an attack speed of 0.8, taking about 1.25 seconds to fill the attack meter.
15w34cGolden axes do 4HPπŸ‘ ❀️
πŸ‘ ❀️
more damage than previously.
Golden axes now have an attack speed of 0.85.
Golden axes now have a chance to temporarily disable shield use.
15w35aThe damage of golden axes has been reduced by 1HPπŸ‘ πŸ’”
.
The speed of golden axes has been increased to 0.9.
15w37aGolden axes now have an attack speed of 1.
1.1116w35aA golden axe now has a 100% chance of disabling shield use, and the chance is no longer increased by Efficiency level and whether or not the user is sprinting.
1.11.116w50aGolden axes now smelt down into gold nuggets.
1.1318w07aUsing a golden axe on a block of wood or log now turns it into a stripped block of wood or log.
pre2Using a golden axe on a bark now turns it into a stripped bark.
1.13.118w30bThe durability of golden axes has been reduced from 33 to 32 due to the fix of a bug.[1]
1.1418w43aπŸ‘ Image
The texture of golden axes has been changed.
19w13aWeaponsmith villagers now give golden axes to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
1.1620w16aGolden axes now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
1.16.220w27aπŸ‘ Image
Added piglin brutes, which can spawn with and drop golden axes.
20w30aEnchanted golden axes can now be found in bastion remnant chests.
1.1721w11aGolden axes can now be used to scrape wax and oxidation off copper blocks.
1.20.3
Experiment
Update 1.21
23w45aDamaged golden axes can now be found in trial chambers intersection barrels.
1.20.524w03aGolden axes can now receive sharpness, smite, and bane of arthropods through an enchanting table, rather than only through an anvil.
Java Edition Combat Tests
1.14.3The attack speed for golden axes has been increased to 2.
Golden axes now deal 1HPπŸ‘ πŸ’”
more damage than golden swords.
3The Chopping enchantment has been added for golden axes, which adds 1 damage and 0.5 seconds (10 game ticks) of shield stunning per level and is mutually exclusive with Sharpness.
Golden axes now always disable shields for 1.6 seconds (32 game ticks), instead of having a 25% to disable them for 5 seconds (100 game ticks).
Golden axes now take 1 damage when attacking instead of 2.
The Sweeping Edge enchantment can now be applied to golden axes.
4Knockback, Looting, and Fire Aspect enchantments can now be applied to golden axes.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0πŸ‘ Image
Added golden axes. They actually function as tools despite being unobtainable by normal means.
v0.3.2Golden axes can now be crafted with gold ingots and sticks.
v0.11.0build 11Golden axes are now available in the Creative inventory.
build 12Golden axes have been removed from creative.
build 13Golden axes have been re-added to creative mode.
v0.12.1build 1Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HPπŸ‘ πŸ’”
), golden axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HPπŸ‘ πŸ’”
more damage than before.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Golden axes now smelt down into gold nuggets.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.13beta 1.2.13.8Using a golden axe on a log now turns it into a stripped log.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3πŸ‘ Image
The texture of golden axes has been changed.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57Golden axes now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
1.16.20beta 1.16.20.50Added piglin brutes, who rarely drop golden axes.
1.16.100beta 1.16.100.55Zombified piglins that are converted from piglin brutes now keep their golden axes.
1.16.220beta 1.16.220.52Golden axes can now be used to scrape wax off copper blocks.
1.18.30Preview 1.18.30.27Golden axes can now temporarily disable shield use. This is not mentioned in the official changelog.[2]
1.20.60
Experiment
Update 1.21
Preview 1.20.60.20Damaged golden axes can now be found in trial chambers intersection barrels.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1πŸ‘ Image
Added golden axes.
TU19CU71.121.121.12Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HPπŸ‘ πŸ’”
), golden axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HPπŸ‘ πŸ’”
more damage than before.
TU36CU251.281.281.28Patch 7The attack damage of golden axes is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the item has less than 3 enchantments.
TU53CU431.491.501.49Patch 231.0.3Golden axes now smelt down into gold nuggets.
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Using a golden axe on a log now turns it into a stripped log.
1.90 πŸ‘ Image
The texture of golden axes have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0πŸ‘ Image
Added golden axes.

Data history

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Java Edition
1.1317w47a
Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 279.

Issues

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Issues relating to "Golden Axe" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

References

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