Serpent Axe

Serpent Axe
Weapon details
Linked attribute(s): Axe Mastery Damage type(s): Slashing damage
Salvage
Common: Wood Planks, Iron Ingots Rare: Steel Ingots

Description

The Serpent Axe is an axe with two skins. The Tyrian skin is larger and dye affects the whole axe, while the Canthan axe is smaller and dye only affects the serpent symbol and yellow pieces of the axe. Note that there is no difference between the inventory icons except the Tyrian skin icon will show no coloring from dye. The axe head resembles a boot. The blade is engraved with the image of a serpent (the same as the Guild symbol), hence its name.

A comparison of the two Serpent Axe versions.

Location

• Serpent Axes are a random drop. Most max Serpent Axes are from either chests from GW:EN (inscribable and Tyrian version confirmed) or Shing Jea (Hard Mode - Canthan version). Uninscribable Tyrian versions drop in the Prophecies Campaign also - players have claimed to have obtained them in the Fissure of Woe.
• Lower level Serpent Axes (white and blue) are a common drop from monsters on Shing Jea Island.
• Serpent Axes may also drop in the Nightfall Campaign but this has yet to be proven.

Tyrian version

Prophecies Campaign

• Pre-Searing Ascalon - damage 3-5
  • Hidden Stash

Eye of the North Expansion

• Dungeons
  • Arachni's Haunt
    • Forge Master
  • Bogroot Growths
    • Bogroot Chest
  • Cathedral of Flames
    • Murakai's Chest
  • Darkrime Delves
    • Havok's Chest
  • Secret Lair of the Snowmen
    • Locked Chest
  • Shards of Orr
  • Catacombs of Kathandrax

Core

• Fissure of Woe
  • Chest of Woe
• Hall of Heroes
  • Chest

Canthan version

Factions Campaign

• Shing Jea Island
  • Afflicted Warrior
  • Naga
  • Sickened Guard (Warrior)
  • Tahkayun Tsi (Boss)

Dye

• Dye will fully affect the Tyrian skin. This version is dyed red by default.
• Dye will affect only the engraved serpent and yellow parts of the Canthan skin. This version is slightly lighter than yellow dyed by default.

Notes

Other items with this appearance:

• Cho Wei's Axe (unique, non-max, Canthan version)
• A Battle Axe with the Serpent Axe skin is given as a quest reward after completing Little Thom's Big Cloak, a pre-searing quest.