Smithscript Axe

Notes

• Requires 13 Strength, 10 Dexterity, 11 Intelligence and 11 Faith, and weighs 5. On Standard affinity, Strength gives the strongest Physical scaling, Dexterity contributes less, and Intelligence and Faith add small Physical increases.
• Light attacks swing the axe in melee. Heavy attacks, charged heavies and jumping heavies throw it instead, so the weapon combines an ordinary axe moveset with a short ranged option.
• Thrown axes reappear in your hand and do not consume ammunition or inventory axes. Ordinary throws use stamina rather than FP.
• The throw uses the weapon's attack power and chosen affinity. Intelligence and Faith requirements do not make a Standard throw deal Magic or Holy damage.
• Heavy and Keen change which Physical attribute matters most. Elemental affinities add their corresponding damage and scaling; an old doubled Physical bonus from elemental scaling is not part of the current weapon.
• Smithing Talisman improves eligible throws by 10% against enemies and 5% against other players. It does not increase projectile range or turn ordinary melee contacts into throwing attacks.
• Axe Talisman improves a charged heavy throw. Godfrey Icon is for eligible charged spells and skills, rather than ordinary charged weapon attacks.
• Wild Strikes is the starting skill and keeps the axe swinging in melee. Shard of Alexander helps the damaging skill, rather than every ordinary throw made with the weapon.
• Weapon-coating skills such as Sacred Blade, Chilling Mist and Royal Knight's Resolve are excluded. Being infusible does not mean it can use every Ash available to an ordinary weapon of the same class.
• Uses ordinary Smithing Stones to +25. Can use compatible Ashes of War and their supported affinities, but grease and weapon enchantments cannot be applied even with a Physical affinity.
• This is a corpse pickup in Taylew's Ruined Forge. Farming Golem Smiths is unnecessary for the axe, even though a different fist weapon drops from some of them.