Switch Axe · Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
Blackwing Switch Axe I
This switch axe is so sharp, it's almost as if the spirit of a Yian Garuga possesses it.
Stats
- Attack
- 910
- Affinity
- 20%
- Rarity
- 10
- Slots
- 3
- Element
- Poison 210
- Phial
- Power
- Sharpness
- Red 150 · Orange 30 · Yellow 90 · Green 30 · Blue 30 · White 50 · Purple 20
Upgrade path
Crafting materials
Total cost of Blackwing Switch Axe I: it comes from a 11-step upgrade chain, and crafting the final weapon means going through all of them. The total below sums the whole tree.
Materials total
Each material appears once, under its main source: monster, then gathering, then combining.
Dropped by monsters (15)
- Carbalite Ore ×37Uragaan (carve) · also: gathering
- Dragonite Ore ×22Zorah Magdaros (carve), Gajau (reward) · also: gathering
- Fucium Ore ×21Kulve Taroth (reward) · also: gathering
- Machalite Ore ×17Gajau (reward) · also: gathering
- Iron Ore ×8Gajau (reward), Great Jagras (reward) · also: gathering
- Garuga Silverpelt ×4Yian Garuga (break), Scarred Yian Garuga (reward)
- Monster Slogbone ×3Tigrex (reward)
- Garuga Shard ×3Scarred Yian Garuga (reward), Yian Garuga (reward)
- Monster Bone M ×2Barroth (reward), Tobi-Kadachi (reward), Jyuratodus (reward) +1
- Monster Bone+ ×2Great Jagras (reward), Kulu-Ya-Ku (reward), Tzitzi-Ya-Ku (reward) +5
- Coral Crystal ×2Shamos (reward) · also: gathering
- Elder Dragon Blood ×2Kirin (reward), Kushala Daora (reward), Lunastra (reward) +4
- Garuga Auricle ×2Yian Garuga (break), Scarred Yian Garuga (reward)
- Firecell Stone ×1Uragaan (break) · also: gathering
- Fey Wyvern Gem ×1Scarred Yian Garuga (reward), Yian Garuga (reward), Coral Pukei-Pukei (reward) +3
Gathered in the field (1)
- Dragonvein Crystal ×5Coral Highlands, Rotten Vale, Elder's Recess
Quest, delivery or event (6)
Materials per step
1.Proto Iron Axe I (craft)
Iron Ore ×1
2.Proto Iron Axe II (upgrade)
Iron Ore ×2
3.Proto Iron Axe III (upgrade)
Earth Crystal ×2, Machalite Ore ×2, Iron Ore ×5
4.Improved Steel Axe I (upgrade)
Dragonite Ore ×2, Machalite Ore ×5, Monster Bone M ×2
5.Improved Steel Axe II (upgrade)
Monster Bone+ ×2, Dragonite Ore ×5, Coral Crystal ×2, Machalite Ore ×10
6.Improved Steel Axe III (upgrade)
Carbalite Ore ×8, Dragonite Ore ×5, Dragonvein Crystal ×2
7.Perfected Alloy Axe I (upgrade)
Fucium Ore ×8, Carbalite Ore ×5, Dragonite Ore ×10, Dragonvein Crystal ×3
8.Perfected Alloy Axe II (upgrade)
Elder Dragon Blood ×2, Fucium Ore ×13, Carbalite Ore ×20, Firecell Stone ×1
9.Chrome Machina I (upgrade)
Eltalite Ore ×2, Carbalite Ore ×4, Spiritvein Crystal ×2, Gracium ×1
10.Chrome Machina II (upgrade)
Monster Slogbone ×3, Eltalite Ore ×4, Meldspar Ore ×2, Bathycite Ore ×2
11.Blackwing Switch Axe I (upgrade)
Garuga Shard ×3, Garuga Silverpelt ×4, Garuga Auricle ×2, Fey Wyvern Gem ×1