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Blackwing Switch Axe II

Switch Axe · Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

Blackwing Switch Axe II

Stats

Attack
945
Affinity
25%
Rarity
11
Slots
3
Element
Poison 240
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 II: it comes from a 12-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 (18)

Gathered in the field (1)

Quest, delivery or event (7)

Materials per step

  1. 1.Proto Iron Axe I (craft)

    Iron Ore ×1

  2. 2.Proto Iron Axe II (upgrade)

    Iron Ore ×2

  3. 3.Proto Iron Axe III (upgrade)

    Earth Crystal ×2, Machalite Ore ×2, Iron Ore ×5

  4. 4.Improved Steel Axe I (upgrade)

    Dragonite Ore ×2, Machalite Ore ×5, Monster Bone M ×2

  5. 5.Improved Steel Axe II (upgrade)

    Monster Bone+ ×2, Dragonite Ore ×5, Coral Crystal ×2, Machalite Ore ×10

  6. 6.Improved Steel Axe III (upgrade)

    Carbalite Ore ×8, Dragonite Ore ×5, Dragonvein Crystal ×2

  7. 7.Perfected Alloy Axe I (upgrade)

    Fucium Ore ×8, Carbalite Ore ×5, Dragonite Ore ×10, Dragonvein Crystal ×3

  8. 8.Perfected Alloy Axe II (upgrade)

    Elder Dragon Blood ×2, Fucium Ore ×13, Carbalite Ore ×20, Firecell Stone ×1

  9. 9.Chrome Machina I (upgrade)

    Eltalite Ore ×2, Carbalite Ore ×4, Spiritvein Crystal ×2, Gracium ×1

  10. 10.Chrome Machina II (upgrade)

    Monster Slogbone ×3, Eltalite Ore ×4, Meldspar Ore ×2, Bathycite Ore ×2

  11. 11.Blackwing Switch Axe I (upgrade)

    Garuga Shard ×3, Garuga Silverpelt ×4, Garuga Auricle ×2, Fey Wyvern Gem ×1

  12. 12.Blackwing Switch Axe II (upgrade)

    Scratched Shell ×3, Garuga Fellwing ×2, Fancy Beak ×3, Large Wyvern Gem ×1