Switch Axe · Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
Hidden Axe
A Nargacuga switch axe. So fast, its swings are nearly invisible.
Stats
- Attack
- 770
- Affinity
- 10%
- Rarity
- 10
- Slots
- —
- Element
- Poison 360 (hidden)
- Phial
- Power
- Sharpness
- Red 80 · Orange 80 · Yellow 30 · Green 30 · Blue 80 · White 100
Upgrade path
Crafting materials
Total cost of Hidden Axe: it comes from a 10-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 (26)
- Iron Ore ×8Gajau (reward), Great Jagras (reward) · also: gathering
- Tobi-Kadachi Membrane ×6Tobi-Kadachi (reward)
- Tobi-Kadachi Electrode+ ×6Tobi-Kadachi (break)
- Tobi-Kadachi Claw+ ×6Tobi-Kadachi (break)
- Dragonite Ore ×5Zorah Magdaros (carve), Gajau (reward) · also: gathering
- Carbalite Ore ×5Uragaan (carve) · also: gathering
- Fucium Ore ×5Kulve Taroth (reward) · also: gathering
- Tobi-Kadachi Scale+ ×4Tobi-Kadachi (reward)
- Tobi-Kadachi Electrode ×3Tobi-Kadachi (break)
- Coral Crystal ×3Shamos (reward) · also: gathering
- Tobi-Kadachi Pelt+ ×3Tobi-Kadachi (break)
- Vespoid Innerwing ×3Vespoid (carve)
- Thunder Sac ×3Tobi-Kadachi (reward)
- Elder Dragon Blood ×3Kirin (reward), Kushala Daora (reward), Lunastra (reward) +4
- Nargacuga Shard ×3Nargacuga (reward)
- Machalite Ore ×2Gajau (reward) · also: gathering
- Tobi-Kadachi Claw ×2Tobi-Kadachi (break)
- Monster Bone+ ×2Great Jagras (reward), Kulu-Ya-Ku (reward), Tzitzi-Ya-Ku (reward) +5
- Tobi-Kadachi Shard ×2Tobi-Kadachi (reward)
- Tobi-Kadachi Thickfur ×2Tobi-Kadachi (break)
- Nargacuga Hardfang ×2Nargacuga (break)
- Nargacuga Tailspear ×2Nargacuga (reward)
- Electro Sac ×1Tobi-Kadachi (reward)
- Wyvern Gem ×1Barroth (reward), Black Diablos (reward), Diablos (reward) +6
- Tobi-Kadachi Hardclaw ×1Tobi-Kadachi (break)
- Lightning Sac ×1Fulgur Anjanath (reward), Tobi-Kadachi (reward), Zinogre (reward)
Quest, delivery or event (2)
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.Thunder Axe I (upgrade)
Dragonite Ore ×5, Tobi-Kadachi Electrode ×1, Tobi-Kadachi Claw ×2, Electro Sac ×1
5.Thunder Axe II (upgrade)
Monster Bone+ ×2, Tobi-Kadachi Electrode ×2, Tobi-Kadachi Membrane ×2, Coral Crystal ×3
6.Lightning Chopper I (upgrade)
Carbalite Ore ×5, Tobi-Kadachi Scale+ ×4, Tobi-Kadachi Pelt+ ×3, Vespoid Innerwing ×3
7.Lightning Chopper II (upgrade)
Fucium Ore ×5, Tobi-Kadachi Electrode+ ×2, Tobi-Kadachi Membrane ×4, Thunder Sac ×3
8.Lightning Chopper III (upgrade)
Elder Dragon Blood ×3, Tobi-Kadachi Electrode+ ×4, Tobi-Kadachi Claw+ ×6, Wyvern Gem ×1
9.Lightning Chopper IV (upgrade)
Tobi-Kadachi Hardclaw ×1, Tobi-Kadachi Shard ×2, Tobi-Kadachi Thickfur ×2, Lightning Sac ×1
10.Hidden Axe (upgrade)
Nargacuga Hardfang ×2, Nargacuga Shard ×3, Nargacuga Tailspear ×2, Meldspar Ore ×1