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Improved Steel Axe I

Switch Axe · Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

Equip this weapon in the Builder

Stats

Attack385
Affinity0%
Rarity3
Slots
Phialpoison 300
Sharpnessred 70 · orange 50 · yellow 80 · green 100

Crafting materials

Total cost of Improved Steel Axe I: it comes from a 4-step upgrade chain, and crafting the final weapon means going through all of them. The total below sums the whole tree.

Full set total

  • Iron Ore ×8
  • Machalite Ore ×7
  • Earth Crystal ×2
  • Dragonite Ore ×2
  • Monster Bone M ×2

Upgrade path

StepCrafting materials
Proto Iron Axe I (craft)Iron Ore ×1
Proto Iron Axe II (upgrade)Iron Ore ×2
Proto Iron Axe III (upgrade)Earth Crystal ×2, Machalite Ore ×2, Iron Ore ×5
Improved Steel Axe I (upgrade)Dragonite Ore ×2, Machalite Ore ×5, Monster Bone M ×2