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Improved Steel Axe III

Switch Axe · Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

Equip this weapon in the Builder

Stats

Attack490
Affinity0%
Rarity5
Slots1
ElementPoison 300 (hidden)
Phialpoison 300
Sharpnessred 90 · orange 50 · yellow 50 · green 80 · blue 80

Crafting materials

Total cost of Improved Steel Axe III: it comes from a 6-step upgrade chain, and crafting the final weapon means going through all of them. The total below sums the whole tree.

Full set total

  • Machalite Ore ×17
  • Dragonite Ore ×12
  • Iron Ore ×8
  • Carbalite Ore ×8
  • Earth Crystal ×2
  • Monster Bone M ×2
  • Monster Bone+ ×2
  • Coral Crystal ×2
  • Dragonvein Crystal ×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
Improved Steel Axe II (upgrade)Monster Bone+ ×2, Dragonite Ore ×5, Coral Crystal ×2, Machalite Ore ×10
Improved Steel Axe III (upgrade)Carbalite Ore ×8, Dragonite Ore ×5, Dragonvein Crystal ×2