Switch Axe · Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
Lightning Chopper I
Bold yet delicate tweaks have upped the power and thunder element of this switch axe.
Stats
- Attack
- 560
- Affinity
- 0%
- Rarity
- 5
- Slots
- 1
- Element
- Thunder 120
- Phial
- Power
- Sharpness
- Red 110 · Orange 50 · Yellow 80 · Green 100 · Blue 10
Upgrade path
Crafting materials
Total cost of Lightning Chopper I: 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.
Materials total
Each material appears once, under its main source: monster, then gathering, then combining.
Dropped by monsters (13)
- Iron Ore ×8Gajau (reward), Great Jagras (reward) · also: gathering
- Dragonite Ore ×5Zorah Magdaros (carve), Gajau (reward) · also: gathering
- Carbalite Ore ×5Uragaan (carve) · 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)
- 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 Membrane ×2Tobi-Kadachi (reward)
- Electro Sac ×1Tobi-Kadachi (reward)
Quest, delivery or event (1)
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