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{{Infobox/Item
|name=
|image= Hatchet icon.png
|item type = tool
|weight= 1.50
|harvest= 2 × [[Scrap Metal]]<br>1 × [[Fir Firewood]]<br>1 hour
|repair= [[Whetstone]]
12-5 minutes<br>
3%-5%
|wintermute=yes|renewable=Yes}}{{For|the improvised variant|Improvised Hatchet}}
{{Quote2|A small one-handed axe. Good for splitting wood. Can be used to hack meat in a pinch.|In-game description}}
The '''Hatchet''' is a tool in ''The Long Dark'', primarily for woodcutting and self defense.

==Overview==
The hatchet can be used to harvest [[stick]]s from branches and some [[Scrub Brush]], [[Cedar Firewood]] from cedar limbs, and [[Fir Firewood]] from fir limbs. It can also be used to break down many wooden objects such as shelves and crates into [[Reclaimed Wood]]. Hatchets can also allow the player to cut down maple and birch saplings without a [[Hacksaw]].

Hatchets are repairable with [[Whetstone|Whetsone]] or at the [[Milling Machine]].

Uses of Hatchet:

* Self Defense during a [[Struggle|Wolf Struggle]].
* May be used to [[Carcass Harvesting|harvest frozen carcasses]] (Knives have faster unfrozen meat, gut and hide harvesting speeds. Hatchets are only faster at harvesting frozen meat).
* Harvest downed tree limbs (for [[Fir Firewood]] or [[Cedar Firewood]]).
* Open or maintain holes in the ice for [[Ice Fishing]] (bladed tools break ice faster, but take more condition loss).
* Breaking down Furniture and Crates (for [[Reclaimed Wood]] or [[Cloth]]).
* Crafting Arrow Shafts.
* Breaking Scrub Bushes.
* For the [[Whiteout]] [[challenge|challenge's]] objective, an improvised hatchet may substitute the requirement of a hatchet.
When carried and selected for self-defense at the start of a Wolf Struggle, Hatchets deal high damage with a low chance per-hit to cause the wolf to flee, as well as a moderate chance to inflict [[Blood Loss]] on the Wolf (which is lethal over time). Hatchets take low damage from being used in a struggle, and are superior to [[Improvised Hatchet|Improvised Hatchets]] when used in this way. For more information on Struggles, see: [[Struggle|Wildlife Struggles]].
==Obtaining==
Hatchets may be found in all regions, usually near frozen corpses or structures.

In Interloper mode hatchets will never spawn; requiring forging to create an [[Improvised Hatchet]].

=== Spawn-points ===

==== Pleasant Valley ====

* Stuck into the archery target at [[Pleasant Valley Outbuildings]]

==Repair==
Hatchets may be repaired using a [[Whetstone]] and the [[Sharpening]] skill, restoring 3% condition to the hatchet and causing 5% condition damage to the whetstone.

The [[Milling Machine]] in [[Bleak Inlet]] or [[Blackrock]] may repair a non-ruined hatchet to 100% condition for one scrap metal, during an active [[Aurora]]. N.B. The hatchet has a breaking threshold at 15% condition, usage below this number risks ruining it for good.

==Trivia==

* A broken Hatchet is the icon and logo for ''The Long Dark'' on all platforms, including [https://hinterlandgames.com/ the official Hinterlands website], [https://hinterlandforums.com/forums/ forums] and [https://www.hinterlandstore.com/ merchandise].
* Unlike large axes, hatchets feature a hammerhead on their back; despite this, the hatchet is never used for this purpose in-game, even suffering a condition penalty when used to break ice for being a 'sharp tool'.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Hatchet.png|Old model.
File:Hatchet old icon.webp|Old icon
</gallery>{{Tools}}

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imported>TheCoolCario at 12:35, 3 May 2025