SoS: FoMT Axe Tool Guide (How To Upgrade + How To Use It)

by Kal S.

The Axe is the only tool you can use in Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town to chop down old tree stumps or remove branches.

You can’t harvest Lumber from fully-grown trees, but you can get lumber by using the Axe on tree branches and stumps. So this is a crucial tool for getting all of your farm building upgrades.

This guide will cover how to use the Axe, and how to upgrade it at the Blacksmith’s Forge for maximum efficiency.

The farmer chops down a stump in the South Forest.

How To Use the Axe

The most basic use for the Axe is to remove the debris on your farm at the start of your game.

Each swing of the basic Axe will cost you 2 STA.

Map of the farm with debris in the field.

Each branch will turn into one piece of Lumber.

Aside from the branches, you can also use the Axe on the stumps scattered around Mineral Town & in your field. But to break stumps, you’ll need to upgrade to at least a Copper Axe first.

You’ll need to collect this lumber (and material stone) to purchase upgrades at Gotts’ Workshop.

The farmer chops a stump on Mother’s Hill

Small branches/debris will also spawn in the South Forest, Meadow, and Mineral Beach.

All Axe Upgrades

You need a lot of Lumber for your farm building upgrades. So it can be time-consuming to collect it one by one from scattered branches and stumps.

If you can’t afford to buy Lumber directly from Gotts yet, then upgrading your Axe can make it more efficient to collect resources. Each upgrade will decrease the number of hits you need to break a stump.

The farmer buys an Axe upgrade from Saibara.

After you’ve successfully claimed your upgraded Axe, hold the action button to “charge” and use it with more power.

And here’s a full list of every axe upgrade, along with the required materials & how fast each upgrade can break stumps.

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Axe Blacksmith Upgrades
Upgrade	Exp. Required	Price	Ore Needed	Range
Iron (Basic)	0%	–	–	Chop 1 branch at a time
Copper	10%	1,000 G	Copper Ore	Chop stumps in 6 hits
Silver	28%	2,000 G	Silver Ore	Chop stumps in 3 hits
Gold	55%	3,000 G	Gold Ore	Chop stumps in 2 hits
Mithril	100%	5,000 G	Mithril Ore	Chop stumps in 1 hit
Cursed	100%	Unlock the Cursed Axe from the 49th floor of the Lake Mine		Chop all branches and stumps on the whole map
Blessed	100%	Use the Cursed Axe 50 times
Mythic	100%	50,000 G	Mythic Ore