Nocturnal Axe (One-Handed Axe)

Nocturnal Axe is an item in Enshrouded (One-Handed Axe, Legendary, level 1–55). Forged from a dark metal, mysterious and silent as the night.

Published Oct 16, 2026Updated Oct 21, 2026

Weapon

Nocturnal Axe

One-Handed AxeWarriorCommon, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, LegendaryLevel 1–60

Overview

Weapon type	One-Handed Axe
Class	Warrior
Rarity	Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary
Level	1–60
Description	Forged from a dark metal, mysterious and silent as the night. This axe does not reflect, does not allow light. Still, you believe you catch reflections dancing across the blade from the corner of your eye... surely, your sight betrays you.

Rarity

Level60160Unlocked enhancements5 / 505

Each upgrade raises the item level by 1 and unlocks the next enhancement.

Power

130

Upgrade at: Blacksmith

Level	Damage	Enhancements
Unlocked56	+2	+24% Backstab Damage
Unlocked57	+1	+10 Cutting Damage(10% of base damage)
Unlocked58	+2	+24% Critical Strike Damage
Unlocked59	+1	+10 Cutting Damage(10% of base damage)
Unlocked60	+2	+10 Cutting Damage(10% of base damage)

Power by level (all enhancements unlocked)

Level	Common	Uncommon	Rare	Epic	Legendary
1	11	11	11	11	11
2	13	13	13	13	13
3	14	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4
4	16	17.6	17.6	17.6	17.6
5	17	18.7	18.7	20.4	20.4
6	19	20.9	20.9	22.8	24.7
7	20	22	22	24	26
8	22	24.2	24.2	26.4	28.6
9	23	25.3	25.3	27.6	29.9
10	25	27.5	27.5	30	32.5
11	26	28.6	28.6	31.2	33.8
12	28	30.8	30.8	33.6	36.4
13	29	31.9	31.9	34.8	37.7
14	31	34.1	34.1	37.2	40.3
15	32	35.2	35.2	38.4	41.6
16	34	37.4	37.4	40.8	44.2
17	35	38.5	38.5	42	45.5
18	37	40.7	40.7	44.4	48.1
19	38	41.8	41.8	45.6	49.4
20	40	44	44	48	52
21	41	45.1	45.1	49.2	53.3
22	43	47.3	47.3	51.6	55.9
23	44	48.4	48.4	52.8	57.2
24	46	50.6	50.6	55.2	59.8
25	47	51.7	51.7	56.4	61.1
26	49	53.9	53.9	58.8	63.7
27	50	55	55	60	65
28	52	57.2	57.2	62.4	67.6
29	53	58.3	58.3	63.6	68.9
30	55	60.5	60.5	66	71.5
31	56	61.6	61.6	67.2	72.8
32	58	63.8	63.8	69.6	75.4
33	59	64.9	64.9	70.8	76.7
34	61	67.1	67.1	73.2	79.3
35	62	68.2	68.2	74.4	80.6
36	64	70.4	70.4	76.8	83.2
37	65	71.5	71.5	78	84.5
38	67	73.7	73.7	80.4	87.1
39	68	74.8	74.8	81.6	88.4
40	70	77	77	84	91
41	71	78.1	78.1	85.2	92.3
42	73	80.3	80.3	87.6	94.9
43	74	81.4	81.4	88.8	96.2
44	76	83.6	83.6	91.2	98.8
45	77	84.7	84.7	92.4	100.1
46	79	86.9	86.9	94.8	102.7
47	80	88	88	96	104
48	82	90.2	90.2	98.4	106.6
49	83	91.3	91.3	99.6	107.9
50	85	93.5	93.5	102	110.5
51	86	94.6	94.6	103.2	111.8
52	88	96.8	96.8	105.6	114.4
53	89	97.9	97.9	106.8	115.7
54	91	100.1	100.1	109.2	118.3
55	92	101.2	101.2	110.4	119.6
56	94	103.4	103.4	112.8	122.2
57		104.5	104.5	114	123.5
58			106.7	116.4	126.1
59				117.6	127.4
60					130

Unknown values are shown as ?

Gem of BleedingCommon
Critical Strikes with Cutting damage cause bleeding on the enemy, dealing ? damage per second for ?.
- The enhancement adds cutting damage, so critical strikes cause bleeding.
Matching enhancements
Cutting Damage×3
+24% Critical Strike Damage
Gem of Toxic BetrayalUncommon
Landing a backstab on an enemy applies poison for ? that deals ? poison damage per second.
- Backstabs deal more damage and also poison the enemy.
Matching enhancements
+24% Backstab Damage
Gem of OverpoweringUncommon
Attacking a blocking enemy deals ? additional stamina damage and increased pushback.
Builds that use it
One-Hander and Shield ParryA Tier
Gem of RetaliationCommon
Blocking damage has a ? chance to add ? bonus blunt damage to the next attack within the next few seconds and increases the pushback.
Builds that use it
One-Hander and Shield ParryA Tier