Dragon axe

The Dragon axe is the best axe available in terms of its ability to cut wood. It is both a weapon (requiring 60 Attack to wield) and a Woodcutting tool (requiring 61 Woodcutting to use). It is considered a rare drop from the Dagannoth Rex, Dagannoth Prime, and Dagannoth Supreme, all of whom inhabit Waterbirth Island.

The Dragon axe is approximately 5-10% more efficient at getting logs than the Rune axe.

Trivia

 * Upon its release the Dragon axe only needed a Woodcutting level of 41 (same as a rune axe), but could only cut logs at the same rate as a Rune axe. It was simply considered a more expensive, red-coloured Rune axe with better combat stats (which Jagex actually confirmed in the knowledge base earlier). On 22 Aug 2006, its log cutting ability was increased to be about 5-10% faster than a rune axe, and its Woodcutting level was increased to 61. Now it is popular among members for cutting trees such as Magic trees, Yew trees, Maple trees and Willow trees due to its faster cutting speed that allows for more logs in the same amount of time; therefore, faster experience and cash if selling the logs.
 * While chopping Mahogany logs at level 85 woodcutting, the Dragon axe is up to 25% more effective than a rune axe.
 * On 1 April 2009, Jagex officially changed the names of all Woodcutting "axes" to "axes" to avoid confusion with battleaxes and pickaxes.
 * Upon release of the Woodcutting Rebalance update on 23 September 2009, the dragon axe spiked in price, reaching slightly above 3 million coins.
 * As with all dragon equipment the dragon axe is unique in appearance to their lesser metal counterparts; the dragon axe's blade looks more like a dragon's wing (similar to the dragon halberd's) than a regular axe blade.
 * Unlike the image of the dragon axe at the top of the page, the ingame model has an indentation where the handle is. Although very hard to see, this could have been a hidden update added by Jagex.