Five years later, Thor succumbs to depression and alcoholism and he uses Stormbreaker as a bottle opener. After the Avengers retrieve the Infinity Stones from the alternate past timelines and are confronted by an alternate Thanos, Thor uses Stormbreaker in battle. Thor is pummeled by Thanos who gains control of the axe and nearly drives it into Thor's chest before he is saved by a Mjolnir-wielding Steve Rogers. Later, Rogers accidentally summons Stormbreaker but Thor swaps it for Mjolnir. Thor nearly decapitates Thanos once again with the axe during the battle, but is ultimately defeated.