Pwnhammer

The Pwnhammer is a Hardmode hammer that is able to destroy Demon Altars and Crimson Altars, blessing the world with one of the six hardmode ores. It is always dropped by the Wall of Flesh. The Pwnhammer has a sparkle effect when used, giving off a good deal of light even in total darkness.

Each altar runs on its own rotation of ore spawning. The first destroyed Demon Altar blesses the world with Cobalt Ore, the second with Mythril Ore, and third with Adamantite Ore. The first destroyed Crimson Altar blesses the world with Palladium Ore, the second with Orichalcum Ore, and third with Titanium Ore. Subsequent destroyed Altars repeats this process, generating more Cobalt or Palladium, then more Mythril or Orichalium, then more Adamantite or Titaniuam. You can only destroy altars in worlds in which you have already beaten the Wall of Flesh.

In version 1.1, the Pwnhammer was the second best hammer in the game, coming just shy of the abilities of the Hamdrax. However, the Hamdrax was removed from the game in 1.2 (or rather was changed so that it does not have hammer capabilities), so the Pwnhammer is now considered the best hammer, as well as now being more widely accepted as the first item in the Hallowed Collection to be obtained naturally. In 1.2, the Hamdrax was changed to remove its hammer function and consequently renamed to merely the Drax, and a new hammer and axe hybrid was added, namely The Axe. The addition of this means that the Pwnhammer's status as the second best hammer is unchanged, but the Drax is not superior to the Pwnhammer.

Trivia

 * The name is a reference to Super Mario Bros. X, a game Redigit has previously worked on.
 * The Pwnhammer & the Drax used to be the only two tools capable of destroying a demon altar despite the fact that the latter does not have the former as a crafting ingredient.
 * If a player attempts to destroy a Demon Altar with the Pwnhammer before the Wall of Flesh has been destroyed, it will behave like a normal hammer; the player will lose half of their current health.