Talk:Demon Altar/@comment-66.181.219.161-20120317202136/@comment-5133765-20120716162426

"Ruthless" Is just a prefix added to it, and its pretty much just an "enchantment."

The prefix on the pwnhammer should not affect it in any way. If you are in a new world, where the Wall of Flesh has not been defeated yet, then you cannot break a Demon Altar.

So the prefix added to the pwnhammer does not affect its ability to break the Demon Altar. You just do not have Hardmode on yet, meaning you havent defeated the Wall of Flesh.