Hammer

Hammers are tools used to interact with objects that aren't solid foreground blocks, such as Crystal Hearts, Shadow Orbs, background walls or furniture (tables, chests, furnaces, etc.).

The hammer is also used to destroy background walls that have been placed by the player. Naturally occurring walls, such as cave walls, are unaffected by hammers. The only exception is naturally occurring dirt walls' edges.

Contrary to the popular belief, smashing pots with a hammer does NOT increase the chances of goodies dropping.

The Breaker is the only hammer that can be used as a weapon on par with other weapons of its tier (does a big 24 damage and heavy knockback). Those who want to use hammers as weapons for style reasons should consider using flails as well.

Although low-tier hammers have futile damage, they can be still used to knock enemies away since they have good knockback. Comes handy when you are mining and you dont want to kill them, only fling them off.

There are currently 10 known types of hammers: