Cursed Hammer

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	Underground Corruption
Damage	80
Max Life	200
Defense	30
KB Resist	60%
Banner	Shadow Hammer Banner
Coins	20

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	Underground Corruption
AI Type	Flying Weapon AI
Damage	80/160/240
Max Life	200/400/600
Defense	18
KB Resist	60%/64%/68%
Banner	Cursed Hammer Banner
Immune to
Debuff	Cursed
Debuff tooltip	Cannot use any items
Chance	33%
Duration	48 seconds
Coins	1025
Hurt
Killed

The Cursed Hammer is a rare Hardmode enemy which spawns in the Underground Corruption. It hovers and spins before lunging at the player, traveling through any blocks to reach them. Any knockback stops its attack, forcing it to pause and spin up again. It can inflict the Cursed debuff.

On the Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DS version, the Shadow Hammer acts as an exclusive version of the Cursed Hammer, featuring increased defense and the chance to drop Hardmode ore bars.

Notes[]

Like most other enemies with the ability to pass through tiles, Cursed Hammers are unable to spawn if the player is standing in front of valid housing walls.
Like most other Corruption enemies, Cursed Hammers can also spawn on top of Corrupt grass, Ebonstone, Ebonsand, or Purple Ice. They can do so even if the player is not specifically in a Corruption biome.

Tips[]

The Arkhalis or Terragrim are excellent weapons to deal with this enemy, as even a single hit forces to recharge its spin. In effect, these weapons can act as a shield surrounding the player, completely impassable by the Cursed Hammer.

Trivia[]

On the Nintendo 3DS version, the Cursed Hammer and Shadow Hammer drop random items, like Nature's Gift or Silver Chandelier.^Verify
Out of the three Flying Weapon enemies, the Cursed Hammer is the only one with a sprite not based on an existing item. Furthermore, it is the only one to feature an exclusive variant.

The Bestiary entry for the Cursed Hammer: "Magicked through the pure hatred of the Corruption, this weapon flails about attempting to smash anything that breathes."