Hammers are tools that are used to break background walls and to create half-blocks and slopes. Higher-level hammers (e.g. the Chlorophyte Warhammer) have high damage and can serve as weapons. Some can serve as both hammers and axes at the same time, known as hamaxes. New players do not spawn with a hammer, unless they are in Journey Mode in which case an Iron Hammer is provided for them.
Any hammer may be used to break Shadow Orbs and Crimson Hearts. A Pwnhammer or better is required to destroy altars, however, this is only possible in a world where the Wall of Flesh has been defeated. When attempting to destroy one with a lesser hammer, or prior to defeating the Wall of Flesh, the player will take damage equal to half their current health, and the altar will remain unharmed.
Despite not being a hammer, the Drill Containment Unit can destroy altars in Hardmode worlds and will slope surrounding blocks when mining.
Types[]
There are currently 32 different hammers available in Terraria, 12 of which are Hardmode-exclusive.
Name | Hammer power |
Axe power |
Damage | Bonus | Use time | Mining speed |
Knockback | HM | Rarity | Sell | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wooden Hammer Internal Item ID: 196
|
25% | - | 2 | -1 range | 37 (Very slow)
|
25 | 5.5 (Average)
|
❌ | 10 | ||
Rich Mahogany Hammer Internal Item ID: 657
|
35% | - | 4 | - | 33 (Slow)
|
23 | 5.5 (Average)
|
❌ | 10 | ||
Palm Wood Hammer Internal Item ID: 2516
|
35% | - | 4 | - | 33 (Slow)
|
23 | 5.5 (Average)
|
❌ | 10 | ||
Boreal Wood Hammer Internal Item ID: 2746
|
35% | - | 4 | - | 33 (Slow)
|
23 | 5.5 (Average)
|
❌ | 10 | ||
Copper Hammer Internal Item ID: 3505
|
35% | - | 4 | -1 range | 33 (Slow)
|
23 | 5.5 (Average)
|
❌ | 80 | ||
Tin Hammer Internal Item ID: 3499
|
38% | - | 6 | - | 31 (Slow)
|
21 | 5.5 (Average)
|
❌ | 120 | ||
Iron Hammer Internal Item ID: 7
|
40% | - | 7 | - | 30 (Average)
|
20 | 5.5 (Average)
|
❌ | 320 | ||
Ebonwood Hammer Internal Item ID: 654
|
40% | - | 7 | - | 30 (Average)
|
20 | 5.5 (Average)
|
❌ | 10 | ||
Shadewood Hammer Internal Item ID: 922
|
40% | - | 7 | - | 30 (Average)
|
20 | 5.5 (Average)
|
❌ | 10 | ||
Lead Hammer Internal Item ID: 3493
|
43% | - | 8 | - | 29 (Average)
|
19 | 5.5 (Average)
|
❌ | 480 | ||
Ash Wood Hammer Internal Item ID: 5283
|
45% | - | 9 | - | 30 (Average)
|
20 | 5.5 (Average)
|
❌ | 10 | ||
Silver Hammer Internal Item ID: 3511
|
45% | - | 9 | - | 29 (Average)
|
19 | 5.5 (Average)
|
❌ | 8 | ||
Tungsten Hammer Internal Item ID: 3487
|
50% | - | 9 | - | 28 (Average)
|
25 | 5.5 (Average)
|
❌ | 12 | ||
Gold Hammer Internal Item ID: 3517
|
55% | - | 9 | - | 28 (Average)
|
23 | 5.5 (Average)
|
❌ | 16 | ||
The Breaker Internal Item ID: 104
|
55% | - | 24 | - | 45 (Very slow)
|
19 | 6 (Average)
|
❌ | 30 | ||
Pearlwood Hammer Internal Item ID: 660
|
55% | - | 10 | - | 29 (Average)
|
19 | 5.5 (Average)
|
✔️ | 10 | ||
Flesh Grinder Internal Item ID: 797
|
55% | - | 23 | - | 40 (Very slow)
|
19 | 6 (Average)
|
❌ | 30 | ||
Platinum Hammer Internal Item ID: 3481
|
59% | - | 10 | - | 27 (Average)
|
21 | 5.5 (Average)
|
❌ | 24 | ||
Meteor Hamaxe Internal Item ID: 204
|
60% | 100% | 20 | - | 30 (Average)
|
16 | 7 (Strong)
|
❌ | 30 | ||
Rockfish Internal Item ID: 2320
|
70% | - | 24 | - | 24 (Fast)
|
14 | 6 (Average)
|
❌ | 150 | ||
Molten Hamaxe Internal Item ID: 217
|
70% | 150% | 20 | - | 27 (Average)
|
14 | 7 (Strong)
|
❌ | 54 | ||
Pwnhammer Internal Item ID: 367
|
80% | - | 26 | - | 27 (Average)
|
14 | 7.5 (Very strong)
|
✔️ | 78 | ||
Haemorrhaxe Internal Item ID: 4317
|
80% | 150% | 30 | - | 27 (Average)
|
11 | 7 (Strong)
|
✔️ | 2 | ||
Hammush Internal Item ID: 787
|
85% | - | 26 | - | 27 (Average)
|
14 | 7.5 (Very strong)
|
✔️ | 8 | ||
Chlorophyte Warhammer Internal Item ID: 1234
|
90% | - | 80 | +1 range | 35 (Slow)
|
14 | 8 (Very strong)
|
✔️ | 432 | ||
Chlorophyte Jackhammer Internal Item ID: 1262
|
90% | - | 45 | - | 15 (Very fast)
|
4 | 5.2 (Average)
|
✔️ | 432 | ||
Spectre Hamaxe Internal Item ID: 1507
|
90% | 150% | 60 | +3 range | 28 (Average)
|
8 | 7 (Strong)
|
✔️ | 432 | ||
Solar Flare Hamaxe Internal Item ID: 3522
|
100% | 150% | 60 | +4 range | 28 (Average)
|
7 | 7 (Strong)
|
✔️ | 5 | ||
Vortex Hamaxe Internal Item ID: 3523
|
100% | 150% | 60 | +4 range | 28 (Average)
|
7 | 7 (Strong)
|
✔️ | 5 | ||
Nebula Hamaxe Internal Item ID: 3524
|
100% | 150% | 60 | +4 range | 28 (Average)
|
7 | 7 (Strong)
|
✔️ | 5 | ||
Stardust Hamaxe Internal Item ID: 3525
|
100% | 150% | 60 | +4 range | 28 (Average)
|
7 | 7 (Strong)
|
✔️ | 5 | ||
The Axe Internal Item ID: 1305
|
100% | 175% | 72 | +1 range | 23 (Fast)
|
7 / 6 | 7.25 (Very strong)
|
✔️ | 10 |
Achievement[]
Trivia[]
- All six Hardmode ores have no hammer or hamaxe available.
- The Paladin's Hammer will activate the achievement even though it does not act as a hammer would.
History[]
- Desktop 1.3.0.1: Added four new hamaxes crafted using Luminite Bars and Celestial Fragments.
- Desktop 1.2.4: Fixed bug where the player would float when standing between a downwards slope and a halftile.
- Desktop 1.2.3: Added upside down slopes. Fixed two of the floating player bugs where the player is wildly off the surface they are standing on.
- Desktop 1.2:
- Hammers now produce half-blocks and slopes.
- Hammers no longer remove furniture or life crystals, which is now removed with pickaxes or drills.
- Desktop 1.0.6: Hammers now destroy blocks faster, walls about twice as fast as other objects.
- Desktop-Release: Introduced.
- Console-Release: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile-Release: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.