Hammer

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Hammer
Crafting
Recipe	×3 ×3 ×2
Tab
Tier
Combat attributes
Damage	17 (12.75 ) (21.25 ) (8.5-34 )
Properties
Durability	75 uses
Stacks up to	Does not stack
Perk
Deconstructs structures
Code
"hammer"

Hammer
Crafting
Recipe	×3 ×3 ×6
Tab
Combat attributes
Damage	17 (12.75 ) (21.25 ) (8.5-34 )
Properties
Durability	75 uses
Stacks up to	Does not stack
Perk
Deconstructs structures
Code
"hammer"

“Stop! It's time! To hammer things!”

–Wilson

The Hammer is a Tool that can be used to demolish Structures. The Hammer requires 3 Rocks, 3 Twigs, and 2 Rope to craft and a Science Machine to prototype.

Hammers can break down any player-made Structures and most naturally occurring Structures such as Pig Houses, yielding at least 50% of the materials used to create the Structure in most cases. 

If the player strikes a container such as a Chest or Crock Pot, all items within will fly out but remain undamaged. It also can be used on an Ancient Pseudoscience Station and Ornate Chest, both of which are found in the Ruins, to make random effects and objects appear.

Reign of Giants

In the Reign of Giants DLC, the Hammer is tweaked so that it can be crafted without a device to prototype and requires 6 Cut Grass instead of 2 Rope to craft.

Skeletons and Bones can be hammered for Bone Shards, and hammering a Merm Head or Pig Head during a Full Moon will yield Nightmare Fuel, as well as their usual items. The Hammer can also be used to "whack" Moleworms, which will stun them.

Usage

Wilson holding a Hammer.

To break down a Structure with the Hammer, right-click it from the inventory to equip it and right-click on the Structure. Once the player begins to whack the Structure, hold down the LMB or Spacebar to keep whacking until the Structure breaks.

The Hammer can be used as a weapon, dealing 17 damage per strike. It has 75 uses, meaning each use will reduce 1.33% of its durability, whether it was used as a weapon or to deconstruct objects.

Using the Hammer on a Structure that has "uses" (e.g. the Tent) may return less than 50% of the materials used to craft it, based on how many times the Structure has been used. For structures that have usage, the amount returned for each type of ingredient is:

original_amount * percent_uses_left * 50%.

Note that at least one of each type of ingredient will always be returned as a minimum.

Trivia

• The Hammer used to cost 30 Science Points to craft, and it used to have a value of 1-10 Science Points depending on its durability when used on a Science Machine.
• Before the Caves update, the Hammer was used with a left-click. It was changed to right-click so fewer accidents would happen, such as hammering Chests.
• A wooden Hammer is the icon used for the Structures Tab.
• Sometimes when hammering certain Structures, the resources will be shot out of the structure instead of being dropped normally.

Gallery

Wolfgang figurine holding a Hammer.

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