Stone Hammer


 * -|Stone Hammer =


 * -|Sledgehammer =



The is a Melee Weapon first added in the v0.6.71 "" update to the Woods Map, then added to the Desert Map in the "" update. In the Woods Map you can obtain it from the final room of the Eye Bunker and in the Desert Map you can find it in the Bank. You can also find it rarely in Meteor Crates rarely on those two maps, as well as in the Hatchet Bunker. The Stone Hammer is a high dealing damage melee weapon, so it can kill an enemy with no armor in two swings. The Sledgehammer is a reskin of the Stone Hammer, introduced in the update, and performs the same way as the Stone Hammer, but is also found on the Main Map.

This melee weapon can break most crates in one hit, making it the melee weapon with most structural damage, exceeding even the Fire Axe. Its normal damage is equal to the Pan, but has much higher structural damage.

Technical
Both the Stone Hammer and the Sledgehammer has both a wood and stone piercing stat that allows it to destroy stacked Ammo Crates and stone-plated objects, like the Hardstone Blocks and Hardstone Boulder, and stone seals present in the wood's Eye Bunker and the Chrysanthemum Bunker on the Desert Map.

Strategies

 * Move around to where you can see the Hardstone Blocks or Hardstone Boulders (desert) on the minimap, which are rendered by small black squares or circles (desert). Go and break them for rare items that can't normally be found on the Woods Map.
 * Be careful if your wielding this, as the high damage to both players and obstacles makes it a rather sought after weapon. It's slow attack speed can punish those who miss their swings and/or can leave you vunerable to faster attacking weapons.

Trivia

 * The Stone Hammer is considered by most to be the best melee weapon in the game, as it ties for most player damage (tied with Pan), has the 2nd best structural damage after the Fire Axe, has good range, can open Ammo Crates, and can break Stone-plated Obstacles, which is great for looting).
 * It does 115.2 damage to Obstacles.