Hammer

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This page is about the weapon. For the obsolete card, see Hammer card.

Name	Hammer
Skill	Maces & Flails
Damage	8
Accuracy	+3
Base delay (%)	14 (140%)
Min delay	7 at skill 14
Hands	1H
Size	Little
Ranged?	No

A blunt striking weapon, essentially equivalent to a mace. "The hammah that John Henry swung, It weighed over nine poun', He broke a rib in his left han' side, And his intrils fell on the groun', And his intrils fell on the groun'." -Onah L. Spencer, _John Henry_. Early 20th cent.

This weapon falls into the Maces & Flails category. It is a one handed weapon, and it is better for the strong.

The hammer is a novelty weapon with the same stats as a mace. It can be found in a few vaults, most notably Crazy Yiuf's cottage. Forgewrights begin the game with a +0 hammer.

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Name	Hammer
Skill	Maces & Flails
Damage	7
Accuracy	+3
Base delay (%)	13 (130%)
Min delay	6 at skill 12
Hands	1H
Size	?
Ranged?	No

• Hammers were reintroduced as 0.29, using the same stats as a mace. Their original stats are listed here.
• Hammers were removed in 0.17.
• Prior to 0.13, hammers were ordinary weapons which you could find randomly generated throughout the Dungeon.