Hammer
| Hammer | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Melee Weapon |
| Type | Blunt |
| Weapon | Hammer |
| Armor Pen | 25% |
The Hammer is a sledgehammer used as a weapon, a heavy two-handed blunt weapon that gives up speed for raw impact. Each swing is slow and costs a lot of Stamina, but it lands hard. Carrying it slows V down and shortens every jump. It rewards a patient Body build that chooses its moment. As a blunt weapon, it knocks enemies out instead of killing them. Its Iconic variant is Sasquatch's Hammer, the giant weapon of the Animals boss in Pacifica. The Hammer can be bought or looted from the early game onward. Melee vendors such as the Animals vendor in Rancho Coronado sell it, and enemies who fight with one drop it.
Combat
The Hammer is a heavy weapon. While it is equipped, V moves more slowly and jumps lower. Swings are slow, and each one drains far more Stamina than a light club. Blunt weapons in general hit harder than blades but attack less often. The Hammer is the heaviest and slowest of them.
The reward is impact. Each swing deals far more damage than a club hit. Blunt hits also have a chance to stun, and a stunned enemy is open to a finisher.
The Hammer struggles against gunmen at range and against fast enemies who dodge the slow swings. Blocking absorbs attacks while V gets close. It works best in fights in tight rooms, where enemies have to come to V. It is non-lethal by default, so it also works on jobs where the target must stay alive.
How to Get Hammer Guide
- Buy the Hammer from the Animals melee weapon vendor in Rancho Coronado, Santo Domingo.
- Buy it from other weapon and melee vendors around Night City.
- Loot it from enemies who fight with one.
- Craft it from its crafting spec.
Hammer Map Location
The map shows the Animals melee weapon vendor in Rancho Coronado.
Hammer map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Compatible Mods
8 weapon mods are compatible with Hammer.
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Airstrike | 
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Raises crit chance and crit damage for midair attacks |
| Barbarian | 
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More damage against stunned, staggered and knocked down enemies |
| Bloodbruiser | 
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Makes a blunt weapon lethal and able to cause Bleeding |
| Cyclone | 
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A sprint attack opens unlimited combos with stacking attack speed |
| K.O. | 
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More damage and knockdowns on stunned enemies, slower attacks |
| Pax | 
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Makes the weapon non-lethal, more damage outside combat |
| Severance | 
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Hits to the head or limbs of a weakened enemy can dismember and kill |
| Silencio | 
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More crit chance and crit damage when crouched and undetected |
Crafting Spec
The spec lets V craft Hammer in the crafting menu. Every spec in the game is listed on the Crafting Specs page.
The table shows what crafting Hammer costs at each tier.
| Tier | Components |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 30 Tier 1 components |
| Tier 2 | 30 Tier 2 components |
| Tier 3 | 30 Tier 3 components |
| Tier 4 | 30 Tier 4 components |
| Tier 5 | 30 Tier 5 components |
Upgrades
A stronger Hammer comes from buying or crafting a higher tier. Crafting from its spec costs components in the crafting menu.
Character Builds
The Hammer is a Body weapon, and the blunt perks fix its biggest problem. Wrecking Ball cuts the Stamina cost of blunt attacks. Its second level lets V charge into enemies while sprinting and blocking. Quake cuts the cost again, adds attack speed and unlocks a ground slam that staggers everyone nearby. Epicenter makes a Quake from midair hit harder the further V falls. Fly Swatter cuts ranged damage while blocking, which helps on the slow walk toward a gunman. Finisher: Savage Sling adds a blunt finisher that restores Health.
For cyberware, Microrotors raise attack speed with melee weapons, which matters a lot on a swing this slow. A Berserk operating system removes Stamina costs for melee while it is active. The Adrenaline Booster refills Stamina after melee takedowns.
Its mod slots take melee and blunt mods. Barbarian adds damage against stunned, staggered and knocked-down enemies. The Hammer puts enemies in exactly those states. Airstrike adds crit chance and crit damage to attacks from midair, such as a Quake landing. Bloodbruiser makes the Hammer lethal and adds a Bleeding chance. Severance, an Iconic mod, gives head and limb hits on a badly hurt enemy a chance to dismember and kill.
Select a Build
A one-handed club and Dashes pick off enemies one by one while Berserk is on cooldown. Once Health drops, Berserk makes the character invulnerable and melee attacks cost no Stamina. Quake slams the ground whenever it is ready and staggers every enemy nearby.
Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 3, Cool 18.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painkiller | 
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Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Comeback Kid | 
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Body 4 | Faster Health regeneration at low Health |
| Dorph-Head | 
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Body 4 | Brief full Mitigation after using a Health item |
| Wrecking Ball | 
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Body 9 | Cheaper Blunt attacks and a blocking charge |
| Fly Swatter | 
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Body 9 | Less ranged damage while blocking with a Blunt weapon |
| Breakthrough | 
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Body 9 | Strong attacks strip enemy armor |
| Quake | 
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Body 15 | Faster Blunt attacks and a ground slam that staggers |
| Aftershock | 
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Body 15 | Stamina back for each enemy hit by Quake |
| Epicenter | 
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Body 15 | Quake from midair grows with the fall |
| Ripple Effect | 
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Body 15 | Health back for each enemy hit by Quake |
| Adrenaline Rush | 
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Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Juggernaut | 
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Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Calm Mind | 
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Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Finisher: Savage Sling | 
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Body 20 | A Blunt Finisher that heals |
| Pain To Gain | 
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Body 20 | Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush |
| Dash | 
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Reflexes 9 | Unlocks the Dash and makes it cheaper |
| Mad Dash | 
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Reflexes 9 | Double Dash range toward enemies |
| Air Dash | 
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Glutton For War | 
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Technical Ability 4 | Kills recharge Health items and grenades |
| Health Freak | 
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Technical Ability 9 | One more Health item charge and faster recharge |
| All Things Cyber | 
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Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| License To Chrome | 
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Technical Ability 15 | Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot |
| Edgerunner | Technical Ability 20 | Cyberware past the capacity limit for a small Health cost |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Projectile Launch System | 
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Arms | Arm launcher that fires explosive shots |
| Biomonitor | 
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Circulatory System | Uses a Health item when Health runs low |
| Newton Module | 
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Frontal Cortex | Kills cut cyberware cooldowns |
| Mechatronic Core | 
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Frontal Cortex | More damage against drones, robots and mechs |
| NeoFiber | 
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Nervous System | More Mitigation Chance and Strength |
| Reflex Tuner | 
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Nervous System | Slows time at low Health |
| Adrenaline Converter | 
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Nervous System | Faster movement when combat starts |
| Militech Berserk | 
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Operating System | Invulnerable melee mode |
| Dense Marrow | 
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Skeleton | More melee damage |
Lore
The in-game line twists an old saying: with a hammer in hand, every problem looks like a nail. The weapon answers every problem with the same heavy swing.
Its Iconic variant, Sasquatch's Hammer, belongs to Sasquatch. Sasquatch is the towering Animals boss V faces at the Grand Imperial Mall during the main job I Walk the Line. That hammer is even heavier. While it is drawn, V cannot sprint, dodge or dash.
Notes
- Sasquatch's Hammer is the Iconic variant of the Hammer.
Weapon Categories
All Melee Weapons
Every melee weapon is listed below. The Iconic weapons come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Melee Weapons
| Name | Image | Weapon | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agaou | 
|
Axe | +125% | 25% | Dogtown |
| BFC 9000 | 
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One-Handed Club | Rancho Coronado | ||
| Baby Boomer | 
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Two-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Baseball Bat x-MOD2 | 
|
Two-Handed Club | Dogtown | ||
| Black Unicorn | 
|
Katana | 25% | ||
| Blue Fang | 
|
Knife | +150% | Badlands South | |
| Butcher's Cleaver | 
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Knife | 25% | Coastview | |
| Byakko | 
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Katana | 25% | Little China | |
| Caretaker's Spade | 
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Hammer | 25% | Corpo Plaza | |
| Claw x-MOD2 | 
|
Axe | |||
| Cocktail Stick | 
|
Katana | 25% | Japantown | |
| Cottonmouth | 
|
One-Handed Club | 25% | Japantown | |
| Crowbar | 
|
One-Handed Club | |||
| Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2 | 
|
Chainsword | Dogtown | ||
| Errata | 
|
Katana | 25% | Arroyo | |
| Fang | 
|
Knife | +50% | ||
| Gold-Plated Baseball Bat | 
|
Two-Handed Club | 25% | North Oak | |
| Gwynbleidd | 
|
Sword | |||
| Headhunter | 
|
Knife | +150% | West Wind Estate | |
| Jinchu-Maru | 
|
Katana | 25% | Japantown | |
| Murphy's Law | 
|
One-handed Club | 50% | Dogtown | |
| Nehan | 
|
Knife | +150% | Arasaka Waterfront | |
| Sasquatch's Hammer | 
|
Hammer | 75% | Coastview | |
| Satori | 
|
Katana | 25% | Arasaka Waterfront | |
| Scalpel | 
|
Katana | 25% | Northside | |
| Sir John Phallustiff | 
|
Blunt | 25% | Kabuki | |
| Stinger | 
|
Knife | +150% | Badlands East | |
| Tinker Bell | 
|
One-Handed Club | 50% | Badlands East | |
| Tsumetogi | 
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Katana | 25% | Japantown | |
| Volkodav | 
|
Machete | 25% | Dogtown |
Standard Melee Weapons
| Name | Image | Weapon | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball Bat | 
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Two-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Chef's Knife | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Claw | 
|
Axe | +125% | 25% | |
| Cut-O-Matic | 
|
Chainsword | 50% | ||
| Electric Baton Alpha | 
|
One-Handed Club | Rancho Coronado | ||
| Electric Baton Beta | 
|
One-Handed Club | 50% | ||
| Electric Baton Gamma | 
|
One-Handed Club | 50% | ||
| Hammer | 
|
Hammer | 25% | ||
| Kaiken | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Kanabo | 
|
Two-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Katana | 
|
Katana | 25% | ||
| Knife | 
|
Knife | +200% | ||
| Kukri | 
|
Machete | 25% | ||
| Machete | 
|
Machete | 25% | ||
| Neurotoxin Knife | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Punknife | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Razor | 
|
Machete | 25% | ||
| Steel Pipe | 
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One-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Tire Iron | 
|
One-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Tomahawk | 
|
Axe | +125% | 25% |