Sasquatch's Hammer
| Sasquatch's Hammer | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Melee Weapon |
| Weapon | Hammer |
| Tier | Iconic |
| Armor Pen | 75% |
| Weight | 30 |
| Location | Coastview |
Sasquatch's Hammer is the signature weapon of Sasquatch, the giant Animals boss who guards the Grand Imperial Mall in Pacifica. It is an Iconic hammer, and a very heavy one. Every swing is slow and drains a lot of Stamina. Each one also deals massive damage and has a strong chance to knock enemies off their feet. While it is drawn, V cannot sprint, dodge or dash. It is a weapon for a Body build that wants each hit to end a fight. It comes from a boss fight in the main story. Sasquatch's Hammer is a mid-game reward from the main job I Walk the Line, at the Grand Imperial Mall in Pacifica.
Combat
The hammer is a very heavy two-handed weapon. Its weight cuts its attack speed sharply, but its base damage is far higher than a normal hammer's. Its swings also have a raised chance to knock enemies down. A knocked-down enemy is open to a follow-up swing.
The weight is the price. While the hammer is in hand, V moves slowly, jumps lower and cannot sprint, dodge or dash. Every swing also uses a lot of Stamina. It works best in close fights against a few tough enemies, rather than fast brawls against many. V usually puts it away to move between fights, then draws it again when the enemy is close.
How to Get Sasquatch's Hammer Guide
- Play the Voodoo Boys storyline to the main job I Walk the Line.
- Enter the Grand Imperial Mall in Pacifica and work toward the cinema.
- Stay hidden to grab the hammer before Sasquatch picks it up, or defeat her in the boss fight.
- Loot Sasquatch's Hammer from the room or from her body.
- If it is missed, buy it from Herold Lowe at the black market in the EBM Petrochem Stadium in Dogtown, with Phantom Liberty.
Sasquatch's Hammer Map Location and Quest Guide
- Talk to Placide at Batty's Hotel to start the main job I Walk the Line.
- Meet Placide's people outside the Grand Imperial Mall and go in through the back.
- Work through the Animals on the ground floor to the van in the atrium.
- Jack into the van's computer to find the NetWatch netrunner in the cinema.
- Go up to the cinema, where Sasquatch guards the entrance.
- Defeat Sasquatch.
- Pick up Sasquatch's Hammer from the floor at the edge of the room.
Sasquatch's Hammer map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Upgrades
Sasquatch's Hammer can be raised through the tiers in the Upgrades tab of the crafting menu. Each step costs crafting components, gathered by looting, crafting and taking apart spare gear. The hammer must be in V's inventory to appear in the list.
The table shows what each tier step of Sasquatch's Hammer costs.
| Upgrade | Components | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 to Tier 1+ | 75 Tier 1 components | - |
| Tier 1+ to Tier 2 | 40 components | - |
| Tier 2 to Tier 2+ | 75 Tier 2 components | - |
| Tier 2+ to Tier 3 | 40 components | - |
| Tier 3 to Tier 3+ | 75 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3+ to Tier 4 | 40 components | - |
| Tier 4 to Tier 4+ | 75 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4+ to Tier 5 | 40 components | - |
| Tier 5 to Tier 5+ | 75 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5+ to Tier 5++ | 200 Tier 5 components | Phantom Liberty |
Character Builds
Blunt weapons use the Body tree. Wrecking Ball and Quake both lower the Stamina cost of Blunt attacks, which matters more here than for any other weapon. Quake also adds attack speed with Blunt weapons. It unlocks a ground slam that can knock enemies down. Kinetic Absorption gives back Stamina and Blunt damage after a block. Finisher: Savage Sling adds a Blunt finisher that restores Health.
For cyberware, Isometric Stabilizer cuts the Stamina cost of all attacks. Adrenaline Booster returns Stamina after each melee takedown. A Berserk operating system removes the Stamina cost of attacks entirely while active and adds attack speed. It fixes the hammer's two biggest weaknesses. Microrotors raise melee attack speed.
Select a Build
Most swings of Sasquatch's Hammer either kill an enemy outright or knock it flat. Quake slams a whole group to the ground, and Militech Berserk makes the character invulnerable when things get dangerous. An SMG covers the moments that need speed or reach.
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 |
| Breakthrough | 
|
Body 9 | Strong attacks strip enemy Armor for a short time |
| Clapback | 
|
Body 9 | Defensive attacks knock down and counterattacks stun |
| Fly Swatter | 
|
Body 9 | Less ranged damage while blocking with a blunt weapon |
| Kinetic Absorption | 
|
Body 9 | Blocking gives Stamina and blunt weapon damage |
| Wrecking Ball | 
|
Body 9 | Cheaper blunt attacks and a sprinting shoulder charge |
| Aftershock | 
|
Body 15 | Stamina for each enemy hit by Quake |
| Epicenter | 
|
Body 15 | Midair Quake hits harder from higher falls |
| Quake | 
|
Body 15 | Faster blunt attacks and a ground slam |
| Ripple Effect | 
|
Body 15 | Health for each enemy hit by Quake |
| Adrenaline Rush | 
|
Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Calm Mind | 
|
Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Juggernaut | 
|
Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Unstoppable Force | 
|
Body 15 | Immunity to knockdown and blinding during Adrenaline Rush |
| Finisher: Savage Sling | 
|
Body 20 | Blunt weapon finisher that can throw the enemy |
| Pain To Gain | 
|
Body 20 | Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush |
| Machine Learning | 
|
Relic | Crit damage builds on enemy Vulnerabilities |
| All Things Cyber | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Chrome Constitution | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | Less damage taken with full Skeleton and Integumentary slots |
| Built Different | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Unlocks the Cellular Adapter cyberware |
| Cyborg | Technical Ability 15 | Shorter cyberware cooldowns with every slot filled | |
| Extended Warranty | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Cyberware effects last longer |
| License To Chrome | 
|
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorilla Arms | 
|
Arms | Hard hitting fists |
| Heal-On-Kill | 
|
Circulatory System | Health on each kill |
| Self-ICE | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Blocks an enemy quickhack |
| Reinforced Tendons | 
|
Legs | Double jump |
| NeoFiber | 
|
Nervous System | More mitigation chance and strength |
| Militech Berserk | 
|
Operating System | Invulnerable melee mode with faster attacks |
| Rara Avis | 
|
Skeleton | More armor |
| Dense Marrow | 
|
Skeleton | More melee damage for a higher Stamina cost |
Lore
The item text is a warning. Anyone thinking of using Sasquatch's Hammer should be ready for blood, sweat and tears. V provides the sweat, and the enemies provide the blood and tears. It also admits the cost: the hammer drains a lot of Stamina, but it inflicts massive damage.
I Walk the Line is part of the Voodoo Boys storyline. Placide sends V to the Grand Imperial Mall to find a NetWatch netrunner hiding in the cinema. The mall is full of Animals, and the cinema is guarded by their boss, Sasquatch, who fights with this hammer. A V who stays hidden can find the hammer lying in the room before Sasquatch picks it up. V can then take it without a fight. Otherwise, it can be looted once the fight is over.
Notes
- Sasquatch's Hammer has its own display spot on the weapon wall in V's apartment.
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 | 
|
One-Handed Club | Rancho Coronado | ||
| Baby Boomer | 
|
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 | 
|
Knife | 25% | Coastview | |
| Byakko | 
|
Katana | 25% | Little China | |
| Caretaker's Spade | 
|
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 | 
|
Katana | 25% | Japantown | |
| Volkodav | 
|
Machete | 25% | Dogtown |
Standard Melee Weapons
| Name | Image | Weapon | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball Bat | 
|
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 | 
|
One-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Tire Iron | 
|
One-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Tomahawk | 
|
Axe | +125% | 25% |