Hammer of Proving
Type | Weapon |
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Damage | 98 Melee |
Knockback | 9 (Very Strong) |
Elemental Bonus | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Critical chance | 4% |
Use time | 30 Average |
Velocity | 5 |
Tooltip | Hold left-click while airborne to launch downwards Slamming the ground will cause Holy Hammers to appear based on how many times you've bounced off an enemy The Holy Hammers additionally deal Arcane damage Increases the user's fall speed while held Stuns enemies if falling above a certain speed |
Inflicts Debuff | ![]() 100% chance |
Debuff duration | 3 seconds |
Debuff tooltip | You are stunned! |
Inflicts Debuff | ![]() 100% chance |
Debuff duration | 2 seconds |
Debuff tooltip | NO! TOO GLORIOUS! STOP! |
Rarity | ![]() |
Sell | 5 ![]() |
Research | 1 required |
The Hammer of Proving is a craftable Hardmode melee weapon. Holding the attack button while in the air will thrust the hammer downwards, increasing the player's horizontal acceleration by 50% and maximum fall speed by 10. The weapon deals bonus damage based on how fast the player is falling. The formula for the damage increase is , where is base damage and is the player's vertical velocity. If the player's vertical velocity is 20 or higher, hitting enemies will afflict them with the Stunned! debuff for 3 seconds.
Hitting an enemy will bounce the player upwards. If the player hits the ground with the hammer after bouncing at least 1 time, a pair of Holy Hammers will erupt from the impact before flying directly at nearby enemies. Bouncing multiple times before hitting the ground will summon additional pairs of Holy Hammers, up to 5 pairs after 5 bounces. Holy Hammers can target enemies through tiles and inflict the Incandescence debuff for 2 seconds.
Its best modifier is Godly.
Crafting
Recipe
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Ingredient(s) | Amount | |
![]() | Hallowed Bar | 15 |
![]() | Any Gold Bar | 15 |
![]() | Ruby | 2 |
Result | ||
![]() | Hammer of Proving | 1 |
Trivia
- The Hammer of Proving is a reference to a Destiny item of the same name.
History
- 0.8.0.4070: Holy Hammers now deal Arcane damage.
- 0.8.0.4042:
- Reworked:
- No longer swings the hammer, dealing increased damage with fall speed, and no longer grants the Heavy buff when held.
- Now bounces the player on enemy hits and hitting the ground after bouncing will summon Holy Hammers.
- Nerfed damage from 200 to 98.
- Reworked:
- 0.8.0.394: Doubled the vertical acceleration increase while the attack button is held in the air.
- 0.8: Introduced.