Hammer

The Hammer is a blunt weapon type in Dauntless.

Summary[ | ]

A lethal union of cudgel and cannon. Use the maul to splinter bones and scales, then finish things off with a blast from the cannon. You can even leverage explosions to dodge.

Weapons[ | ]

Name	Power	Element	Perk	Cell Slots	Unique Effect
Recruit's Hammer	10	Neutral	None	None	None
Raging Crash	20	Neutral	+1 Ragehunter	Brutality Insight	Periodically enter a rage, dealing +5% damage and gaining immunity to stagger. Taking damage causes you to enrage more quickly.
Quillshot's Roar	20	Neutral	+1 Acidic	Brutality Fortitude	None
Ember Maul	20	Blaze	+1 Evasive Fury	Brutality Alacrity	The fourth hit in a row deals +50% stagger damage
Brutality of Boreus	20	Frost	+1 Conditioning	Brutality Fortitude	After spending ammo, generate 2 Frost Sprites that grant your next attack +30 damage and minor frost damage (Max 4 Sprites)
Thundering Maul	20	Shock	+1 Aetheric Attunement	Brutality Fortitude	+20% damage vs Behemoth Heads
Skarn's Vengeance	20	Terra	+1 Knockout King	Brutality Fortitude	After using your lantern ability, grant a stackable 175 shield that lasts for 25 seconds (max 600 shields).
Fall of the Shrike	40	Neutral	+1 Conditioning	Brutality Alacrity	After dodging, your next attack deals +50 bonus damage and part damage
Charred Crusher	40	Blaze	+1 Aetherhunter	Brutality Fortitude	After spending 50 stamina, next attack emits a cone of flame that deals +100 blaze damage to each unique target within the cone
Pangar's Rampage	40	Frost	+1 Knockout King	Brutality Fortitude	Once charged, your next attack places a frost brand that deals 1,000 frost damage after 30 seconds. Slayers can destroy the brand, prematurely detonating it for 50% increased damage. Charges every 90 seconds.
Nayzaga's Charge	40	Shock	+1 Savagery	Brutality Insight	After a Behemoth is staggered, heal for 100
Kharabak's Jaw	40	Terra	+1 Deconstruction	Brutality Finesse	Once charged, your next attack unleashes whirling blades that deal 25 terra damage. Additional attacks speed up the blades, which explode at the end of the duration and deal damage based on blade speed
Frostwülf's Slam	60	Frost	+2 Galvanized	Insight Fortitude	After using your Lantern ability, create a geyser that frequently deals 45 frost damage. Any Slayer moving through the geyser for the first time is granted a stackable 125 health shield that lasts for 25 seconds (max 600 shields).
Winter Squall	60	Frost	+2 Nimble	Finesse Alacrity	After dodging, drop 2 Ice Mines around you on a 30 second cooldown that deal 300 damage.
Sahvyt's Maul	60	Shock	+2 Pulse	Finesse Finesse	Once charged, your next weapon swing/shot unleashes a boomerang projectile that frequently deals 250 shock damage to any target hit. Dodging through an attack reduces charge cooldown.
Fenroar's Trunk	60	Terra	+2 Parasitic	Finesse Brutality	On jumping create a platform of stone in the air ahead of you that lasts up to three seconds. Up to two jumps in a row can be performed before ability must be recharged. Activating Lantern refreshes the two jumps. Shortly after forming, the platform falls, dealing 250 terra damage, and interrupting behemoths.
Sovereign's Grudge	60	Terra	+2 Sharpened	Brutality Insight	After not dealing damage for 4 seconds, your next attack deals +50% damage
Valomyr's Burden	60	Radiant	+2 Aetherhunter	Brutality Insight	Once charged, your next attack deals +550 radiant damage - charge rate increases with higher current health
Stalker's Price	60	Umbral	+2 Assassin's Frenzy	Finesse Insight	On chance after dealing damage, generate Shadow Orbs that grant +1.75% damage for 5 seconds - At 5+ Orbs, the bonus doubles
Inferno's Burden	80	Blaze	+2 Overpower	Brutality Brutality	The fifth hit in a row deals +150 damage and inflicts major blaze status buildup.
Rage of the Firebird	80	Blaze	+2 Aetheric Evasion	Insight Alacrity	Attack a Behemoth part to lock onto it and load a homing missile. Missile deals 100 damage and increases the damage of every other missile in the volley by 100. Deal damage to load up to a maximum of 3 additional missiles. Dodging fires all loaded missiles on the locked-on part. 45 second cooldown.
Storm Hammer	80	Shock	+2 Aetheric Attunement	Brutality Alacrity	After dodging through an attack, reload 2 aethercharged ammo
Solid State	80	Shock	+2 Aetheric Evasion	Brutality Finesse	+20% damage vs Behemoth Heads
Glyph Weaver Maul	80	Radiant	+2 Aetheric Attunement	Brutality Fortitude	On lantern use, spawn a glyph based on your active glyph type that charges after three seconds. Once charged, the glyph will activate when a Behemoth makes contact. Red Glyph: Deals 750 radiant damage in a radius. Blue Glyph: Grants 150 stacking shields that expire after 25s to slayers in a large radius(max 600 shields). Jump to change the active glyph type. Glyph expire after 10s.
Break of Dawn	80	Radiant	+2 Cunning	Brutality Alacrity	+12% chance for attacks to hit twice
Fall of Night	80	Umbral	+2 Cunning	Brutality Insight	When under 20% health, deal +50% damage

Legendaries[ | ]

Facing the Keystone Behemoth in a hard Escalation will unlock blueprints for all of its legendary weapons. These high-powered weapons aren't easy to craft, but the perks are worth the extra effort.

Name	Power	Element	Perk	Cell Slots	Unique Effect
Magma Quake	100	Blaze	Bond	Prismatic Prismatic	Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to enter a rage, gaining new attacks for 15 seconds. Deal +25% damage when the target is below 50% health. Resets on Behemoth kill or after 90 seconds.
Bomb Cyclone	100	Frost	Bond	Prismatic Prismatic	Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to create a Frost Shield that blocks hostile projectiles for 6 seconds. Damages and chills Behemoths that contact it (can interrupt). Resets on Behemoth kill or after 3.5 minutes.
Galvanic Impact	100	Shock	Bond	Prismatic Prismatic	Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to teleport to a Behemoth, dealing shock damage. Resets on Behemoth kill or after 2 minutes.
Unsteady Ground	100	Terra	Bond	Prismatic Prismatic	Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to revive all Slayers in a large radius, granting them healing over time and immunity to stagger. Usable while downed. Resets on Behemoth kill or after 5 minutes.
History's Burden	100	Radiant	Bond	Prismatic Prismatic	Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to rewind to your position 3 seconds prior to reactivation. Restores health and stamina lost in that time, and removes debuffs. Become invulnerable and gain increased move speed for 6 seconds. Usable while downed. Resets on Behemoth kill or after 90 seconds.
Sanity Check	100	Umbral	Bond	Prismatic Prismatic	Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to deal umbral damage to nearby enemies and teleport high into the sky. Then choose a spot to slam down on to, dealing additional umbral damage. Resets on Behemoth kill or after 2 minutes.

Exotics[ | ]

Exotic hammers are crafted from blueprints obtained on Heroic and other Patrols and Pursuits.

Icon	Name	Power	Element	Perk	Cell Slots	Unique Effect
	Molten Edict (Legacy Content)	40	Blaze	+1 Berserker	Brutality Prismatic	Replaces all hammer blasts with unique fireball abilities that deal blaze damage

Specials[ | ]

Name	Description	Obtained From
Concussive Salvo	Hold to load ammo into the hammer. Release to unleash a blast that deals up to 360 damage based on ammo loaded and can interrupt behemoths. Range increases with ammo loaded.	Available from the start.
Mighty Landbreaker	Hold to load ammo into the hammer. Release to create an aether vent that buffs players who step over it, granting up to +35% damage based on ammo quality. Additionally gives +25% movespeed for 8 sec.^[1]	Slayer's Path, Milestone V, Light the Way.
Molten Edict	Converts all explosive uses of ammo into fireball attacks that deal damage based on ammo quality.	Available only on Molten Edict.
Ironheart Landbreaker	Hold to load ammo into the hammer. Release to create an aether vent that buffs players who step over it, granting them +40% damage reduction and up to 155 healing over 30 seconds when aethercharged.	Bought from Lady Luck Store for 500 Steel Marks

Mods[ | ]

Name	Description	Obtained From
Weighted Crown	Stagger damage is no longer halved when attacking Behemoth legs.	Slayer's Path, Milestone V, Light the Way.
Impulse Crown	Aerial Strike grants increased damage dealt for 10 seconds. Bonus is doubled if a Behemoth's head is struck.	Slayer's Path, Milestone V, Light the Way.
Extended Clip	Ammo increased to 6.	Slayer's Path, Milestone V, Light the Way.
Antique Clip	Ammo decreased to 2, but bonus from aethercharged ammo is increased by 300%	Bought from Lady Luck Store for 250 Steel Marks
Turbine Trigger	Priming attacks increases attack speed by 10% until the combo ends. Stacks.	Bought from Lady Luck Store for 250 Steel Marks

Weapon Skins[ | ]

The following weapon skins can be used with the Hammer:

Adamant Leviathan
Alchemancer's Fracture
Archonic Inertiator
Archonite Hammer
Arcslayer Impact Hammer
Backbiter
Benson's Basher
Bloodshot Biter
Butcher's Tenderizer
Captain Crushly
Champion's Hammer
Cold Archonite Hammer
Cold Crush
Corsair's Hullbreaker
Cruel Deception
Demonic Brute
Driven Pathbreaker
Emerald Steel Hammer
EN-IH1 "Demolition Order"
Forgemaster Hammer
Fortuitous Consequence
Frostfall Hammer
Frostform Krushkurr
Frostwarden Hamar
Gaia, the Earth Hammer
Gnasher Jaw
Heartfire's Grudge
Heartgem Hammer
Hero's Justice
Infiltrator's Gloaming
Isgryth Hamar
Keeper's Mallus
Krolach Kill-Crusher
Last Laugh
Maul of the Brute
Morningtide Maul
Ostian War Hammer
Ostian War Hammer (Model P)
Peerless Leviathan
Ramhammer Royale
Ranger's Law
Royal Steel Hammer
Secret Crush
Shining Maul
Skymetal Hammer
SM-BH8 "Bone Fracture" Battle Hammer
Steel Hammer
Sudden Impact
The Tortuga
Thundering Hawk
Timekeeper
Timeweave Quadhammer
Treasured Hammer
Unthinkable Consequence
Victorious Hammer
Warlord's Shout
Wild Triumph
Witch's Promise
ZAH-00 "Cry Havoc"
ZTH-90 "Kiss Me Deadly"
ZVH-50 "Five-Spot"

Card[ | ]

Objective	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5	Level 6	Level 7	Level 8
Stagger Behemoths [x] times with any Hammer	5	10	25	50	250	500	1,000	2,500
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any Hammer	50,000	100,000	250,000	500,000	2,500,000	5,000,000	10,000,000	50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any neutral Hammer	50,000	100,000	250,000	500,000	2,500,000	5,000,000	10,000,000	50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any blaze Hammer	50,000	100,000	250,000	500,000	2,500,000	5,000,000	10,000,000	50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any frost Hammer	50,000	100,000	250,000	500,000	2,500,000	5,000,000	10,000,000	50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any shock Hammer	50,000	100,000	250,000	500,000	2,500,000	5,000,000	10,000,000	50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any radiant Hammer	50,000	100,000	250,000	500,000	2,500,000	5,000,000	10,000,000	50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any umbral Hammer	50,000	100,000	250,000	500,000	2,500,000	5,000,000	10,000,000	50,000,000
Hunt [x] Behemoths with any Hammer	2	10	20	50	100	200	500	1,000

Controls[ | ]

Moves[ | ]

Physical Attack
Devastating hammer strikes.

Elemental Blast
Fire an elemental blast attack that consumes ammunition.

Reload
Press again during the active reload window to shorten reload time.

Combos[ | ]

Horizontal Hammers
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Lunging Strikes
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Repeating Uppercut
> >

End any Ground Combo with an Elemental Blast

Primed Strike
(any input) > (before dealing damage)

This can be chained into any combo string (Horizontal Hammers, Lunging Strikes, Repeating Uppercut)

Quick Reload
(any input) > (after dealing damage)

This can be chained into any combo string (Horizontal Hammers, Lunging Strikes, Repeating Uppercut)

Evasive Blast
> (Rapidly)

Cannot be sprinting