Steel Sledgehammer

## Description

The **Steel Sledgehammer** is a tier 3 sledgehammer - a melee weapon used to flatten your enemies and an effective tool for destroying blocks.

## Uses

### As a Weapon

The Steel Sledgehammer is an extended range melee weapon and can strike multiple Zombies at close quarters. The Steel Sledgehammer does the most damage of any melee weapon in the game, and even more than many guns, but attacks are slow, with a short delay from when the attack is initiated to when the swing occurs. It can kill an average Zombie with one direct hit to the head or two hits or more to the body. It is able to do massive damage with the stealth bonus multiplier, despite only dealing 1.5x damage when sneak attacking, likely for balance purposes. There is a chance that the Steel Sledgehammer will cause the target to be dismembered. Power attacks tend to send zombies flying backwards if it kills or otherwise ragdolls them.

### As a Tool

The Steel Sledgehammer has a reach of up to 3.5 blocks away and is very effective when used to destroy blocks. However, it is only slightly more effective than the Stone Axe for harvesting the materials from these blocks, since it has a 75% penalty to resources harvested. While it is not the appropriate tool for harvesting either stone-based or concrete blocks, it is an alternative due to its speed. If the player has a stamina boosting effect or skill points invested in offsetting the high stamina cost, it is one of the quickest ways to break into safes and through vault doors.

## Crafting

### Required Items

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*The recipe above contains the Resources/Magazines needed for each Quality level of the **Steel Sledgehammer**.
A higher Quality item may provide better stats at the cost of increased material and unlock requirements.*

## Repair

The Durability of an Steel Sledgehammer deteriorates with each use. When its Durability reaches zero, it becomes unusable until repaired. Repairing an Steel Sledgehammer requires 1 Repair Kit. Repairing restores its Durability back to Max Durability.

## Trivia

* The Steel Sledgehammer appears to be made of common household objects duct taped, welded, and otherwise attached to each other. The head is a heavy metal dumbbell used for exercising and training strength, while the handle appears to be a pipe of some sort.

 .44 Magnum Bullet (AP) ·
 .44 Magnum Bullet (HP) ·
 7.62mm Bullet ·
 7.62mm Bullet (AP) ·
 7.62mm Bullet (HP) ·
 9mm Bullet ·
 9mm Bullet (AP) ·
 9mm Bullet (HP) ·
 Exploding Arrow ·
 Exploding Crossbow Bolt ·
 Flaming Arrow ·
 Flaming Crossbow Bolt ·
 Iron Arrow ·
 Iron Crossbow Bolt ·
 Robotic Turret Ammo ·
 Robotic Turret Ammo (AP) ·
 Robotic Turret Ammo (Shell) ·
 Rocket Frag ·
 Rocket HE ·
 Shotgun Breaching Slug ·
 Shotgun Shell ·
 Shotgun Slug ·
 Steel Arrow ·
 Steel Crossbow Bolt ·
 Stone Arrow ·
 **Weapons** | Melee
 Bone Knife ·
 Candy Cane Club ·
 Candy Cane Knife ·
 Hunting Knife ·
 Iron Knuckles ·
 Iron Sledgehammer ·
 Iron Spear ·
 Knuckle Wraps ·
 Machete ·
 Pipe Baton ·
 Robotic Sledge ·
 Steel Club ·
 Steel Knuckles ·
 Steel Spear ·
 Stone Sledgehammer ·
 Stone Spear ·
 Stun Baton ·
 Ranged
 .44 Magnum ·
 AK-47 Machine Gun ·
 Auto Shotgun ·
 Blunderbuss ·
 Compound Bow ·
 Compound Crossbow ·
 Double Barrel Shotgun ·
 Hunting Rifle ·
 Iron Crossbow ·
 Lever-Action Rifle ·
 M60 Machine Gun ·
 Marksman Rifle ·
 Pipe Machine Gun ·
 Pipe Pistol ·
 Pipe Rifle ·
 Pipe Shotgun ·
 Pistol ·
 Primitive Bow ·
 Pump Shotgun ·
 Robotic Turret ·
 Rocket Launcher ·
 SMG-5 ·
 Sniper Rifle ·
 Tactical Assault Rifle ·
 Wooden Bow ·