Hammer (weapon type)

Hammers (ハンマー, Hanmaa?), also called Flails and Mallets, are a recurring type of weapon in the Final Fantasy series. It is usually a strong close-range weapon, used by melee jobs, usually the Viking or the Berserker.

Appearances[]

Final Fantasy[]

The White Mage and the Warrior can equip hammers.

List of hammers:

• Hammer
• Mythril Hammer
• Thor's Hammer
• War Hammer (GBA/PSP)

Final Fantasy III[]

The Viking is the only job that may equip hammers, other than the Onion Knight.

List of hammers:

• Hammer
• Thor
• Dragon Hammer (3D)
• Triton Hammer
• Platinum Hammer (3D)
• Blessed Hammer (3D)
• Mighty Hammer (3D)

Final Fantasy IV[]

Cid's weapon of choice is the hammer.

List of hammers:

• Wooden Hammer (2D and 3D)
• Mythril Hammer (2D and 3D)
• Gaia Hammer (2D and 3D)
• Thor's Hammer (2D only)
• Flare Sledgehammer(2D only)

Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-[]

List of hammers:

• Mythril Hammer
• Gaia Hammer

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years[]

List of hammers:

• Hammer
• Wooden Hammer
• Mythril Hammer
• Gaia Hammer
• Sledgehammer
• Thor's Hammer
• Flare Sledgehammer (dummied)

Final Fantasy V[]

Hammers can be used by Freelancers and Berserkers. Hammers gain bonus damage from Strength, hammers use a different damage formula which only takes 25% of the target's Defense into calculations instead of normal Defense values.

List of hammers:

• Mythril Hammer
• War Hammer
• Gaia Hammer
• Thor's Hammer

Final Fantasy VII[]

Only one hammer appears at any time through Cait Sith's Slots Toy Box Limit Break ability. The Hammer is dropped on the enemy for medium damage in terms of the Toy Box Limit Break at 3.5 times normal damage. The same hammer model is used for the E.Skill Magic Hammer.

Final Fantasy IX[]

During the first part of the story, a hammer is briefly used by Cinna, aptly named Hammer, which he is attached to. This is the only hammer weapon. The player can get it by completing the Stellazzio quest to either use in the Legendary Synthesis Shop or to keep in their inventory for a minor additional ending scene.

Final Fantasy XI[]

Hammers are the most damaging type of Club weapon, but can only be wielded by White Mages and Geomancers.

Notable hammers:

• Deae Gratia
• Mjollnir
• Werebuster
• Morgenstern
• Ramuh's Mace
• Zonure
• Templar Mace
• Yigit Bulawa
• Purgatory Mace
• Mighty Cudgel

Final Fantasy XII[]

Hammers can be equipped by any character as long as they have acquired the necessary license. Hammers deal unstable damage.

In the Zodiac versions, hammers, together with axes, are Foebreaker's primary weapon.

The damage formula for hammers is:

${\displaystyle DMG = [ATK * RANDOM(0..1.111) - DEF] * [1 + STR * (Lv+VIT)/128]}$

Axes use the Vitality damage formula. Damage depends on the weapon, the user's Strength and Vitality and character level. The characters' stats can vary. Vitality varies the most, by 30%, but Strength varies 10%. Basch has the lowest Vitality, which puts lower-stat characters like Balthier and Penelo in the top four for Strength and Vitality. The highest is Vaan, and Ashe at second highest, the only female party member with the second highest stats for a non-mage weapon.

List of hammers:

• Iron Hammer
• War Hammer
• Sledgehammer
• Morning Star
• Scorpion Tail
• Vrscika (Zodiac versions only)
• Cudgel (Dummied)

Final Fantasy XIV[]

Blacksmiths, Armorers, and Goldsmiths all wield different types of hammers as their primary tools, and Carpenters and Miners as their secondary. The primary tools can be used in battle, but as non-combat disciplines this is not recommended, though this doesn't stop Godbert Manderville from wielding his goldsmithing hammer as a weapon.

The Dwarven Mythril Hammer appears as a Marauder's Arm. The characters Nero tol Scaeva, Grynewaht pyr Arvina, and Gaia all wield hammers as their weapons of choice, none of which are available to players.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift[]

The Green Mage and the Viking jobs use hammers.

List of hammers:

• Iron Hammer
• War Hammer
• Sledgehammer
• Mjolnir

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles[]

The ones from the Yuke tribe use hammers as their weapons.

List of hammers:

• Orc Hammer
• Treasured Hammer
• Wave Hammer
• Marr Hammer
• Rune Hammer
• Mythril Hammer
• Prism Hammer
• Goblin Hammer
• Father's Hammer
• Sonic Hammer
• Ultima Hammer
• Mystic Hammer

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates[]

Lilties use mallets as their weapons.

List of mallets:

• Wooden Hammer
• Oak Mallet
• Toy Hammer
• Iron Ladle
• Steel Ladle
• Lovely Spoon
• Iron Mace
• Chilled Ladle
• Thunder Mace
• Magical Hammer
• Angel's Spoon
• Silver Ladle
• Mythril Ladle
• Dark Spoon
• Eden's Spoon
• Hell's Spoon
• Meteor Mace
• Sun Mace
• Jester's Spoon
• Silver Mace
• Yew Hammer
• Golden Mace
• Crystal Ladle
• Rune Spoon
• Longinus's Spoon
• Surprise Hammer
• Demon's Spoon
• King's Spoon
• Apocaladle
• Ladle of Ladles

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time[]

Lilties use mallets as one of their two choices of weapons.

List of mallets:

• Wooden Hammer
• Twinkling Mace
• Iron Mallet
• Bookworm's Hammer
• Toy Hammer
• Skull Hammer
• Treasured Hammer
• Chilled Ladle
• Fire Mallet
• Knight Hammer
• Old Man's Hammer
• Thunder Mace
• Bomb Hammer
• Mixing Mace
• Retribution Hammer
• Ancient Ladle
• Ogre's Club
• Angel's Spoon
• Adaman Hammer
• Iron Mallet of Rage
• Jester's Spoon
• Heavy Ladle
• Yew Hammer
• Hartstein
• Shopper's Hammer
• Evil Killer
• Mythril Hammer
• Felseisen
• Fortune Mallet
• Titus' Fist
• Gargoyle Smasher
• Platinum Ladle
• Hell's Spoon
• Spirit Basher
• Ogre Star
• King's Spoon
• Bull Hammer
• Legend Ladle
• Jewel Bat
• Black Hammer
• Omega Hammer
• Homerun Slugger
• Noble Knight Mallet
• Ball o' Bombs
• Lovely Spoon

The Final Fantasy Legend[]

The Hammer is the only hammer.

Final Fantasy Legend II[]

The Hammer is the only hammer to appear.

Final Fantasy Legend III[]

Hammers appear as a type of weapon.

List of hammers:

• Battle
• Petrify

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light[]

The Mythril Hammer is the only hammer.

Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]