Paladin's Hammer

Infinite piercing boomerang flight and high knockback

Dropped by the formidable Paladin inside the post-Plantera Dungeon, Paladin's Hammer is an exceptional returning melee weapon. Thrown at high velocity, the hammer pierces through infinite targets along its path, dealing 100 base melee damage with 9 knockback before returning smoothly to the player. It ignores collision with solid blocks on its return flight, enabling warriors to hit enemies around corners and through narrow dungeon corridors with ease.

Reforging restrictions and crowd control comparisons

Because Paladin's Hammer functions as a boomerang projectile, it cannot gain speed-altering modifiers, making the Godly or Demonic prefixes the best choices instead of Legendary. When compared to the Possessed Hatchet, which homes in on single targets, Paladin's Hammer offers vastly superior linear crowd control against tightly packed hordes in events like the Pumpkin Moon. Its immense knockback keeps even aggressive Hardmode enemies from closing the distance.

Trivia

• Paladin's Hammer flies at one of the highest projectile velocities among all melee boomerangs in the game.
• The hammer will pass through walls on its return path back to the throwing player.