| “ | Blast away friends and foes with the swing of your mighty hammer.
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- — In-Game Description
The Shockwave Hammer is a Utility Item in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in Chapter 4: Season 1. The Mythic version of this weapon is The Ageless Champion's Shockwave Hammer.
Functionality[]
The Shockwave Hammer has 2 functions. Pressing the fire button will cause the character to slam the hammer on the ground, sending a shockwave that damages nearby structures and opponents, launching them away. The Shockwave Hammer will deal additional damage if you slam very close to another Player.
Pressing the secondary fire button will bounce the player into the air with the hammer, falling with no fall damage. Players can also hold down the button to chain bounces together, using one charge per bounce. The Shockwave Hammer only has 3 bounce charges, each of which recharges with time.
Stats[]
The Shockwave Hammer uses 
Hammer Ammo which cannot be obtained outside of the item's reserve.
|
Shockwave Hammer (Epic) |
|---|---|
| DAMAGE | 75 (Slam) 125 (Close Slam) |
| ATTACK SPEED | 1.07 |
| STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 400 (First Slam) 600 (Second Slam) |
The attack shockwave extends in a 3.9 tile radius and the bounce has a 20 second cooldown per charge. It can store 3 charges at once.
Obtained[]
From when the item was last obtainable in Chapter 4: Season 1:
| Rarity | Chest | Rare Chest | Floor Loot | Supply Drop | Fishing (Plain) | Fishing (Hole) | Oathbound Chest | Creative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | ✓ | ✓ |
Strategy Guide[]
- Shockwave Hammers can be paired with Rocket Launchers in Build Modes, as a Rocket Launcher can destroy opponents’ structures and leave them vulnerable to a Shockwave Hammer attack.
- The Shockwave Hammer can be used to negate fall damage.
- Shockwave Hammers are useful for quickly getting out of fights in high altitudes.
- The Shockwave Hammer is useful when used for mobility, if its charges are managed appropriately.
- When Shockwaved, strafing in mid-air is a lot more fluid and effective making it harder for you to get hit.
History[]
Chapter 4: Season 1[]
Update v23.00[]
- Introduced in Epic rarity.
- December 9 2022: Increased the bounce recharge time of the Shockwave Hammer from 15 to 20 Seconds.
Update v23.10[]
- The Ageless Champion no longer drops a Shockwave Hammer, now he has his very own Mythic Shockwave Hammer.
- January 8 2023: Disabled the Shockwave Hammer due to a bug.
Content Update v23.10 #3[]
- Re-enabled the Shockwave Hammer. Reduced charge count to 3, from 4.
Update v23.20[]
- Bouncing now deals damage and shockwaves enemies away.
- Also added the Shockwave Hammer to Creative.
- March 7 2023 Vaulted the Shockwave Hammer.
Chapter 4: Season 2[]
Update v24.??[]
- The Shockwave Hammer no longer deals damage, but the shockwave effect is preserved. However, if you manage to land a perfect hit on the player (within about 0.25m radius), the victim will be instantly eliminated, regardless of their health, shield, and invulnerability status (Issue).
Trivia[]
- Unlike other cooldown based items, players can carry multiple Shockwave Hammers and bounce for longer, even switching hammers to keep up the momentum.
- Dropped Shockwave Hammers will preserve the ammo charges that they had at the time of dropping, regardless of player.
- Players can attack and bounce on water with the Shockwave Hammer.
- Using the Shockwave Hammer with balloons can send the player into an infinite spin until they cancel, lose a balloon, or touch the ground.
- Although the Shockwave Hammer is not classified as a weapon, it counts for challenges related to weapon pickups, such as picking up Rare or above weapons from Chests.
Lore[]
- The Shockwave Hammer is made out of a special material known as Kinetic Ore. When performing the bounce maneuver, the player will continuously spin the Kinetic Ore inside the hammer to kinetically charge it and release the energy through the resulting shockwave.
- The material changes color depending on the remaining charges, going from fully purple at 3 charges to blue at 0.
- Its design is similar to that of The Ageless' armor.
