Forge Hammer

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Forge HammerAttack, AoE, Melee, Slam, Sustained, Fire, Duration
Level: 1
Cooldown Time: 8.00 sec
Attack Speed: 70% of baseHurl a fiery hammer that Slams into the ground and lodges there. While the hammer is lodged in the ground, reusing this Skill recalls the hammer and resets the Skill's cooldown. Alternatively, using a Warcry near the lodged hammer causes it to shatter, releasing a number of molten fissures in a spiral. While the fissures persist, using a Slam and them will cause an Aftershock which spreads to all connected fissures.Impact
Converts 30% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage
While Dual Wielding, both weapons hit with 30% less damage
Impact radius is 1.8 meters
Hammer duration is 12 seconds
Cooldown does not recover while the hammer is lodged
Fissures
Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.File:Forge Hammer skill icon.png

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem

Forge Hammer is a slam skill.

Gem level progression

Level
1

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	Fire AttunementFire AttunementSupport, Attack, Fire Category: Fire Attunement Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, causing them to Gain Fire Damage but deal less Cold and Lightning Damage.Supported Attacks Gain 25% of Damage as extra Fire Damage Supported Attacks deal 50% less Cold and Lightning DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Fist of War IFist of War ISupport, Attack, Melee, Slam Category: Fist of War Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Slams you use yourself, providing a powerful Ancestral Boost every few seconds.Attacks with Supported Skill are Ancestrally Boosted, no more than once every 6 secondsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Rage IRage ISupport, Attack, Melee Category: Rage Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Attacks, causing them to grant Rage on Hit.Supported Skills grant 3 Rage on Melee HitPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
II	Elemental Armament IIElemental Armament IISupport, Attack Category: Elemental Armament Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more Elemental damage.Supported Skills deal 25% more Elemental Attack damagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Fiery DeathFiery DeathSupport, Spell, AoE, Fire Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing enemies it Ignites to have a chance to explode on death.Enemies Ignited by Supported Skills have 60% chance to explode on death Explosion Cast Time: 1.00 sec Critical Hit Chance: 8.00% Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to 10% of the Corpse's Maximum Life Explosion radius is 2 metresPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Skittering Stone ISkittering Stone ISupport, Minion, Physical, Duration Category: Skittering Stone Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which create shatterable earthen objects. After killing enough Enemies in range of these objects, they will shatter, releasing skittering stone Minions.After 5 Enemies are killed within 4 metres of objects created by Supported Skills, they will shatter and Trigger Skittering Stones Skittering Stones Creates Skittering Stone Minions from shattered objects created by Supported Skill. Minions from this skill have 1% increased Damage per 1 of your Strength Creates 1 Skittering Stone Level of Minions is based on Level of Triggering Skill Minion duration is 10 seconds Limit 8 Skittering StonesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
III	Fist of War IIFist of War IISupport, Attack, Melee, Slam Category: Fist of War Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Slams you use yourself, providing a powerful Ancestral Boost every few seconds.Attacks with Supported Skill are Ancestrally Boosted, no more than once every 4 secondsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Magnified Area IIMagnified Area IISupport, AoE Category: Increased Area of Effect Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger at the cost of damage.Supported Skills have 45% increased Area of Effect Supported Skills deal 10% less Area DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Prolonged Duration IIProlonged Duration IISupport, Duration Category: Prolonged Duration Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.Supported Skills have 35% more Skill Effect DurationPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
IV	Fire ExposureFire ExposureSupport, Fire, Duration Category: Fire Exposure Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to inflict Exposure when Igniting.Supported Skills inflict Exposure for 8 seconds on Igniting a targetPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Rage IIRage IISupport, Attack, Melee Category: Rage Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Melee Attacks, causing them to grant Rage on Hit.Supported Skills grant 5 Rage on Melee HitPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Rageforged IRageforged ISupport Category: Rageforged Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any damaging skill that you use or trigger yourself, causing it to consume Rage to deal more damage. If you don't have enough Rage to consume, the damage bonus will not apply.Supported Skills consume 10 Rage if possible to deal 35% more DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
V	Culmination IICulmination IISupport, Attack, Melee, Conditional Category: Culmination Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Melee Attack Skills. Supported Skills gain Combo when you successfully Strike Enemies with other Melee Attacks. Supported Skills reset their Combo on use, dealing more Damage the higher Combo you had on use. Cannot support skills which already gain Combo. Does not modify Skills used by Minions.Supported Skills can gain Combo Supported Skills lose all Combo on use Supported Skills lose Combo if you generate no Combo for 4 seconds Combo count loss for Supported Skills occurs 50% slower Supported Skills deal 3% more Damage per ComboPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Fire Penetration IIFire Penetration IISupport, Fire Category: Fire Penetration Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making those Hits ignore enemy Fire resistance.Hits from Supported Skills ignore enemy Fire ResistancePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Fist of War IIIFist of War IIISupport, Attack, Melee, Slam Category: Fist of War Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 200%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Slams you use yourself, providing a very powerful Ancestral Boost infrequently.Attacks with Supported Skill are Ancestrally Boosted, no more than once every 14 seconds Ancestral Boost has double effect on Supported SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.

Item acquisition

Forge Hammer has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Forge Hammer has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Introduced to the game.