Sledge Hammer
| “ | A tool used to salvage components from remains of old vehicles and equipment. | „ |
| — In-game description |
The Sledge Hammer is a mid-game utility item used to mine resource nodes on Resource Fields.
Description
The Sledge Hammer is a primary tool used to mine resource nodes. Like the Hammer it can mine nodes of Salvage, Coal and Rare Resource Nodes but it can also mine Sulfur and Components nodes. It is overall faster than the Hammer (33% more efficient) but much slower than a Harvester. It can only be used when standing.
Its basic yield is 10 per strike on Salvage/Coal (Hammer is 5), 2 per strike on Component/Sulfur, modified by the increased amount of resource when a node splits. The amount of resource yielded by a strike appears in the bottom left corner of the screen.
Each swing of the Sledge Hammer takes 1.6 seconds.
Given its heavy (100), it is best used by players who are specifically running resource collection or similar logistical tasks.
Usage
- Equip the Sledge Hammer
- Draw it with
1 - Stand up
- Press or hold
LMBon a resource node - Collected resources appear in the player inventory
Production
| Structure | Input(s) | Output | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
Factory  (Utility) | 200 x Basic Materials  | 1 crate  of 10 x Sledge Hammer  | 00:01:40 |
Must be fully researched in the Weapons and Structures 
Tech Tree in order to be produced.
Storage
It does not stack in structure or vehicle inventories (1 per slot).It can only be stored in the stockpile of Bases (32k max).
Crates of Sledge Hammer can be directly submitted to any item stockpile that accepts that item to transfer their content.The crates can also be stored in the crate stockpiles of Storage Depots (1000 public, 100 per Reserve Stockpile), Seaports (1000 public, 100 per Reserve Stockpile), Shipping Containers (60), or Storage Ships (1000).
It can be transported by almost any vehicle with inventory slots. However it is much more efficient to transport it in bulk amounts as crates, either delivering them to a Base's stockpile with a Truck or to a crate stockpile with shipping vehicles carrying Shipping Containers.
Trivia
- Using the Sledgehammer gives additional XP (over the default Hammer)
- Despite its appearance, it can not be used as a melee weapon
Gallery
A Colonial soldier holding a Sledge Hammer
A Warden soldier hitting a Salvage node with a Sledge Hammer.
A Warden soldier hitting a Components node with a Sledge Hammer.
A Warden soldier hitting a Sulfur node with a Sledge Hammer.
• Coal 
• Components 
• Copper 
• Damaged Components 
• Iron 
• Rare Metal 
• Salvage 
• Sulfur 
• Wreckage 
• Assembly Materials II 
• Assembly Materials III 
• Assembly Materials IV 
• Assembly Materials V 
• Barbed Wire 
• Concrete Materials 
• Metal Beam 
• Pipe 
• Processed Construction Materials 
• Rare Alloys 
• Sandbag 
• Steel Construction Materials 
• Thermal Shielding 
• Unstable Substances 
