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A sledgehammer is a melee weapon in Fallout 3.
Characteristics
A sledgehammer is used in heavier working conditions, such as industrial areas or for breaking ground.
This is a powerful melee weapon for low to mid-level player characters, however, it has a relatively high weight. It has great reach, but a slow swinging speed. It can be found at some metro stations, and industrial sites such as the Pitt.
Durability
The sledgehammer can successfully strike about 500 times from full condition before breaking.
Variants
- The Tenderizer - A unique variant that is more powerful.
- Fawkes' sledgehammer - A unique, non-playable version used by Fawkes with a marginally higher attack speed.
Comparison
| Legend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | - Weapon name (melee or unarmed) |  | - Attacks in V.A.T.S. | |
 | - Weapon name (gun, energy or explosive) |  | - Action point cost | |
 | - Damage per attack (damage per projectile) |  | - Damage per action point | |
 | - Damage per second |  | - Weapon spread | |
 | - Area of effect damage |  | - Magazine capacity (shots per reload) | |
 | - Effect damage & duration |  | - Durability (number of attacks before breaking) | |
 | - Bonus effects |  | - Weight | |
 | - Attacks per second |  | - Value in caps | |
 | - Critical chance % multiplier |  | - Value to weight ratio | |
 | - Critical damage |  | - Skill required | |
 | - Critical effect damage & duration |  | - Strength required | |
 | - With all mods attached | |||
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sledgehammer | 20 | 28.6 | 1.43 | x1 | 10 | 38 | 1.1 | 500 | 12 | 130 | 10.8 |
| The Tenderizer | 30 | 42.9 | 1.43 | x1 | 15 | 38 | 1.6 | 500 | 12 | 230 | 19.2 |
- Note: Melee damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
Locations
- Two in Hank's Electrical Supply.
- One in the Jefferson Memorial rotunda.
- One in the Jefferson Memorial sub-basement.
- One can be stolen from Lucas Simms' house in Megaton.
- One can be stolen from a shelf in Herbert "Daring" Dashwood's suite at Tenpenny Tower.
- Carried by super mutant brutes.
- Caleb Smith carries one.
Four in Scribe Bigsley's office at the Jefferson Memorial.- Three in the mobile base crawler at Adams Air Force Base.
- Two in Olney Powerworks.
- One in the Rockland car tunnel.
- One in the blackdamp shaft section of Herzog Mine, near the pit upon entering.
Notes
Sledgehammers float on water.