Hammerhead

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Hammerhead
ID: Hammerhead
Stats
Health 350 (Boss: 400)	Sight: 2
	Hearing: 1
Armor Head, Tail, Fins, Arms, & Claws (see values in Defense section)	Weakpoints None
Immunities Stun	Vulnerabilities Poisons x 0.6
Behavior
Walk speed 1	Swim speed 8 slow - 12 fast
Aggressive? Always	Can Enter Submarine? No
Drops only 1 of the items marked with an asterisk * may drop at a time
Items	Chance
Swim Bladder	100% (1/1)
Alien Blood *	75% (1/1.3)
Hammerhead Ribs *	25% (1/4)

The Hammerhead is an uncommon creature found in the frigid oceans of Barotrauma.

Description

Hammerheads are medium-size shark-like creatures. They have at least two pairs of eyes, four claws, four fins, and a long tail, which is their primary mode of locomotion.

Their most distinctive feature is their flat head, which is reminiscent of the head of a claw hammer.

Hammerheads are somewhat solitary creatures, but are sometimes seen in groups of up to five, though they typically come in groups of two to three.

In-Game

Hammerheads are capable of inflicting considerable damage to the outer walls of a Submarine, utilizing their flat heads to bash holes in a given surface. They will relentlessly pound at the outer hull of the submarine and its occupants, being capable of stopping a fast moving sub dead in its tracks.

Hammerheads will protect Hammerhead Matriarchs, and attack any other creature on sight regardless as to whether the creature is stronger, or if the Hammerhead is wounded.

Combat Strategies

The Railgun is an incredibly effective weapon to use against the Hammerhead, as its high damage output allows the player to kill it in one to two shots depending on where they hit and what is loaded into the Railgun Shell. The Coilgun is slower but equally as effective, even with Regular Ammunition in use. Utilizing Piercing Ammunition can increase the speed of which the Coilgun kills the Hammerhead. Finally, the Pulse Laser is an incredibly effective, albeit expensive alternative to the Coilgun or Railgun.

The use of melee weapons is not recommended whilst fighting the Hammerhead. However, in a dire situation in which all other options have been exhausted, the player can use small arms weapons such as the SMG, Assault Rifle, Shotgun, or Autoshotgun. These weapons may not be as effective as onboard submarine weaponry, but they can be used in a crisis situation to neutralise the threat.

Attacks

Hammerhead Bosses inflict +15% Affliction strength and structure damage.

Attack	Target type	Afflictions on hit	Afflictions Inside	Area of Effect	Structure Damage	Item Damage	Duration	Cooldown	Kinetic Force
Nose Attack 1	Character	Bite Wounds (80)*  Stun (3)*			0		0.25s	10	10
Nose Attack 2	Structure		Stun 3s	3m	75 (Direct hit) 150 (AoE)	60	0.25s	7	10
Claws	Character	Bite Wounds (40)*  Bleeding (40)*  Stun (0.1)*			0	10	0.2s	3	60

Defense

 

Limb	Burn	Bleeding	Damage (all)
Head	x 0.25	x 0.1	x 0.1
Tail, Fins, & Arms	x 1	x 0.75	x 0.75
Claws	x 0.5	x 0	x 0.5

Variants

• Hammerhead Bosses are 15% bigger than regular Hammerheads and have 5 sight and hearing. They are the targets of "Killing a Hammerhead" Missions obtained in Outposts.
• Moping Jack is a unique Hammerhead found during Captain Hognose's random event. It has 600 vitality, deals 30% more damage from attacks, and is 30% bigger than a regular Hammerhead.
• Golden Hammerhead
• Hammerhead Matriarch
• Hammerhead Spawn

Trivia

• The Hammerhead's internal ID used to be "Hammerheadboss"; in version 0.9.10.0, it was changed to "Hammerhead_m".
• The Hammerhead's head has the shape of a hammer. The name is likely also a reference to the Hammerhead shark.
• The Hammerhead is seen to have a mouth in some promotional materials for the game.

Media

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  A Hammerhead compared with a Dugong

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  A Hammerhead attacking a submarine

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  A Hammerhead compared with a Human

• Idle

• Attack

• Damage

• Death