Unique Two Hand Maces

The Hammer of Faith

The Hammer of Faith is a unique Giant Maul. Its defining modifier is “Every 10 seconds, gain a random non-damaging Shrine buff for 20 seconds”.

0.5.4d

Current data

Catalog version 0.5.4d

No direct 0.5 patch change is linked to this page. The displayed values are current for catalog version 0.5.4d.

Item effects

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01(300-350)% increased Physical Damage

0210% reduced Attack Speed

03+10% to all Elemental Resistances

0450% increased Mana Regeneration Rate

05Every 10 seconds, gain a random non-damaging Shrine buff for 20 seconds

Vaal Cultivation Orb

Other Unique rule

The Hammer of Faith is not listed among the 48 corrupted Vaal Uniques with an item-specific Cultivation modifier pool. Using a Vaal Cultivation Orb follows the separate rule for other Uniques: it replaces the item with a random Corrupted Unique of the same Item Class.

Target class: Two Hand Maces
Result: Random Corrupted Unique of the same Item Class
Exact pool: Not published as an exhaustive list

The exact random pool depends on item class and current eligibility rules, so it is not represented as a fixed item-to-item outcome.

Compare the Vaal Unique modifier pools and the other Unique rule

How to get The Hammer of Faith

World drop

The Hammer of Faith can drop anywhere. It can be chanced.

Drop: Enabled
Restriction: None
Orb of Chance: Eligible

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 18 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt The Hammer of Faith. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.

No change.

Applies a modifier magnitude multiplier of 0.78x to 1.22x (in 0.01 increments) before rounding to explicit modifiers. Applies before quality effects.

The resulting values are rounded to the nearest whole number, rather than always being rounded down like most decimal values in the game. However, testing suggests the game may use truncation with a +0.5 shift instead of standard rounding. This appears to bias internally negative stats (like 10% Reduced Dexterity) toward zero, preventing some expected values from appearing while making others more common. A formula of trunc(value + 0.5) may explain this behavior.

Adds a special Vaal enchantment to the item.

Adds an item socket to weapons (including sceptres) and armour, ignoring socket limits.

For jewellery, no change. (This outcome is not removed by Omen of Corruption.)
The item cannot have more sockets than the amount of space the item takes up.
If the item is socketed with Cadigan's Epiphany, the item cannot gain an augment socket via corruption.

Possible corruption enchantments18

(10-20)% reduced Attribute RequirementsLocal / Level 1

Gain 1 Rage on HitGlobal / Level 1

(20-30)% increased Elemental Damage with AttacksGlobal / Level 1

(40-50)% increased Elemental Damage with AttacksGlobal / Level 1

(10-15)% chance to cause Bleeding on HitGlobal / Level 1

Causes (20-30)% increased Stun BuildupGlobal / Level 1

(6-8)% increased Attack SpeedGlobal / Level 1

(10-20)% increased RangeGlobal / Level 1

Adds (9-14) to (15-22) Fire DamageLocal / Level 1

Adds (8-12) to (13-19) Cold DamageLocal / Level 1

Adds (1-2) to (29-43) Lightning DamageLocal / Level 1

Adds (7-11) to (12-18) Chaos DamageLocal / Level 1

Adds (13-20) to (21-31) Fire DamageLocal / Level 1

Adds (11-17) to (18-26) Cold DamageLocal / Level 1

Adds (1-3) to (41-61) Lightning DamageLocal / Level 1

Adds (10-16) to (17-25) Chaos DamageLocal / Level 1

+(10-15)% to Critical Damage BonusGlobal / Level 1

(15-25)% increased Physical DamageGlobal / Level 1

View every corruption outcome and enchantment

How it works

1 interactions

Conditional effect

Every 10 seconds, gain a random non-damaging Shrine buff for 20 seconds

Important details

10% reduced Attack Speed

Related mechanics

MechanicShrine

Shrines are Precursor Artifacts surrounded by worshipping monsters. Defeat every Shrine Worshipper, click the Shrine, and its effect becomes your buff for a base duration of 45 seconds.

Patch history

3 changes

0.2.1

Direct change

The Hammer of Faith unique Two Handed Mace now has 250-300% increased Physical Damage (previously 200-250%). Existing items can be updated with a Divine Orb. It now also grants random Shrine Buffs for 20 seconds (previously 10 seconds). This change affects existing items automatically.

0.4.0

Direct change

The Hammer of Faith now has "300-350% Increased Physical Damage" (previously 250-300%).

0.3.0

Direct change

Fixed a bug where the modifier that provides Every 10 seconds, gain a random non-damaging Shrine buff for 20 seconds on The Hammer of Faith Unique Mace was not displayed on the item.

Item viewModernIn-game

Catalog version 0.5.4d

Item effects

Vaal Cultivation Orb

How to get The Hammer of Faith

Vaal Orb outcomes

How it works

Important details

Patch history

Base, mechanics, and similar items