The Cursed Hammer is a rare Hardmodeenemy that spawns in the Underground Corruption. It hovers and spins before flying at the player, traveling through any blocks to reach them. Any knockback stops its attack, forcing it to pause and spin up again. It can inflict the Curseddebuff.
On the Console version and Mobile version, the Shadow Hammer acts as an exclusive version of the Cursed Hammer, which features increased damage and defense, as well as the chance to drop Hardmode ore bars.
As with other enemies with the ability to pass through tiles, Cursed Hammers cannot spawn if the player is standing in front of valid housing walls.
The Enchanted Sword is the Hallowed counterpart to the Cursed Hammer, and the Crimson Axe is the Crimson counterpart. All three use the same AI, and have the same attacks and vulnerabilities. They differ only in appearance, the biomes they appear in, and their drops. Notably, neither of these enemies has a Console and Mobile exclusive variant akin to the Shadow Hammer.
Trivia
The Cursed Hammer, and by extension the Shadow Hammer, is the only one of the three cursed weapon enemies, to use a sprite not based on an existing weapon.
In the Mobile Version, the Cursed Hammer and Shadow Hammer drop random items, like Nature's Gift, Silver Chandelier, etc.