Hammer Talisman

A talisman depicting a hammer and a knight.
Enhances stamina-reducing attacks against a blocking opponent.

Hammers are highly effective against shield-bearing foes, so much so that they are known as "knight-killers."

• Dropped by Recusant Henricus, located north of Warmaster's ShackGrace, and northeast of Stormhill ShackGrace. [Map link]

• WARNING: Henricus will not appear if the player has spoken to Tanith and agreed to join Volcano ManorGrace, even if the player has not done any assassination missions.

• Sell value: 500

• Has no effect on general stance-breaking; only works against shield blocks.

• Note: Patch 1.07 increased the effect from +20% to +40%.

• The description may be a nested callback to the Ivory Warrior Ring from Dark Souls 2, having the same utility, and then again to the identical-to-that Knight Slayer's Ring in Dark Souls 3. Its carrier, Knight Slayer Tsorig, had an enormous bludgeon-sword that excelled at crushing through shield blocks of the players he invaded.