Exalted Hammer

Defensive Artifact. Leap to the targeted area and slam down with an enchanted exalted[sic] hammer, damaging enemies while healing and granting boons to allies in the area.

For a short time after using this skill, activating any weapon skill that costs initiative creates an additional healing burst at your location. — In-game description

Exalted Hammer

 

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Specialization

Antiquary

Slot

Profession mechanic

Type

Defensive Artifact

Movement

Leap

Game link

API

76702, 76601

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Exalted Hammer

Defensive Artifact. Leap to the targeted area and slam down with an enchanted exalted[sic] hammer, damaging enemies while healing and granting boons to allies in the area.

For a short time after using this skill, activating any weapon skill that costs initiative creates an additional healing burst at your location.

 Damage: 605 (1.5)^?

 Healing: 2,580 (1.0)^?

 Healing: 1,300 (1.0)^?

 Healing: 660 (1.0)^?

 Protection (5s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Protection (3s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Protection (2s): -33% Incoming Damage

 Exalted Hammer (10s): Activating any weapon skill that costs initiative creates an additional healing burst at your location.

 Number of Targets: 5

 Number of Allied Targets: 5

 Radius: 240

 Evade: 0.75¾ seconds

 Combo Finisher: Leap

 Range: 600

— In-game description

Related traits

Deadly Arts

• Improvisation — Use stolen skills twice. Reduce the cooldown of all equipped utility skills when you steal. Cooldown effect will only trigger if all utility slots are filled and if at least one of your active utility skills is on cooldown. Does not affect inactive sequence skills.

Acrobatics

• Feline Grace — Gain vigor upon successfully evading an attack.
• Guarded Initiation — Movement skills grant resistance.
• Swindler's Equilibrium — Gain power and additional power while wielding a sword or underwater spear. Successfully evading an attack while wielding a sword or underwater spear recharges Steal.
• Fluid Strikes — Gain increased strike damage for a period of time when you shadowstep or use a movement skill.
• Upper Hand — Gain initiative when you dodge, and gain initiative and regeneration when you evade an attack. Evading can only trigger this trait once per interval.

Antiquary

• Card Swap — Gain access to Reshuffle. Remove conditions from yourself whenever you reshuffle your artifacts or use an artifact skill.
• Prolific Plunderer — Gain an additional artifact slot. Whenever you pilfer, you gain an additional, random artifact. You can use one additional artifact when you pilfer with Skritt Swipe.
• Meticulous Custodian — Your artifacts have increased effectiveness. Beneficial artifact effects last longer.
• Exhilarating Ephemera — Gain increased damage for a period of time after using an artifact.
• Enterprising Aristocrat — Gain initiative and barrier whenever you use an artifact skill. You take reduced strike and condition damage whenever you have barrier.
• Possessive Hoarder — Artifacts grant boons to allies when used. Offensive and defensive artifacts grant different boons. Barrier granted through Magpie's Defense and Enterprising Aristocrat is now also granted to allies as well.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
January 22, 2026	Reduced the base healing from 1,300 to 660 and reduced the protection duration from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in PvP only.
January 13, 2026	All artifacts now use the same weapon-type scaling when calculating damage, regardless of the weapon type equipped. Increased the radius from 180 to 240. This skill now additionally grants protection to nearby allies. Reduced the base healing from 2,560 to 1,300 in WvW and PvP.
October 28, 2025	Visions of Eternity release: Exalted Hammer has been added to the game. In addition to its previous effects, for a short period of time after using this skill, using any weapon skill that costs initiative creates an additional healing burst at your location.
August 19, 2025	Exalted Hammer was available during the Visions of Eternity elite specialization Beta Event.