Hammers do less damage than their sword and axe counterparts, but they inherently do more knockback and can always hit multiple nearby mobs at once (like a sword), even if the player is in the air. It would be a good idea to use both a sword and a hammer in combat as the hammer will mostly just help with spreading out the mobs so you're not surrounded. Here are the enchantments that can be given to hammers in enchantment tables:
Unbreaking
Efficiency (affects chiseling)
Looting or Fortune (cannot have both) (fortune affects chiseling)
Knockback
Curse of Binding and Curse of Vanishing (cannot have one without the other)
Mending
Channeling
Daze (Level I to III, mobs that are hit will have a higher chance of stopping for a moment)
Finishing Blow (Level I to II, more damage is given to mobs with less health left)
Infinity (affects chiseling)
Chiseling
To chisel a block, the player must have a hammer and a chisel in either hand (one in the main hand, one in the off hand). Then, look at a block and hold right click. The player's arms will go out in front while chiseling, in the same place as when charging up a bow. When finished chiseling, the block will turn into another block, the hammer will lose durability, and the chisel will lose durability unless the hammer has the Infinity enchantment. With some blocks, a byproduct is produced, popping out of the block as item(s) (Fortune will produce higher amounts). Here is a list of all the blocks that can be chiseled:
Stone --> Polished Andesite
Polished Andesite --> Chiseled Stone Brick
Cobblestone --> Gravel
Andesite --> Stone Brick
Stone Brick --> Cracked Stone Brick
Smooth Stone --> Double Stone Slab
Smooth [Red] Sandstone --> Cut [Red] Sandstone
Cut [Red] Sandstone --> [Red] Sandstone
[Red] Sandstone --> Chiseled [Red] Sandstone
Chiseled [Red] Sandstone --> [Red] Sand
End Stone --> End Stone Bricks
Coal Ore --> Stone (Byproduct: Coal)
Iron Ore --> Stone (Byproduct: 8-10 Iron Nuggets)
Gold Ore --> Stone (Byproduct: 8-10 Gold Nuggets)
Diamond Ore --> Stone (Byproduct: Diamond)
Lapis Ore --> Stone (Byproduct: 3-5 Lapis)
Redstone Ore --> Stone (Byproduct: 3-5 Redstone Dust)
Standing Sign --> Short Standing Sign (No Chisel Needed)
Standing Banner --> 1-Block-Tall Standing Banner (No Chisel Needed)
Let me know what you think! I know that it seems a little pointless, so maybe we could also have some new blocks that can only be obtained by chiseling another block.
The main problem with this is that you can't mass produce chiseled blocks for building in survival. Also wouldn't it make more sense if the chisel had several materials and not the hammer?
General
This would add 4 new recipes to the game:
Hammer as a Weapon
Hammers do less damage than their sword and axe counterparts, but they inherently do more knockback and can always hit multiple nearby mobs at once (like a sword), even if the player is in the air. It would be a good idea to use both a sword and a hammer in combat as the hammer will mostly just help with spreading out the mobs so you're not surrounded. Here are the enchantments that can be given to hammers in enchantment tables:
Chiseling
To chisel a block, the player must have a hammer and a chisel in either hand (one in the main hand, one in the off hand). Then, look at a block and hold right click. The player's arms will go out in front while chiseling, in the same place as when charging up a bow. When finished chiseling, the block will turn into another block, the hammer will lose durability, and the chisel will lose durability unless the hammer has the Infinity enchantment. With some blocks, a byproduct is produced, popping out of the block as item(s) (Fortune will produce higher amounts). Here is a list of all the blocks that can be chiseled:
Let me know what you think! I know that it seems a little pointless, so maybe we could also have some new blocks that can only be obtained by chiseling another block.
The main problem with this is that you can't mass produce chiseled blocks for building in survival. Also wouldn't it make more sense if the chisel had several materials and not the hammer?