Sledgehammer cheating

[darkshvein]

Hello.
Low-level pickaxe destroy lithosphere stone layer with 3 punches.
But same level iron SH reqire only one punch for remove stone. Bug or feature?

[MustangMR]

I think it's working as intended. The sledge hammer doesn't really remove ore continuously. It eventually hits a level and then it doesn't remove any more. I used the pick axe to clear an area out and then use the sledge to smooth it all out. I'll punch two tunnels next to each other a ways into a wall and then use the sledge to remove the material in between it. It's a bit faster when clearing a large area, but ultimately you have to use the pickaxe to make it bigger.

[red51]

The sledgehammer works different than the pickaxe: It smoothes out stone instead of removing it (similar to how the rake works on soil), as mentioned by @MustangMR. This is indeed intended to happen with one punch. You don't get any resources when smoothing out terrain, so it's typically not a replacement for the pickaxe ^^

[Draven Crow]

Such tools do what they were designed to do essentially so I don't think the sledgehammer is some secret OP tool for mining.