The Earthquake Hammer

The Earthquake Hammer was the weapon of OnuaOnua, Master of Earth: The Sage Toa of OkotoOnua of Okoto was the Master of Earth summoned by the Protectors, the quiet sage who separated Tahu and Kopaka at the Ancient City and felled the Lord of Skull Spiders with his Earthquake Hammer., Master of Earth, on the island of OkotoOkotoOkoto is a world whose known inhabitants include the Toa, the Mask makers, and the Protectors. in the 2015 BIONICLE reboot, a separate continuity from the original 2001 to 2010 story. It channels the element of Earth, its impacts make the ground tremble and shake, and it can split into a pair of Turbo Shovelers for digging. (ONUA: Master of Earth; Onua: Master of Earth)

Construction and dual configuration#

The hammer came with the Onua: Master of Earth set in 2015, built from 18 of the set's 108 pieces. For adrenaline mode, the head separates into two three-piece Turbo Shovelers, and the rest of the hammer clips onto a cross axle on Onua's back. (Onua: Master of Earth)

LEGO's character profile gives each form a job: the hammer channels Earth so that its impacts make the ground tremble and shake, and the Turbo Shovelers let Onua dig through mountains in his way. (ONUA: Master of Earth)

The Region of Earth and the Golden Mask shrine#

Onua and Korgot, the Protector of Earth, dug through the Region of Earth for weeks in search of the Golden Mask of EarthThe Golden Mask of EarthThe Golden Mask of Earth was the elemental Kanohi forged by Ekimu for Onua, Master of Earth, recovered from a shrine in the Region of Earth and stolen by Skull Basher on the approach to the Mask Makers' Forge.. Korgot found his tunnelling messy, and when they reached the wall in front of the shrine, she was about to use her Star Drill on it before Onua offered to do it himself. (LEGO BIONICLE: Island of Lost Masks)

The Ancient City and the Lord of Skull SpidersSkull SpidersThe arachnid swarm that raided the villages of Okoto, clamped infection masks onto its captives, guarded the City of the Mask Makers under the Lord of Skull Spiders, and broke against the arrival of the Toa.#

On the bridge to the City of the Mask MakersCity of the Mask Makers: Home of Ekimu and MakutaThe City of the Mask Makers was a city on the island of Okoto, named for the brothers Ekimu and Makuta who dwelt there before the Battle of the Mask Makers. It fell to ruin and became the lair of the Lord of Skull Spiders before the Toa reclaimed it., the six Toa faced the Lord of Skull SpidersLord of Skull SpidersAn oversized Skull Spider that guarded the ancient City of the Mask Makers and commanded the rest of its species through the Golden Mask of the Skull Spiders.. Each tried to beat him alone and failed, until Onua remembered what the Protectors had taught and urged them to work together. Once they had overwhelmed the creature, Onua smashed the section of bridge it lay on and sent it plunging into the chasm. (Lord of Skull Spiders)

The loan to Ekimu and the duel with Kulta#

Later, searching for two missing Okotan children, EkimuEkimu the Mask MakerEkimu is the Mask Maker of Okoto in the 2015 BIONICLE reboot, brother of Makuta, who knocked the Mask of Ultimate Power from his brother's face and slept for thousands of years before the Toa woke him. and the Toa ran into the Skull Raiders in their underground city, and Onua fought close beside Ekimu, even knocking Kulta down when he arrived. (LEGO BIONICLE: Escape from the Underworld)

Ekimu then challenged KultaKultaKulta was the leader of the Skull Creatures, a group native to the island of Okoto, and operated from the City of the Mask Makers. Armed with a Mask Stealer Staff and Hook Blade, he possessed the ability to drain masks of their Elemental Powers and once held both the powerless Skull Mask and the Mask of Creation. to a duel on cunning terms: neither would use his own weapon, and the Toa would stay out of it. Ekimu asked Onua for his hammer, and Onua handed it over without hesitating. With it Ekimu beat Kulta for the third time, and the blow brought down the ceiling of the Skull RaidersSkull RaidersThe ancient pirate band that plagued Okoto before the Mask Makers, was driven into the mountains, allied itself with Makuta, was trapped beneath the island by the cataclysm at Capital City, and dug its way back as the Skull Creatures under Kulta.' city. Ekimu and Onua then sealed its entrance with their hammers, trapping the Skull Raiders inside. (LEGO BIONICLE: Escape from the Underworld)

Legacy and successor armament#

In 2016, Onua's Uniter of Earth set replaced the Earthquake Hammer with a new weapon, the blasting crystal drill hammer. See the Drill HammerThe Drill HammerThe blasting crystal drill hammer carried by Onua, Uniter of Earth, in the 2016 wave of the rebooted BIONICLE line, replacing his Earthquake Hammer. for that weapon. (Onua: Uniter of Earth)