Originally posted by Azrik:

Yeah, this kinda makes the iron sledge useless to me. The main reason I would even use it was it was nice to have for soloing the bonemass. They at least need to make it so it becomes available after beating the Elder.

I strangly agree, did you remember to tell them this on the Public test feedback sub forum? https://steamcommunity.com/app/892970/discussions/5/