A Prince Rupert's Drop may look like it would shatter if hit by a hammer, but if you thought that, you were wrong, nerd!. Instead, it would actually survive the impact, because science. The only way to effectively destroy a Prince Rupert's Drop is to mess with it's tail, yes it's tail. If you mess with it's tail, it will shatter from the tail down, and watch out, it goes fast. It also does this because science.