An impact tool including: a motor; a speed-reduction mechanism that reduces a torque of the motor; a hammer connected to an output portion of the speed-reduction mechanism; and an anvil that can be swung relatively to the hammer, wherein the hammer is directly driven by the motor, and wherein the impact tool can operate in: a drill mode in which an end tool attached to the anvil is rotated by rotating the hammer in one direction so as to rotate the anvil; and an impact mode in which the end tool attached to the anvil is rotated while the hammer intermittently strikes the anvil.