Mace

The mace is a melee weapon that does a moderate amount of blunt damage, and has a moderate cooldown. As a blunt weapon, mace attacks don't cause bleeding (unless a body part gets destroyed), and generally fares better against armor when compared to sharp weapons.

Acquisition

Maces can be crafted at the fueled smithy or electric smithy once the Smithing research has been completed; with 50 Stuff (Metallic/Woody, 500 for SMVs) and 6,000 ticks (1.67 mins) of work.

Maces can also be purchased from outlander and orbital combat suppliers, or from outlander and pirate raiders drops.

Analysis

Maces cost half as much as a longsword. While the longsword is stronger, the mace does blunt damage instead of sharp; armor pieces like flak vests and marine armor reduce the longsword to the point of being worse than the mace. A plasteel longsword will beat out a uranium mace against armor up to the level of flak jackets and flak pants, as well as unarmored pawns. Steel longswords can beat steel maces at roughly the same breakpoints.

Compared to its neolithic 'ancestor', the club, the mace is 10 units more expensive, has a greater damage per hit, and swings just as fast. Maces are also impacted by quality, while clubs aren't. The mace is best when made with uranium, due to the metal's blunt damage multiplier.

Material table

Material	DPS^[1]	AP^[1]	Handle (Poke)					Head (Blunt)					HP	Value [ExpandCollapse]
Material	DPS^[1]	AP^[1]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	HP	Value [ExpandCollapse]
Wooden Mace	6.31	19.13%	8.1	2s	11.7%	4.05	25%	14.13	2s	21.6%	7.07	75%	65	75
Bioferrite Mace	6.31	19.13%	8.1	2s	11.7%	4.05	25%	14.13	2s	21.6%	7.07	75%	200	92
Golden Mace	7.01	21.25%	9	2s	13%	4.5	25%	15.7	2s	24%	7.85	75%	60	5020
Plasteel Mace	7.89	19.13%	8.1	1.28s	11.7%	6.33	25%	14.13	1.28s	21.6%	11.04	75%	280	495
Silver Mace	7.01	21.25%	9	2s	13%	4.5	25%	15.7	2s	24%	7.85	75%	70	520
Steel Mace	7.01	21.25%	9	2s	13%	4.5	25%	15.7	2s	24%	7.85	75%	100	117
Uranium Mace	9.56	31.88%	13.5	2.42s	19.5%	5.58	25%	23.55	2.42s	36%	9.73	75%	250	340

^{Assuming Normal quality, for the effect of other qualities, see Quality.}

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the wielder
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Chance for attack to be selected, assuming only the weapon's attack verbs are considered. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the wielder