One-handed weapon · Clubs
Bronze Mace
A headache on a stick.
Materials fromSwamp· in the developers' Swamps test kit
MaceBronzeSpawnspawn MaceBronze 1 4Recipe
Beyond level 4 at the Forge of Potential:
1× Bronze Battle Idol per attempt.
Upgrades by level
| Level | Damage | Block | Durability | Station lvl | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 35 Blunt | 12 | 200 | 1 | |
| 2 | 41 Blunt | 12 | 250 | 2 | |
| 3 | 47 Blunt | 12 | 300 | 3 | |
| 4 | 53 Blunt | 12 | 350 | 4 |
Upgrade cost per level = materials per level × (level − 1), and × 4 at level 4 (Piece.Requirement.GetAmount in the game code). Station level = recipe level + level − 1.
Total cost
Craft it and upgrade to level 4:
One Bronze Mace, broken down to what you gather (bars smelted from ore, with the coal the smelter burns):
Stats
- Skill
- Clubs
- Primary attack stamina
- 8
- Secondary attack
- 16 stamina, ×2.5 damage
- Knockback
- 80
- Backstab bonus
- ×3
- Block armor
- 12
- Parry bonus
- ×2
- Block force
- 30
- Movement speed
- -5%
- Tool tier
- 1
- Durability
- 200 (+50 per level)
- Weight
- 2
Hits to kill in the Swamp
| Creature | Health | Per hit | Hits | 2★ hits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 55.7 | 1 | 3 | |
| 50 | 55.7 | 1 | 3 | |
| 60 | 37.1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 100 | 37.1 | 3 | 9 | |
| 100 | 18.5 | 6 | 17 | |
| 150 | 55.7 | 3 | 9 | |
| 200 | 37.1 | 6 | 17 | |
| 400 | 18.5 | 22 | 65 | |
| 800 | 18.5 | 44 | 130 | |
| 5,000 | 55.7 | 90 | — |
Level 4 Bronze Mace, primary attack, skill 50 (each hit rolls 55–85% of the damage), after each creature's resistances. Try other levels and skills in the damage calculator.
Compared with similar weapons
| Item | Damage | Max level | Stamina | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | |
| 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | |
| 12 | 30 | 6 | 2 | |
| 25 | 43 | 12 | 4 | |
| 35 | 53 | 8 | 2 | |
| 55 | 73 | 10 | 2 | |
| 55 | 73 | 20 | 4 | |
| 95 | 113 | 14 | 2 | |
| 95 | 113 | 12 | 2 |
Bronze Mace in other languages
SwedishBronsklubba
UkrainianБронзова булава
Portuguese BrazilianMaça de bronze
DanishBronzemorgenstjerne
NorwegianBronseklubbe
HungarianBronzbuzogány
FrenchMassue de bronze
ItalianMazza di bronzo
GermanBronzener Streitkolben
SpanishMaza de bronce
RussianБронзовая булава
RomanianBuzdugan de bronz
BulgarianБронзов Боздуган
FinnishPronssinuija
IcelandicBronskylfa
TurkishTunç topuz
LithuanianBronzinė kuoka
CzechBronzový palcát
SlovakBronzový palcát
PolishBuława z brązu
DutchBronzen strijdknots
Portuguese EuropeanClava de bronze
Chinese青铜锤
Chinese Trad銅釘頭錘
Japanese青銅のメイス
Korean청동 철퇴
Thaiกระบองสำริด
AbenakiWadamôôbamahlagw gwalôm
CroatianBrončana togalja
Georgianბრინჯაოს ჩაქუჩი
LatvianBronzas vāle
From the game's own localization files (32 languages).
Source: ObjectDB in the files of Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24), prefab MaceBronze. See how this site reads the game.