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One-handed weapon · Clubs

Iron Mace

A fist-sized lump of iron on a wooden shaft.

Damage
55
55 Blunt
Block
21
parry ×2
Attack stamina
10
Max level
4

Materials fromMeadows· in the developers' Mountains test kit

Item IDMaceIronSpawnspawn MaceIron 1 4

Recipe

Crafted atForgelevel 2

Beyond level 4 at the Forge of Potential: 1× Iron Battle Idol per attempt.

Upgrades by level

LevelDamageBlockDurabilityStation lvlMaterials
155 Blunt2120024× Wood20× Iron3× Leather Scraps
261 Blunt21250310× Iron
367 Blunt21300420× Iron
473 Blunt21350540× Iron

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 Iron Mace, broken down to what you gather (bars smelted from ore, with the coal the smelter burns):

Stats

Skill
Clubs
Primary attack stamina
10
Secondary attack
20 stamina, ×2.5 damage
Knockback
90
Backstab bonus
×3
Block armor
21
Parry bonus
×2
Block force
30
Movement speed
-5%
Tool tier
2
Durability
200 (+50 per level)
Weight
2

Hits to kill in the Meadows

CreatureHealthPer hitHits2★ hits
Neck551.111
Deer1051.111
Boar1051.111
Greyling2051.112
Greydwarf4051.113
Greydwarf Shaman6051.124
Greydwarf Brute15051.139
Fuling17551.1411
Eikthyr50051.110—

Level 4 Iron 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

ItemDamageMax levelStaminaWeight
Wooden Mace1482
Wooden Sledge1484
Club123062
Stagbreaker2543124
Bronze Mace355382
Iron Sledge5573204
Iron Mace5573102
Porcupine95113142
Frostner95113122

Iron Mace in other languages

SwedishJärnklubba

UkrainianЗалізна булава

Portuguese BrazilianMaça de ferro

DanishJernmorgenstjerne

NorwegianJernklubbe

HungarianVasbuzogány

FrenchMassue de fer

ItalianMazza di ferro

GermanEiserner Streitkolben

SpanishMaza de hierro

RussianЖелезная булава

RomanianBuzdugan de fier

BulgarianЖелезен Боздуган

FinnishRautanuija

IcelandicJárnkylfa

TurkishDemir topuz

LithuanianGeležinė kuoka

CzechŽelezný palcát

SlovakŽelezný palcát

PolishŻelazna buława

DutchIJzeren strijdknots

Portuguese EuropeanClava de ferro

Chinese铁锤

Chinese Trad鐵釘頭錘

Japanese鉄のメイス

Korean철 철퇴

Thaiกระบองเหล็ก

AbenakiAlnahlagkw gwalôm

CroatianŽeljezna toljaga

Georgianრკინის ჩაქუჩი

LatvianDzelzs vāle

From the game's own localization files (32 languages).

Source: ObjectDB in the files of Valheim 1.0.16 (2026-09-24), prefab MaceIron. See how this site reads the game.