One-handed weapon · Clubs

Porcupine

A deadly weapon, bristling with fiendish spikes.

Damage

50 Blunt · 45 Pierce

Block

parry ×2

Attack stamina

Max level

Materials fromPlains· in the developers' Plains boss test kit

Item IDMaceNeedleSpawnspawn MaceNeedle 1 4

Recipe

Crafted at

Forgelevel 4

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

Upgrades by level

Level	Damage	Block	Durability	Station lvl	Materials
1	50 Blunt45 Pierce	39	150	4	5× Finewood 20× Iron 5× Needle 10× Linen Thread
2	50 Blunt51 Pierce	39	200	5	2× Iron 2× Needle
3	50 Blunt57 Pierce	39	250	6	4× Iron 4× Needle
4	50 Blunt63 Pierce	39	300	7	8× Iron 8× Needle

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

Stats

Skill: Clubs
Primary attack stamina: 14
Secondary attack: 28 stamina, ×2.5 damage
Knockback: 100
Backstab bonus: ×3
Block armor: 39
Parry bonus: ×2
Block force: 30
Movement speed: -5%
Tool tier: 4
Durability: 150 (+50 per level)
Weight: 2

Hits to kill in the Plains

Creature	Health	Per hit	Hits	2★ hits
Deathsquito	10	79.1	1	1
Fuling	175	79.1	3	7
Fuling Berserker	800	79.1	11	31
Lox	1,000	61.6	17	49
Vile	1,200	39.6	31	92
Yagluth	10,000	46	218	—

Level 4 Porcupine, 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
Iron Mace	55	73	10	2
Iron Sledge	55	73	20	4
Frostner	95	113	12	2
Porcupine	95	113	14	2
Flametal Mace	135	153	16	2
Bloodgeon	135	153	16	2
Storm Star	145	163	16	2
Klossen	145	163	16	2
Demolisher	145	163	28	4