Mace Fighting

The Mace Fighting skill allows players to wield slow-hitting blunt weapons that emphasize stamina damage and armor penetration. Unlike other weapon types, maces cannot be Poisoned.

Mechanics

The chance to hit with a mace-class weapon is determined by:

(Attacker's Mace Fighting Skill + 50) / ((Defender's Weapon or Wrestling Skill + 50) * 2) + Relevant Accuracy Bonuses

Mace Fighting also provides damage bonuses when used as a secondary weapon skill:

• In PvM, Base Weapon Damage is increased by (25% * Skill / 100).
• In PvP, Base Weapon Damage is reduced to (10% * Skill / 100).

In PvP, mace-class weapons have the unique property of draining an opponent’s stamina at an increased rate. This stamina drain is calculated at:

(100% * (Damage / 50)) chance to cause the player to lose 5 Stamina

The Damage value used to calculate Stamina Loss in PvP is based the Damage value of the hit after bonuses for Equipment and Skills are applied but before any reductions for Armor or Parry are resolved

Examples

A player wielding a Mace hits another player for 18 Damage (before Armor) and would have a 36% chance to cause 5 Stam loss on the target

A player wielding a Warhammer hits another player for 36 Damage (before Armor) and would have a 72% chance to cause 5 Stam loss on the target

Mace Fighting Special Attack in PvM

Mace-class weapons apply a unique special attack when used against creatures. Players have a 10% base chance to inflict a Special Attack, which can be increased through:

• Arms Lore
• Water Aspect Armor
• Mastery Chain Links

When a Special Attack is triggered, the following effects apply:

• Increases the damage of the attack that generated the special by 50%.
• Applies a Pierce Effect for 8-16 seconds, reducing the target’s Effective Armor Value by 25.
• If the target’s Effective Armor Rating is 0 or at its Armor Minimum, the Special Attack damage increases by an additional 50%.

The duration of these effects scales based on:

• Weapon speed (slower maces apply longer-lasting effects).
• Creature difficulty (tougher creatures resist effects differently).

Mace Fighting Weapons

Main article: Armor & Weapons

Mace-class weapons can be crafted using Blacksmithy or Carpentry, depending on the material type, or purchased from NPC vendors.

Interrupt					Grinding (Light)
Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Speed		Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Speed
Club	1H	No	54		Mace	1H	No	46
War Axe	1H	No	54		Maul	1H	No	46
Hammerpick	1H	No	54		War Mace	1H	No	46
Cudgel	1H	No	54		Flail	1H	No	46
Skull Club	1H	No	54		Flanged Mace	1H	No	46
					Pickaxe	2H	No	46
Grinding (Medium)					Burst
Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Speed		Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Speed
Gnarled Staff	2H	No	36		War Hammer	2H	No	27
Black Staff	2H	No	36		Great Sledge	2H	No	27
Quarter Staff	2H	No	36		Great Mace	2H	No	27
Shepherd's Crook	2H	No	36		Giant Spiked Mace	2H	No	27
					Giant Club	2H	No	27

Beneficial Skills

The following skills provide benefits to Mace Fighting:

Table only includes passive skill bonuses and does not include temporary or toggle-able effects

Skill	Benefit	Weapons
Anatomy	Increases Base Weapon Damage by (20% * (Anatomy Skill / 100)) Increases Weapon Finisher chance by (100% * (Anatomy Skill / 100)) Increases Swing Speed by (5% * (Anatomy Skill / 100))	All
Chivalry	Increases PvP Base Weapon Damage by (10% * (Chivalry Skill / 100))	All
Tactics	0-100 Skill: Increases Base Weapon Damage by (-50% + (Tactics Skill / 200)) 100+ Skill: Any additional skill increases Base Weapon Damage by (1% * (Tactics Skill - 100))	All
Arms Lore	Increases Special Attack Chance by (10% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100)) Increases Weapon Ability fill meter by an additional (10% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100) Increases Swing Speed by (5% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100))	All
Lumberjacking	Increases the Base Weapon Damage of axes by (25% * (Lumberjacking Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Lumberjacking Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Axes (Swordsmanship)
Mining	Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * (Mining Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Mining Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Mace Fighting
Blacksmithy	Increases the damage of blacksmith-crafted weapons by (25% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)) in PvP.	All
Carpentry	Increases the damage of carpentry-crafted weapons by (25% * (Carpentry Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Carpentry Skill / 100)) in PvP.	All
Camping Tracking Forensic Evaluation	Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) in PvP.	All
Archery Fencing Mace Fighting Swordsmanship Arcane Fishing	When wielding a weapon of another weapon class, increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) in PvP	All
Wrestling	When wielding a weapon of another weapon class, increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) in PvM only.	All
Inscription	Increases the damage of scribe-crafted weapons by (20% * (Inscription Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (8% * (Inscription Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Wrestling
Focus	Increases Swing Speed and Accuracy by (15% * (Focus Skill / 100)) Increases Base Weapon Damage by (10% * (Chivalry Skill / 100)) in PvP	All
Tailoring	Increases the damage of tailor-crafted weapons by (25% * (Tailoring Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Tailoring Skill / 100) in PvP (Not confirmed)	Wrestling
Item Identification	Increases the accuracy property of magical weapons by (50% * (Item Identification Skill / 100)) Increases the accuracy property of magical weapons by (50% * (Item Identification Skill / 100)) Increases the slayer propery of magical weapons by (50% * (Item Identification Skill / 100))	Magical Weapons

Weapon & Parry Codex

Main article: Weapon and Parry Codex

Mace-class weapons benefit from Stances and Finishers provided by the Codex of Macing.

Macefighting Codex Stances, Finishers and Abilities
Type	Name	Description
Stance	Aggressive	Increases Damage by 5% per rank but player takes 1% more Damage per rank from all sources
Stance	Defensive	Weapon Swings increase your Damage Resistance by 4% per rank for 5 seconds (does not stack)
Stance	Cleave	Deals an additional 8% of Damage per rank inflicted to a random target within 2 tiles
Stance	Wild Swing	Increases Damage by 8% per rank, reduces Accuracy by 2% per rank
Stance	Sunder	Increases Pierce effects by an additional 5 Armor reduction per rank, and increases Damage by 4% per rank
Finisher	Pulverize	Inflicts 400% of Weapon Damage to target and applies a 5 second Hinder effect (duration scales with weapon speed)
Finisher	Shatter	Inflicts 250% of Damage to target. If player has any Pierce effects active on target, the effects are canceled but Damage is increased an additional 350%
Weapon Ability	Pummel	For next 15 seconds each hit increases damage by 10% (scaled by weapon speed) up to a max of 40%
Weapon Ability	Stun	For next 15 seconds weapon specials will also apply a (pierce effect / 10) second hinder to target
Weapon Ability	Smash	Melee hit that triggers ability has its damage increased by 300% (damage further scaled by weapon speed), but has a 25% chance to instead inflict 1 damage

Training Guide

Skill Level	Training Method
0-50	Train from NPC
50-80	Passively gain skill through melee combat with a mace in the New Player Dungeon.
80-100	Passively gain skill through melee combat with a mace.