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
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:
+25% compared to other weapon types.
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).
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:
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
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:
| 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
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. |