Mace

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A mace is a melee weapon that can do smash attacks which deal more damage the farther the user falls before hitting an entity. Landing a successful smash attack causes the user to land without taking any fall damage accumulated prior to attacking. It is crafted with a heavy core which only drops from ominous vaults at a chance of 7.5%, and a breeze rod which is obtained from breezes.

Attacking with a mace costs 1 durability, regardless of whether the attack is a smash attack (see below) or a melee attack. In Java Edition, a boat or minecart hit by a mace is instantly destroyed without decreasing the mace's durability.

A mace can be used while standing on the ground to perform a normal attack, dealing 6HP👁 ❤️
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damage when the attack cooldown is fully charged. In Java Edition, it has the slowest attack speed in the game, at 0.6. If used normally, it deals 3.6 damage per second (DPS) or 5.4 if using critical hits, while a wooden sword deals 6.4 DPS. In Java Edition, a Breach IV mace has the third-highest DPS and the highest damage per hit of all weapons versus entities wearing diamond or netherite armor. In Bedrock Edition, Breach IV maces have both the highest damage per hit and the highest DPS against entities wearing diamond or netherite armor, due to having no attack cooldown.

A mace does a smash attack when it is used after the player has fallen 1.5 blocks or more, regardless of the mace's current attack cooldown progress.^[1] The player must not be grounded or in elytra flight,‌^{[Java Edition only]} and the fall height used in calculation is simply the starting height (Y coordinate) minus the ending height (Y coordinate). Successfully performing a smash attack without touching the ground resets the player's fall height to the height where the smash attack was performed, nullifying any fall damage. The player begins accumulating fall damage once again if they continue to fall.

When a smash attack is performed, extra damage is dealt to the attacked entity based on the distance fallen prior to the attack. All entities within 2.5 blocks of the attack are knocked back, similar to the effect of a wind charge.​^{[more information needed]} The knockback from smash attacks does not affect the attacker, though the Wind Burst enchantment can be used to launch them in a similar way. A smash attack can be performed on any entity, which includes mobs, players, and non-mob entities like armor stands. Smash attacks cannot be performed if the player has the Slow Falling effect.

Descending with an elytra counts as blocks fallen for smash attacks.^[2] In Java Edition, the elytra must be unequipped before attacking for the smash attack to activate, as being in elytra flight does not activate a smash attack.^[3] In Bedrock Edition, unequipping the elytra before attacking is not necessary, as smash attacks activate even while the user is in elytra flight.^[4]

If a player is damaged while falling with the mace, the height counting towards the smash attack is not reset.

A successful smash attack causes a mace to deal 4HP👁 ❤️
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extra damage for each of the first 3 blocks fallen, 2HP👁 ❤️
extra damage for each of the next 5 blocks fallen, and 1HP👁 💔
extra damage for each block fallen after that. The Density enchantment can be used to increase smash attack damage by 0.5HP👁 ❤️
× 0.25 per level for each block fallen. Smash attacks are usually critical hits, where both the mace's base damage and its smash attack damage are increased by 50%. The damage a mace smash attack can accumulate from falling is theoretically unlimited.^[5]

The amount of fallen blocks needed to defeat a player wearing full Protection IV netherite armor from full health are the following:

• Unenchanted mace: A critical hit after falling 30 blocks.
• Breach IV mace: A critical hit after falling 19 blocks.
• Density V mace: A critical hit after falling 10 blocks.
• Breach IV mace with Strength II: A critical hit after falling 13 blocks.
• Density V mace with Strength II: A critical hit after falling 9 blocks.

The amount of fallen blocks needed to defeat a warden from full health are the following:

• Unenchanted mace: A critical hit after falling 321 blocks.
• Density V mace: A critical hit after falling 95 blocks.
• Density V mace with Strength II: A critical hit after falling 93 blocks.

In Java Edition, maces have an attack speed of 0.6 (1.667 seconds), and have the following statistics:

In Bedrock Edition, maces have no attack cooldown, and have the following statistics:

A mace can be repaired in an anvil by adding breeze rods or another mace. One breeze rod restores 25% of the mace's durability. Both methods preserve the mace's enchantments.

A mace can receive the following enchantments:

Maces have exclusive access to the Density, Breach, and Wind Burst enchantments.

Maces enchanted with Density deal more damage when executing a smash attack. The damage is increased by 0.5HP👁 ❤️
× 0.25 for each block fallen per level of enchantment, with a maximum level of 5. Normal attacks do not have their damage increased.

Maces enchanted with Breach partially ignore a target's armor points and armor toughness when attacking. The reduction is 15% per level of enchantment, with a maximum level of 4. By use of Breach IV, a mace's normal attack has the highest damage-per-hit of any melee weapon against targets wearing diamond or netherite armor.

Maces enchanted with Wind Burst cause a powerful upwards knockback effect upon executing a successful smash attack. The height gain is 8 blocks per level, with a maximum level of 3. Wind Burst can be used to repeatedly chain smash attacks together. Unlike wind charges, Wind Burst does not negate fall damage.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Issues relating to "Mace" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

• The mace's design pitch was made by developer Ulraf.^[10]
• One of the original ideas for what would be the main reward of the trial chambers was a long-ranged weapon, before the mace was conceptualized and chosen over it by the developers.^[11]
• The earliest implementation of the mace in Bedrock Edition used the attachable system, a system used to play custom animations. However the mace's attachable system files did not contain any custom animations, and it was later rewritten to use the standard item system.

• 👁 An enchanted mace.
  
  An enchanted mace.

• 👁 Noor holding a mace.
  
  Noor holding a mace.
• 👁 Noor using a mace against a zombie.
  
  Noor using a mace against a zombie.
• 👁 Noor slaying multiple zombies with a mace.
  
  Noor slaying multiple zombies with a mace.
• 👁 Alex fighting a husk with a mace.
  
  Alex fighting a husk with a mace.
• 👁 Ari trying to land a hit on a creeper with a mace.
  
  Ari trying to land a hit on a creeper with a mace.
• 👁 Efe jumping off a cliff with a mace.
  
  Efe jumping off a cliff with a mace.

• 👁 Steve wielding a mace beside Alex and Makena.
  
  Steve wielding a mace beside Alex and Makena.
• 👁 Steve standing on top of a large column with mace in hand.
  
  Steve standing on top of a large column with mace in hand.
• 👁 Steve dropping down through a hole.
  
  Steve dropping down through a hole.
• 👁 Steve striking down a warden in one hit using a mace.
  
  Steve striking down a warden in one hit using a mace.
• 👁 Steve posing with a sculk catalyst after defeating the warden with a mace.
  
  Steve posing with a sculk catalyst after defeating the warden with a mace.
• 👁 Ari and Noor holding maces.
  
  Ari and Noor holding maces.
• 👁 A mace as it appears in A Minecraft Movie Live Event.
  
  A mace as it appears in A Minecraft Movie Live Event.
• 👁 A mace in Minecraft Dungeons.
  
  A mace in Minecraft Dungeons.

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    Wooden Spear
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    Stone Spear
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    Copper Spear
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    Iron Spear
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    Golden Spear
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    Diamond Spear
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    Netherite Spear

• "Taking Inventory: Mace" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, October 3, 2024.