WeaponsMelee Weapons

Mace

The Mace is a rare blunt melee weapon in DayZ found mainly in historical and castle locations. It deals strong health and shock damage, has a 20% bleed chance, and can also mine stones, split stones, cut pumpkin seeds, and open canned food.

Quick item summary

CategoryWeapons

SubcategoryMelee Weapons

TypeBlunt

Repair withNone

Size2x4

Quick answer

The Mace is a rare blunt melee weapon in DayZ with strong shock damage and solid close-range damage. It is especially dangerous against infected and players because heavy hits can deal serious trauma quickly. Outside of combat, it can mine Large Stones from boulders, split Large Stones into Small Stones, cut seeds from pumpkins, and open canned food, though it cannot be repaired.

In-game description

“Replica of a mace with a long, sturdy handle, and a steel head. It can be used to dish out heavy hits and cause some serious trauma.”

Main Uses

Use as a strong blunt melee weapon
Cut seeds out of a pumpkin
Mine Large Stones from boulders, damaging the Mace by 40 HP
Split Large Stones into Small Stones
Open canned food, spilling 60% to 80% of the contents
Deal high shock damage to infected and players

How to get Mace

Search historical locations.
Check castles and castle-related loot areas.
On Livonia, check hunter locations as well.
Loot players carrying rare melee weapons.

Spawn info

HistoricalRare

• The Mace is mainly found in and around castle locations.
• On Livonia, it can also be found in hunter locations.
• It is a rare blunt melee weapon with strong shock damage.

Important notes

The Mace is a rare blunt melee weapon.
It has strong shock damage, especially on heavy attacks.
It can mine Large Stones from boulders, but doing so damages the Mace by 40 HP.
It can split Large Stones into Small Stones.
It can open canned food, but spills 60% to 80% of the food.
It can cut seeds out of pumpkins.
It has a 20% bleed chance.
It cannot be repaired.
It has lower durability compared with heavier tools like the Sledgehammer.