Mace

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 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.