Minecraft: How To Craft The Powerful Mace

The mace is a fresh melee weapon included in the Minecraft 1.21 “Trial Chambers” update. Unlike weapons, the mace has a unique mechanic that inflicts bonus damage based on how far you fall before impacting an enemy. That’s right! The greater the distance you fall, the tougher the hit.

This makes the mace ideal for fighting vertically, especially on ledges or jump boost locations. It also introduces new mob and player attack strategies in survival or multiplayer worlds.

How to Craft a Mace in Minecraft 1.21

It is not that simple to craft a mace using iron and wood. You will need to venture out and gather some of the new Trial Chambers’ rare materials in order to obtain one.

Mace Crafting Recipe:

To craft a mace in Minecraft 1.21, you’ll need:

• 1 Breeze Rod
• 1 Heavy Core

Let’s break down how to get each item.

Where to Find Breeze Rods

Breeze Rods are dropped by one of the newest mobs called the Breeze, which only spawns in Trial Chambers, a new underground structure full of traps, puzzles, and combat trials.

How to get a Breeze Rod:

• Find a Trial Chamber deep underground.
• Finish a test or kill a pack of mobs until a Breeze spawns.
• Defeat the Breeze to obtain a Breeze Rod (high possibility, but not guaranteed).

The Breeze is an air mob, so be prepared to dance around incoming gust attacks and stay on the move.

How to Get a Heavy Core

The Heavy Core is the second crucial item required to craft the mace, and it’s less frequent than the Breeze Rod.

Where to find a Heavy Core:

• Location: Also found in the Trial Chambers.
• Method: Look for loot chests or complete difficult tasks inside the chambers.

Heavy Cores are supposed to be hard to find, so don’t expect to get one right away. Bring heaps of gear and materials before going into a Trial Chamber.

How to Craft the Mace (Step-by-Step)

After you’ve got 1 Breeze Rod and 1 Heavy Core, do the following:

• Open your Crafting Table.
• Place the Heavy Core in the top-center position.
• Place the Breeze Rod directly below it (middle position).
• Craft the mace!

Now you’re the proud owner of one of Minecraft’s most powerful melee weapons!

Mace Combat Mechanics and Abilities

The mace is not just powerful, it’s tactical. While multiple factors go into the mace, along with the differences between Java and Bedrock editions (there’s A LOT, so check out here if you’d like to learn more), here’s the main gist of it:

• Falling Damage Multiplier: When you fall 2 or more blocks and strike an enemy in mid-air, the mace gives bonus damage based on how far you fell.
• Smash Attack: The mechanics of fall damage allow you to deliver huge damage by jumping between platforms or from cliffs.
• Knockback Effect: The mace has knockback power enough to knock mobs away, thus being ideal for crowd control or PvP.

You can even team the mace with Jump Boost potions or Slime Blocks for higher jumps and more damage potential.

Best Enchantments for the Mace

While only some sword enchantments work, these are the ideal enchantments for optimizing the potential of maces:

• Unbreaking III – Increases durability.
• Mending – Repairs the mace using XP orbs.
• Wind Burst – Maximizes crowd control and also combos if you manage to get hit after hit!
• Smite V, Density V, Breach IV, OR Bane of Arthropods V – While they’ll all work perfectly fine, some are better than others. A personal recommendation would be Density or Breach. Density deals more damage, depending on how many blocks you fall from, and Breach lowers the armor value of the target. Breach is a general application while Density is a specialist application, so choose which suits you best!
• Fire Aspect II – Sets the target on fire and deals extra damage if they are not yet dead.
• ADDITIONAL – Feather Falling (Boots) – Just in case you miss an attack and must survive!

Final Thoughts: Is the Mace Worth It?

Indeed. The mace is a game-changer in Minecraft 1.21. It encourages strategic combat and vertical gameplay more than ever. Although its crafting requires some work, the reward is well worth it for players who love unique weapons and new mechanics. And with the Minecraft Movie being a popular hit, along with the most recent Minecraft Live (as of writing this) only being a month old, it’s looking like a great time to gather some friends and try it out.

So get ready, head into the Trial Chambers, and pick up that Breeze Rod and Heavy Core. Once you craft your mace, you’ll be killing mobs like never before.