Mace

For the purchasable item, see  [Mace].

A mace is a one-handed or two-handed blunt weapon, usually in the form of a large heavy metal piece (with a varying set of short edges, points, or protrusions) on a short rod.

A popular sub-type is the hammer which resembles the more practical tool used in some professions.

One-handed maces are often used by combat rogues because of their high delay and high damage range, and priests, shaman, and druids because many exist that give procs or attribute bonuses beneficial to casters. They can also be used by death knights, paladins, warriors, and monks.

Two-handed maces can be used by death knights, druids, paladins, shamans, and warriors. According to Warcraft lore, the two-handed warhammer was the favored weapon of the Knights of the Silver Hand, led by Uther the Lightbringer.

Humans and dwarves have [Mace Specialization], which increases Expertise in that weapon slot by 1% when wielding a mace.

Notable maces

• The Doomhammer, the legendary weapon of the orc Warchief Orgrim Doomhammer and his successor Thrall.
• The Hammer of the Lightbringer, the legendary weapon of Uther the Lightbringer.
•  [The Unstoppable Force], available at Exalted reputation with respective Alterac Valley factions.
•  [Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros]
•  [Might of Menethil], an epic two-hand mace that dropped from Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas.
•  [Hammer of the Naaru], another epic two-hand mace that drops from High King Maulgar in Gruul's Lair in Blade's Edge Mountains.
•  [Light's Vengeance], the two-handed paladin warhammer of Arthas Menethil.
• Krolmir, Hammer of Storms, weapon of Thorim, the Titanic watcher of the Temple of Storms.
•  [Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings]
• Fearbreaker, an ancestral hammer of the Bronzebeard clan
•  [The Silver Hand], weapon of Tyr.
•  [Sharas'dal, Scepter of Tides], a mace created by Queen Azshara.

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

• Hammer of the Lightbringer, the warhammer of Uther the Lightbringer