How powerful is New Minecraft weapon mace?

New Minecraft weapon mace has arrived to snapshots and beta, and it is unbelievalbly strong. After many years, Mojang Studios introduced a new powerful weapon in Minecraft called mace. This new weapon will be added to the 1.21 update, which will arrive soon in 2024. It is essentially a heavy hammer that has special damage mechanics and a brand-new crafting recipe. If players use it correctly, they will be able to kill the overpowered Warden mob in just one hit.

Here's everything you need to know about the Minecraft weapon mace's damage mechanics that make it one of the most powerful melee weapons.

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How do damage mechanics work for the new mace weapon in Minecraft?

The mace's damage is proportional to a player's falling height (Image via Mojang Studios)

The mace's most striking feature is its damage multiplier. When a player jumps and performs critical damage, the weapon will essentially consider the falling height and increase the damage inflicted on an entity.

Existing weapons like swords and axes have a set amount of attack damage. This is not the case for the mace since its attack damage will increase as the player's falling height increases. The upcoming weapon will accumulate one unit of damage per block of falling distance, or 1.5 critical damage. The amount of damage that can accumulate and apply to a mace is unlimited.

Since the player will be able to land a heavy attack with the mace when falling from an elevated spot, it will also negate the fall damage entirely.

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New Minecraft mace weapon can one-shot any mob

Warden can be killed with one hit if a player falls from 137 blocks and successfully hits the beast (Image via Mojang Studios)

If you fall from a height of 137 blocks and land your critical damage correctly, you can slay the overpowered Warden or any mob with one shot. However, it is safe to say that if you fail to land the shot, you will either be obliterated by the Warden or simply die from fall damage. The same is possible against all other enemies as well. With enough height, players can kill any mob using the new mace weapon in Minecraft.

You can also one-shot a player with level four protection enchanted netherite armor if you land a hit from a height of 15 blocks. You need not tower up and then fall off solid ground. The damage will accumulate even if you use Elytra and land a shot on an entity with the mace. The mace weapon will truly spice up the Minecraft 1.21 update.

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How to craft Minecraft mace weapon

Minecraft's new Mace weapon can be crafted using breeze rod and heavy core items (Image via Mojang Studios)

Apart from the Minecraft mace weapon being a new upcoming weapon in the game, its crafting ingredients are also brand-new. Players need a breeze rod and a heavy core to make the hammer-like weapon.

Breeze rods are a new item that new breeze mobs will drop in the 1.21 update. On the other hand, a heavy core will have a 2.2% chance of popping out of the new trial vault in trial chambers.

Once these two items are obtained, users can place the heavy core on top of the breeze rod to craft the mace weapon in Minecraft.

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