Clubs

Clubs deal Blunt damage, and they answer the two things a sword cannot: skeletons, which shrug off a blade, and stagger, which is how you actually kill a big enemy.

Combat

Pros

• Blunt is the specialist type that actually has targets. Skeletons, Blobs, Oozers and the Growth all take extra, and nothing in the game is immune to it.
• Knockback runs from 30 to 100 on the primary and double that on the secondary. That is not a damage stat: it moves a target out of the range it was about to attack you from.
• The secondary deals 2.5x damage with 2x stagger for double stamina, the best straight damage trade of any melee secondary in the game.
• Two-handed hammers hit a 4-metre area around the impact point instead of an arc, so a whole crowd takes the blow at once, and they carry 150 to 210 knockback.

Cons

• Some creatures resist blunt, among them Bears, Lox, Morgen and every Seeker, so the specialist type is a liability in the Mistlands.
• A two-handed hammer has no 3-hit combo at all. You get one swing in 1.7 seconds, with no double-damage finisher to build towards.
• The knockback cuts both ways. A punted enemy is an enemy you have to walk to, which wastes the stamina the swing just cost.
• The top of the class costs up to 28 stamina a swing, the dearest melee hit in the game.

Builds

Use one-handed with a shield for dungeons. You get 2.4 metres of reach, a 90 degree arc and a 3-hit combo. Save the secondary as the finisher rather than the opener: 2.5x damage and 2x stagger is worth the double stamina on something already reeling.

The hammer build is a different weapon. It has 4 metres of reach, and the hit lands 2 metres in front of you and damages everything within 4 of that point. There is no combo to learn, and the knockback clears a room. It is the answer to a Fuling village.

Clubs earn their place in the Burial Chambers, the Sunken Crypts and the Swamp. Skeletons and Blobs are the things in the early game that a sword genuinely cannot handle, and both fold to blunt.

Clubs are made at the Black forge, the Forge, the Frost Foundry and the Workbench, or by hand.

The skill is Clubs, and it levels up through use, not choice.

Best Clubs

Build	Weapon	Image	Key Figure
Hardest hitter	Frostfire Sledge		300 damage across all types
Cheapest to swing	Torch		4 stamina a swing
Best guard	Frostfire Mace		66 block armour
Longest lasting	Frostfire Mace		400 durability

Notes

• The primary moves you forward 0.66 m with each swing, closing the distance the knockback just opened.
• The secondary narrows to a 30 degree arc from the primary's 90, so it is a single-target finisher, not a crowd tool.
• A two-handed hammer lands its blow 2 metres in front of you and damages a 4-metre radius around that point, so positioning matters more than aim.

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*stats displayed are item's base values. See upgrades under each item for item stats per level.

Name	Image	Blunt	Pierce	Elemental Damage	Stamina	Block	Weight	Durability	Crafting Materials	Crafting Station	Spawn ID
Sparkler		-	-	-	4	3	1	8	-	-	spawn Sparkler
Wooden Mace		1	-	-	8	12	2	200	-	-	spawn MaceWood
Wooden Sledge		1	-	-	8	12	4	100	-	-	spawn SledgeWood
Torch		4	-	15 Fire	4	-	1	20	1x Wood 1x Resin	By hand	spawn Torch
Club		12	-	-	6	3	-	100	6x Wood	By hand	spawn Club
Stagbreaker		20	5	-	12	4	-	100	20x Corewood 5x Deer trophy 2x Leather scraps	Workbench	spawn SledgeStagbreaker
Bronze Mace		35	-	-	8	12	-	200	4x Wood 8x Bronze 3x Leather Scraps	Forge	spawn MaceBronze
Frostner		35	-	40 Frost, 20 Spirit	12	30	-	200	10x Ancient bark 30x Silver 5x Ymir flesh 5x Freeze gland	Forge	spawn MaceSilver
Porcupine		50	45	-	14	39	-	150	5x Finewood 20x Iron 5x Needle 10x Linen thread	Forge	spawn MaceNeedle
Iron Mace		55	-	-	10	21	-	200	4x Wood 20x Iron 3x Leather scraps	Forge	spawn MaceIron
Iron Sledge		55	-	-	20	28	-	100	10x Ancient bark 30x Iron 4x Ymir flesh 1x Draugr Elite trophy	Forge	spawn SledgeIron
Bloodgeon		135	-	-	16	57	-	150	1x Flametal mace 8x Flametal 1x Bloodstone	Black forge	spawn MaceEldnerBlood
Flametal Mace		135	-	-	16	57	-	150	10x Charred bone 15x Flametal 5x Sulfur 3x Asksvin hide	Black forge	spawn MaceEldner
Klossen		135	-	10 Poison	16	57	-	150	1x Flametal mace 8x Flametal 1x Jade	Black forge	spawn MaceEldnerNature
Storm Star		135	-	10 Lightning	16	57	-	150	1x Flametal mace 8x Flametal 1x Iolite	Black forge	spawn MaceEldnerLightning
Frostfire Mace		142	-	12 Fire, 88 Frost	16	66	2	400	1x Nord Mace 20x Bloodgold 1x Frostfire Essence	Black Forge	spawn MaceGold_FrostFire
Demolisher		145	-	-	28	52	-	100	10x Yggdrasil wood 20x Iron 10x Refined eitr	Black forge	spawn SledgeDemolisher
Nord Mace		170	-	-	16	66	2	400	1x Cast: Nord Mace 5x Liquid Frost	Frost Foundry	spawn MaceGold
Thunderblood Mace		180	-	45 Lightning	16	66	2	400	1x Nord Mace 20x Bloodgold 1x Thunderblood Essence	Black Forge	spawn MaceGold_BloodLightning
Frostfire Sledge		200	-	12 Fire, 88 Frost	28	52	4	400	1x Nord Sledge 20x Bloodgold 1x Frostfire Essence	Black Forge	spawn SledgeGold_FrostFire
Nord Sledge		225	-	-	28	52	4	400	1x Cast: Nord Sledge 5x Liquid Frost	Frost Foundry	spawn SledgeGold
Thunderblood Sledge		235	-	45 Lightning	28	52	4	400	1x Nord Sledge 20x Bloodgold 1x Thunderblood Essence	Black Forge	spawn SledgeGold_BloodLightning

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