Clubs

13 clubs, 10 one-handed and 3 two-handed hammers, and the class that answers the 2 things a sword cannot: blunt damage, which 8 creatures fold to, and knockback high enough to push an enemy out of its own attack range.

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 of 30 to 100 on the primary and double that on the secondary, which is not a damage stat: it moves a target out of the range it was about to attack you from.
The secondary is 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 rather than an arc, so a crowd takes it all at once, and they carry 150 to 210 knockback.

Cons

12 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. One swing, 1.7 seconds, and 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.
Up to 28 stamina a swing at the top of the class, the dearest melee hit in the game.

Builds

One-handed and a shield for dungeons. 2.4 metres, a 90 degree arc and a 3-hit combo, and 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. 4 metres of reach, the hit landing 2 metres in front of you and damaging everything within 4 of that, no combo to learn and knockback that clears a room. It is the Fuling village answer.

Where it earns its place is the Burial Chambers, the Sunken Crypts and the Swamp. Skeletons and Blobs are the 2 things in the early game that a sword genuinely cannot handle, and both fold to blunt.

There are 13 in the class: 5 at Black forge, then 5 at Forge, then 2 at Player crafting menu, then 1 at Workbench.

Skill: Clubs, which levels by use rather than by choice.

Best Clubs

Build	Weapon	Key Figure
Hardest hitter	Demolisher	145 damage across all types
Cheapest to swing	Torch	4 stamina a swing
Best guard	Bloodgeon	57 block armour
Longest lasting	Bronze Mace	200 durability

Notes

The primary moves you forward 0.66 m with each swing, which closes 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 and not a crowd tool.
A two-handed hammer lands its blow 2 metres in front of the player and damages a 4-metre radius around that point, so positioning matters more than aim.

All Clubs

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

Name	Blunt	Pierce	Fire	Frost	Lightning	Poison	Spirit	Stamina	Block	Weight	Durability	Materials	Crafting Station	Spawn ID
Club	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	100	6x Wood	Player crafting menu	`spawn Club`
Torch	4	-	15	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	20	1x Wood 1x Resin	Player crafting menu	`spawn Torch`
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`
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`
Frostner	35	-	-	40	-	-	20	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`
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`
Demolisher	145	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	52	-	100	10x Yggdrasil wood 20x Iron 10x Refined eitr	Black forge	`spawn SledgeDemolisher`
Klossen	135	-	-	-	-	10	-	16	57	-	150	1x Flametal mace 8x Flametal 1x Jade	Black forge	`spawn MaceEldnerNature`
Storm Star	135	-	-	-	10	-	-	16	57	-	150	1x Flametal mace 8x Flametal 1x Iolite	Black forge	`spawn MaceEldnerLightning`