Mace
A powerful 2-handed melee weapon, It's unique design makes it easier to hit your target when compared to other more traditional weapons.
The Mace is a melee weapon in Rust. It deals 60 blunt damage per hit and swings once every 2 seconds, 30 damage per second. You craft it at a Level 1 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 40 scrap to research.
About the Mace
It can be thrown as well as swung. On an animal corpse it takes 10 health per hit and loses 0.5 condition each time.
On the tech tree it sits behind 7 other unlocks: Mini Crossbow, Compound Bow, Reinforced Wooden Shield, Salvaged Sword, Pickaxe, Engineering Workbench and 1 more. In all, 25 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Mace damage and stats
Among the 16 melee weapons it ranks 2nd for damage per hit and 5th for damage per second.
How to craft the Mace
Crafting one takes 15 seconds at a Level 1 Workbench and costs 100 × Wood and 50 × Metal Fragments.
100 
50 
How to get the Mace blueprint
Research it for 40 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 1 tech tree for 8 Blueprint Fragments in total.
1 Item 
40 Scrap Blueprint 40 
Node 
1 Blueprint Fragment Unlocked 8 How to repair the Mace
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 21 × Wood and 11 × Metal Fragments, and you need its blueprint.
×21 ×11 Per hit is how much of the node one swing takes; wasted is the share destroyed rather than collected, which is why two tools at the same damage do not yield the same. Wear is the condition the tool loses per hit.
What the Mace recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 50 × Wood and 25 × Metal Fragments for one.
×50 ×25 ×60 ×30 
×75 ×37 50% 
×40 ×20 Where to find the Mace
Tool Box has the best chance at 4.9%, followed by Sunken Crate at 3.3% and Sunken Chest at 1.1%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
