Nordic Mace

A Solstheim-forged steel and quicksilver mace from Dragonborn, craftable with the Advanced Armors perk.

The Nordic Mace comes from the Dragonborn add-on and the carved Nordic smithing tradition of Solstheim. It deals 13 base damage, weighs 16 and has a value of 410.

Unusually, Nordic gear is tied to the Advanced Armors perk rather than a material perk of its own. It fits alongside Nordic Carved Armor for a heavy, Solstheim-style warrior.

Stats

Type Mace
Skill One-handed
Material Nordic
Damage 13
Weight 16
Value 410 gold
Speed 0.8
Reach 1
Stagger 1
Critical damage 7
Add-on Dragonborn
Item ID 0401CDB0

Where to find

  • Leveled loot from level 25 (enchanted from level 26).
  • Early access: sail from Windhelm to Solstheim and complete “The Chief of Thirsk Hall” at Thirsk Mead Hall. The defeated Nords carry a Nordic Mace, two Nordic War Axes, a Nordic Warhammer and a Nordic Sword – at any level.

Crafting and upgrading

Crafting at a forge: 1 × Leather Strips, 1 × Steel Ingot, 1 × Quicksilver Ingot. Requires the Advanced Armors Smithing perk.

Improving at a grindstone: 1 × Quicksilver Ingot. The Arcane Blacksmith perk doubles the improvement.

Compared with other maces

Base stats of all regular (unenchanted) maces in Skyrim, weakest first:

Weapon Damage Weight Value
Iron Mace 9 13 35
Steel Mace 10 14 65
Orcish Mace 11 15 105
Dwarven Mace 12 16 190
Elven Mace 13 17 330
Nordic Mace 13 16 410
Glass Mace 14 18 575
Daedric Mace 16 20 1750
Ebony Mace 16 19 1000
Stalhrim Mace 16 18 1375
Dragonbone Mace 17 22 2000

Tips and notes

Stats from the Skyrim LE 1.9 master files (Dragonborn.esm, record DLC2NordicMace). Values are base values before perks, smithing improvements and enchantments.

Quest reward from

Characters linked to this weapon

Where it appears

Windhelm is the ancient, snow-covered capital of Eastmarch and the Stormcloak stronghold – home of Ulfric Stormcloak’s Palace of the Kings and the Gray Quarter.
Sources checked: Skyrim game files (WEAP + COBJ records), Fandom Elder Scrolls wiki

Nordic Mace

Type
Material
Damage
13
Weight
16
Value
410 gold
Enchantment
Upgrade with
Smithing perk
Advanced Armors, Arcane Blacksmith
How to get
Crafted, Looted
Where

Forge it with the Advanced Armors perk from steel and quicksilver ingots plus a leather strip, loot it from level 25, or claim it early at Thirsk Mead Hall on Solstheim.

Item ID
0401CDB0