Mace of the Crusader

Pelinal Whitestrake’s relic mace from Divine Crusader, taken at Four Skull Lookout.

The Mace of the Crusader is one of the Relics of the Crusader, the holy gear of Pelinal Whitestrake from Oblivion’s Knights of the Nine. The Divine Crusader Creation returns it to Skyrim along with the matching sword and armor.

How to get it

Travel to Four Skull Lookout, far east-northeast of Markarth. The bandit thieves Eigorn and Oren hold the Crusader’s Relics there. Kill them and take the relics. The quest, Relics of the Crusader, does not appear in your journal.

Enchantment

Burns the target for 15 points of fire damage, and targets on fire take extra damage.

Stats and handling

16 base damage at a weight of 18 – as hard-hitting as a Daedric Mace but lighter. It uses the One-handed skill.

Smithing

Improve it with a Steel Ingot. It needs Arcane Blacksmith, and Steel Smithing doubles the improvement.

Strengths and weaknesses

  • Strength: Daedric-mace damage with steel tempering.
  • Strength: available early if you can handle the bandits.
  • Weakness: modest fire enchantment.

Tips

  • Pair it with the Sword of the Crusader and a shield for a paladin build.
  • Maces ignore part of the target’s armor with the Bone Breaker perk, so it scales well for One-handed specialists.

Added by the Divine Crusader Creation, part of the Skyrim Anniversary Edition. Details checked against UESP and summarised in our own words.

Quest reward from

Characters linked to this weapon

Where it appears

Four Skull Lookout in Skyrim: bandit-held Nordic ruin on a cliff above the Karth River near Karthwasten, final stop of the Destruction Ritual Spell quest.
Markarth is the stone city of the Reach, carved into the cliffs by the Dwemer – home of the Silver-Blood family, Cidhna Mine and the Forsworn conspiracy.
Sources checked: UESP (Creation article + Divine Crusader item list), via UESP wikitext

Mace of the Crusader

Type
Material
Damage
16
Weight
18
Value
2501 gold
Enchantment
Fire Damage 15 points; targets on fire take extra damage
Upgrade with
Smithing perk
Arcane Blacksmith (Steel Smithing)
How to get
Looted from enemy
Where

Kill the Bandit Thieves (Eigorn and Oren) at Four Skull Lookout and take the Crusader’s Relics. The quest does not appear in the journal.

Item ID
FExxx80D
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