The Dwarven Mace is the Dwemer tier’s one-handed bludgeon, a solid mid-game weapon with 12 base damage and 16 weight. It sits above steel and below the orcish-to-ebony climb, and it is often the first properly hefty mace a heavy-armor warrior gets their hands on.
The look is pure Dwemer engineering: a dull brass finish, a square central block with four hammer-shaped flanges, thin wing-like fins running down to a riveted handle, and a worn leather grip. It goes naturally with Dwarven Armor for a full clockwork-knight outfit.
Stats
| Type | Mace |
|---|---|
| Skill | One-handed |
| Material | Dwarven |
| Damage | 12 |
| Weight | 16 |
| Value | 190 gold |
| Speed | 0.8 |
| Reach | 1 |
| Stagger | 1 |
| Critical damage | 6 |
| Add-on | Base game |
| Item ID | 00013998 |
Where to find
- Unenchanted Dwarven maces appear from level 12; enchanted ones from level 13.
- Sold by blacksmiths and general goods merchants.
- Wielded by various characters and enemies, and found as random loot or world items.
- Fixed: inside a display case in Calcelmo’s Dwemer museum in Markarth.
Crafting and upgrading
Crafting at a forge: 1 × 
Steel Ingot, 2 × 
Dwarven Metal Ingot, 1 × 
Leather Strips, 1 × 
Iron Ingot. Requires the Dwarven Smithing Smithing perk.
Improving at a grindstone: 1 × Dwarven Metal 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
- Forging needs Smithing 30 and the Dwarven Smithing perk: two Dwarven Metal Ingots, one Steel Ingot, one Iron Ingot and one Leather Strip.
- Temper it with a Dwarven Metal Ingot; the Dwarven Smithing perk doubles the improvement.
- Dwemer ruins are full of scrap that smelts into Dwarven Metal Ingots, so this mace is cheap to make in bulk for Smithing practice.
Stats from the Skyrim LE 1.9 master files (Skyrim.esm, record DwarvenMace). Values are base values before perks, smithing improvements and enchantments.
