The Elven Mace is a one-handed mace in Skyrim’s elven tier, between steel and glass. It deals 13 base damage and has a distinctive brass-and-gold finish with pearly accents, four hooked flanges and a leather-wrapped grip.
It is the signature sidearm of the Thalmor, so expect to see it whenever the Aldmeri Dominion turns up. It matches Elven Armor nicely if you want the full golden look.
Stats
| Type | Mace |
|---|---|
| Skill | One-handed |
| Material | Elven |
| Damage | 13 |
| Weight | 17 |
| Value | 330 gold |
| Speed | 0.8 |
| Reach | 1 |
| Stagger | 1 |
| Critical damage | 6 |
| Add-on | Base game |
| Item ID | 000139A0 |
Where to find
- Unenchanted versions appear from level 17, enchanted ones from level 20; sold by blacksmiths and merchants and found as random loot.
- Thalmor Justiciars typically carry one.
- Ondolemar in Understone Keep, Markarth, carries one.
- In Diplomatic Immunity, the Thalmor Interrogator beating Etienne Rarnis drops his.
- One lies with a skeleton and a leveled shield on the high ledge inside Shalidor’s Maze.
Crafting and upgrading
Crafting at a forge: 1 × 
Iron Ingot, 2 × 
Refined Moonstone, 1 × 
Leather Strips, 1 × 
Quicksilver Ingot. Requires the Elven Smithing Smithing perk.
Improving at a grindstone: 1 × Refined Moonstone. 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
- Needs Smithing 30 and Elven Smithing to forge; upgrades use Refined Moonstone and the perk doubles the improvement.
- The recipe also calls for a Quicksilver Ingot, which is rarer than moonstone, so keep one spare.
- The Dawnguard variant Prelate’s Mace exists but can only be obtained with console commands.
Stats from the Skyrim LE 1.9 master files (Skyrim.esm, record ElvenMace). Values are base values before perks, smithing improvements and enchantments.
