The Iron Mace is about as basic as weapons get: a heavy lump of iron on a stick. It deals 9 base damage, weighs 13 and swings slower than a sword, but it gets the job done when the job is hitting things very hard.
Iron is the bottom rung of Skyrim’s material tiers, so this mace is among the first weapons you can lay hands on. It goes nicely with Iron Armor for that true fresh-out-of-Helgen look.
Stats
| Type | Mace |
|---|---|
| Skill | One-handed |
| Material | Iron |
| Damage | 9 |
| Weight | 13 |
| Value | 35 gold |
| Speed | 0.8 |
| Reach | 1 |
| Stagger | 1 |
| Critical damage | 4 |
| Add-on | Base game |
| Item ID | 00013982 |
Where to find
- Both enchanted and plain versions are available from the very beginning of the game.
- Sold by blacksmiths and general goods merchants.
- Carried by many characters and enemies, and lying around in forts and caves.
- One sits in the small armory in the torture room of Helgen Keep during Unbound.
Crafting and upgrading
Crafting at a forge: 3 × 
Iron Ingot, 2 × 
Leather Strips.
Improving at a grindstone: 1 × Iron 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
- No Smithing perk is needed to forge it: three iron ingots and two leather strips will do.
- Improve it with an iron ingot at a grindstone; no perk boosts the improvement.
- The Lunar Iron Mace is a variant of this weapon.
Stats from the Skyrim LE 1.9 master files (Skyrim.esm, record IronMace). Values are base values before perks, smithing improvements and enchantments.