Introduction

The mace is a new melee weapon introduced in Minecraft that offers a unique combat style focused on dealing increased damage based on the height from which you strike your target. It is a powerful weapon, especially when used effectively, and this Minecraft Bedrock Mace Guide will cover everything you need to know to obtain and utilize it in Minecraft Bedrock Edition.

Obtaining the Mace

Crafting a mace in Minecraft Bedrock Edition is a rewarding endgame challenge that begins deep underground. To forge this powerful weapon, you’ll need to acquire two rare components: the Breeze Rod and the Heavy Core. These components cannot be found in the overworld or crafted through conventional means. Instead, both are exclusive to a newly introduced dungeon-like structure called the Trial Chamber.

Trial Chambers are procedurally generated structures that spawn underground between Y-levels -20 and -40, often in hard-to-reach or hazardous areas. These sprawling labyrinths are designed to test your combat skills, resourcefulness, and endurance. Within their depths lie various types of spawners, traps, puzzles, and reward vaults—making them one of the most dangerous and rewarding structures in the game.

Locating a Trial Chamber can be done in a few ways. The most straightforward method is cave exploration. Venture deep into cave systems and mine your way down to the required Y-level range. Keep your eyes open for signs of reinforced tuff and unfamiliar block formations, which may indicate that you’re approaching a chamber entrance. Because Trial Chambers are rare, this method can take time and effort, so be prepared with plenty of torches, weapons, and food.

Alternatively, you can purchase a Trial Chamber Map from a Cartographer Villager. To unlock this trade, you’ll need to level up the villager to the Master tier by trading various map-related items. Once unlocked, the Cartographer may offer you a Trial Chamber Map in exchange for emeralds and a compass. This map will display the location of the nearest known Trial Chamber, helping you avoid aimless exploration and saving valuable time.

Trial Chambers are not passive structures—they are built around active, adaptive combat. Once inside, you’ll encounter Trial Spawners, which are designed to spawn mobs based on the number of players present. These spawners create dynamic, scalable challenges, especially in multiplayer. Completing trials within these chambers is necessary for obtaining both the Breeze Rod and the Heavy Core, but each comes from a different part of the challenge.

Before attempting to obtain a mace, prepare thoroughly. Bring a strong melee weapon, enchanted armor, blocks for building elevation (useful for smash attacks and defense), and healing items. Enchantments like Unbreaking and Protection will significantly increase your survivability. Consider bringing friends if you’re playing multiplayer—Trial Chambers scale in difficulty but can also be completed more efficiently as a team.

Ultimately, crafting the mace is about more than simply finding items—it’s a culmination of deep exploration, intelligent preparation, and surviving one of the game’s most intense underground structures. Once you’ve acquired a Breeze Rod and a Heavy Core, the final crafting step can be completed at any standard Crafting Table, where you’ll bring the two pieces together to create one of Minecraft’s most powerful new weapons.

Getting Breeze Rods

Breeze Rods are obtained by defeating the Breeze, a hostile mob that plays a central role in the new Trial Chambers experience. The Breeze is a unique elemental creature composed of swirling air currents, with a sleek, floating design that reflects its wind-based abilities. It levitates slightly off the ground and moves unpredictably, making it a challenging target to hit.

Breezes spawn exclusively from Breeze Spawners, which can be found in designated combat rooms inside Trial Chambers. These chambers are typically located between Y-levels -20 and -40 in the overworld and are visually distinguished by clusters of chiseled tuff blocks surrounding the spawner, giving them a rough, ancient look. When you enter a combat chamber, the Breeze Spawner activates and begins summoning Breezes at regular intervals.

The Breeze attacks by firing Wind Charges—fast-moving, spiraling projectiles of air that explode on impact. These charges don’t deal direct damage but cause knockback, often throwing you into the air or against walls, which can be dangerous in tight spaces or near hazards like lava or spikes. The Breeze is highly agile and immune to ranged weapons, including arrows and tridents, making it resistant to most traditional long-range strategies. To defeat it, you must rely on close-range combat using melee weapons such as swords or axes. Fast movement and well-timed strikes are essential to outmaneuver its evasive patterns and land hits.

When defeated, the Breeze drops one to two Breeze Rods—rare crafting materials used to create the powerful mace. The number of rods dropped can be increased with the Looting enchantment, rewarding players who come prepared with enchanted gear. Since at least one Breeze Rod is required to craft a mace, and others may be needed for repairs, it’s wise to collect several before leaving the Trial Chamber.

Engaging a Breeze is not just a combat encounter but a test of your timing, movement, and readiness. It’s recommended to wear armor with knockback resistance and carry healing items, as the battle can quickly become overwhelming in the enclosed chambers. Mastering how to defeat Breezes efficiently will allow you to farm Breeze Rods and unlock the mace’s full potential.

Getting Heavy Cores

Heavy Cores are one of the rarest and most valuable items introduced in Minecraft Bedrock Edition, essential for crafting the powerful mace. They can only be found within Ominous Vaults, mysterious and treasure-filled containers hidden deep inside Trial Chambers. However, accessing them isn’t as simple as opening a chest—they’re locked behind a challenging, multi-step process that involves high-risk combat and strategic planning.

Your journey begins with acquiring an Ominous Bottle, a special item that grants the Bad Omen status effect when consumed. To obtain one, you must hunt down a Pillager Captain, recognizable by the ominous banner they carry. These captains lead small patrols that roam the overworld, but they also spawn at Pillager Outposts and inside Woodland Mansions. Once you’ve defeated a captain and secured the bottle, drink it to apply the Bad Omen effect. Unlike standard Bad Omen, which triggers village raids, this version is tailored for Trial Chambers and unlocks their most dangerous challenge: the Ominous Trial.

With Bad Omen active, enter a Trial Chamber and locate a Trial Spawner. These spawners are designed to detect your status and will initiate an Ominous Trial when you approach. This advanced trial significantly ramps up the difficulty. You’ll face waves of armored and enchanted mobs, as well as environmental hazards like potion-dispensing turrets and projectile launchers. These traps can include lingering potions that slow, poison, or weaken, increasing the pressure as you fight in confined spaces.

Surviving an Ominous Trial is no small feat. Once all hostile mobs are defeated, there’s a 30% chance the spawner will eject an Ominous Trial Key—a uniquely styled item with a dark, enchanted glow. This key can be used to unlock an Ominous Vault nearby. Vaults are easy to identify once you know what to look for: they are embedded in the chamber walls and framed with distinctive red candles, terracotta, red clay, and tuff blocks. Unlike standard vaults, Ominous Vaults feature a turquoise-colored accent, replacing the typical copper detailing, and their locked front makes them unmistakable.

Using your key on one of these vaults will unlock a random set of high-tier rewards. However, the Heavy Core—the key component of the mace—only has a 7.5% chance to appear per vault. This low drop rate makes Heavy Cores incredibly rare. Furthermore, each Ominous Vault can only be opened once per player, adding an extra layer of scarcity. If you don’t receive a Heavy Core from one vault, your only option is to explore deeper underground or venture to a new Trial Chamber and repeat the process.

To maximize your chances, bring well-enchanted gear, plenty of healing supplies, and prepare for repeat trials. Farming multiple Ominous Bottles, and working with friends to cover more chambers, can help you secure this elusive component faster. Acquiring a Heavy Core is a challenge, but it is also what makes wielding a mace so rewarding.

Crafting the Mace

Once you have both a Breeze Rod and a Heavy Core, you can craft a mace at a Crafting Table. Open the crafting table interface and place the Breeze Rod in any slot on the bottom row, and the Heavy Core directly above it in the middle row. This arrangement will create a mace.

Using the Mace

The mace can be used for both normal melee attacks and powerful smash attacks. In Bedrock Edition, a normal attack with a mace deals 6 HP of damage and has no attack cooldown. However, the mace truly shines when performing a smash attack.

Smash Attacks

Smash attacks are the signature move of the mace, allowing players to channel the power of gravity into massive, area-clearing damage. This powerful technique activates when you strike a mob or player while falling more than 1.5 blocks. If performed correctly, it instantly resets your vertical momentum, negating any fall damage you would have taken and unleashing a punishing blow on your target.

The damage from a smash attack scales with your fall distance. For the first three blocks you fall, the mace deals an extra four damage per block. The next five blocks add two damage per block, and any additional distance beyond that adds one extra damage per block. This system allows for enormous damage potential, especially when combined with enchantments or potions.

Since most smash attacks also register as critical hits, the damage can spike even higher, often enough to eliminate tougher mobs in a single hit. In addition to direct damage, smash attacks create a shockwave effect that knocks back all mobs within a 2.5-block radius of the target, making it an effective tool for crowd control in chaotic encounters.

There are a few important limitations to keep in mind. Smash attacks cannot be performed while gliding with Elytra unless you unequip the Elytra just before landing the attack. The Slow Falling effect will also prevent smash attacks, as it limits the momentum required to trigger the move. Falling from less than 1.5 blocks in height won’t activate the ability either, so you’ll need to make sure your leap has enough drop to qualify.

To master smash attacks, use the terrain to your advantage. Fighting near cliffs, ledges, trees, or elevated platforms allows you to consistently gain the height needed to trigger a smash. You can even create your own high ground during combat using blocks or scaffolding, jumping and striking down in a rhythm to repeatedly unleash powerful blows. The Wind Burst enchantment enhances this strategy dramatically by launching you upward each time you land a smash, allowing you to chain them together in quick succession. At higher enchantment levels, you can launch high into the air and continue the cycle for sustained area damage.

Pairing the mace with Density significantly amplifies your smash potential. With Density enchanted at maximum level, the bonus damage per fall block increases substantially, turning even short hops into lethal attacks. Enchantments like Smite or Bane of Arthropods also work with smash attacks, further boosting your damage against specific mob types. These combinations are particularly useful in Trial Chambers, where mob types and combat layouts are predictable.

Knockback Effect

When surrounded by hostile mobs, smash attacks can help you break free. The built-in knockback disperses enemies, giving you space to recover or reposition. While the mace is especially effective in open or vertical spaces, tight or enclosed environments may limit your ability to fall far enough to activate smash attacks. In such cases, modifying your environment or bringing blocks to build elevation can help maintain your advantage.

With practice, timing, and clever use of the terrain, smash attacks become more than a novelty—they evolve into a powerful tactical weapon. Learning to execute them mid-fight, adjusting your jump angles, and managing your momentum gives you an edge in battle, making the mace one of the most dynamic and satisfying weapons to wield in Minecraft Bedrock Edition.

Enchantments

The mace can be enchanted with several enchantments, some of which are unique to the weapon. Unique enchantments include Density, which increases the extra damage dealt by the mace’s smash attack by 0.5 per level, up to a maximum of level V; Breach, which reduces the effectiveness of the target’s armor by 15% per level, up to a maximum of level IV; and Wind Burst, which upon landing a smash attack, launches the user upwards by seven blocks per level, up to a maximum of level III. Wind Burst is only obtainable from Ominous Vaults.

Other compatible enchantments include Unbreaking, which increases the durability of the mace up to level III; Mending, which repairs durability using experience orbs; Smite, which increases damage against undead mobs up to level V; Bane of Arthropods, which increases damage against arthropods like spiders, also up to level V; Fire Aspect, which sets targets on fire up to level II and can light unlit candles, campfires, and TNT; and Curse of Vanishing, which causes the mace to disappear upon the player’s death.

Some enchantments are mutually exclusive. You cannot combine Density, Breach, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods on the same mace.

Repairing the Mace

The mace has a durability of 501 in Bedrock Edition. You can repair a damaged mace by combining two maces in a Crafting Table or Grindstone, which merges their durability with a 5% bonus. Alternatively, you can use Breeze Rods in an Anvil to restore durability, with one Breeze Rod restoring 25% of the mace’s total durability.

Renewability and Stackability

Breeze Rods are renewable through repeated combat with Breezes in Trial Chambers. Heavy Cores, however, are not directly renewable, since each Ominous Vault can only be opened once per player. This makes the mace a non-renewable weapon, aside from the rare opportunity to find new Heavy Cores in additional Trial Chambers. Maces are not stackable.

Achievements and Advancements

There are specific achievements tied to the mace. The “Overkill” achievement is earned by dealing nine hearts of damage in a single hit, while the “Over-Overkill” achievement is awarded for dealing 50 hearts of damage in one hit using the mace.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the Mace is a unique and powerful melee weapon in Minecraft Bedrock Edition that rewards players for attacking from a height, dealing increased damage based on the distance fallen. Obtaining the Mace requires venturing into Trial Chambers to gather a Breeze Rod by defeating the Breeze and a Heavy Core found as a rare drop in Ominous Vaults.

While its base damage is comparable to an iron sword, the Mace’s smash attack can deal significant, even potentially unlimited, damage. It can be further enhanced with unique enchantments like Density, Breach, and Wind Burst, alongside other useful enchantments like Unbreaking and Mending. The Mace offers a new and satisfying combat style centered around aerial attacks.

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