Crafting the Winged Mace in The Forge is all about using enough ores and mastering the crafting mini-games. If you’ve been struggling to get a solid mace without wasting your rare ores, here’s a clear, step-by-step guide to help you craft it efficiently.
Here’s how to craft the Winged Mace step by step
First, you need to collect ores by mining caves with your pickaxe. The Frostspire Expanse island is the best spot to find ores suited for crafting maces. Once you have your ores, head to the Furnace near the blacksmith on any map. For example, Frostspire Expanse offers good mace crafting chances, and the main Forge is in Stonewake's Cross, located between the Potion Seller and Runemaker, marked by an anvil icon on your compass.
Follow these steps:
- Go to the Crucible at the Furnace.
- Select to craft a Weapon, then choose the Mace category.
- Add between 7 to 9 ores into the crucible. Using 7 ores gives about a 20% chance to get any mace, while 9 ores increase that chance to 65%. This chance is for the mace category overall, and within that, the Winged Mace has a 1 in 4 chance.
- Complete the three crafting mini-games carefully:
- Smelting: Use the bellows on the left to fill the heat bar. Keep the heat steady; if it drops too much, your weapon’s quality goes down. Small drops are okay, but big ones can lower your quality tier.
- Pouring: Hold to raise and release to lower the white marker, aiming to keep it inside the yellow zone. Make small adjustments to avoid overshooting. The longer you stay in the yellow, the better your pour score.
- Hammering: Click when the moving circle hits the inner ring for a "Perfect" hit. Chain perfect hits to boost quality. Consistent timing is more important than speed here.
Succeeding in these mini-games will give you a Winged Mace or another mace variant like the Spiked Mace. If you don’t get the Winged Mace, you can try again with new ores.
Why use 7 to 9 ores?
The number of ores you add affects both your chances of crafting a mace and the weapon’s quality. Each ore has a multiplier based on its rarity, which influences your weapon’s stats. Also, traits activate when an ore type makes up at least 10% of your total mix. For example, with 10 ores, having at least one ore of a type activates its trait. Stronger effects come at 20% and 30% thresholds.
Using fewer than 7 ores lowers your chance to get a mace, while using more ores increases your weapon’s stat multipliers. You can use crafting calculators from The Forge community sites to plan your ore mix, see multipliers and traits, and find the best ratios before crafting.
The Winged Mace is a reliable early-to-mid game weapon with 6.6 damage, decent attack speed, and good range.
What makes the Winged Mace special?
Here’s a quick comparison of mace types you can craft:
| Weapon | Damage | Attack speed | Range | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mace | 6 | 0.46s | 8 studs | 1/1 |
| Spiked Mace | 6.3 | 0.46s | 8 studs | 1/2 |
| Winged Mace | 6.6 | 0.46s | 8 studs | 1/4 |
| Hammerhead | 6.9 | 0.46s | 8 studs | 1/8 |
| Grave Maker | 7.8 | 0.46s | 8 studs | 1/16 |
The Winged Mace sits comfortably above the basic Mace and Spiked Mace in damage, but it’s easier to get than the rarer Hammerhead or Grave Maker.
A quick tip for crafting success
Before you start crafting, focus on your ore mix. Higher rarity ores boost your weapon’s base stats, but don’t waste legendary or mythical ores while you’re still learning the mini-games. Practice with common ores first to get the hang of smelting, pouring, and hammering.
Use free crafting calculators from The Forge community to test different ore combinations and see how they affect your weapon’s stats and traits.
During the mini-games, keep your timing steady. Perfect hammer hits and staying in the yellow zone while pouring are key to getting the best quality.
Crafting the Winged Mace is not about a secret formula but about using enough ores and mastering the mini-games. Stick to 7 to 9 ores, practice your timing, and you’ll get a strong mace that’s great for mid-game fights. Keep experimenting with your ore mixes and mini-game skills to improve your weapons and climb higher in The Forge.
For more tips on mining ores efficiently, check out our guide on Frostspire Expanse ore locations and pickaxes. Also, if you want to upgrade your mining tools to speed up ore collection, see how to get and use the Bronze Pickaxe or the Lightite Pickaxe for faster progress.
