Blunt weapon

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A Prussian War Hammer

Blunt weapons, or bludgeoning weapons, are a class of melee weapons designed to inflict damage through blunt force trauma rather than through piercing or slicing. They are characterized by a general lack of sharp edges–though flanged variants exist–serving to crush targets with such force that bones may even be fractured. Most commonly, weapons that fall under this category include medium weapons such as maces, clubs, and war hammers. Tools not intended for use as weapons but improvised in such a capacity can qualify as blunt weapons in practice if the end used to inflict injury is dull.

Throughout history, blunt weapons have been utilized in warfare, seeing service with city guards and field soldiers alike. They were also employed, to a lesser extent, by the members of the Assassin Brotherhood which generally preferred the sword as standard equipment instead. As with their bladed counterparts, swords, maces and war hammers were gradually phased out with the advent of firearm technology. Nevertheless, just as the case with shorter bladed weapons (i.e. knives), they persist as the standard equipment of many police and security officers in the form of batons.

Much like swords, blunt weapons possess long reach, great power, and a quick attack rate, though not as much as long weapons, heavy weapons, and short blades respectively, and are among the more balanced of melee weapons.

Description

As its name suggests, blunt weapons are, in the simplest terms, weapons that are blunt, lacking sharp edges with which injury can be inflicted through cutting or piercing—at least in hindsight. Technically, however, blunt weapons do not have to be entirely devoid of sharp points, a prominent example being the flanged mace. Sophisticated blunt weapons, including the iron blade war club may even be bladed or possess keen edges to augment their deadliness. As a result, they can perhaps more accurately be described as weapons designed for crushing rather than thrusting or slashing attacks.

History

As the most basic form of weaponry, blunt weapons have been universally utilized as weapons for the entirety of human history. The development of swords and spears led to clubs being superseded as the common weapon for warfare although more and more sophisticated variants of blunt weapons continued to be invented, such as maces and war hammers. Both saw service with city guards and in the field of battle during the course of European and Middle Eastern history, and in the Siege of Masyaf in 1176, they were wielded by select units of the Saracen cavalry.

Among the indigenous peoples of the Americas, such as the Kanien'kehá:ka, who did not smith swords, war clubs became the primary wartime weapon alongside hatchets called tomahawks. Uniquely, the Mesoamericans invented a hybrid between the sword and the club, the macuahuitl, a flattened wooden club studded with obsidian blades all along its edges.

While the Assassins and Templars more often serviced swords, blunt weapons still found favor among certain members of both factions, such as the Irish carpenter Liam O'Brien and the Ottoman bombardier Kadir. The advance of firearm technology gradually rendered maces and war hammers obsolete, but the unconventional nature of the war between the Assassins and the Templars ensured that these weapons were phased out slower among their groups. Indeed, during the French Revolution, the Parisian Brotherhood armed themselves with a diverse range of equipment, including a variety of blunt weapons, such as long maces, morning stars, and heavy war maces, weapons that were no longer in standard use among contemporary soldiers of regular armies.

From the Industrial Revolution onward, batons prevailed as the common blunt weapon still in use, figuring as part of the standard equipment of police and security guards throughout the world, including those in employ with the Metropolitan Police Service and Abstergo Industries.

Weapon statistics

Peloponnesian War (5th century BCE)

Heavy blunts

Name	Rarity	DPS (Max Lvl 50)	Attributes	Availability
Archer's Mace	Rare	??	??	Complete Waiting for Galarnos.
Argos Priest Mace	Rare	??	??	Complete The Priests of Asklepios.
Atlantean Mace	Rare	??	??	Blacksmith, Loot.
	Epic	??	??
Bludgeon Mace	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
	Epic	7829	(Randomised)
Boeotian Rhapsody	Epic	??	??	Loot a chest at the Akropolis of Thebes.
Bone Mace	Rare	??	??	Blacksmith, Loot.
	Epic	??	??
Ceremonial Mace	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
	Epic	7829	(Randomised)
Champion's Mace	Rare	??	??	Complete Legend No More.
Cursed Mace of Herakles	Legendary	??	??	Defeat Herakles
Dumontos' Kolossos Mace	Epic	??	??	Loot a chest at Lake Poseidon
Forged Mace of the Isu	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
	Epic	??	(Randomised)
Giant Mace	Common - Epic	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
Hammer of Horns	Legendary	??	+15% Warrior Damage +15% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons +30% Elemental Damage, but -30% Elemental Resistance	Purchase from Helix Store or Oikos of the Olympians.
Hammer of Jason	Legendary	??	+15% Warrior Damage +15% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons +20% Damage with Shield Break Ability	Loot legendary chest in Agamemnon's Palace.
Hammerhead	Legendary	??	+19% Warrior Damage +14% Damage with Overpower Abilities +30% Damage while Low Health -25% Cooldown Duration for All Abilities	Purchase Shark Pack DLC.
Heavy Mace	Common - Epic	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
Herakles' Mace	Legendary	??	+15% Hunter Damage +15% Adrenaline per Hit +40% Damage with Bows when Above Target	Loot legendary chest in the Temple of Demeter and Kore.
Kolossos Mace	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
Mace of Atlantis	Epic	??	??	Complete The Gates of Atlantis.
Mace of Chalkis	Rare	??	??	Complete Sharp Tongue.
Mace of Justice	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Complete Witness Him.
Mace of the Rebellion	Epic	??	(Ramdomized)	Complete Free Their Minds, the Rest Will Follow.
Mace of the Sphinx	Epic	??	??	Complete Awaken the Myth.
Mallet of Everlasting Flame	Legendary	??	+15% Warrior Damage +20% Fire Damage Weapon Damage becomes Fire Damage	Defeat the mercenary with the suffix "the Smoldering."
Markos' Tenderizer	Epic	??	??	Loot a chest in Aristocratic Residences.
Meatgrinder	Common - Epic	??	??	Blacksmith, Loot.
Minotaur Mace	Rare	??	??	Blacksmith.
Monger's Dominator	Epic	??	??	Defeat The Monger.
Morning Star	Rare	??	(Ramdomized)	Defeat the Cyclops of Kephallonia.
Nemean Claws	Legendary	??	??	Purchase Nemean Lion Pack DLC.
Ornate Mace	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
	Epic	??	(Randomised)
Plunder Mace	Rare	??	??	Complete We're Not Thieves.
Poultry Pestle	Epic	??	??	Loot a Chest at Alektryon's Rest.
Ritual Mace	??	??	??	Blacksmith, Loot.
Self-Defence Mace	Rare	??	??	Complete Takes Drachmae to Make Drachmae.
Sledgehammer	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
	Epic	??	(Randomised)
Testikles' Nutcracker	Epic	??	??	Defeat Testikles.
Testiklos' Nutcracker	Epic	??	+20% Warrior Damage +32% Adrenaline per CRIT +24% Adrenaline per Hit	Defeat the mercenary Testiklos the Nut.
The Rearranger	Rare	??	+15% Warrior Damage +24% Fire Damage	Ubisoft Club.
The Roar Unending	Legendary	??	+17 Warrior Damage +6% All Damage +20% Damage with Fury of the Bloodline Ability	Defeat The Immortals.
Typhon's Mace	Legendary	??	+15% Assassin Damage +15% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons +20% Damage with Charged Heavy Attack Ability	Defeat Exekias.
Wooden Mace	Epic	??	??	Blacksmith, Loot.

Staffs

Name	Rarity	DPS (Max Lvl 50)	Attributes	Availability
Agapios' Staff	Rare	??	??	Complete Wasn't Born the Kingfisher.
Argolis Walking Staff	Rare	??	??	??
Battle Staff	Epic	2464	+14% Warrior Damage +5% All Damage +6% Hunter Damage	Blacksmith, Loot.
Champion's Staff	Rare	2349	+13% Assassin Damage +9% Damage with Staffs	Complete Legend No More.
Enigma	Legendary	4928	+21% Hunter Damage +32% Fire Damage +50% Elemental Buildup but -25% Physical Damage	Purchase Sphinx Pack DLC.
Forged Staff of the Isu	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
	Epic	??	(Randomised)
Gilded Staff	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
	Epic	??	(Randomised)
Golden Harbinger	Legendary	2777	+17% Hunter Damage +30% Headshot Damage 1% Health Restored on Headshots	Defeat Gergis.
Greek Staff	Common - Epic	193	+7% Hunter Damage +8% Damage on Athenian Soldiers	Blacksmith, Loot.
Heavy Staff	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
	Epic	??	(Randomised)
Hippokrates' Staff	Rare	??	??	Complete A Growing Sickness.
Lakonian Staff	Rare	2349	+13% Warrior Damage +20% Fire Damage	??
Mikkos' Staff	Epic	1912	+14% Hunter Damage +15% Adrenaline per Hit +20% Adrenaline per CRIT	Complete Tough Love.
Olympian Torch	Legendary	2599	+15% Warrior Damage +4% Fire Damage +50% Elemental Buildup with Warrior Abilities	Purchase from Helix Store
Ornate Staff	Rare	2271	+13% Hunter Damage +15% Damage with Staffs	Blacksmith, Loot.
Rod of Asklepios	Legendary	2599	+15% Assassin Damage +15% Adrenaline per Hit Convert CRIT Chance to Damage but cannot CRIT	Defeat Iokaste
Rough Staff	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
	Epic	??	(Randomised)
Royal Staff	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
	Epic	??	(Randomised)
Rusty Staff	Rare	??	??	Blacksmith, Loot.
Scepter of Samothrake	Rare	7469	+23% Hunter Damage +30% Damage with Staffs	Purchase from Helix Store
Shepherd's Cane	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
Snake Staff	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
Staff of Athens	Rare	2349	+13% Assassin Damage +5% All Damage	??
Staff of Knowledge	Epic	1762	+14% Assassin Damage +25% CRIT Damage +20% Poison Damage	Defeat The Master.
Staff of the Dead	Legendary	??	??	Complete Guardian of the Gates.
Witch's Staff	Rare	2349	+13% Hunter Damage +5% All Damage	Complete Heart of Stone.

Ptolemaic Egypt (1st century BCE)

Heavy blunts

Name	Rarity	Quality (Max Level 40)	Damage (Max Level 40)	Attributes	Availability
Bone-Cracker	Rare	87	404	Adrenaline on Kill III Adrenaline Regeneration I	Blacksmith, Loot
Boredom Bane	Common			Adrenaline on Kill I	Blacksmith, Loot
Bronze Bludgeon	Common	84	401	Adrenaline on Kill II	Blacksmith, Loot
Copper Mace	Legendary	92	408	Adrenaline on Kill IIII Combo Multiplier I Health on Hit	Blacksmith, Loot
Diamond Exchange	Common	85	404	Adrenaline on Kill II	Blacksmith, Loot
Eye of Apep	Legendary	91	409	Adrenaline on Kill II Critical Hit Damage III Poison on Hit	Desert Cobra Pack DLC
Eye of Ra	Legendary	91	404	Adrenaline on Kill III Adrenaline on Hurt II On Fire	Helix Store, Nomad's Bazaar
Face-Breaker	Rare	86	404	Adrenaline on Kill I Adrenaline Regeneration II	??
Festus's Thunder Ball	Common	85	401	Adrenaline on Kill III	Blacksmith, Loot
Glowing Mace	Legendary				First Civilization Pack
Gruesome Mattock	Rare			Adrenaline on Kill II Bleeding on Hit I	Blacksmith, Loot
Headache Remedy	Legendary	93	412	Adrenaline on Kill III Adrenaline on Hurt II Sleep on Hit	Blacksmith, Loot
LOLCAT	Legendary	91	404	Adrenaline on Kill IV Critical Hit Rate I Health on Hit	Wacky Items Pack
Mace	Common			Adrenaline on Kill I	Blacksmith, Loot
Marcus's Thunder Ball	Common			Adrenaline on Kill III	Blacksmith, Loot
Minoan Poppy Pin	Common	85	408	Adrenaline on Kill I	Blacksmith, Loot
No Borders	Legendary	95	641	Adrenaline on Kill II Adrenaline on Hurt III Health for Damage	Nomad's Bazaar
Sharur	Rare	88	408	Adrenaline on Kill III Critical Hit Rate I	??
Skull Breaker	Rare	86	404	Adrenaline on Kill III Adrenaline Regeneration I	Tribal Pack DLC
Spade of all Trades	Common	84	404	Adrenaline on Kill I	Blacksmith, Loot
Sycamore	Rare			Adrenaline on Kill I Critical Hit Rate II	Uplay
The Uab Block	Common			Adrenaline on Kill II	Blacksmith, Loot

Scepters

Name	Rarity	Quality (Max Level 40)	Damage (Max Level 40)	Attributes	Availability
Acacia Rod	Rare	87	277	Combo Multiplier III Critical Hit Rate I	Blacksmith, Loot, Nomad's Bazaar
Alexandria's Light	Legendary	91	277	Combo Mutiplier II Critical Hit Rate III On Fire	Helix Store, Nomad's Bazaar
Apep's Staff	Legendary	92	280	Combo Multiplier III Adrenaline on Hurt III Poison on Hit	Helix Store, Nomad's Bazaar
Bladed Scepter	Rare			Combo Multiplier II Bleeding on Hit I	Blacksmith, Loot
Bringer of Chaos	Common			Combo Multiplier II	Blacksmith, Loot
Ceremonial Staff	Legendary	92	284	Combo Multiplier IV Adrenaline on Kill I On Fire	Blacksmith, Loot
Cotton Swab	Legendary	91	275	Combo Multiplier III Adrenaline on Kill III Health on Hit	Wacky Items Pack
Cypriot Gabbro Head	Common	85	268	Combo Multiplier III	Blacksmith, Loot
Hasanlu Skeptron	Common	85	277	Combo Multiplier II	Blacksmith, Loot
Nubian Scepter	Legendary	92	284	Combo Multiplier II Adrenaline Regeneration III Sleep on Hit	Nomad's Bazaar
Peasant's Scepter	Common	84	277	Combo Multiplier II	Blacksmith, Loot
Pharaoh's Mace	Common			Combo Multiplier II	Blacksmith, Loot
Raneb's Hammer	Legendary			Combo Multiplier III Adrenaline Regeneration I Health for Critical	Blacksmith, Loot
Ritual Scepter	Rare	86	277	Combo Multiplier II Critical Hit Damage I	Tribal Pack DLC
Scepter of Amun	Rare	88	277	Combo Multiplier II Critical Hit Damage II
Scepter of Thaati	Rare	86	277	Combo Multiplier I Adrenaline Regeneration II	Monster Energy Promotion
Scorpion Sting	Legendary	90	277	Combo Multiplier III Adrenaline on Hurt II Poison on Hit	Helix Store, Nomad's Bazaar
Siwan Scepter	Common			Combo Multiplier I	Blacksmith, Loot
Staff of Shetep	Legendary			Combo Multiplier II Bleeding on Hit I Health on Kill	Complete Bad Faith

Italian Renaissance (15th century)

Name	Damage	Speed	Deflect	Cost	Availability
Mercenario War Hammer	1	1	3	1900ƒ	Sequence 3
Maul	2	1	2	3600ƒ	Sequence 4
Flanged Mace	3	3	3	10500ƒ	Sequence 6
Cavalieri Mace	4	2	2	20800ƒ	Sequence 7
Condottiero War Hammer	5	3	4	35000ƒ	Collect 50 feathers

Italian Renaissance (16th century)

Name	Damage	Speed	Deflect	Cost	Availability
Maul	2	1	2	N/A	Sequence 3
Flanged Mace	3	3	3	N/A	Sequence 3
Mercenario War Hammer	1	3	5	2750ƒ	Sequence 4
Lucerne Hammer	2	2	2	6370ƒ	Sequence 5
Condottiero Mace	3	5	3	11600ƒ	Sequence 6
Condottiero War Hammer	5	3	4	17200ƒ	Sequence 8
Cavalieri Mace	2	1	1	6400ƒ	Renovate 5 blacksmiths

Ottoman Empire (16th century)

Name	Damage	Speed	Deflect	Cost	Availability
Prussian War Hammer	1	3	3	2290	Sequence 2
Mercenario War Hammer	2	1	1	7360	Sequence 4
Condottiero Mace	2	2	2	10120	Sequence 4
Sledgehammer	3	4	1	13340	Sequence 5
Byzantine Mace	3	5	3	18055	Sequence 7
Ottoman Mace	4	4	2	N/A	Complete all Thieves Guild challenges

American Revolution

Name	Damage	Speed	Combo	Cost	Availability
Gunstock War Club	3	4	2	£6500	Sequence 6
Wooden War Club	3	3	3	£2650	Sequence 6
Stonehead War Club	3	1	2	£3850	Sequence 9
Obwandiyag's War Club	5	5	1	N/A	Sequence 7
Iron Blade War Club	4	5	1	N/A	Craft at Homestead

French Revolution

One-Handed

Name	Level	Damage	Parry	Speed	Range	Cost	Modifiers	Requirements
Warhammer	* *	2	2	4	2	250₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
The drumstick	* *	1	2	4	2	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Dead Kings – Equal Justice
A sculpted human bone	* *	3	2	4	2	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Dead Kings – The Unopened Rose
Mace	* * *	3	3	4	2	1,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
The Rose Scepter	* * *	3	4	4	2	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Dead Kings – The Unopened Rose
Morningstar	* * * *	4	4	4	2	5,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
War Mace	* * * * *	6	6	4	2	25,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A

Long

Name	Level	Damage	Parry	Speed	Range	Cost	Modifiers	Requirements
Cogneur	* *	2	2	3	4	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Murder Mystery – Ancestral Vengeance
L'étoile polaire	* * *	3	3	3	4	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Murder Mystery – Bones of Contention
Spiked staff	* * * *	4	4	3	4	5,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Ceremonial long mace	* * * * *	6	6	3	4	25,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A

Heavy

Name	Level	Damage	Parry	Speed	Range	Cost	Modifiers	Requirements
Wooden Hammer	*	1	1	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Heavy Morningstar	* * *	3	3	1	1	1,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Spiked Battle Club	* * * *	4	4	1	1	5,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Heavy War Mace	* * * * *	6	6	1	1	25,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A

Trivia

• In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Ezio can perform pistol executions with blunt weapons though they use the same animations and sounds as swords did.
  • In Assassin's Creed: Revelations, pistol executions can no longer be performed with a blunt weapon.
• Picking up brooms or rakes as weapons in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood allows them to function as blunt weapons and perform certain executions. Killing a guard with a broom grants the Spring Cleaning achievement.
• In Assassin's Creed: Unity, blunt weapons are classified as "non-lethal" and can never be used to kill an enemy, at most knocking one unconscious. This is in spite of the fact that certain techniques the player character Arno Dorian uses with blunt weapons very clearly crushes an enemy's spine, skull, or chest while some blunt weapons are actually covered in sharp spikes.
  • Rifles in Assassin's Creed: Unity are also classified as "non-lethal" because when used in melee combat, they function as blunt weapons.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines
• Assassin's Creed II
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
• Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations
• Assassin's Creed III
• Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
• Assassin's Creed: Unity
• Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
• Assassin's Creed: The Movie
• Assassin's Creed: Origins