Path of Exile 2: How to Get the Crown Mace

With Path of Exile 2 promising to elevate the ARPG genre to new heights, players are already diving deep into its evolving mechanics, loot drops, and powerful weaponry. One of the standout weapons making waves in endgame discussions is the Crown Mace, a potent one-handed weapon designed for high-strength builds looking to dish out serious physical damage.

In this guide, we'll break down everything you need to know about the Crown Mace, its stats, how to acquire it, and how to enhance its potential using POE 2 Currency, the cornerstone of crafting and trading in Wraeclast.

Crown Mace Overview

The Crown Mace is a one-handed mace that excels in pure physical damage. It's tailored for strength-based characters and is ideal for builds focusing on close-combat melee damage, stun mechanics, or even triggering powerful skills with a solid attack rate.

Weapon Stats:

    Physical Damage: 43-89

    Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%

    Attacks per Second: 1.40

    Weapon Range: 1.1 meters

    Required Level: 72

    Required Strength: 193

These stats make it a high-end option for late-game builds, especially for classes like the Marauder or Duelist who scale well with strength and physical modifiers.

Weapon DPS:

    Physical DPS: 92.4

    Physical + Chaos DPS: 92.4

    Total DPS: 92.4

Although the base stats don't include inherent chaos damage, the weapon's flexibility allows room for chaos scaling through mods or support gems, especially effective when paired with damage conversion or additional chaos damage from your gear.

How to Acquire the Crown Mace

The Crown Mace drops at level 72, which means it won't appear during the early or midgame. You'll need to be exploring higher-tier content, such as endgame zones, deep Delves, or advanced maps to see it drop.

Here are a few tips for increasing your chances:

    High-Level Mapping:

    Focus on Tier 12+ maps with increased item quantity and rarity modifiers. These settings not only increase your chance of finding unique and rare items but also improve the odds of seeing the Crown Mace drop from elite enemies or map bosses.

    Target Farming:

    While the Crown Mace is not a boss-specific drop, certain league mechanics like Legion, Delirium, or Ritual can flood your screen with elite enemies, increasing drop opportunities.

    Vendors and Crafting:

    If you can't find the Crown Mace via drops, you may be able to craft or trade for it. This is where POE 2 Currency becomes essential.

Using POE 2 Currency to Optimize the Crown Mace

Once you have the Crown Mace, the journey is only beginning. POE 2's robust crafting system allows you to take a basic rare weapon and transform it into a build-defining monster. Whether you're crafting from scratch or trying to perfect an existing roll, here are key currency items and methods to use:

1. Orbs of Alchemy & Chaos Orbs

    Use Orbs of Alchemy to convert a normal Crown Mace into a rare one.

    Reroll stats with Chaos Orbs until you get desirable prefixes (e.g., increased physical damage, attack speed).

2. Exalted Orbs

    These add a new random affix to a rare item. If your Crown Mace has strong existing rolls, an Exalted Orb can push it to the next level, assuming you have open affix slots.

3. Regal and Imprint Orbs

    Use Regal Orbs after identifying a solid magic base to upgrade it to a rare item with an additional mod.

    Combine this with Imprint Orbs (via Beastcrafting) to "save" a version of your weapon in case the next craft fails.

4. Essence Crafting

    Certain Essences guarantee high-tier mods like increased melee damage or attack speed. Using these on a white Crown Mace is a great way to start with a strong foundation.

5. Mastercrafting (Bench Mods)

    Once your Crown Mace has a strong set of affixes, visit your crafting bench to add critical mods, such as increased critical strike chance or hybrid physical damage.

All of these enhancements rely heavily on POE 2 Currency, so stockpiling the right orbs and materials is key to building the perfect weapon.

Trading for a Crown Mace

If farming or crafting isn't yielding the results you want, the player-driven economy in Path of Exile 2 can be your best ally. Visit trade hubs or websites like the official trade platform to look for pre-crafted Crown Maces. Prices will vary depending on the rolls, item level, and socket/link configurations.

Once again, POE 2 Currency is your ticket to acquiring the best gear without the RNG headache. Chaos Orbs and Divine Orbs remain the go-to trading currency, but high-tier maces may require multiple Exalted Orbs or trade bundles.

Best Build Synergies for the Crown Mace

The Crown Mace shines in builds focused on:

    Heavy Strike, Sunder, or Earthquake for raw melee power.

    Stun-heavy builds leveraging high physical damage and weapon range.

    Bleed/Impale builds that benefit from high base damage.

    Crit builds if you enhance the weapon's base crit with bench mods and support gems.

Whether you're crushing foes with pure might or mixing chaos into your melee, the Crown Mace offers a solid and scalable weapon option for late-game content.

Conclusion

The Crown Mace isn't just a powerful endgame weapon, it's a blank canvas for deep customization through the powerful crafting system of Path of Exile 2. Whether you're farming it for yourself or trading with others, smart use of POE 2 Currency will determine how much potential you can unlock.

So, as you delve deeper into Wraeclast, keep your eyes open, your pockets full of currency, and your imagination ready to turn a simple drop into your next legendary build weapon.

MMOexp POE 2 Team