If you were looking for a mod or datapack that bans the mace from the game for the game version 26.1.2, well here it is. FEATURES:
-Pre-Craft Warning Sytem: if a player aquires the heacy core item and also the breeze rod item at the same time, it will trigger a warning message to the player, warning them to not craft the mace.
-Multiplayer Support: Fully works with 26.1.2 servers just drop it inside your server world datapack folder and your off and away.
-Mace Ban System: If the player ignores the warning message the game will still let you craft the mace but as soon as it is placed in a players inventory it will be instantly deleted from the world. A message will appear to the player infroming them that this item is banned and lastly a second message will be sent to the whole server for other players to see that you just tried to craft a mace, this will cause you too loose the heavy core item and also the breeze rod, however it is punishment for ignoring the message.
Platform: I chose datapack as this is a very small change in the game and i believe mods are not necessary, this will also make it compatiable with fully vanilla setups so all your freinds joining your server do not need to donwnload anything, it's all good to go.
WHY: I made this datapack becuase recently i was playing a survival pvp server with some friends and realised that the mace has ruined fights making them turn into a bunny hop simulator where people try to hit each other and it only takes one single hit to kill a netherite protection 4 armoured player. so we agreed that banning it would make fights feel more OG and go on for longer which made the game mode alot more enjoyable.