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The Mace (also known as Spiked Club in the PS3 trophies) is a secret weapon that can be found in the game ICO.

The Mace can only be acquired on a first playthrough of the game. On the New Game+, the player obtains the Light Saber instead.

It is a very powerful weapon and much more damaging than the many swords and sticks scattered around the castle. It can disperse shadows with only a few blows and is the best weapon apart from the Queen's Sword and arguably the Light Saber.

Guide to obtaining the weapon

The secret room where the Mace is obtained is in the Sluice area, during or following the section where Ico must hang and clamber on pipes from one side of a tall chamber to the other, and in the versions following the original US version, utilize the machine in the corner to jump to an upper window. In this chamber between the stairs, there is a section of wall on the lower level that is slightly lighter in color than the ones on either side of it; pushing on either edge of this middle section opens the secret room, which contains a ring on the ground that will activate when Yorda is lead to it.

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ICO - Spiked Club Trophy

A video showing how to obtain the Mace using the "easy" method.

In the courtyard outside the chamber, there is a tree near the switch that is used to open the door between the two areas. When this tree is struck by Ico, it will drop a metal ball. Pick it up and carry it all the way into the secret room. Once the ring on the ground is activated by Yorda, a stone basket will rise from the platform in the back of the chamber. Ico must throw the metal ball into the basket, which may take quite a few tries. Once this is accomplished, a short cutscene will play in which the Mace mysteriously flies through the window and onto the ground, where it can now be picked up and used by Ico.

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Ico holding the Mace.

It is also possible to skip Ico having to throw the ball into the basket, by placing the metal ball inside the square where the basket rises from before Yorda stands on the ring. When the ring is then activated, the ball should automatically drop into the basket. However, in some cases this may cause the ball to be lost without the weapon cutscene playing, requiring a reset to the last checkpoint if the player wants to try again.

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