Crushing bludgeon

Research Cycle
Items that come before and after this one in the research cycle:

Club > Crushing bludgeon > War boomerang

General Buyers

 * Engineer
 * Guard
 * Soldier
 * Barbarian

Suggestions
Items that can be suggested in place of this one:
 * Soldier's mace ~ 90%
 * Steel mace ~ 51%; 64% (Engineer), ~ 71% (Soldier)
 * Musket ~ 60% (Engineer)
 * Assault axe ~ 49% (Berserker)
 * Long sword ~ 36% (Barbarian)
 * Club ~ 29% - 32% (Healer)
 * Knife ~ 19% (Barbarian)

Note that 2H items like the Sledgehammer cannot be suggested to all classes (for example, the Healer only accepts 1H items).