Forging

Forging
Crafting skill

Attributes			Skills
Primary		Strength	Requires	Kilning
Secondary		Constitution	Unlocks	Weaponsmithing
Skill Progression
Level	Description
All	Maximum quality of produced weapons
0	Can smelt lumps and bars from iron and copper ore. Can forge nails.
30	Can smelt ingots from iron and copper. Can forge metal tools and parts.
60	Can smelt steel. Can smelt bars and ingots from gold and silver nuggets. Can forge advanced tools and parts from metal.
90	Can melt down (recycle) metal tools, metal parts, weapons and armor. Can smelt Vostascus steel.
100	Permanent +10 bonus to luck during the use of Forging abilities. Luck affects the probability of reducing the duration of Forging abilities by 20%. Waste less materials during the recycling of metal items.

Skill ID 4

Forging is the one tier 2 crafting skill in the Kilning branch. It allows to create metal tools and parts from processed materials. Also it is possible to smelt lumps, bars and ingots from ores. Level 30 of Kilning is required to learn this skill. To increase Forging past level 30, Kilning skill must be at level 60.

Requirements[ | ]

Here is a list of items, tools, and devices that a character needs to have in order to use the skill's abilities

Items[ | ]

Charcoal/Hardwood billet - used as a fuel by forging devices

Forge Tools[ | ]

Primitive hammer - used to craft the Blacksmith's hammer
Blacksmith's hammer - primary equipment used to forge metal tools, weapons, and armors

Devices[ | ]

Forge and anvil/Blacksmith's shop - devices required in order to forge metal tools, weapons, and armors

Procedure[ | ]

You need a smelting tool equipped, such as a Primitive crucible and stick.

Place either Billets or Charcoal into a Furnace and light it.
- For metal tools/weapons, after the furnace is lit, right-click the forge and go to Forge - Metal Tools/Weapons.
Add ore (lumps, bars or ingots) to the furnace.
Use the bellows to increase the temperature to 1,000 for gold, silver, and copper, 1,500 for iron or steel, and 2,000 for Vostaskus.
Maintain the temperature using Billets or Charcoal as the ore or metal begins to melt. The temperature will drop exactly 3 minutes into the process requiring the use of bellows.
Once the source items had heated fully, smelt them into the desired item.

Recipes[ | ]

The skill gives the character the ability to forge metal tools and metal parts. A character can only forge items if equipped with a Blacksmith's hammer/Primitive hammer and using a forging device (such as Forge and anvil or Blacksmith's Shop), that is on which is fueled by charcoal or Hardwood billets.

Level 0[ | ]

Name	Type	Materials Required	Crafting Skill Required
Nails	Metallic manufactured products	10x Common lumps	Forging
Anvil	Metallic manufactured product	1x Clay anvil form 8x Common ingots	Forging
Iron Bar	Common bars	4x Iron ore	Forging
Copper bar	Common bar	4x Copper ore	Forging
Lump of Iron	Common lumps	1x Iron ore	Forging
Lump of copper	Common lump	1x Copper ore	Forging

Level 30[ | ]

Name	Type	Materials Required	Crafting Skill Required
Glassblower's Toolkit	Toolkit	2x Common bars	Forging	30
Lamp	Metallic manufactured product	3x Glass 1x Naphtha 1x Common ingots	Forging	30
Shovel	Shovel	1x Handle 4x Common bars	Forging	30
Blacksmith's Hammer	Primitive, blacksmith's or believer hammer	1x Branch 1x Common ingots	Forging	30
Hatchet	Hatchet	1x Handle 2x Common ingots	Forging	30
Pickaxe	Pickaxe	1x Handle 2x Common ingots	Forging	30
Saw	Saw	2x Handle 3x Common bars	Forging	30
Big Falchion	Hand-and-a-half sword	1x Common ingots 1x Thick leather (any)	Forging	30
Metal Band	Metallic manufactured products	5x Common bars	Forging	30
Knife	Knife	1x Handle 3x Common lumps	Forging	30
Skinning knife	Knife	1x Handle 1x Common bars	Forging	30
Cooking pot	Cooking pot	4x Copper bar	Forging	30
Carpenter's toolkit	Toolkit	4x Handle 4x Common bars	Forging	30
Jeweler's toolkit	Toolkit	4x Handle 4x Common bars	Forging	30
Weaver's Toolkit	Sewing tools	2x Handle 2x Common bars	Forging	30
Crucible and tongs	Smelting tool	1x Common ingots	Forging	30
Sickle	Sickle	1x Handle 4x Common lumps	Forging	30
Metal Components	Metallic manufactured products	1x Common bars	Forging	30
Iron Ingot	Common ingots	20x Iron ore	Forging	30
Copper ingot	Common ingot	20x Copper ore	Forging	30

Level 60[ | ]

Name	Type	Materials Required	Crafting Skill Required
Distiller	Craft tool	3x Copper bar 1x Copper ingot	Forging	60
Hardened Steel Pickaxe	Pickaxe	1x Handle 1x Case-hardened ingots	Forging	60
Lock	Metallic manufactured products	2x Toughened bars	Forging	60
Metal Sheet	Metallic manufactured products	2x Common ingots	Forging	60
Animal Trap	Metallic manufactured products	5x Common bars	Forging	60
Case-hardened Steel Ingot	Case-hardened ingots	1x Steel ingot 10x Rocksalt	Forging	60
Toughened Steel Ingot	Toughened ingots	1x Steel ingot 10x Brimstone	Forging	60
Case-hardened Iron Ingot	Case-hardened ingots	1x Iron ingot 10x Rocksalt	Forging	60
Toughened Iron Ingot	Toughened ingots	1x Iron ingot 10x Brimstone	Forging	60
Toughened Iron Bar	Toughened bars	1x Iron bar 2x Brimstone	Forging	60
Case-hardened Iron Bar	Case-hardened bars	1x Iron bar 2x Rocksalt	Forging	60
Case-hardened Steel Bar	Case-hardened bars	1x Steel bar 2x Rocksalt	Forging	60
Toughened Steel Bar	Toughened bars	1x Steel bar 2x Brimstone	Forging	60
Case-hardened Metal Band	Metallic manufactured products	1x Metal band 2x Rocksalt	Forging	60
Case-hardened Metal Sheet	Metallic manufactured products	1x Metal sheet 10x Rocksalt	Forging	60
Case-hardened Chainmail	Metallic manufactured products	1x Chainmail 2x Rocksalt	Forging	60
Case-hardened Small metal plate	Metallic manufactured products	1x Small metal plate 2x Rocksalt	Forging	60
Case-hardened Metal plate	Metallic manufactured products	1x Metal plate 4x Rocksalt	Forging	60
Case-hardened Scale strip	Metallic manufactured products	1x Scale strip 2x Rocksalt	Forging	60
Toughened Metal Band	Metallic manufactured products	1x Metal band 2x Brimstone	Forging	60
Toughened Metal Sheet	Metallic manufactured products	1x Metal sheet 10x Brimstone	Forging	60
Toughened Chainmail	Metallic manufactured products	1x Chainmail 2x Brimstone	Forging	60
Toughened Small metal plate	Metallic manufactured products	1x Small metal plate 2x Brimstone	Forging	60
Toughened Metal plate	Metallic manufactured products	1x Metal plate 4x Brimstone	Forging	60
Toughened Scale strip	Metallic manufactured products	1x Scale strip 2x Brimstone	Forging	60
Steel Bar	Common bars	2x Iron bar 6x Flux	Forging	60
Lump of Steel	Common lumps	2x Lump of iron 2x Flux	Forging	60
Gold Nugget	Precious lumps	1x Gold bar	Forging	60
Silver Nugget	Precious lumps	1x Silver bar	Forging	60
Steel Ingot	Common ingots	2x Iron ingot 12x Flux	Forging	60
Silver Bar	Precious bars	8x Silver nugget	Forging	60
Silver Ingot	Precious ingots	40x Silver nugget	Forging	60
Gold Bar	Precious bars	8x Gold nugget	Forging	60
Gold Ingot	Precious ingots	40x Gold nugget	Forging	60

Level 90[ | ]

Name	Type	Materials Required	Crafting Skill Required
Case-hardened Vostaskus Ingot	Case-hardened ingots	1x Vostaskus ingot 10x Rocksalt	Forging	90
Toughened Vostaskus Ingot	Toughened ingots	1x Vostaskus ingot 10x Brimstone	Forging	90
Toughened Vostaskus Bar	Toughened bars	1x Vostaskus bar 2x Brimstone	Forging	90
Case-hardened Vostaskus Bar	Case-hardened bars	1x Vostaskus bar 2x Rocksalt	Forging	90
Irregular Alloy	Bars	2x Steel bar 2x Copper bar 2x Lump of silver 1x Lump of gold	Forging	90
Lump of Vostaskus Steel	Common lumps	1x Vostaskus bar	Forging	90
Vostaskus Bar	Common bars	30x Irregular alloy	Forging	90
Vostaskus Ingot	Common ingots	40x Lump of vostaskus steel	Forging	90

Item Quality[ | ]

Quality Caps[ | ]

There are three possible limiters to the quality of an item produced with the Forging skill: skill level, material used, and a non-linear recipe function, which the next section is dedicated to.

The first limiter is Skill. You can never craft a Forging item with a quality higher than your Forging Skill Level.

The second limiter is on the type of material used. Crafting an item out of Iron or Steel will produce an item with a quality lower than predicted by the recipe. Items made with Iron will be at 60% of the predicted quality and Steel at 80%. Consequently, this means that Iron and Steel has upper quality limits of 60 and 80 respectively. Items made from Copper and Vostaskus Steel don't have a quality multiplier.

Non-linear Quality Function[ | ]

Unlike most crafted items, the final quality for an item crafted with the Forging skill doesn't necessarily result in the quality as predicted by the recipe. There is a noticeable exponential function or modifier to the quality of produced items.

Untitled7 — The red line represents if the predicted quality by the item recipe. The blue line is what has been observed in game.

Items that have a predicted recipe quality between 5 and 64 turnout to have a lower quality and items with a predicted quality of 66 and higher turnout with a higher quality.

The estimated equation for determining the final quality is as follows.

nl_quality = 3 + ( predicted_recipe_quality ^ 1.35 ) / 4.5

Eg, an item predicted to have a quality of 40 from the recipe, would turnout to have a quality of 35.

Keep in mind, this is just an estimate equation derived from experimentation and not an equation found in the game files.

Complete Formula[ | ]

Combining this with the Quality Caps mentioned above, the following, and more holistic, equation can be used to determine an item quality.

nl_quality = 3 + ( predicted_recipe_quality ^ 1.35 ) / 4.5

real_quality_result = floor( min( skill_level, ( min( nl_quality * shop_bonus, 100) * material_modifier )))

The "material_modifier" is 0.6 for Iron, 0.8 for Steel, and 1 for Copper and Vostaskus Steel.

The "shop_bonus" is the bonus to quality from using the Blacksmith's shop; the "shop_bonus" is 1.2 when using a Blacksmith's shop. If using a Forge and anvil, the "shop_bonus" is 1.

These observations also apply to crafting armor components in the Armorsmithing skill.

Video guides & Training Tips[ | ]

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Smelting Lump of iron and creating nails is the fastest way to level Forging. Nails may be recycled in multiples of 10 to return material. Alternatively, one may craft Throwing Knifes, as they are more effective in cost.

References[ | ]

MMO: Crafting skills
Artisan	→ Construction	→ Masonry	→ Architecture
Mining	→ Materials Processing	→ Precious Prospecting	→ Jewelry
Forestry	→ Carpentry	→ Bowcraft	→ Warfare Engineering
Kilning	→ Forging	→ Weaponsmithing	→ Armorsmithing
Household	→ Farming	→ Cooking	→ Tailoring
Gathering	→ Herbalism	→ Healing	→ Alchemy
Hunting	→ Procuration	→ Animal Lore	→ Warhorse Training