The heart of The Forge is… well.. forging. It's the way to make money, and make better equipment… but what's the best equipment you can get? That's what we're talking about in this guide on the best weapon recipes in The Forge.

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✅ Updated & Verified

This guide has been updated twice and is now super up to date with the latest weapon recipes and ore requirements! While not perfect, we've verified the numbers and added comprehensive crafting data including minimum and optimal ore amounts for every weapon type.

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Ore Requirements by Weapon Type

Before diving into specific recipes, here's a quick reference for the minimum and optimal ore amounts needed for each weapon and armor type. Use these numbers to plan your farming runs!

Item Min Ore Optimal Ore
Dagger 3 3
Straight Sword 4 8
Gauntlet 7 11
Katana 9 15
Great Sword 12 20
Great Axe 16 37
Colossal Sword 21 46
Light Armor 3 3 (Helmet, More for Leggings/Chest)
Medium Armor 10 (Helmet) 17
Heavy Armor 20 (Helmet) 46

💡 Pro Tip

Using the optimal ore amount gives you the best chance at higher quality weapons with better stats. Min ore will work, but optimal is recommended for serious builds!

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Best Weapon Recipes with Stats

Here are some of the best weapon recipes we've tested, complete with exact ore requirements and the stats you can expect to get!

⚔️ Best Straight Sword Recipe

A solid early-mid game option with great crit chance.

Crafting Recipe:

Stats: Base Damage: 61.23 DMG | 20.00% Crit Chance on Weapons

🥊 Best Gauntlet Recipe

An explosive combo with AOE and burn damage for maximum chaos.

Crafting Recipe:

Stats: Base Damage: 83.54 DMG | 50.00% AOE Explosion on Weapons with 35.00% chance | 20.00% Burn Damage on Weapons with 30.00% chance | 13.00% Crit Chance on Weapons

🔪 Best Magmaite Katana Recipe

Katana is one of the best weapons in the game due to its balanced attack speed and damage combination. You can maximize this combination by making a Magmaite Katana in The Forge. This will give you some explosive damage to take down even a Reaper with a full slash combo.

Crafting Recipe:

Stats: Base Damage: 86.69 DMG | 13.77% Burn Damage on Weapons with 20.65% chance | 10.33% Weapon Damage, -6.88% Health | 50.00% AOE Explosion on Weapons with 35.00%

⚔️ Best Colossal Sword Recipe

The ultimate endgame weapon with massive damage and explosive effects.

Crafting Recipe:

Stats: Base Damage: 219.60 DMG | 50.00% AOE Explosion on Weapons with 35.00% chance | 20.00% Burn Damage on Weapons with 30.00% chance | 11.63% Weapon Damage, -7.75%

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Rivalite Weapons – The Crit Fisher

You can find Rivalite in Basalt Veins and Volcanic Rocks on Forgotten Island. It gives a trait that adds 20% Crit Chance to weapons.

✨ Rivalite Trait

+20% Critical Hit Chance on all Rivalite weapons

🗡️ Rivalite Dagger x3.33

Recipe With Best Chance:

⚔️ Rivalite Straight Sword x3.33

Recipe With Best Chance:

🥊 Rivalite Gauntlet x3.33

Recipe With Best Chance:

🔪 Rivalite Katana x3.33

Recipe With Best Chance:

🗡️ Rivalite Great Sword x3.33

Recipe With Best Chance:

🪓 Rivalite Great Axe x3.33

Recipe With Best Chance:

⚔️ Rivalite Colossal Sword x3.33

Recipe With Best Chance:

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Fireite And Magmaite Ore – The Volcano

This recipe combines two ores that come from Volcanic Rock for a weapon that swings hard. With both traits, it has 30% chance to hit for 20% Burn damage, and 35% chance to land an AOE explosion on hit.

🔥 Combined Traits

30% chance for 20% Burn damage + 35% chance for AOE explosion on hit

🗡️ Dagger x4.83

Recipe With Best Chance:

⚔️ Straight Sword x4.83

Recipe With Best Chance:

🥊 Gauntlet x4.83

Recipe With Best Chance:

🔪 Katana x4.83

Recipe With Best Chance:

🗡️ Great Sword x4.84

Recipe With Best Chance:

🪓 Great Axe x4.84

Recipe With Best Chance:

⚔️ Colossal Sword x4.83

Recipe With Best Chance:

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Best Weapon Recipes FAQ

Anything above you're not sure of? We might be able to clear it up with our FAQ.

How Did We Decide?

Our recipes below are decided on the following criteria:

  • How good the Multiplier is
  • How good the Traits are
  • How early in the game you can craft it (We've tried to mix in some early-midgame recipes and not include entirely endgame weapons)

How Did We Work This Out?

We crunched a lot of the numbers with the help of the Forge Calculator, which you can use to check your recipes for an estimate of the results.

What About Armour Recipes?

We've got you covered! Check out our complete Armor Recipes Guide for all light, medium, and heavy armor crafting requirements.

📚 Related Guides & Pages

⚔️ Weapons Overview ⛏️ All Ores 🛡️ Armor Recipes 💜 Rivalite Ore 🔥 Fireite Ore 🌋 Magmaite Ore 👁️ Eye Ore 🌑 Darkryte Ore 💎 Ruby Ore