How to enhance weapons and armor in The Forge

How to enhance weapons and armor in The Forge

The Forge is an action role-playing game that allows players to enhance weapons and armor to increase overall stats. These upgrades become extremely important as players go deeper and take on stronger enemies like the Elite Rogue Skeleton or Elite Deathaxe Skeleton.

Every enhancement requires an ingredient called Essencecomes in many different types and can only be collected by killing monsters. In this article, let’s find out How to collect and use Essence to increase weapon and equipment stats in The Forgehelps the player’s character become stronger.

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How to enhance equipment in The Forge

Players can upgrade equipment by talking to NPC Enhancersavailable in all regions. Enhancer in the starting area Stonewake’s Cross located opposite Runemaker, near the wharf area.

After interacting with the Enhancer, select the item Yes, I’m here to enhance. The equipment selection window will appear, where gamers can Choose any weapon or armor. To start the enhancement process, people will need to spend Essence and Gold.

In the first levels of weapon or armor upgrades, the player will need Tiny Essence and Medium Essence – These are items that often drop from monsters in Stonewake’s Cross and Forgotten Kingdom.

However, from the 3rd upgrade onwards, players will need it Large Essence and Greater Essencewhich is much rarer.

If there is enough Essence, press the button Enhance Green to improve equipment stats. The success rate will be displayed in the section Craft Chance.

If the upgrade fails, any used Essence will be lost and the equipment’s stats will remain the same. So always check the Craft Chance success rate before upgrading.

Enhancement not only helps increase stats but also opens additional Rune slots. For every 3 enhancements, the equipment will gain 1 additional rune slot.

All types of Essence in The Forge

Essence, in addition to being used to upgrade, can also be sold to Greedy Cey to get Gold. The rarer the material, the more profitable it is to sell. Below is a list of all Essences, rarities and prices in The Forge:

Essence	Rarity	Selling price	Dropped from monsters (rate)
Tiny Essence	Common	$2.50	Zombie (1/2), Delver Zombie (1/2), Elite Zombie (1/1), Skeleton Rogue (1/2)
Small Essence	Common	$5	Zombie (1/3), Delver Zombie (1/3), Elite Zombie (1/3), Skeleton Rogue (1/4)
Medium Essence	Uncommon	$15	Brute Zombie (1/3), Bomber (1/4), Skeleton Rogue (1/6), Ax Skeleton (1/4)
Large Essence	Uncommon	$35	Brute Zombie (1/10), Bomber (1/8), Ax Skeleton (1/6), Deathaxe Skeleton (1/5)
Greater Essence	Rare	$50	Deathaxe Skeleton (1/8), Elite Deathaxe Skeleton (1/6), Elite Rogue Skeleton (1/6)
Superior Essence	Epic	$75
Epic Essence	Epic	$100

Elite Deathaxe Skeleton and Elite Rogue Skeleton has a large amount of blood. Should only be fought when the player has a weapon that deals 60-80 damage per hit and armor of at least 30 defense.

Everyone can also find and fight monsters inside Goblin Cave to collect many different types of Essence. This secret area only opens when gamers obtain the Goblin Cave Key by completing a long quest chain Goblin King.