The Forge

The Forge, idle

The Forge is an ancient machine hidden deep in the caverns of Tharis Island. Its exact origins are still unknown and shrouded in secrecy. This strange structure lies dormant, but some claim that, under the right circumstances, it may come alive once more. The Forge holds great power for those cunning and brave enough to unlock its potential.

Lore

In the deepest, darkest depths of the caverns lies a massive, outlandish machine: The Forge. Its exact origins are still unknown and shrouded in secrecy, though some factions still have a vested interest in learning more about the powers held by such ancient technology. Only the bravest of Prospectors will have a shot at uncovering its secrets, but keep in mind many who tried before have been lost forever. Or worse, clawed their way back battered and scarred. Changed. Exploring the abandoned faction camps and research facilities may hold vital evidence in unlocking the mysteries for those foolish enough to ignore the warnings left by early exploration parties.

Location

The Forge is located deep in the caverns of Tharis Island.

Step by step

1. Go to Storm Pillar on Tharis Island.
2. Go down the structure by using the gaps and stairs on each level.
3. Walk around the ring of the lowest floor until there is a cave entrance leading out of the floor.
4. Follow the cave until a large open cave is reached, with Teratomorphic Glowing Crystals. Parkour past the side of the open cave.
5. Enter the room with the pipes and red lights by crouching, then go left.
6. Following the pipes until The Forge is reached.

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Mechanics

The Forge, in use.

Storm

The Forge is only active while the Storm is ongoing. The storm lasts 280 seconds ( 4min 40sec). While the storm is not active, interacting with The Forge only shows '???'. If The Forge was started just before the Storm ended, the resulting item can still be taken out of The Forge after the Storm has ended.

Using the forge

The Forge has 5 slots for items. At the moment, recipes can only go up to 3 items, so the 4th and 5th slot are unused. Prospectors can put items into the forge and then click the start button. If the items do not make a valid recipe listed below, nothing will happen. If it is a valid recipe, it will start forging. It takes up to a minute for it to finish forging, depending on the recipe.

Side effects

When The Forge finishes forging a piece of Altered Gear, there is a chance for one of two item to be added to the resulting items.

• 15% chance for one Abyss Alloy
• 10% chance for one Progenitor Slag

Forge recipes

There are three separate types of forge recipes:

1. Tharis Iron and Pure Tharis Iron can be forged into Tharis Iron Ingot, Charged Tharis Iron Ingot, and Super Charged Tharis Iron Ingot.
2. The Forge can be used to alter gear, by giving them unique perks. This involves a ( Super) ( Charged) Tharis Iron Ingot, a piece of Armor or a Backpack, and one or two items specific to a recipe.
3. An Abyss Alloy can be used to get a random Exotic or Legendary item from The Forge.

Tharis iron

Tharis Iron can be used to create Tharis Iron Ingots

Tharis Iron can be used to create Tharis Iron Ingots. It takes 30sec for the (Pure) Tharis Iron to forge into ingots.

Ingots ( Super) ( Charged) (Tharis Iron Ingot) are created in 3s. There is a random chance that an ingot is replaced by its stronger version, which can happen to all 3 items. It will take 3 ingots to upgrade or alter a piece of gear.

Altered gear

Altered Gear has a unique item overlay, and slightly different images.

Prospectors can Alter their gear with Progenitor tech. This gives the gear one or two gear perks. For example, extra stamina, or reduced damage from storm lightning.

This involves a piece of armor or a backpack, a ( Super) ( Charged) Tharis Iron Ingot, and an item unique to that specific recipe.

Mechanics

• Forging in this way uses the following items:

1. One piece of armor or a backpack that is of Epic, Exotic, or Legendary rarity.
2. Three ( Super) ( Charged) Tharis Iron Ingot. The ingots must be the same rarity as the piece of gear being upgraded.
3. One or two recipe specific items.
   • A piece of gear is able to have up to two perks.
   • If an item is used in multiple recipes, the resulting perk is chosen randomly. It can be beneficial to use a rarer item that is used in less recipes, to increase the chances the resulting perk is the perk you want.

• A Legendary item cannot be used in the forge.
• Upgrading an item that already has perks will remove those perks from it. If the input items include recipe specific items, it will get new perks according to those items.
• The resulting piece of gear will be the same rarity as the input gear, and have one or two perks, depending on the recipe specific items that were supplied.

Ingot rarities

Rarity	Ingot	Forging length
Rare → Epic	3 Tharis Iron Ingot	45sec
Epic → Exotic	3 Charged Tharis Iron Ingot	1min
Exotic → Legendary	3 Super Charged Tharis Iron Ingot	1min 30sec

Recipe item rarities

Rarity	Amount
Common	3
Uncommon	3
Rare	2
Epic	2
Exotic	1
Legendary	1

Recipes

See also: Altered Gear

Icon	Perk	Compatible Items (one of the following)					Compatibility
							Backpack	Shield	Helmet
	Maximum stamina	2 Marauder Flesh	3 Waterweed Filament	3 Strider Flesh	3 Rattler Eyes	3 Hardened Bone Plates
	Less stamina consumption	3 Rattler Eyes	3 Rattler Eyes	3 Brightcap Mushroom	3 Strider Flesh
	Less damage from Storm strikes	2 Marauder Flesh	2 Meteor Fragment	3 Charged Spinal Base
	Reduced weight of this piece of gear	2 Meteor Fragment	3 Waterweed Filament	3 Indigenous Fruit
	Less damage from falling	2 Blue Runner Egg	3 Hardened Bone Plates	3 Progenitor Composite	3 Toxic Glands
	Increased walking speed	2 Mature Rattler Eyes	2 Blue Runner Egg	3 Toxic Glands
	Reduced weight of all items carried in backpack	2 Meteor Core	2 Miniature Reactor
	Reduced weight of minerals and creature parts carried in backpack	2 Dustbloom	3 Indigenous Fruit
	Reduced weight of ammo and consumables carried in backpack	3 Progenitor Composite
	Reduced weight of weapons and gear carried in backpack	3 Progenitor Composite
	Extra backpack capacity	2 Dustbloom	2 Meteor Core
	Stamina regenerates without delay during a Storm	2 Miniature Reactor	3 Charged Spinal Base
	Health restoration per second	2 Savage Marauder Flesh	2 Pale Ivy Blossom	3 Brightcap Mushroom	3 Indigenous Fruit
	Health restoration per second during a Storm	2 Glowy Brightcap Mushroom	2 Pale Ivy Blossom	2 Focus Crystal	3 Charged Spinal Base
	Faster Stim and Medkit use	2 Spine Briar	2 Savage Marauder Flesh	2 Glowy Brightcap Mushroom
	Bonus to Stim and Medkit healing	2 Spine Briar	2 Pale Ivy Blossom
	Less damage from hostile fauna attacks	1 Rattler Head	2 Titan Ore	2 Mature Rattler Eyes	3 Hardened Bone Plates
	Extra armor (shield)	2 Crusher Hide	2 Focus Crystal
	Extra armor (helmet)	2 Crusher Hide	2 Focus Crystal
	Less damage from explosions	2 Crusher Hide	2 Titan Ore
	Hostile fauna is less aggressive towards the wearer	1 Rattler Head	2 Marauder Flesh	3 Rattler Eyes	3 Toxic Glands
	Maximum health	1 Marauder Head	2 Savage Marauder Flesh	2 Spine Briar

Less stamina consumption has Rattler Eyes twice as the data has it twice. It is not known if this is a bug, or if it has an actual effect.

Abyss alloy

An Abyss Alloy can be used to gain random powerful items

Using an Abyss Alloy in the forge gives a random Exotic or Legendary Armor or Backpack.

There is a 95% chance of getting an Exotic item, and a 5% chance of getting a Legendary item. The gear is altered with a random set of compatible gear perks.

Forging time

• Exotic item -> 1min
• Legendary item -> 1min 30sec

Missions

This is a list of missions that interact with The Forge in some way.

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Update history

Patch 3.2.0

• The Forge will no longer upgrade the rarity of gear when forging, because of this:
  • The outcome of forging will always give you the same quality gear that was used as a base for forging.
• * The forge will only accept Epic, Exotic, and Legendary gear; Rare gear will no longer be accepted.
• * Base ingots are used with Epic gear and give Epic results. Charged ingots are used for Exotic gear. Supercharged ingots are used with Legendary gear.
• * You cannot turn Exotic gear into Legendary in the forge anymore, but using Abyss Alloy makes it possible to get Legendary gear with perks on it. This gear can then be used as a base with Supercharged ingots to roll a new set of perks.
• * It is no longer possible to craft gear without perks on it. Therefore, when crafting gear, you will need to throw in at least one valid perk-bearing material in the required quantity.
• In situations where more than one of the same ingredients has been put into the forge (in required quantity), only the first material will be used to reroll perks. Other identical materials will be ignored.
• Faster Healing perk can now only appear on helmets, which means it is no longer stackable. The range of possible values for the perk have returned to its original state: Minimum +10% healing speed, Maximum +30% healing speed.
• Removed the Enhanced Alien Hunter Vision perk.

Patch 2.1.0

• Added Teratomorphic Crystal Cores to ingot recipes
• Removed Teratomorphic Crystal Cores from gear recipes

Hotfix 2.0.3

• Nerfed all forge recipes.

Patch 2.0.0

• Added The Forge