The Forge

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

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

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Mechanics

Storm

The Forge is only active while the Storm is ongoing. The storm lasts 280 seconds (4min30s). 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 4 items, so the 5th slot is 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 or Abyss Alloy, there is a chance for one of two item to be added to the resulting items.

14% chance for one Abyss Alloy
8% chance for one Progenitor Slag

Forge recipes

There are four separate types of forge recipes:

Tharis Iron and Pure Tharis Iron can be forged into Tharis Iron Ingot, Charged Tharis Iron Ingot, and Super Charged Tharis Iron Ingot.
Upgrading a piece of Armor or a Backpack to a higher rarity, using a (Super) (Charged) Tharis Iron Ingot
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. This also upgrades the rarity of the piece by one level.
An Abyss Alloy can be used to get a random exotic or legendary item from The Forge.

Tharis iron

These recipes forge Tharis Iron into several types of ingots. It takes 30 seconds for them to be turned into ingots.

The rarity of the ingot is one higher than the rarity of the iron put in, though there is a small chance for the item to be two tiers higher instead.

Input	Output
Input	Chance	Item
9 Tharis Iron	97%	3 Tharis Iron Ingot
9 Tharis Iron	3%	2 Charged Tharis Iron Ingot
9 Pure Tharis Iron 3 Letium	97%	3 Charged Tharis Iron Ingot
9 Pure Tharis Iron 3 Letium	3%	3 Super Charged Tharis Iron Ingot

Altered gear

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:

One piece of armor or a backpack that is of rare, epic, or exotic rarity.
One ( Super) ( Charged) Tharis Iron Ingot. The ingot must be exactly one rarity higher than the piece of gear being upgraded.
One or two optional 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 is sometimes beneficial to use a rarer item that is used in less recipes, to increase the chances the resulting perk is the perk you want.
- If no recipe specific item is supplied, it will still upgrade in rarity.

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 of one rarity higher than the input gear, and have one or two perks, depending on if any recipe specific item was supplied.

Forging length

The time it takes for the forging to complete depends on the rarity of the piece of gear being upgraded.

Rare into epic -> 45 seconds
Epic into exotic -> 60 seconds
Exotic into legendary -> 90 seconds

Recipes

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