Forge (dungeon feature)
A forge is a dungeon feature that appears in EvilHack, and represented primarily by a red left curly bracket, {. They can be used in manners similar to fountains, e.g. diping items into it, but are filled with lava rather than water - you can also use them to forge specific weapons and equipment, a feature adapted from the furnaces of SpliceHack.[1]
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Forging
Forging requires a pair of component objects and a hammer of any type. There is no required skill or attribute score to craft a given item - you must simply stand on the same square as a forge and use the #forge command while wielding your chosen hammer. Then, place your two sets of objects on the forge - both objects must be metallic or gemstone, with the exception of saddles used for making barding. Artifacts cannot be used in or made by forging.
The Blacksmith's Cookbook
The Blacksmith's Cookbook is the name of a specific novel that details a list of recipes for crafting various weapons and armor at a forge.[2][3] The book itself is not necessary for the forging process, and serves as a form of in-game reference. The first chapter is a general overview of how forging works, with subsequent chapters detailing possible combinations of objects and their end products—he list of recipes below is presented in the same order given by the in-game book.
The Blacksmith's Cookbook is always found in a chest within Goblin Town, placed behind the first section of iron bars across from a guaranteed forge; there is a 65% chance of a war hammer appearing in the chest as well. The book can also generate randomly or appear in bones files, making it possible to obtain multiple copies.
List of recipes
While placing the components for the desired object will produce the crafted item regardless of order, the crafted item will usually take on the material of the secondary object used - e.g., a mithril scimitar used as a base with a steel spear will produce a steel trident, while using the same pair of objects with the steel spear as the base and the mithril scimitar as secondary produces a mithril trident. In addition, the crafted item will also inherit the second object's beatitude as well as the higher between the two components' enchantments - combinations that would result in a material that is not possible for the crafted item (e.g., copper for a dwarvish weapon) use the first item's material instead, and if the second item used to forge has no properties, but the first item does, the crafted object will inherit those.
Object properties have an additional effect on forging: when forging items using an object with a property, the forged object will inherit that property; if both objects have properties, the result will inherit the secondary object's properties. After forging using such items, the forge has a 1⁄6 chance of disappearing.
Weapons
| First item | Second item | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2 darts | dagger | 3-4 shuriken |
| 2 arrows | dagger | spear |
| 2 elven arrows | elven dagger | elven spear |
| 2 orcish arrows | orcish dagger | orcish spear |
| 2 arrows | spear | dwarvish spear |
| 2 crossbow bolts | spear | javelin |
| scimitar | spear | trident |
| 2 arrows | knife | dagger |
| 2 elven arrows | knife | elven dagger |
| 2 orcish arrows | knife | orcish dagger |
| dagger | stiletto | athame |
| knife | stiletto | scalpel |
| 2 arrows | 2 darts | knife |
| 2 crossbow bolts | knife | stiletto |
| dagger | spear | axe |
| axe | dwarvish short sword | dwarvish bearded axe |
| axe | broadsword | battle-axe |
| 2 crossbow bolts | dagger | short sword |
| 2 crossbow bolts | elven dagger | elven short sword |
| 2 crossbow bolts | orcish dagger | orcish short sword |
| short sword | dwarvish spear | dwarvish short sword |
| short sword | knife | scimitar |
| orcish short sword | knife | orcish scimitar |
| scimitar | long sword | saber |
| scimitar | short sword | broadsword |
| scimitar | elven short sword | elven broadsword |
| short sword | short sword | long sword |
| elven short sword | elven short sword | elven long sword |
| orcish short sword | orcish short sword | orcish long sword |
| broadsword | long sword | two-handed sword |
| long sword | long sword | katana |
| katana | two-handed sword | tsurugi |
| broadsword | dagger | runesword |
| pick-axe | dwarvish short sword | dwarvish mattock |
| dagger | war hammer | mace |
| mace | mace | heavy mace |
| 2 rubies | mace | rod |
| dagger | mace | morning star |
| orcish dagger | mace | orcish morning star |
| flail | mace | war hammer |
| war hammer | war hammer | heavy war hammer |
| flail | spear | aklys |
| mace | morning star | flail |
| broadsword | spear | partisan |
| stiletto | spear | ranseur |
| knife | spear | spetum |
| short sword | spear | glaive |
| glaive | javelin | lance |
| axe | ranseur | halberd |
| battle-axe | spear | bardiche |
| axe | spear | voulge |
| saber | spear | fauchard |
| grappling hook | spear | guisarme |
| guisarme | spear | bill-guisarme |
| heavy war hammer | spear | lucern hammer |
| war hammer | spear | bec de corbin |
Armor
| First item | Second item | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Helms | ||
| dented pot | orcish dagger | orcish helm |
| dwarvish short sword | helmet | dwarvish helm |
| knife | war hammer | dented pot |
| dagger | dented pot | helmet |
| Body Armor | ||
| chain mail | splint mail | plate mail |
| 3 dilithium crystals | plate mail | crystal plate mail |
| chain mail | scale mail | splint mail |
| plate mail | plate mail | large splint mail |
| ring mail | scale mail | banded mail |
| ring mail | ring mail | chain mail |
| chain mail | dwarvish roundshield | dwarvish chain mail |
| chain mail | elven shield | elven chain mail |
| ring mail | orcish shield | orcish chain mail |
| ring mail | helmet | scale mail |
| large shield | helmet | ring mail |
| orcish shield | orcish helm | orcish ring mail |
| Shields | ||
| dagger | helmet | small shield |
| elven dagger | small shield | elven shield |
| orcish shield | orcish shield | Uruk-hai shield |
| orcish boots | orcish helm | orcish shield |
| helmet | helmet | large shield |
| dwarvish helm | large shield | dwarvish roundshield |
| Boots and gauntlets | ||
| mace | helmet | gauntlets |
| dwarvish short sword | gauntlets | dwarvish boots |
| orcish short sword | gauntlets | orcish boots |
| Barding | ||
| plate mail | saddle | barding |
| barding | morning star | spiked barding |
| barding | shield of reflection | barding of reflection |
Strategy
- To be written.
References
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