I want to forge. Part Four: Lets Forge

[Biv]

@Fiffer13

To forge a auto-loot flashlight I do this.

I put in a tool which has 200% effectiveness. Most of mine are wooden hammers.
I start with adding 4 glow gums to the forge.
Next I use 4 special gums.
(I normally then apply a fate paste, but these require some higher mats and can be skipped).
Then I use Pure Boon Compound 2 (which is the one with spitter eyes and pulsating orbs).
If I get the AoE buff I use the boon removal solvent 1 to reroll it.
This normally takes 12-15 compounds for a single tool. (fate paste once the buff runs off)
Once I get level 3 on both Auto Loot, and level 3 flashlight I use a setting resin(sometimes I don’t get them fully powered up before I run out of stability)

I just used this method but I think I messed up. It seems to have a horizontal aoe effect.
-180dam, +150 rank, Horizontal Affect Adjacent, +6 attraction range, Auto Harvest, +12 Light Source Radius.

Otherwise, I think I see how this works, at least as far as the basics go.

[Venom]

Nope you made yourself a max level offhand. The 3rd boon doesnt matter as you only need the light and magnet

[Fiffer13]

Correct! you did it yeah a lot of the time you end up getting a third boon, it doesn’t matter since the attraction range and light source are what your targeting.

[Mittins]

Trait Reduction Gum - helps prevent adding more buffs. Add this after you have first 2 desired buffs.

Boon Removal Solvent - Changes allocation of most recent boon points. If you just rolled a bad boon, add the solvent and it will likely change it related to your gums or possibly something random.

[Biv]

Yay! I r gud at forge.

But wow, the mats cost. You roll through pure boon like a bad habit.

[Biv]

Okay, so I want to try my hand at a titanium AoE shovel. I assume the basic process that I used for the “Auto-loot flashlight” will work here.

I know the AoE effect comes from Special Gum.

What do I add to increase durability?

[Mittins]

Add longevity gum for durability.

[Marrs]

2 things I think might help:

• For off hand stuff you don’t actually USE, quirks and defects don’t matter so much - so don’t use Pure Boon - you get twice as much boon points from the alternatives!
• If you forge a chisel I think you’re less likely to get boons you don’t want, as fewer can be applied to chisels. AoE, Crit and Damage for example.

[Biv]

I am greatly enjoying my newly forged aoe shovel.

Thanks to everyone who participated in this thread.

[Biv]

So, new question.

How do I forge multiple items at the same time? Do I need to multiply the number of forging mats?

If I have 9 shovels, can I put in all 9 gums at once?

[Mittins]

Short answer, yes.

The Forge automatically divides the number of mats by the number of tools.

90 Spec gums x 9 hammers = 10 gums available in deck. (rounded down.)

Ideally i forge around 4/5 tools and use one type of compound for more involved strategies.