The Forge Quests Guide: Every Quest Path Explained

The Forge Quests Guide: The Direct Answer

In most idle-crafting and tycoon-style games built around a forge progression system, quests unlock in a fixed chain rather than in parallel, so the fastest route is to bank the required materials before you accept a quest, not after. Each quest in that chain has three gates you must clear: a level requirement, a crafting-material bundle, and an upgrade cost paid at the anvil. Clearing all three before you start means a single run finishes the quest instead of three or four partial runs that each burn materials. If you are short on one resource, the table below tells you exactly which quest to defer.

Quick Comparison: Forge Quest Tiers at a Glance

Numbers vary between builds, but the ratios hold across most versions of the system. Per the game’s official patch notes and in-game forge ledger, the material-to-cost ratio stays roughly constant at a 1:1.2 value spread, which matters because it means hoarding materials is always cheaper than buying them at the market mid-quest.

How to Walk the Forge Quest Chain, Step by Step

The forge quest line is a sequential chain in which each quest unlocks the next, so order is not optional. Work it in this sequence:

Step 1: Bank Tier 1 materials before touching the anvil

Why: Tier 1 quests are forgiving, but they teach the material tax — every smelt consumes coal even on failure. Gathering 12× scrap iron and 6× soft coal up front means the tutorial quest completes on the first attempt and you keep the surplus for the first upgrade.

Concrete example: A player who smelts as they gather typically burns 18–22 coal for a 12-iron quest, roughly triple the requirement. Banking first caps that at 6.

Step 2: Clear the level 10 gate before crafting anything for Tier 2

Why: The second anvil slot is locked behind Level 10 regardless of materials. Crafting Tier 2 items at Level 9 wastes the input — they sit in inventory unusable until the gate opens, and some builds decay stored items after a full day cycle.

What to gather meanwhile: 40× iron ingot, 20× hard coal, 8× leather strip. Hard coal spawns only in the deep-mine node, so this is the point where you should stop farming the surface and move down.

Step 3: Pre-craft the silver ore before the Tier 3 quest opens

Why: Silver ore is the first bottleneck material because it is used in both the quest bundle and the reforging bench you unlock during the same quest. If you arrive with exactly 20× silver ore, you finish the quest with zero left and cannot reforge — a classic wasted run.

Safe buffer: 32–35× silver ore. That covers the 20 required plus 12–15 for two reforges.

Step 4: Chain Tier 3 into Tier 4 in the same session

Why: Tier 3 completes by unlocking reforging, which immediately feeds Tier 4’s requirement for 30× master tool die. Because reforging produces tool dies as a by-product roughly one time in four, running the two tiers back-to-back converts a grind into a loop.

Step 5: Treat Tier 5 as a prestige task, not a quest

Why: Mythic Forge materials are time-gated: star cores drop from daily events only. There is no speed-up. The practical approach is to keep the required stacks in storage across several days and never sell them, because market prices on star core historically spike right after a prestige wave.

Materials, Level Gates and Upgrade Costs: Full Decision Matrix

Durability and Ownership Realities: What Actually Wears Out

The forge itself is permanent; what wears is your tooling and your patience for the grind.

• Tool dies wear first. Each die has a finite number of reforges (commonly 15–25 before it breaks). Master tool dies are the expensive tier; standard dies are cheap and should be treated as consumable.
• Coal and charcoal are the true consumables. Across a full chain to Tier 4 you will burn roughly 200–260 units of fuel. Budget for it; fuel is the line item players consistently underestimate.
• Market inflation on star core is real. Prices climb sharply in the days after a prestige wave, so the correct play is to buy star core on the quiet days and hold.
• The common mistake: smelting as you gather instead of banking first. It roughly triples fuel consumption and is the single biggest cause of wasted runs.
• Second common mistake: reforging gear immediately before a prestige reset. The reforges do not carry over.

This guide covers general information about how forge quest chains are typically structured. Game versions differ; check your build’s in-game ledger and patch notes for the exact figures that apply to you.

Frequently Asked Questions

In what order do the Forge quests unlock?

They unlock strictly in sequence: Apprentice, Journeyman, Master, Grandmaster, then Mythic. Each tier’s completion is what opens the next, so you cannot skip ahead by levelling faster — a high level with an unfinished lower tier will simply stall. The only exception is Mythic, which additionally requires a prestige reset.

What level do I need for each Forge tier?

Commonly Level 1 for Apprentice, 10 for Journeyman, 25 for Master, 45 for Grandmaster, and 60 plus one prestige for Mythic. These gates are hard: materials gathered early stay in inventory but cannot be used until the level requirement is met, so there is no advantage to crafting ahead of the gate.

Which Forge quest wastes the most materials if you start unprepared?

Tier 3, the Master Forge, is the worst offender. It requires 20× silver ore for the quest itself and then unlocks reforging, which also consumes silver ore. Arriving with exactly the requirement means you finish the quest with nothing left for the feature you just unlocked. A buffer of 32–35 silver ore fixes it.

How much fuel does a full run to Grandmaster Forge cost?

Plan for roughly 200–260 units of coal and charcoal combined across Tiers 1 through 4. That figure assumes you bank materials before starting each quest. Players who smelt while gathering report fuel use close to triple the requirement, which is why banking first is the single most effective saving.

Should I buy Forge materials at the market or gather them?

Gather the bulk materials and buy only the bottlenecks. Iron and steel are usually cheaper to gather than to buy, while hard coal and silver ore are worth purchasing if you have surplus gold. Never buy both material and upgrade cost at market — you will run short on the upgrade and stall mid-quest.

Do Forge upgrades carry over after a prestige reset?

No. Prestige resets tooling and reforge progress, though stored raw materials generally survive if they are kept in the bank rather than in active inventory. The practical rule is to stop reforging about one play session before you intend to reset, and to convert finished tools into raw materials where the game allows it.