Forge of Potential

Forge of Potential

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Type	Crafting Stations
Build Menu	Crafting Stations
Crafting Materials	Cannot be built
Crafting Station	-
Size	-
Durability	-
Damaged by Rain	-
Spawn ID	`spawn UpgradeStation`

The Forge of Potential is a unique point of interest in the Mountain. It works as a crafting station that upgrades weapons, armour and tools with idols.

How It Works

Each upgrade costs one idol of the tier that matches the item, and nothing else. The idol is used up whatever the result.

Each attempt has a 65% chance to raise the item by one quality level. The forge has no level cap, so an item can go past level 4. The other 35% of the time the item is destroyed and you get back 35% of its materials, rounded up: its base crafting cost plus the cost of its current level. Above level 4, each level counts as half a level towards that material cost.

Where to Find It

Up to 10 possible sites for the forge are picked when a world is generated. Each one is inside a Mountain biome away from its edges, at least 400 metres from the others and at least 500 metres from the world centre. The first time a player comes near one of them, the forge settles there for good and the other sites are dropped. Once you find it, an idol icon marks it on the map.

Idols

Idol	Upgrades	Found In
Wooden Battle Idol	Club, Crude Bow, Flint Knife, Flint Spear, Stagbreaker, Stone Axe, Cultivator, Hammer, Hoe, Scythe, Snow Shovel	Meadows: Abandoned House, Abandoned Farm, Viking Graveyard
Wooden Protection Idol	Celebratory Cap, Deer Hide Cape, Leather Helmet, Leather Trousers, Leather Tunic, Rag Trousers, Rag Tunic, Wood Shield, Wood Tower Shield	Meadows: Abandoned House, Abandoned Farm, Viking Graveyard
Bronze Battle Idol	Bronze Atgeir, Bronze Mace, Bronze Spear, Bronze Sword, Copper Knife, Finewood Bow, Flint Axe, Nord Atgeir, Paws of the Bear, Wooden Sword, Bronze Pickaxe	Meadows: Abandoned House, Abandoned Farm, Viking Graveyard Black Forest: Troll Cave, Burial Chambers, Abandoned Outpost, Abandoned Hut
Bronze Protection Idol	Bronze Helmet, Bronze Plate Tunic, Bronze Plate Leggings, Cape of Oden, Fishing Hat, Hood of Oden, Loincloth of the Bear, Patterns of the Bear, Troll Hide Cape, Troll Leather Hood, Troll Leather Trousers, Troll Leather Tunic, Bone Tower Shield, Bronze Buckler	Meadows: Abandoned House, Abandoned Farm, Viking Graveyard Black Forest: Troll Cave, Burial Chambers, Abandoned Outpost, Abandoned Hut
Iron Battle Idol	Ancient Bark Spear, Battleaxe, Bronze Axe, Draugr Fang, Early Axes, Huntsman Bow, Iron Atgeir, Iron Mace, Iron Sledge, Iron Sword, Iron Pickaxe	Black Forest: Troll Cave, Abandoned Outpost, Abandoned Hut Swamp: Sunken Crypt, Swamp Grave, Swamp Runestone Tower
Iron Protection Idol	Nord Knucklechains, Iron Greaves, Iron Helmet, Iron Scale Mail, Root Harnesk, Root Leggings, Root Mask, Banded Shield, Iron Buckler, Iron Tower Shield, Shield of Roots	Black Forest: Troll Cave, Abandoned Outpost, Abandoned Hut Swamp: Sunken Crypt, Swamp Grave, Swamp Runestone Tower
Silver Battle Idol	Abyssal Razor, Crystal Battleaxe, Fang Spear, Flesh Rippers, Frostner, Iron Axe, Silver Knife, Silver Sword	Swamp: Sunken Crypt, Swamp Grave, Swamp Runestone Tower Mountain: Abandoned Cabin, Mountain Tower, Howling Cavern
Silver Protection Idol	Drake Helmet, Fenris Coat, Fenris Hood, Fenris Leggings, Wolf Fur Cape, Wolf Hide Chestpiece, Wolf Hide Trousers, Serpent Scale Shield, Silver Shield	Swamp: Sunken Crypt, Swamp Grave, Swamp Runestone Tower Mountain: Abandoned Cabin, Mountain Tower, Howling Cavern
Black Metal Battle Idol	Black Metal Atgeir, Black Metal Axe, Black Metal Battleaxe, Black Metal Knife, Black Metal Sword, Frostfire Axe, Jotun Bane, Nord Axe, Porcupine, Skoll and Hati, Vilebone Maulclaws, Black Metal Pickaxe	Mountain: Abandoned Cabin, Mountain Tower, Howling Cavern Plains: Plains chest, Sealed Tower
Black Metal Protection Idol	Linen Cape, Lox Cape, Lox Fur Hood, Lox Fur Jacket, Lox Fur Trousers, Padded Cuirass, Padded Greaves, Padded Helmet, Vilebone Cage, Vilebone Drapes, Vilebone Visage, Black Metal Shield, Black Metal Tower Shield	Mountain: Abandoned Cabin, Mountain Tower, Howling Cavern Plains: Plains chest, Sealed Tower
Black Marble Battle Idol	Arbalest, Carapace Spear, Dead Raiser, Demolisher, Himminafl, Krom, Mistwalker, Skull Splittur, Spinesnap, Splitnir, Splitnir the Bleeding, Splitnir the Primal, Splitnir the Storming, Staff of Embers, Staff of Frost, Staff of Protection	Plains: Plains chest, Sealed Tower Mistlands: Dvergr Guard Tower, Rock Spire, Infested Mine Ashlands: Charred Fortress, Putrid Hole
Black Marble Protection Idol	Carapace Breastplate, Carapace Greaves, Carapace Helmet, Eitr-weave Hood, Eitr-weave Robe, Eitr-weave Trousers, Feather Cape, Headdress of the Bear, Carapace Buckler, Carapace Shield	Plains: Plains chest, Sealed Tower Mistlands: Dvergr Guard Tower, Rock Spire, Infested Mine Ashlands: Charred Fortress, Putrid Hole
Flametal Battle Idol	Ash Fang, Berserkir Axes, Bleeding Berserkir Axes, Blood Fang, Bloodgeon, Brutal Slayer, Dundr, Dyrnwyn, Flametal Mace, Klossen, Nidhögg, Nidhögg the Bleeding, Nidhögg the Primal, Nidhögg the Thundering, Primal Berserkir Axes, Primal Slayer, Ripper, Root Fang, Root Ripper, Scourging Slayer, Slayer, Staff of Fracturing, Staff of the Wild, Storm Fang, Storm Ripper, Storm Star, Thundering Berserkir Axes, Trollstav, Wound Ripper	Mistlands: Dvergr Guard Tower, Rock Spire, Infested Mine Ashlands: Charred Fortress, Putrid Hole Deep North: Lumber Camp, Abandoned Village, Mörkhalla, Viking Graveyard (Deep North), Shipwreck (Deep North), Winding Tunnels
Flametal Protection Idol	Ashen Cape, Asksvin Cloak, Breastplate of Ask, Flametal Breastplate, Flametal Greaves, Flametal Helmet, Hood of Ask, Hood of Embla, Robes of Embla, Trousers of Ask, Trousers of Embla, Flametal Shield, Flametal Tower Shield	Mistlands: Dvergr Guard Tower, Rock Spire, Infested Mine Ashlands: Charred Fortress, Putrid Hole Deep North: Lumber Camp, Abandoned Village, Mörkhalla, Viking Graveyard (Deep North), Shipwreck (Deep North), Winding Tunnels
Bloodgold Battle Idol	Echo Spike, Frostfire Atgeir, Frostfire Bow, Frostfire Crossbow, Frostfire Dagger, Frostfire Greataxe, Frostfire Greatsword, Frostfire Knucklechains, Frostfire Mace, Frostfire Sledge, Frostfire Spear, Frostfire Sword, Lightning Strike, Nord Bow, Nord Crossbow, Nord Dagger, Nord Greataxe, Nord Greatsword, Nord Mace, Nord Sledge, Nord Spear, Nord Sword, Northern Vengeance, Spirit Caller, Thunderblood Atgeir, Thunderblood Axe, Thunderblood Bow, Thunderblood Crossbow, Thunderblood Dagger, Thunderblood Greataxe, Thunderblood Greatsword, Thunderblood Knucklechains, Thunderblood Mace, Thunderblood Sledge, Thunderblood Spear, Thunderblood Sword	Deep North: Mörkhalla, Abandoned Village, Viking Graveyard (Deep North), Shipwreck (Deep North)
Bloodgold Protection Idol	Breastplate of the Protector, Cape of the Caller, Chestpiece of the Vanguard, Headdress of the Caller, Hood of the Vanguard, Moose Hide Cape, Robes of the Caller, Trousers of the Caller, Trousers of the Protector, Trousers of the Vanguard, Nord Buckler, Nord Greatshield, Nord Shield	Deep North: Mörkhalla, Abandoned Village, Viking Graveyard (Deep North), Shipwreck (Deep North)

Notes

Idols are found in loot chests at points of interest in their own biome, and sometimes in the biome before or after it. They stack up to 20 and weigh 0.5 each.
Each item takes the idol of its own tier, with a few exceptions: the Club, Stone Axe, Flint Spear and Crude Bow use the Wooden Battle Idol, and Leather Armor and Rag Armor use the Wooden Protection Idol.
The Wooden Sword takes the Bronze Battle Idol rather than the wooden one.
The Hammer, Hoe, Cultivator, metal pickaxes, Scythe and Snow Shovel can be upgraded here too, which raises their durability. Each forge level adds 200 durability to the Hoe.
A runestone at the forge tells of Ingrid, whom the gods granted a great boon there, and of Torgunn, whose blade shattered on the altar, as a warning to anyone who tries the same.

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