Chapter 43 The Book of Forging
Eric, holding the key to the Intermediate Forging Room, headed to the second floor, ignoring the alluring young woman.
The first floor of the Forging Association was filled with ordinary forging rooms, while the second floor housed the intermediate ones.
The second floor was noticeably less crowded compared to the first, with only NPCs bustling about. No players would come here, and there were only twenty intermediate forging rooms, unlike the fifty ordinary ones.
Upon entering the intermediate forging room, the space was more extensive and more refined, with better equipment than the ordinary rooms, especially the forging hammer and the flames, both of which were extraordinary.
Eric casually picked up the silver-white hammer resting on the anvil.
Hundredfold Hammer (Bronze Level)
Forging Item: Increases success rate by 3% when forging items.
Requirement: 4 Strength points.
Just obtaining this Hundredfold Hammer was quite tricky. NPCs at most sold ordinary iron hammers, which didn't increase the success rate. As for taking this Hundredfold Hammer, it was impossible since it belonged to the forging room, and players couldn't take it away.
The flames here were also unusual, burning with a crimson-blue color, indicating it was not an ordinary fire but a special flame.
Eric scanned it immediately.
Crimson Flame (Tier 1 Special Flame)
Special Item: Possesses extremely high temperatures, making smelting more pure and increasing success rates in potion-making and forging.
Special flames were powerful and rare flames in the world, classified into nine tiers based on their abilities, with Tier 1 being the weakest and Tier 9 the strongest. Even a Tier 1 special flame was not something players could quickly obtain.
In Divine Realms: Legends, the rarity of special flames made them extremely valuable. Both alchemy and forging required special flames, further increasing their worth.
There was once a Tier 4 special flame that led to a battle among over ten top guilds. After millions of players died, the flame was finally taken by the Supremacy Alliance. Shortly after, an alchemy master from Supremacy Alliance advanced to an alchemy grandmaster, significantly boosting the guild's power.
Seeing the burning special flame, Eric was profoundly longing for it as it was a forger's dream. While Eric was lost in thought, he suddenly remembered something.
In the second month after Divine Realms: Legends launched, the third-rate guild Divine Radiance Guild discovered a Tier 2 special flame, Frost Azure Flame, in the Hundred Spirits Forest Dungeon, making many guilds envious. Many life-skill players signed up for Divine Radiance Guild, rapidly increasing its power and making it a dominant force in a small city. Many guilds secretly tried to obtain the special flame, including the ShadowForge Guild. Eric had learned the location and method to obtain the special flame from within the Divine Radiance Guild. Still, unfortunately, the flame only appeared once and never again, leaving many guilds empty-handed.
Thinking about Frost Azure Flame, Eric immediately set his sights on obtaining it. If he could get it, it would greatly benefit the future development of his guild and enhance his own progress as a blacksmith.
However, to obtain the Frost Azure Flame, Eric needed to plan carefully and prepare many things.
He then stopped wasting time, took out the Guardian Plate design, and chose to learn it. System: [ You have learned to forge Guardian Plate. ]
Eric then placed all the materials on the stone table, took out the invaluable forging book, and began forging.
As a novice forging apprentice, Eric had a 20% success rate in crafting level 0 Common Level equipment, with a 40% chance to gain one proficiency point upon success. For crafting level 3 Bronze Equipment Guardian Plate, the success rate was less than 5%, but successful forging would grant two proficiency points due to the Bronze Equipment bonus.
However, reaching an intermediate forging apprentice required 1000 proficiency points, needing a vast amount of resources that a single life-skill player couldn't afford.
Guild life-skill players usually started by forging Common Level equipment. No guild would let them forge Bronze Equipment from the start due to low success rates and high material costs. Failing even once would incur a cost of over a silver coin, which no guild could afford or supply enough materials for.
But Eric didn't have this concern. With Sagestone, he had ample resources, and Guardian Plate materials were cheap, costing only 80 copper, much less than other Bronze Equipment, making it very popular and easy to sell.
The most crucial factor was the forging book.
The forging book increased the success rate of forging Common Level equipment by 70%, Bronze Level by 50%, Dark Iron Level by 30%, Mitchell Level by 20%, Adamantite Level by 10%, Obsidian Level by 5%, and Epic Level by 1%.
This attribute of the forging book allowed players to easily advance to master forger. As a novice apprentice, Eric's base 20% success rate for Common Level equipment increased to 90% with the forging book. With the intermediate forging room's equipment, it was over 99%, making failure almost impossible unless the player was extremely careless.
This demonstrated the power of the forging book.
For Guardian Plate, Eric had a 5% base success rate, plus 50% from the forging book, 3% from the equipment, and the special flame's effect, totaling a 60% success rate. Even Common Level equipment with a 60% success rate would drive forgers crazy, let alone Bronze Equipment, which was unimaginable for any forger.
Eric then followed the design instructions, slowly crafting the Guardian Plate. He first placed the copper and bronze ores into the fire for smelting. After 5 minutes, the ores melted into a mass; then, he added Magic Essence. After another minute of smelting, he extracted the red-hot ore and placed it on the anvil. The intense heat made Eric sweat, but he remained cautious as the critical part was next.
After preparing, Eric grabbed the Hundredfold Hammer and started striking the heated ore. Sparks flew, and the sound echoed through the spacious forging room.
Eric was meticulous with each strike.
In his previous life, he hadn't learned forging but had learned gathering skills. However, Eric knew a lot about forging, from talking with a master forger and avoiding basic mistakes.
After hundreds of strikes, Eric felt it was perfect. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and carefully clicked the interface of the red-hot ore, pressing the completion button.
The ore then began to change, transforming into a silver-gray armor within five seconds. It looked fine on the surface, but the success of forging an item wasn't just about appearance; it also depended on quality, which encompassed attributes and level as well.
Poorly forged Bronze Equipment could become ordinary or have substandard attributes.
Eric then checked the armor's data to see if he had succeeded.
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