Editing Blueprints (section)

== How forging works ==

* '''Study a blueprint''' from the Bank and its recipe unlocks for good — on '''[[Smithing]]''' (weapons, shield, barding) or '''[[Crafting]]''' (armour, saddle).
* '''Every forged piece rolls a quality grade, then its stats inside that grade's own slice of the blueprint's band.''' See '''[[#Cast quality|Cast quality]]''' below for the grades and their odds.
* '''Salvage''' a bad roll back into about '''half''' its rare materials — the common inputs are spent, but the rare ones mostly come back.
* '''Forged gear lives in your Gear Locker''' on the [[Player]] page: equip it over your crafted gear, and fit forged saddles and bardings straight onto your dinos.
* '''Forged gear is bound to you''' — unlike crafted gear it is never the piece torn off [[Expeditions#Death and reclaiming gear|when you die]].

'''Power check:''' an average forged piece beats the best gear you can otherwise craft; most max rolls stop at or just under the [[Sets|expedition sets]]. The exception is the rare '''Primal forged''' grade on the '''[[#The top wave|top wave]]''', the one cast that can beat the matching [[Sets|Primal set]] piece outright. The '''[[Rivals#Mostly Harmless legendaries|Mostly Harmless legendaries]]''' stay above the forge regardless.