> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.dungeons.game/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.dungeons.game/gameplay/the-forge.md). # The Forge The Forge allows users to combine $GOLD, Equipment, and Resources to upgrade their Equipment Items and boost their associated stats. Users can upgrade their base items from Tier 1 to Tier 7.\ \ The Forge offers access to the most powerful progression in Nightvale.

Craft your way to Power

The Forge is the backbone of Nightvale and key to Adventurer progression. Users craft Equipment items from Tier 1 to Tier 7. Each Tier upgrade requires a different amount of $GOLD and resources, and increases the stats associated with the Equipment Item.
At Tiers 4 and 7, users also unlock a Gem slot (total of 2 Gem slots per Equipment Item). Gem slots allow the user to equip a Gem of their choice to the Equipment Item. Once a Gem is equipped, it is bound to the Item and cannot be removed. Users can replace a Gem by overwriting the current Gem with a new one, but they will lose the current equipped Gem in the process. *Gem equipping will be released shortly after release.*
On release of The Forge, there will be 7 tiers of upgrades available for all Weapon and Off-hand Equipment Items. Each tier has an associated rarity from Common - Heroic. With the release of new content such as Battlegrounds and Raids, new Items and Upgrade Tiers will be introduced to the Crafting System. Merchants will earn a % of all $GOLD sunk into the Crafting System, split equally between the 1000 Merchants.