The Aetherian Forge
A relic-currency crafting system inspired by the Forge of Binding. Spend Forge Relics to roll, reroll, upgrade, and corrupt the affixes on your equipment.
How It Works
- Equipment drops with a rarity: Normal, Magic, Rare, Unique, or Mythic — higher rarity means more affixes
- 56 affix stats exist — from raw attack to elemental resistances, leech, magic find, and more
- Spend Forge Relics to modify an item: reroll its affixes, upgrade its rarity, add or remove affixes, or risk corruption for power
- Relics drop from monsters and are fully tradeable on the market
- A share of market tax feeds the Forge Coffer, which auto-purchases and destroys listed valuables to keep the economy tight
Item Rarities
| Rarity | Affixes | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | 0 | Plain equipment, no affixes |
| Magic | 1–2 | Blue — minor rolls |
| Rare | 3–6 | Yellow — the workhorse tier |
| Unique | 6 | Orange — curated powerful rolls |
| Mythic | 7 | The apex of the Forge |
Forge Relics
Relics are consumed on use. Catalysts bias your rolls; the rarest relics duplicate or corrupt.
| Relic | Effect | |
|---|---|---|
| Forge Shard | Gamble shards for a random Rare item at the Forge. | |
| Forge Crystal | Upgrades a Normal item to Magic with 1-2 affixes. | |
| Chaos Ember | Rerolls all affixes on a Magic or Rare item. | |
| Exalted Ember | Adds a new affix to a Rare item. | |
| Void Ember | Removes a random affix from an item. | |
| Divine Ember | Upgrades a Magic item to Rare. | |
| Binding Ember | Locks an affix so it survives rerolls. | |
| Corrupt Ember | Corrupts an item: riskier, stronger affix rolls. | |
| Mirror Shard | Duplicates an item, affixes included. | |
| Essence Bynd | Binds a socketed gem's power into the item. | |
| Catalyst Vytal | Catalyst: biases rolls toward vitality/health affixes. | |
| Catalyst Sorsyn | Catalyst: biases rolls toward sorcery/mana affixes. | |
| Catalyst Fyry | Catalyst: biases rolls toward offense affixes. | |
| Catalyst Wyrde | Catalyst: biases rolls toward defense affixes. | |
| Catalyst Swyft | Catalyst: biases rolls toward speed affixes. | |
| Void Orb Skarn | Applies a powerful but unpredictable corruption. | |
| Recombinator Vex | Combines two items' affixes into one result. |
Tips
- Use a Binding Ember on a good affix before rerolling the rest
- Corrupt Embers can produce affixes above the normal range — or ruin the item
- Vendor recipes in the Forge window turn spare equipment into relics
- See the Forge wiki article for the full relic and affix reference