Forge Master is a slow-burning idle/forge game whose loop is: collect resources, craft/upgrade equipment, run dungeons, get better gear, repeat. You’ll spend a lot of time waiting on forge upgrades and RNG. Smart play reduces the friction — this guide shows how.
Tone warning: this is a grindy game. Pace yourself, claim offline rewards, and plan forge upgrades around real-life time blocks.
Forge Master Beginner Guide Wiki – Tips, Cheats, and Strategy
Forge level and tier progression
Your forge level controls which equipment tiers you can roll and the chance of higher-tier drops. Higher forge level = access to later tiers (space → interstellar → multiverse → quantum → divine, etc.).
Forging/upgrading often has timers (e.g., 18 hours). You can speed these with gems; gems are intentionally scarce/expensive.
Offline income
The game gives passive rewards while offline. Typical rates from the video: 1 coin/second and 1 hammer/minute, capping at 4 hours (collect hammers often).
Collecting offline resources frequently is critical; full caps mean lost progress.
Hammers, coins, and dungeon keys
Hammers: core crafting currency for forging runs.
Coins: general currency for upgrades and certain shops.
Dungeon keys: used to run special dungeons (Hammer Thief, Ghost Town, Invasion, Zombie Rush) that drop targeted resources like hammers, tickets, pet eggs, or blood.
Equipment tiers and upgrades
Equipment has rarities and tiers; even within the same rarity, higher-level versions of the same rarity are valuable and can bridge progression gaps.
Upgrading duplicates: many systems allow you to merge or use duplicates to increase skill or item rank.
Skills
Skills level up when duplicates are obtained. You can use bulk upgrade actions but it’s often better to review which skills to keep and which to auto-equip.
Experiment with different skills: AOE/shout for waves, single-target arrows for boss damage, healing for sustain.
Pets
Pets are upgraded by consuming pet duplicates; some pets are better at damage, others at survivability.
Pets have secondary skills (attack speed, double attack chance, cooldown reduction, flat damage boosts). Choose pets whose secondary stats suit your build.
New pet slots unlock at progression milestones (example: second pet slot after beating 4-15; third slot after 6-1 in the video).
Mounts and cosmetics
Mounts and other vanity unlocks usually require large numbers of summons or specific milestones (example: mount at 6-15 requiring 50 summons).
Dungeons — what each one gives and how to prioritize them
Hammer Thief: primary source of hammers and coins. Run often to keep forging steady.
Ghost Town: gives green tickets (useful for certain shops or events).
Invasion: drops pet eggs and has higher-tier rarity chances at higher difficulties. Good for pet hunting.
Zombie Rush: drops blood (used for tech tree or similar upgrades).
Priority flow:
Hammer Thief for forging currency.
Invasion if you want pets or higher rarity gear.
Ghost Town and Zombie Rush situationally (tickets/blood for tech upgrades).
If keys are limited, plan runs: use keys where they give the resource you currently lack.
Pet strategy
Equip pets that complement your playstyle: high damage pets for DPS builds; high health pets for sustain builds.
Prioritize pets with strong secondary stats (for example, +damage or double-attack chance).
Use weaker pets to upgrade better ones — the sacrifice path is efficient.
Unlock extra pet slots as soon as possible; more pets = more consistent bonuses.
Skill strategy and recommended builds
Keep a small toolkit: one strong AoE for waves, one single-target nuke for bosses, and a heal/buffer for sustained runs.
Level skills that you use most, not every skill you find funny.
When choosing between duplicate skills to upgrade, prefer those that scale better with current equipment or pet synergies.
What to spend money on (if you pay)
The free-to-play route is viable. That said, if you want to spend:
Buy small “quality of life” packs early (e.g., the M4 purchase mentioned in the video is a cheap starter pack).
Avoid buying filler packs of common resources.
Best returns: things that directly accelerate progression (gems to skip long forge timers during focused pushes, dungeon key bundles during events, champion/pet bundles if they give guaranteed high-rarity items).
Monthly/value cards and limited deals can be worth it, but always check cost per value and whether content is time-limited.
Practical tips, tricks and shortcuts
Claim offline every 3–4 hours. The offline cap is short; leaving it to full often wastes potential.
Keep your forge busy. Start long forge timers before sleep or work if you can’t be online to collect early.
Autoforge vs manual: autoforge speeds things up, but manual review helps you keep the best rolls and avoid wasting resources on trash.
Higher-level same-rarity gear is valuable. If you can’t instantly jump tiers, getting better-level versions of your current rarity helps progression.
Use dungeon keys where they matter. If you need hammers, prioritize Hammer Thief. If you need pets, prioritize Invasion and higher difficulties for better rarities.
Pet selection matters more than you think. A pet with a strong secondary (double attack, big damage %) can outpace marginal weapon upgrades.
Don’t panic-skip timers with gems unless you’re doing a targeted push (e.g., event or leaderboard push).
Farming rarities: Rarity chances improve on higher dungeon difficulties — push difficulty when your team can reasonably complete it.
Experiment with skills and builds. Some niche skill combos are surprisingly efficient for clearing certain wave types.
Hoard key/rare currency before major events where rewards or rates might spike.
Forge Master rewards consistency and smart small decisions. Don’t try to “win the server” in a day; instead, focus on reliable daily habits: collect offline, spend keys where they help, upgrade pets and skills that complement your build, and plan forge timers for your real-life schedule. The occasional gem skip during a focused push is fine, but the slow steady growth is where the game is happiest.
