The Forge Roblox Armor Crafting Guide: Recipes & How to Increase Your Chance!

Armor isn’t just a small upgrade in The Forge — it decides whether you survive late-game bosses, cave ambushes, and zombie crowd fights. Armor pieces boost health and provide defense, but getting the strongest ones takes more than dropping ore into the furnace.

Each piece has its own ore cost, class variant, and mini-game skill requirements. This guide lists every armor in the game, explains how to craft them, and shows which ones are worth your ore investment. Also check out our Roblox The Forge Beginner Guide for those interested and the Race Tier List.

Full Armor List in The Forge & Recipe Chance

There are three main armor classes: Light, Medium, and Heavy. Medium has one special variant (Samurai), and Heavy has two high-defense variants (Knight and Dark Knight). Below are all armor pieces, with their health boost and base forge chance.

Light Armor (Fast movement, lowest defense)

• Light Helmet: 3.75% HP boost, 100% chance with 3 ore

• Light Chestplate: 5% HP boost, 67% chance with 8 ore

• Light Leggings: 4.375% HP boost, 53% chance with 10 ore

Summary: Full guaranteed only on the helmet. Chest and legs require Perfect shaping to avoid wasted ore.

Medium Armor (Balanced stats + mobility)

• Medium Helmet: 6.25% HP boost, 60% chance with 13 ore

• Medium Chestplate: 8.75% HP boost, 57% chance with 17 ore

• Medium Leggings: 7.5% HP boost, 63% chance with 21 ore

Samurai Variant (Higher defense, same mobility)

• Samurai Helmet: 8% HP boost, 50% chance to appear, uses 13 ore

• Samurai Chestplate: 12.75% HP boost, 50% chance, uses 17 ore

• Samurai Leggings: 9% HP boost, 50% chance, uses 21 ore

Summary: Samurai pieces have a 1 in 2 chance; Perfect shaping can force the better outcome more often.

Heavy Armor (Tank build, slower movement)

• Knight Helmet: 12.5% HP boost, 51% chance, costs 26 ore

• Knight Chestplate: 16.25% HP boost, 88% chance, costs 70 ore

• Knight Leggings: 13.75% HP boost, 46% chance, costs 31 ore

Dark Knight Variant (Best HP in game)

• Dark Knight Helmet: 18.75% HP boost, 50% chance, cost 26 ore

• Dark Knight Chestplate: 25% HP boost, 50% chance, cost 70 ore

• Dark Knight Leggings: 21.875% HP boost, 50% chance, cost 31 ore

Summary: The strongest armor has only a 1 in 2 chance to appear. Perfect shaping increases the chance drastically.

How to Craft Armor in The Forge

To forge armor properly, you need to complete several mini-games. Each mistake lowers your final stats, so accuracy matters more than ore quantity.

1. Go to a forge station You can craft on any island, but the Forgotten Kingdom forge gives more consistent results once unlocked (Level 10+).
2. Choose your ore amount Pick the recommended ore amount for the armor piece you want to craft.
3. Smelting mini-game Pump the furnace carefully to fill the bar with green. Small, controlled clicks work best.
4. Pouring mini-game Hold the button and keep the indicator inside the yellow box until the bar fills up.
5. Molding mini-game Click the screen repeatedly to reveal the armor shape.
6. Shaping mini-game (most important) Click only when the shrinking ring lines up with the inner circle. Results: Bad / Good / Ok / Perfect.
7. Multiple Perfects = higher rarity + larger stat boost. Accept the final result Confirm the item to add it to your inventory.

Best Armors to Craft

Your playstyle decides your best set. Here’s a simple breakdown:

• Want max movement? → Light Armor
• Balanced defense + mobility? → Samurai Armor
• Pure tank defense? → Dark Knight Armor
• Early game savers? → Normal Medium Armor or full Light mix

Best overall picks:

• Dark Knight Set — best total health, perfect for late-game tanking.
• Samurai Set — great mid-game option with strong balance.
• Light + Samurai mix — fast playstyle with survivability, ideal for farming ores and zombies quickly.

Tips to Craft the Best Armor

• Use only high-rarity ores to improve base stats and price multipliers.
• Prioritize ore traits such as Obsidian, Mythril, Eye Ore, Darkryte, Lightite, Uranium for bonus passives.
• Upgrade and buy stronger Pickaxes with Luck and Mining Power — you’ll gather rare ores far faster.
• Always aim for Perfect shaping results, especially on Samurai and Dark Knight pieces. This is what pushes armor to top-tier quality.

Armor crafting in The Forge rewards skillful forging and smart ore usage, not just grinding. Focus on Perfect timing, collect rare ores with strong pickaxes, and choose armor that matches your playstyle. With the right piece, you’ll stay alive longer, defeat stronger enemies, and farm valuable loot without wasting your resources.