Frostspire Expanse The Forge Crafting Guide, Best Ores, Traits, Weapon & Armor!

The Frostspire Expanse introduces a brand-new crafting layer that can drastically improve your weapons and armor if you understand how the system works. Many players mine the new ores without realizing how powerful they can be when combined correctly.

This guide breaks down every important mechanic, explains all known ore traits, and shows how to craft strong gear without wasting rare materials. Also check out our Roblox The Forge Beginner Guide for those interested and the Race Tier List.

How Crafting Works in the Forge

Crafting in the Forge revolves around multipliers and ore traits. Every ore has a multiplier value, such as 8x, 11x, or even higher. When you forge items, these multipliers combine and directly scale:

• Base weapon damage
• Base armor defense

Higher multipliers mean stronger final gear. However, raw stats are not everything. Ores also provide hidden traits, even if they appear as “trait empty” at first glance. These traits can boost damage, health, stamina, crit chance, or apply special effects like freezing or poison. To activate an ore’s trait:

• 10% ore usage = partial effect
• 30% ore usage = full effect

A common method is the “10–10–10 rule,” using three ore types at around 33% each to activate all traits at full power.

Frostspire Expanse Ore Traits Explained

Below is a breakdown of known ores, ordered from weaker to stronger overall value.

Basic and Early Ores

• Graphite +5% vitality and a 20% chance to reduce incoming damage by 12%. Best used for armor.
• Aetherit Ore +5% movement speed. Minor bonus, mostly filler.

Mid-Tier Ores

• Frost Fossil +17.5% physical damage, -5% movement speed. Works on weapons and armor but has a low multiplier.
• Velchire +20% swiftness. Armor only.
• Sanctis +80% stamina. Armor only and very strong for stamina-based builds.

Weapon-Focused Ores

• Snowite +15% attack speed with a 30% chance to slow enemies for 3 seconds. Weapon only.
• Iceite 25% chance to freeze enemies for 2 seconds with a cooldown. Excellent for weapons.
• Malachite Deals 10% weapon damage as poison per second for 3 seconds, 33% chance on hit. Weapon only.

High-Value Ores

• Crimsonite +20% physical damage. Works on both weapons and armor with a strong multiplier.
• Void Star +33% crit chance and +15% crit damage, but -15% vitality. High risk, high reward.
• Ethereal Light +35% vitality. One of the best ores in the game and works on both weapons and armor.

Rare and Unknown Ores

• Mosasaursit -25% swiftness but +65% vitality with a solid multiplier. Extremely tanky option for armor.

Crafting a Strong Weapon Setup

When crafting weapons, balance high multipliers with damage-focused traits. A strong weapon combo includes:

• Crimsonite for raw physical damage
• Iceite for crowd control
• Malachite for poison damage over time

Avoid Frost Fossils unless you can afford the multiplier loss. After forging, always enhance the weapon to unlock rune slots. Runes add lifesteal, lethality, and other key bonuses that push the weapon to endgame level.

Crafting High-Defense Armor Pieces

Armor benefits most from Ethereal Light, making it the top priority ore. Pair it with Crimsonite to gain both survivability and damage. For helmets:

• Aim for high-percentage Ethereal Light
• Add Crimsonite for balanced scaling

Heavy or Wolf-type helmets provide the best base defense. Enhancing armor significantly boosts defense and unlocks rune slots, which can add thorns, damage reduction, or extra stats.

Enhancement and Rune Optimization

Enhancing crafted gear is mandatory if you want maximum value:

• Unlocks rune slots
• Increases base damage or defense
• Allows full customization

Runes can fix weaknesses, such as low lifesteal or lack of survivability, and turn a good item into a top-tier one.

The Frostspire Expanse crafting system rewards players who plan carefully instead of randomly forging ores Roblox The Forge. Understanding multipliers, hitting the 30% trait threshold, and choosing the right ore combinations makes a massive difference in performance. Whether you are building a high-damage weapon or near-unkillable armor, smart crafting will always outperform pure luck. Master these mechanics early, and you will have a clear advantage moving forward.