I’ll guide you through the best Ore Traits in The Forge for weapons and armor with individual ranking reasons. This guide will also include the best end-game combination for weapons and armor in terms of traits. Here’s my The Forge Ore Trait tier list and guide.
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Best Ore Traits in The Forge
The best Ore Traits in The Forge depend on whether you’re making an end-game Weapon or Armor. Below you’ll find a full list of Ores and their Traits along with which are for Armor and which are for Weapons. As for rankings, I rated those that are always active and useful higher. The lower tiers usually have traits that have proc chances, don’t reliably trigger or are underpowered. There’s individual ranking reasons below as well.
Ore Traits Explained: When including Ores with Traits in a weapon or armor you need to have at least 10% of that Ore when forging for the Trait to be active. That said you want 30% of that ore in the components for the optimal effects listed below. This means that your Weapon/Armor builds should have 30%/30%/30% of the best Traits and one 10% as support since you can stack multiple traits. Of course, you can always include a majority of high multiplier ores with no traits for a higher damage boost.
S-Tier Ore Traits
| Ores & Traits | Ranking Reason | Effect |
|---|---|---|
Obsidian (Armor) Epic 1/333 Volcanic Rock 2.35x | The best Defense boost in the game for Armor and a must-have as a 30% slot | 30% extra defense on Armor |
Eye Ore (Weapon and Armor) Legendary 1/1333 Basalt Rock, Basalt Core, Basalt Vein, Volcanic Rock 4x | The most flexibile DPS trait for both weapons and armor as a 30% Good on both weapons and armor | -10% health, +15% damage boost on Weapons/Armor |
Rivalite (Weapon) Epic 1/569 Basalt Vein, Volcanic Rock 3.33x | Combines well with Rune Crit Chance boosts An excellent DPS boost Be careful of the lower modifier so make sure this isn’t the highest quantity if you’re putting better mod Ores | +20% critical strike chance on Weapons |
Magmaite (Weapon) Legendary 1/3003 Volcanic Rock 5x | Potentially better than Rivalite on higher base damage weapons for fighting multiple enemies That said, Rivalite is better for single target if you stack it with Runes that boost crit chance | 50% AOE explosion damage with 35% chance on-hit on Weapons |
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A-Tier Ore Traits
| Ores & Traits | Ranking Reason | Effect |
|---|---|---|
Demonite (Armor) Mythical 1/3666 Volcanic Rock 5.5x | It’s a decent trait but the problem is you don’t want to be taking damage in this game Since Reapers and Deathaxes deal so much damage so it’s not worth it to have An on-damage effect since you want to focus on Parry and Dodge It’s a decent trait still since it also deals damage but not the best in the game More of a supporting choice | 20% burn for 2 seconds with 15% chance on-hit & 25% chance to burn the enemy when damage is taken |
Uranium (Armor) Legendary 1/777 Basalt Vein 3x | An excellent secondary trait for armor for extra damage I like it more than Demonite but Demonite has better multipliers | 5% of player max health as AOE damage while in combat, on Armor |
Fireite (Weapon) Legendary 1/2187 Volcanic Rock 4.5x | A decent alternative or support Trait for weapons Better for Daggers for a faster attack speed and more chances for procs | 20% burn for 2 seconds with 30% chance on-hit on Weapons |
B-Tier Ore Traits
| Ores & Traits | Ranking Reason | Effect |
|---|---|---|
Mythril (Armor) Legendary 1/813 Basalt Vein 3.5x | A supporting pick since it’s weaker than Obsidian That said it’s still an excellent choice as a final 30% or 10% for armor | 15% extra defense on Armor |
C-Tier Ore Traits
| Ores & Traits | Ranking Reason | Effect |
|---|---|---|
Darkryte (Armor) Mythical 1/5555 Volcanic Rock 6.3x | Not a fan of Darkryte since the chance to trigger the dodge is low And you have to take a hit so it’s more for fixing mistakes which you don’t want to make either way That said it has value for those moments when you do make mistakes and you get lucky I would still only use it as a 10% though unless you realy want the high multiplier | Armor Only: Upon taking damage, there is 15% chance to turn into a shadow to dodge the attack |
D-Tier Ore Traits
| Ores & Traits | Ranking Reason | Effect |
|---|---|---|
Poopite (Weapon) Epic 1/131 Pebble, Rock, Boulder 1.2x | Similar reasons for Darkryte and Demonite where you don’t want to get hit And this only triggers if you’re low so you’re not seeing much use if you play well The effect is more of a save button that fears monsters and allows you to escape Than it is useful | Deal % poison damage around you for X seconds, fearing enemies. Activates when below 35% HP and has a 15 second cooldown. |
Lightite (Armor) Legendary 1/3333 Basalt Vein 4.6x | Such a minor effect that you won’t even notice it that much so I wouldn’t bother | Speed Boost on Armor |
That’s it for my guide on the best Ore traits in The Forge Ore trait tier list. Check out my The Forge Race Tier List for more guides.
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