Choose Forge rewards for your bottleneck

Great Forge challenge choices presented between waves; the War Chest can be claimed between waves.

Before you go

Unlock the Great Forge through Cory Ironbender and travel there through Palstrang.
Choose one main goal, such as Goldus, equipment quality, or Reaper progression.
Bring a build suited to the challenges you are prepared to accept.

Set the goal for this run before entering the Forge.
Clear a wave and read the full text of each challenge option.
Select a challenge whose stated reward advances that goal, if one is offered.
Check whether the challenge changes the War Chest or awards another type of reward.
After each wave, reassess the new options and your build’s condition.
Claim the War Chest between waves when you want to end the run; claiming ends it.
Use the collected output on the purchase, gear, or Reaper upgrade you chose.

Cards and Greater Rewards vary; treat their displayed effects as the current options.
Goldus Find does not work in the Forge, so choose an explicit Forge reward if Goldus is your target.

Repeatable. Each run offers a changing selection, and claiming the chest ends that run.

Assuming a Slorm reward card will appear is unsupported; adapt to the actual options.
Taking a challenge for its label without reading its full effect can redirect chest contents; review the description first.
Trying to pursue every reward goal at once scatters your choices; prioritize one main need.

Claim the chest when the available rewards have advanced your goal enough or the next wave’s risk is no longer worthwhile.

Sources & fact checks

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Great Forge

Read each Great Forge challenge for its stated effect and choose rewards that advance one clear resource or equipment goal.