Quick answer
This is the key ingredient that unlocks the Obliterator, which can be used to summon Thor's power from above to convert your trash to coal. However, there's a catch as you can literally destroy your items entirely with the system. So countless eons ago, no more, we finally get a toggle in the settings menu that basically allows you to skip the intro cinematic. So before you do that, here is everything you want to know about the forge of potential from locating it on your world and how exactly it works to my tips on best using it.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's a beautiful cinematic but after you've seen it once, you've basically seen it, right? Also guys, we were able to secure the full protector set. And this one came as a big surprise but my absolute favorite feature they decided to finally add after all those years is the alternative dodge roll. Every single end game armor set in the past couple days for which I already made a ultimate guide you can find in the top right of the screen.
So instead of press and holding your right mouse to then space bar for roll, you can finally bind one button on your mouse or wherever you like to do the exact same thing. Especially the heavily sought after protector set is something that many people want to get their hands on. They also added accessibility settings to be able to toggle blocking. This guide has it all to make that nice and easy for you.
Station basics
I don't think this is going to be interesting for most play styles. Anyways, the forge of potential, a literal altar of the gods that makes upgrading your equipment a whole lot more interesting. Well, if you're always a shield wall in front of your crew, then it could be handy. First though, you're going to have to find it which is not that difficult if you know where to search.
I'm sure the gear collectors for specifically the end game will absolutely love this as it's now going to become a whole lot easier to specifically get your hands on the protector set. If we quickly zoom in on our spawn, this is basically where we were able to find the trader Hildur and also the witch. These armors used to only drop from a specific target, the Kriegan with double axes, which were pretty difficult to come across. If we visited this mountains biome during that time, it could have very well pop up right here.
Now all the Kriegan have an equal chance of dropping both set molds, protector and vanguard. Simply sail from one island to the next if it has a mountains biome, it can already pop up on the map. Personally, I think this wasn't really necessary as we were able to find two full sets almost within one hour on a Yoten evasion while I saw many people really struggle with this. So keep your eyes open for this icon.
How to build it
They literally completed every single Mordecala in their world, also took care of many invasions and couldn't get their hands on any piece. I think from 500 m away. So, I guess this is great news for the majority of people because right now it's a little bit easier to get your hands on. Once you found it, I very much recommend you to slap down a portal so you have very quick access to it.
They didn't mention anything about increasing the drop chances. If you get lucky, it will pop up at a truly epic location. And this kind of makes me wonder if they're going to change things for the forge of potential soon as well. For us, it was at the peak of this mountain, I'd say a legendary site.
The RNG gambling machine that has a potential to make beautiful items or break them entirely. If you interact with it, you get to upgrade all the equipment you have with you. I made a video about that earlier which you can find in the top right of the screen. For all the weapons and tools, you're going to need battle idols.
Upgrades and requirements
But yeah, I think that one is still super unbalanced or not fun to play with in general. In this case, for the Frostfire Axe, a black metal battle idol found in the end game zones. And it feels downright bad, not fun at all as mechanic to basically lose it all. For the Thunder Blood Crossbow, a blood gold battle idol.
Share your opinion about this in the comments down below, but personally I think the forge of potential has so much more potential if you look at enchantment options in Valheim. Well, for all the armor, you're going to need protection idols. I mean, imagine being able to find different types of idols that can basically add specific enchantments to both your weapons and armor. The tools specifically, you're going to need the wooden ones.
An idol of fire aspect or something like that. So, you might be thinking, where exactly can I get my hands on these idols? So, you can guarantee it adds an fire enchantment to your weapon. Both the protection and battle idols.
Best practices
Or maybe an idol of upgrading that always upgrades your items to a higher level. Well, these basically pop up in random containers, chests across the world in different biomes. Heck, maybe even an idol of mystery that adds a random enchantment or upgrades your item, but always with a 100% success rate. The more challenging the zone, the better the idols.
Now, that in my opinion sounds like a super fun mechanic most people are going to absolutely love. The flametal and blood gold ones particular for the end game, while for example, from the earliest. If you have more suggestions for a better forge of potential, drop them in the comments down below. Open containers and you will have a chance of finding one inside.
Who knows the devs are watching and are taking notes. It's important to know that if your world already exists since pre-1.0, all the loot inside these was already predetermined if you get close to it. Anyways, another thing that I'm super happy about is that they fixed something that really broke my world. So, it will not contain the idols.
Tips
So, I mean, if we look at this Azed passage, and I'm very happy about the most recent fix to some serious performance issues on the world that literally caused ruptures on it. Well, if you're playing on a fresh world since 1.0, you can find them literally anywhere. It's great to hear that this is now fully fixed. Any workbench in the game can turn items to a maximum of tier or level four.
If you lost levels because of that, you can always roll back to your old save and essentially visit it on the most recent patch. After that, you're going to have to bring it to the forge. Take it off the armor stand and then it should have the right level. So, let's go gambling, ladies and gentlemen, as this is essentially what the forge of potential is all about.
A detailed explanation can be found in the patch notes as well. So, allow me to showcase the real RNG right here, because seriously, you can get lucky, but at the same time, it can also ruin everything entirely. It's pretty clear at this point that the devs are super allergic to cheaters. So, that, ladies and gentlemen, is the forge of potential.