The Forge Ore Trait Tier List – Best Weapon & Armor Recipes

Updated on December 5, 2025: Heavily overhauled the tier list for both the mid-game and late-game. The tier list is designed for the mid-game while the best Armor and Weapon recipes are for the late-game.

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.

Best Ore Traits in The Forge (Mid-Game)

This The Forge Ore tier list is specialized for the mid-to-late game. Darkryte and Demonite get better in the end-game and you can check out how to use them below the tier list. As for the tier list, it’s all about mid-game crafting the best Armor and 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 for mid-game. 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.

Best Runes: Once you craft the best gear, our best runes guide will show you which ones to use.

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

Related: The Forge Money Farm Guide

A-Tier Ore Traits

Ores & Traits	Ranking Reason	Effect
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
Mythril (Armor) Legendary 1/813 Basalt Vein 3.5x	Weaker than Obsidian but still a must-have More health is too good to pass up	15% extra defense on Armor
Fireite (Weapon) Legendary 1/2187 Volcanic Rock 4.5x	A single-target Magmaite with a lower multiplier and lower proc-chance Still really good for the single-target burn damage	20% burn for 2 seconds with 30% chance on-hit on Weapons

B-Tier Ore Traits

Ores & Traits	Ranking Reason	Effect
Darkryte (Armor) Mythical 1/5555 Volcanic Rock 6.3x	Not a huge fan of Darkryte early since it’s difficult to farm and you need lots of it to make it worthwhile It’s a much better Ore for late-game That said it has value for those moments when you do make mistakes and you get lucky I would only use it as a 10% slot for a bit of dodge chance so that you can get lucky when making mistakes	Armor Only: Upon taking damage, there is 15% chance to turn into a shadow to dodge the attack

C-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 it’s to expensive for the mid-game And this ore requires you to take damage to be good Reapers and Deathaxes deal so much damage that it’s not worth having it You want to focus on Parry and Dodge so effects that are always active are better That said late game it’s the best Ore for the high multiplier for both Weapons and Armor	20% burn for 2 seconds with 15% chance on-hit & 25% chance to burn the enemy when damage is taken

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

Best Armor Recipe in The Forge (Late Game)

Darkryte becomes really strong in the late game where you have plenty for a lot of dodge chance. You’ll get your DPS from Demonite and HP from Obsidian/Mythril. Until you get to that point just use Obsidian and Mythril with Eye Ore for DPS. Here’s the full recipe for the best armor in The Forge.

Late Game Armor

Mid Game Armor

Check out our Forge Crafting Guide if you need a refresher on crafting mechanics.

Best Weapon Recipe in The Forge (Late Game)

For Weapons, don’t go for Colossal Swords before the late game unless it is for farming money by crafting and selling them. Colossal Swords have the highest DPS but they are best for late-game. Here’s a full breakdown of what to use when and how to craft the best Weapon in The Forge.

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.