Alright, listen up. I jumped into The Forge as a regular player—didn't understand much, ran around with my Human, thinking "it's fine, I'll just level up." And then I got absolutely flattened by the first serious bosses, and I realized: the problem isn't the weapon or my skill, it's that I'm playing a race that simply doesn't exist as a combat unit in the endgame. From that moment, I started digging—mechanics, passives, reroll math, synergies. What you're reading right now isn't just another generic "level up and you'll be fine" post. It's a real breakdown of every race in the game with numbers, chances, and an honest answer to the question: who to keep and who to reroll without a second thought.
| Game Title: | The Forge |
|---|---|
| Game Genre: | Survival |
| Difficulty | Medium |
| Game Mode | PvE |
| Platform | PC, Mobile, Console |
| Session Length | 15-40 min |
| Age Rating | 9+ |
| Multiplayer | Yes |
| Donate (Robux): | Optional |
Many players jump into The Forge thinking that race is just a skin with a couple of bonuses. No. Race in this game is the foundation of your build, the multiplier for your DPS, and in some cases—the reason why you get stuck on the same boss for hours. The game has over a billion visits—it's a massive community, and most new players make the exact same mistake: they stay on Human for far too long.
The race system is built around RNG (Random Number Generation). This means your start is determined by randomness, but your progress is determined by choice. If you know what you're spending your rerolls on at the Wizard, you save both time and Robux. If you don't—you're just spinning the roulette wheel blind.
Both S-Tier races have a drop chance of 0.5%. Yes, you read that right. Half a percent. This is a design choice that separates the players who just play The Forge from those who live in The Forge.
Skills:
If you just want to obliterate everything that moves—Demon is your choice. Its passive Demonic Powers simultaneously boosts movement speed, physical damage, fire damage, and attack speed—all by a fixed +20%. This isn't a conditional 30-second buff. It's a permanently active multiplier that works with any weapon.
Backfire — when you take damage, there is a 25% chance to ignite the enemy. Combined with the 20% buff to fire damage, this starts hitting very hard even against tanky bosses.
Cursed Aura — constant AoE damage around you, equivalent to 10% of your weapon damage every second. You just stand there and deal damage. The better your weapon, the stronger the Aura. Demon scales with your progression, it never falls behind.
Devil's Finger: when dashing, there is a 20% chance to leave a circle of hellfire dealing 45% of your weapon damage. For aggressive players, this is free damage with every step.
Main takeaway: Demon isn't tied to a specific weapon type. It enhances everything. It is the best race in the game for combat—period.
Skills:
Angel takes the complete opposite approach compared to Demon. It's not about killing someone as fast as possible. It's about getting everything you need as fast as possible.
+25% Luck — a constant passive buff that directly impacts the drop rate of rare ores and forging success. Mathematically, you will reach endgame builds a quarter faster than any other race.
Wings completely rewrite the movement system: more stamina, higher jump, longer dash, lower ability cooldowns. For farming in procedurally generated caves, it feels like cheating.
Smite: every hit has a 50% chance to deal an additional 30% physical damage. You won't be an assassin, but it's enough to survive in combat. If your goal is to speedrun the economic part of the game, Angel is your pick.
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A-Tier races have a drop chance ranging from 1.5% to 12.5%. They are significantly more accessible than S-Tier, and if you don't want to spend countless rerolls or real money—this is your most realistic target zone.
Skills:
Golem is the guy you pick to survive everything trying to kill you. +30% max HP makes an immediate, noticeable difference. But the main feature is Stone Heart: every time you take damage, there's a 50% chance that damage is reduced by 25%. Every second enemy strike hits you weaker—mathematically, you live much longer.
Important note: the Heavy Hitter skill (+15% attack speed) only triggers with heavy weapons—like the Colossal Great Sword. If you want to take Golem seriously, build your forge around heavy blades. For new players without an S-Tier, this is one of the best available options.
Skills:
The base stats look bad: -10% to speed and stamina. You feel it in the early game. But it's compensated by +20% max HP and one of the most interesting mechanics in the game.
Bull's Fury: when your health drops below 50%, berserk mode activates automatically—the speed penalty disappears, and you gain +30% physical damage. The optimal strategy is to intentionally let the enemy deal initial damage to cross the threshold and dish out maximum DPS. A difficult race to master, but in the hands of an experienced player, it outputs some of the highest damage numbers in the game.
Skills:
Dragonborn provides the most balanced set of bonuses: a constant +20% HP and +12% physical damage. It doesn't surpass Demon in attack, nor does it outclass Golem in defense, but it performs equally well in both roles. Dragon's Breath—a 40% chance for an AoE attack dealing 30% of weapon damage—synergizes perfectly with any build. If you want an A-Tier without extra conditions or specific weapon requirements, go for Dragonborn.
Skills:
Shadow sacrifices 10% max HP in exchange for a minor boost to speed and damage. Its dodge passive, Phantom Step, sounds cool in theory—but the activation rate is so low that you barely notice the difference in practice. Meanwhile, the lack of survivability is heavily felt in tough fights. Don't choose Shadow unless you are purely hooked on the aesthetic.
Skills:
+15% HP and +10% physical damage sound decent. But -10% to stamina and speed with no passive to compensate for it is a massive problem. In fights where dodging is required, Orc will constantly eat hits. Fine for the early game, but turns into a dead end in the endgame.
Grants bonus damage to ore and a 5% chance for better forging. For mining—it makes sense. But combat efficiency is zero. In the endgame, where you need to kill tanky enemies, Dwarf is a burden. Not worth it.
Skills:
-15% HP hurts a lot. In exchange, you get +10% attack speed, but only with daggers. If you don't play exclusively with daggers, Goblin is useless. And even if you do, the health penalty is too massive to justify this choice in serious content.
Skills:
-25% HP is the highest health penalty among all races. Theoretically, there is a survival loop via regeneration and absorption, but practically—without a normal HP pool, you die before the regeneration even kicks in.
Skills:
Second Chance sounds like a lifesaver—dropping below 10% HP restores 50% of your health. However, this skill has a long cooldown timer, meaning in drawn-out raids it might be unavailable exactly when you need it most. Unreliable.
Skills:
Looks like a watered-down Angel without wings and without a proper Luck buff. For endgame farming, it is completely obsolete compared to Angel (+25% Luck vs +7%). There is no reason to stay on Elf if you have the means to reroll.
Drop chance is 25%—the highest in the game. And that's no accident. Human is the tutorial race the game gives you by default, and the very same game pushes you to change it.
Blessed grants 3% Luck and a slight XP boost in the early levels. For the first few hours, it's enough. For everything that comes after, it's catastrophically lacking. No combat multipliers, no offensive passives, no survival mechanics for hard fights.
The second you unlock the Wizard NPC—go and reroll. Don't wait, don't overthink it. Just go.
| Target | Tier | Chance | Avg. Rerolls Needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demon or Angel | S | 0.5% each | ~100 rerolls |
| Dragonborn | A | 1.5% | ~67 rerolls |
| Minotaur | A | 1.75% | ~57 rerolls |
| Golem | A | 12.5% | ~8 rerolls |
| Shadow | B | 6.0% | ~17 rerolls |
| Orc | B | 8.0% | ~13 rerolls |
| Human | D | 25.0% | Starter Race |
* Averages are just averages—RNG is RNG. You might get lucky on the 5th reroll, or you might hit 200 without luck. These numbers help you realistically estimate how many resources you're willing to invest.
The Forge is a game where math matters more than skill in the early stages. Knowing the drop chances and mechanics puts you one step ahead of the majority of players.
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