Mystic Forge

Mystic Forge

Location

Arborstone
(Cantha)
Thousand Seas Pavilion
(Cantha)
Bay of Elon
(Crystal Oasis)
Outer Ring
(The Wizard's Tower)
Trader's Forum
(Lion's Arch)
Trader's Forum
(Memory of Old Lion's Arch)
Green Alpine Garrison
(Green Alpine Borderlands)
Stoic Rampart
(Red Desert Borderlands)
Blue Alpine Garrison
(Blue Alpine Borderlands)
Stonemist Castle
(Eternal Battlegrounds)
Armistice Bastion
(The Mists)

Interact

Yes

Destructible

No

Other images

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The Mystic Forge user interface

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The Mystic Forge upgrades equipment, raises the tier of crafting materials, and produces precursor and legendary weapons. The forge can be accessed from major hubs throughout Tyria.

— Level 69 rewards.

The Mystic Forge is a special crafting station with access points in various locations. It functions slightly differently compared to other crafting stations, as all its recipes are unlocked automatically and not viewable in-game. Instead, the recipes are left for the players to discover and follow manually.

The Mystic Forge is the entrance to the Elonian djinn Zommoros' realm, a pocket dimension housing the djinn's many riches. Zommoros' attendant, Miyani, found next to the Mystic Forge in Lion's Arch, provides information about Zommoros and sells recipes and items used in the Forge.

The Mystic Forge has a wide variety of recipes and is best known for its ability to upgrade the rarity of equipment, promote crafting materials, and create legendary weapons; in particular, it is a popular source of crafting precursor weapons. Due to the probabilistic nature of some recipes, the Mystic Forge also serves a role in the game economy as a gold and material sink.

The known recipe lists have been divided into the following subpages:

• Equipment: Exotic and legendary weapons, trinkets, backpieces and infusions.
• Material Promotion: Crafting material promotion.
• Miscellaneous: Miniatures and tonics.

Locations

Miyani is only found at the Lion's Arch location. The other permanent locations have a Mystic Forge Attendant, who offers the same services.

Cantha

• Thousand Seas Pavilion (Only accessible with a Thousand Seas Pavilion Pass)
• Arborstone

Crystal Desert

• Crystal Oasis
  • Bay of Elon
    • Lily of the Elon (Only accessible with an Invitation to "Lily of the Elon"; forge here is on a separate platform, accessible via the southern teleporter on the lower level or by flying)

Heart of Maguuma

• Verdant Brink
  • Noble Ledges
    • Noble's Folly (Only accessible with a Noble's Folly Pass)

Horn of Maguuma

• The Wizard's Tower
  • Outer Ring

Kryta

• Divinity's Reach
  • Plaza of Balthazar
    • Royal Terrace (Only accessible with a Royal Terrace Pass)
• Gendarran Fields
  • Snowblind Peaks
    • Havoc's Heir (Only accessible with a Captain's Airship Pass)
• Lion's Arch
  • Trader's Forum
    • Mystic Plaza

• Memory of Old Lion's Arch
  • Trader's Forum (Only accessible with Lion's Pride)

Ring of Fire

• Ember Bay
  • Osprey Pillars
    • Lava Lounge (Only accessible with a Lava Lounge Pass)

The Mists

• Armistice Bastion (Only accessible with an Armistice Bastion Pass)
• Heart of the Mists
  • Champion's Rest (Only accessible with a Champion's Rest Pass (2 weeks))
• Mistlock Sanctuary (Only accessible with a Mistlock Sanctuary Passkey)
• World versus World
  • Blue Alpine Borderlands
    • Blue Alpine Garrison
  • Eternal Battlegrounds
    • Stonemist Castle (On the uppermost floor)
  • Green Alpine Borderlands
    • Green Alpine Garrison
  • Red Desert Borderlands
    • Stoic Rampart

Other

• The forge can be accessed from anywhere in Tyria by using a Mystic Forge Conduit or a Node.

Historical locations

Kryta

• Bloodtide Coast
  • Vigil Keep (during Escape from Lion's Arch until Festival of the Four Winds 2014)
• Lion's Arch
  • Western Ward
    • Mystic Plaza (during Festival of the Four Winds 2014 until Lion's Arch was rebuilt)

Item combination

The Mystic Forge can be used to combine four items of equipment into one item of equal or higher quality. The mechanics of item combination depends on what kind of items are being combined. There is a roughly 20% chance of receiving an item of higher quality or tier.

Equipment

Four pieces of equipment of the same quality can be combined in the forge. The input can be weapons, armor, trinkets, or any combination thereof (except for exotic gear where all 4 items must be of the same type). The output will be as specific as the input is. For example, if only weapons are used, the result is always a weapon. Similarly, starting with four medium helmets guarantees ending up with a medium helmet. In addition, the output equipment will be 3-12 levels higher than the average of the levels of the four pieces of input equipment, except for exotic weapons or armor averaging L75 or better, in which case there is a chance of ending up with L75-80 weapons or armor respectively. There is also a roughly 20% chance of receiving a higher quality item. Transforming equipment into a higher tier only works for Rare (yellow) and below. Exotic equipment (orange) and above do not get transformed into higher tier equipment. There is also a chance of producing soul-bound equipment sold by Karma Merchants.

Universal upgrades

Any four universal upgrades of the same rarity can be combined in the Mystic Forge, regardless of item tier; the average of the tiers affects the output, for example three tier 3 items and one tier 2 item will most likely return a tier 3 item. When combined the mystic forge will return upgrades of the same tier, with a 20% chance of returning upgrades of the next higher tier. Regardless of the input, the chance of receiving a medal or a gemstone is roughly equal. The chance of receiving a doubloon with any type of input is approximately 5%.

Tier	Gemstones	Medals	Doubloons
1	Pebbles	—	Copper Doubloon
2	Nuggets	Marks	Silver Doubloon
3	Lumps	Talismans	Gold Doubloon
4	Shards	Seals	Platinum Doubloon
5	Crystals	Medallions	—
6	Orbs	Crests	—

Sigils and runes

You use the forge to combine four runes or four sigils of the same rarity (either all masterwork, or all rare); it does not accept a mixture of the two types. Combining runes has a chance of returning account bound runes of the types that are found in Dungeons, for example, Superior Rune of the Monk. Superior runes and sigils cannot be combined in the mystic forge at all, but are used in some specific recipes, such as gifts.

You can combine 10 Piles of Lucent Crystal, a Symbol of Control, a Symbol of Enhancement and a Symbol of Pain to receive a random superior sigil, or 10 Piles of Lucent Crystal, a Charm of Brilliance, a Charm of Potence and a Charm of Skill to receive a random superior rune.

For a possible list of sigils and runes that can be output by the mystic forge, see Mystic Forge/Sigils and Runes.

Materials

Primary article: /Material Promotion

The mystic forge can be used to promote crafting materials to a higher tier using ingredients depending on the target tier.

Common crafting materials

Common crafting materials are promoted using piles of dust and Philosopher's Stones. The promotion yields 40 to 200 for tiers 2-5 and 10 to 40 for tier 6. Due to irregularities in the tier structure for ores and ingots, the recipe will vary from the generic formula and the recipe on the main article should be inspected before attempting. The generic formulas are as follows:

State	Result	Ingredients
Raw	Tier n materials	250 x tier n-1 materials	1 x tier n material	5 x tier n dust	n-1 x philosopher's stones
Refined	Tier n materials	250 x tier n-1 materials	1 x tier n material	5 x tier n dust	2(n-1) x philosopher's stones

Fine crafting materials

Fine crafting materials are promoted using piles of dust and Philosopher's Stones. The promotion yields 7 to 40 for tiers 2-5 and 5 to 12 for tier 6. The generic formula is as follows:

Result	Ingredients
Tier n materials	50 x tier n-1 materials	1 x tier n material	5 x tier n dust	n-1 x philosopher's stones

Piles of dust

Piles of dust are promoted using Mystic Crystals and Philosopher's Stones. The promotion yields 40 to 200 for tiers 2-5 and 6 to 40 for tier 6. The generic formula is as follows:

Result	Ingredients
Tier n dust	250 x tier n-1 dust	1 x tier n dust	n-1 x Mystic Crystals	n-1 x philosopher's stones

Charms and symbols

3 symbols and a Philosopher's Stone forge a random symbol. 3 charms and a Philosopher's Stone forge a random charm.

Rare crafting materials

Rare crafting materials are promoted using two different recipes. The first combines two of a lower tier into one of a higher tier. The second combines multiple of a lower tier into half the amount of a higher tier. The generic recipes are as follows:

Recipe	Result	Ingredients
Two to One	Tier n material	2 x tier n-1 materials	1 x tier n dust	1 x Bottle of Elonian Wine	1 x Mystic Crystal
Multiple	6-n Tier n materials	12-2n x tier n-1 materials	1 x tier n dust	1 x Mystic Binding Agent	1 x Mystic Crystal

An example: 2 Destroyer Cores + 1 Crystalline Dust + 1 Elonian Wine + 1 Mystic Crystal turns into 1 Destroyer Lodestone.

Ascended crafting materials

Unlike other crafting materials, GAscended materials from the Fractals of the Mists can be both promoted and demoted.

Promotion

Item	Rarity	Ingredients
Shard of Crystallized Mists Essence	GAscended	5 Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence 1 Glob of Ectoplasm 1 Mystic Coin 1 Pile of Crystalline Dust
Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence	GAscended	5 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence 1 Glob of Ectoplasm 1 Mystic Coin 1 Pile of Crystalline Dust

Demotion

Salvage kits used in recipes must have their full number of uses remaining.

Item	Rarity	Ingredients
Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence (x3)	GAscended	1 Mystic Coin 1 Pile of Crystalline Dust 1 Shard of Crystallized Mists Essence 1 Master's Salvage Kit
Vial of Condensed Mists Essence (x3)	GAscended	1 Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence 1 Master's Salvage Kit 1 Mystic Coin 1 Pile of Crystalline Dust

Mystic Clovers

Mystic Clovers are a component of the Gift of Fortune, Mystic Tribute, Gift of Prosperity, Gift of Competitive Prosperity and Gift of War Prosperity, which are used to craft legendary equipment. Both recipes have a 33% chance to yield Mystic Clovers, otherwise they will yield tier 6 materials and other items.

Item	Rarity	Ingredients
Mystic Clover	HLegendary	1 Obsidian Shard 1 Mystic Coin 1 Glob of Ectoplasm 6 Philosopher's Stone
Mystic Clover (x10)	HLegendary	10 Obsidian Shard 10 Mystic Coin 10 Glob of Ectoplasm 10 Mystic Crystal

Equipment and upgrade components

Primary article: Mystic Forge/Equipment

The Mystic Forge can be used to make many FExotic weapons, trinkets, back items, and infusions, as well as HLegendary equipment.

Ascended equipment prefix change

GAscended quality weapons and armor can be replaced with similar items that include different attribute bonuses. A new ascended item is generated in this process and the old item is destroyed, along with any skin transmutation and any upgrade components slotted in it. The later of which may be removed by means of an Upgrade Extractor or similar items beforehand.

Warning:

Putting crafted ascended precursors through this process will destroy the precursor, giving you a generic (non-precursor) ascended back. This also applies to items acquired through collections.

Item	Ingredients
Ascended weapon	1   Original ascended weapon 1   FExotic inscription for the desired stats 5 Glob of Ectoplasm 1 Anthology of Heroes
Ascended armor	1   Original ascended armor 1   FExotic insignia for the desired stats 5 Glob of Ectoplasm 1 Anthology of Heroes

• Note: Intact Mosaic can be used instead of the Insignia/Inscription to craft ascended Grieving equipment

Gifts

Primary article: Gift

Gifts are Mystic Forge materials used for crafting legendary and other special weapons.

Recipe sheets

These recipes do not produce the respective items; instead, they produce a recipe sheet for the appropriate crafting discipline.

Bulk

Item	Ingredients
Recipe: Box / Satchel of armor	1-5 Bottle of Elonian Wine 1-50 Mystic Coin 4-20 Mystic Crystal 1   Crafted chest armor
Recipe: Tray / Feast of food	6-17 Bottle of Elonian Wine 17-50 Mystic Coin 9-20 Mystic Crystal 1   Dessert or meal (chef rating 100+)

• The amount of ingredients required for recipe sheets depends on the rating of the item. For example, for a chef rating 200 recipe sheet you need 9 Bottles of Elonian Wine, 12 Mystic Crystals and 26 Mystic Coins. See Armor in bulk and Feast (food) for the precise amounts.
• Boxes/satchels of armor grant the entire set of armor. They cost the same amount of materials to create as crafting the pieces individually would.
• Trays/feasts of food are items that, when placed in the world, grant a food buff to all who interact with them. They cost 10 pieces of the food to craft and provide bonuses that last twice as long as the individual pieces of food.

Halloween recipe sheets

Item	Rarity	Ingredients
Recipe: Gift of the Moon	FExotic	40 Bottle of Elonian Wine 10 Candy Corn Cob 10 Pile of Crystalline Dust 10 Gibbering Skull
Recipe: Gift of Souls	FExotic	40 Bottle of Elonian Wine 10 Candy Corn Cob 10 Pile of Crystalline Dust 10 Tyria's Best Nougat Center
Recipe: Gift of Spiders	FExotic	40 Bottle of Elonian Wine 10 Candy Corn Cob 10 Pile of Crystalline Dust 10 High-Quality Plastic Fangs

Siege weapon blueprints

Siege weapons used in World versus World can be upgraded into more powerful versions that require more supply to build.

Item	Rarity	Ingredients

Miscellaneous

Salvage kits used in recipes must have their full number of uses remaining.

Item	Rarity	Ingredients
Mystic Salvage Kit	ERare	1 Fine Salvage Kit 1 Journeyman's Salvage Kit 1 Master's Salvage Kit 3 Mystic Forge Stone
Booster Multipack	DMasterwork	1 Experience Booster 1 Karma Booster 1 Magic Find Booster 1 Leather Bag

Miniatures

Primary article: Mystic Forge/Miscellaneous#Miniatures

Certain miniatures are exclusive to the Mystic Forge.

Tonics

Primary article: Mystic Forge/Miscellaneous#Tonics

Tonics for specific creatures and some endless tonics can be made in the Mystic Forge.

Removed recipes

Primary article: Mystic Forge/Miscellaneous#Removed recipes

Periodically, temporary recipes are introduced to the game to help reduce oversupply of items from the economy. These recipes are removed from the game when they are no longer needed.

Gallery

Variations in Lion's Arch

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  Original appearance before Lion's Arch was rebuilt

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  Miyani and the Mystic Forge while they were temporarily located in Western Ward

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  During Halloween

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  During Wintersday

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  During Dragon Bash

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  During Escape from Lion's Arch and Battle for Lion's Arch

Mystic Forges outside of Lion's Arch

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  Eternal Battlegrounds

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  Desert Borderlands

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  Royal Terrace

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  Lounges

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  Lily of the Elon

Halloween transformations

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Visual Bug in Old Lion's Arch

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Notes

• Splitting stacks in your inventory while using the mystic forge does not show the new stacks, prompting you to reuse the forge again.
• As of the 2022-10-18 game update, items in your account bank are visible and available for use in the Mystic Forge interface.
  • These items are marked with a bag icon in the list.
  • Even equipment that is soul-bound to another character can be added from the bank to the mystic forge this way.
• As of the January 31, 2023 game update items in hidden bags are not available for use in the Mystic Forge interface.

Bugs:

• Sometimes a recipe is not recognized by the Mystic Forge UI, even though the ingredients are correct. To get around this issue you can try:
  • Putting the ingredients in different orders.
  • Closing and reopen the mystic forge.
  • Reloading the map
  • Loading a different character
  • Using a different mystic forge source/station.
• The Mystic Forge accepts the following recipes, but nothing is produced and no materials are consumed upon pressing Forge:
  • 1 Exotic staff, 1 Ectoplasmic Stone, 1 Anthology of Heroes and 250 Elder Wood Plank
  • 1 Exotic rifle, 1 Ectoplasmic Stone, 1 Anthology of Heroes and 100 Evergreen Lodestone

Anomaly:

Various trinkets (such as the "riddles") from Path of Fire Specialization Collections can be placed in the Forge but do not have any valid combinations.

Trivia

• The Mystic Forge (and its associated Mystic Plaza point of interest) was originally located in the center of Trader's Forum in Lion's Arch.
  • During the Escape from Lion's Arch, the forge was moved to Vigil Keep in Gendarran Fields, along with most other services from Lion's Arch.
  • During the Festival of the Four Winds 2014, services were returned to Lion's Arch, but in new locations; the forge was relocated to the Western Ward, along with its related POI.
  • When Lion's Arch was rebuilt in 2015, the Mystic Forge was moved to its current location in the Trader's Forum.
• A common nickname for the forge is "Mystic Toilet," from the phrase "flushing one's money down the toilet" — the forge's random results quite often produce an item of lesser value than the input items, thus making players feel like they have wasted their money.
• Stepping into the Mystic Forge in Lion's Arch temporarily changes your character to appear as the Thaumanova Anomaly. Getting closer to the center will apply the Petrified effect, before kicking you out. This effect can be countered by using stability, allowing the player to stay inside the Mystic Forge for longer than usual.
  • Completing Burden of Choice will result in a different appearance when transformed by the Mystic Forge. The usual humanoid anomaly will be replaced with a new version using the character as a base, colored with an orange or blue hue depending on the choice.
• During the seasonal Halloween event, the Mystic Forge is replaced by a giant cauldron. Characters who enter it (or are thrown in by the Mad King) are temporarily transformed into random Halloween creatures with Costume Brawl skills.
• The Mythwright Gambit raid takes place within the Mystic Forge.
• In Old Lion's Arch, it's possible when angling the camera correctly to see Zommoros' name appear inside the Mystic Forge. Whether this was a bug or easter egg is unknown.