1. Heat — Click and hold to pump the bellows. Heat the metal into the golden zone on the temperature gauge. Too cold and it won't shape; too hot and it burns!
2. Hammer — A marker sweeps across a bar. Click when it's inside the target zone to strike. Each strike shrinks the zone. Perfect strikes boost quality!
3. Quench — The hot blade plunges into water. Click at the right moment to quench at the optimal temperature for maximum hardness.
Quality — Your performance across all three phases determines the item's quality grade: D, C, B, A, S. Better grades = more gold!
Upgrades — Spend gold to improve your forge: wider heat zones, bigger hammer targets, better quench timing, and more!