forge marks?

[Ben Lubar]

how do I get more of them? I've only found one and it was between the starting claim and the harbor you initially arrive at

[TattedViking89]

I've found a few, like 3 or 4 before i got my crane truck, went back with my truck n got 2 of em. My question is, do they come back? Is there a set amount and are they all in the same spots or random like the bones? Hopefully someone has some concrete answers.

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Initially they are spawned at fixed locations, one as you exit the harbor and one close to Burnville on the islind there. Once you collect those, new ones will be spawning at random locations across the map. There are no more than 2 new buffstones on the map at any given time.

[dyonisth]

What is a "forge mark" ?

[Nyu]

Originally posted by dyonisth:

What is a "forge mark" ?

if you look the tooltip of the drill and harvester, you have buff icons, the first drills you buy are buffed, but when you craft it, you don't have them, unless you put forge mark in the recipe

[Jarlim]

Does anyone have anything solid on spawning rules? Do i need to sleep to spawn more, are they on a timer. The last achieve im grinding for is getting a negative mark forge, which is rough as i'm averaging around 2 hours per mark i find. Aside from that, any approximate % chance for good/bad forges?

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I had a bad one within first four i found. They spawn immediately after you melt one.
so there is always 2 iced marks in the world, if you collect two and keep them iced, no new will spawn. But as soon as you melt at least one new one will spawn somwhere. No timers no anything, its all up to your delivery speed and spawn luck. Buffs are baked into each mark so savescam at the forge wont help.

Edit: the best one i got so far is +2 +2, turned it into a T3 pickaxe, and its scary to use. Digs very fast and very wide. I wonder what +3 +3 looks like XD

[Fabimilo]

Originally posted by |||||||||||:

I had a bad one within first four i found. They spawn immediately after you melt one.
so there is always 2 iced marks in the world, if you collect two and keep them iced, no new will spawn. But as soon as you melt at least one new one will spawn somwhere. No timers no anything, its all up to your delivery speed and spawn luck. Buffs are baked into each mark so savescam at the forge wont help.

Edit: the best one i got so far is +2 +2, turned it into a T3 pickaxe, and its scary to use. Digs very fast and very wide. I wonder what +3 +3 looks like XD

Mostly correct but you don't to melt them to have new ones spawn. As soon as you pick up a Forge Mark, another new one spawns in the map. Most times I got like 4-5 in my Truck before I melt them. Had also one case were a new one spawned at the same location as where I just picked one up.

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Originally posted by Fabimilo:

Mostly correct but you don't to melt them to have new ones spawn.

I must be super unlucky then, i did actually try to find some more while already having two of them in the howler several times, but never succeeded. Thank you for correction, i will also verify this in creative mode just to be extra sure.

[LeDuck]

How do you see the stats on a forge mark before it's used in a recipe?

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Originally posted by LeDuck:

How do you see the stats on a forge mark before it's used in a recipe?

You dont, you just save manually before forging and check what it is, then reload.

[Jarlim]

Originally posted by LeDuck:

How do you see the stats on a forge mark before it's used in a recipe?

you dont, you just hope for the best

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Originally posted by Jarlim:

you dont, you just hope for the best

Could do that too. The way i do it, call me crazy, but i just save-check them, stockpile them in order at the forge and fill up an excell sheet with stats they have. So should i need some buffs in a pinch i have them ready. Also trying to save +3 +3 for heavy drills.

Is this cheating? Sure, maybe, call it what you want, its a sandbox so its whatever floats your boat type of situation.

Edit: on second thought i have no idea why it doesnt show stats on the mark right away. I think its like an element of surprise for more casual players maybe. But in all honesty if it would tell you right away what buffs you get, that would not change a single thing. Maybe it would even be better if it did. It would definately save some time and open up an extra decision making oportunity.

[Daz the Lemur]

Originally posted by |||||||||||:

Originally posted by LeDuck:

How do you see the stats on a forge mark before it's used in a recipe?

You dont, you just save manually before forging and check what it is, then reload.

Do you just throw them into the input crucible of the forge? Can you throw in multiple at once for better results or only one per craft?

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Yup, just dump them into the crucible along with regular mats. Ngl i did not try to dump the whole pan of marks in there XD but im pretty sure it wont work, and they wont stack. Just do one at a time.

[Ben Lubar]

Originally posted by |||||||||||:

Yup, just dump them into the crucible along with regular mats. Ngl i did not try to dump the whole pan of marks in there XD but im pretty sure it wont work, and they wont stack. Just do one at a time.

My first forge mark gave me +3/+0 so I assumed you needed two to get two stats but nope it just bounces like if you tried to put the wrong resource in if you try to drop a second forge mark in.