Is possible to forge good weapons?

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Since this game is heavily focused in loot I don't know what to do with all the weapons I have so must of time I disassemble it for the materials because I was thinking with that I will be able to forge good weapons. But most of the weapons to forge have "standart/normal" options and abilities.

So is possible to forge good weapons (maybe later on)? or the best way to get good weapons is defeating the revenants?

[Leon]

you can forge up to purple quality in first playthrough, as soon as you finish first play through you can forge divine gear, weapon/armor.

[Xorik]

"Forge" is not advised unless you are aiming for a specific set-bonus early on. For Way of the Strong and above, Forge does not give items with +Value. You might as well donate the items to your clan if you have it unlocked to obtain Glory and buy random rolls of specific weapons you prefer. The higher the rarity, the more Glory obtained from donating.

You can "Reforge" properties for a good weapon, but doing so mostly requires tempering to view specific rolls from a mostly randomly generated list of properties to choose from. This way, you don't need to spend tons of money and time rolling random properties over and over (because Team Ninja thought it'd be funny to add bonus damage against specific enemies as garbage rolls).

However, tempering requires Umbracite and its higher tiers to view more options per temper, and these are acquired at a slow rate early game since you can only obtain these through Twilight missions or co-op. Because of this, it is often suggested to not temper anything below Divine.

[Doc Holiday]

Problem with forging is that all my equipment has a +38 value next to it, and if I forge the new equipment comes with 0.

Maybe deeper in the abyss I will get something that will allow Soul Matching newly forged equipment to current + value of the other gears.

I need to stop co-oping and continue playing the abyss

[godsblade]

For most of the game the best way is to loot items. It is possible to forge good weapons, however there is a lot of cost involved and other sub-systems that might not make it worth it until you reach endgame. I would completely hold off from using DLC rare materials to craft until ethereal items drop or you want to stop playing.

I think the best times to forge are in NG+ or after you beat Way of the Nioh and reach floor 30+ of the abyss. Though in NG+ it is also fairly easy to obtain a good weapon without forging. The main reasons are that in NG+ there is a new item rarity, you can forge it quite easily, and there is an extra stat (+ values) that is easier to deal with in NG+ than NG++ and higher for forged items.

For endgame forging, it is mainly for when you want to min-max your build and choose which special effects end up on your weapon. There will be a lot of save-scumming though lol unless you're hardcore like that

Though early game forging does have some benefits, mainly the halved stats for forged gear. If you can get a smithing text for a set you want to use but don't have high enough stats for you can forge it and you will only need to meet half of the requirements. Also useful for min-maxing certain stats I guess

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Thanks for the info guys.
So forging weapons is for mostly endgame.