People love it when video games emulate real-life jobs or practices. Especially when they cut out all of the hassle and waiting of those jobs and deliver immediate and satisfying results. Few jobs ...

One recent evening, blacksmith Lisa Geertsen stood in the cavernous metalworking studio of Pratt Fine Arts Center in the Central District, heating a long steel bar in a blazing-hot forge. Satisfied ...

Scandinavian metallurgists recreate legendary damascene-patterned steels from atomized metal powders. Damascene steel is an advanced form of blacksmithing recognizable by the decorative pattern on the ...

Crafting the Ironhand in The Forge requires mining ores, using the forge station in Stonewake’s Cross, and completing the three-step forging minigame. Use the minimum ore recipe or mix better ores for ...