What to Know
- It will be possible to recycle weapons and armor, but not blueprints or consumables.
- Recycling is expected to return 50% of the ores (such as Gargantuan, Heavenite, etc.) used to craft the item.
- Implementing recycling aims to reduce wasted resources and ease the frustration of unpredictable RNG in forging.
Recycling in The Forge (Roblox) is an upcoming feature designed to help players reclaim part of the ores spent on crafting weapons and armor. Announced by the developers and currently in development, this system aims to reduce RNG frustration and make upgrading gear more resource-efficient.
Developer update
The Forge devs publicly acknowledged community feedback and confirmed that recycling is in development. They explained that early items didn’t track exact ore costs, so the system will calculate returns based on optimal values for items forged before the feature launches. The recycling process will also require a bit of gold to prevent abuse.
How Recycling will work (when released)
While specific in-game steps aren’t available yet, the core idea is:
- You’ll interact with a recycling NPC or station in the forge area.
- When you recycle a weapon or armor piece, it will be permanently removed from your inventory.
- You will receive half of each ore type that went into crafting it (rounded down if needed).
- Example:
If a weapon required 10 Gargantuan and 5 Heavenite to craft, recycling it would return about 5 Gargantuan and 2 Heavenite.
Why Recycling matters in The Forge
- Prevents total loss of ores when forging gear with unlucky RNG outcomes.
- Encourages experimentation with higher-tier gear without fear of waste.
- Helps players conserve valuable materials for future crafting.
What does it mean for you
Although the recycling system isn’t live yet, it’s officially in development and shaping up to be a major quality-of-life upgrade. Once released, it will make gear progression far more forgiving by letting you recover valuable ores from old equipment, instead of losing them permanently to RNG and upgrades.
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