Blades Of Fire: Forge Criptex Locations & Interactive Tracking Guide

In Blades of Fire, Forge Criptexes (or Forge Cryptexes) are artifacts that improve your Forge Affinity. Collecting these increases the maximum number of Forge Stars you can achieve during the blacksmithing minigame, allowing you to craft weapons with higher base stats and better reputation potential.


There are 14 Forge Criptexes hidden across the world. They are typically found in ornate chests tucked away in secret rooms or behind environmental puzzles.


Each Forge Criptex you find unlocks a specific Forge Star upgrade in your menu. These upgrades are weapon-specific. For example:


  • Path of Steel: Unlocks a Forge Star for Swords.
  • Whisper of Shadows: Unlocks a Forge Star for Daggers.
  • Flame of the Guardian: Unlocks a Forge Star for Spears and Greatswords.


To help you maximize your Forge Affinity, we made sure to mark the location of every Forge Criptex on our interactive maps for Blades of Fire. Feel free to use the links in the following table to navigate to their locations on our maps.

Name Details
Forge CriptexKar-Lethel Swamp

Found inside a chest halfway down the cave well. You can see the chest while near the rope, and you can drop from above to collect it.

Forge CriptexThe Crimson Fort

Found in the basement of the tower. After entering the tower, drop to the basement to find it.

Forge CriptexThe Egion's Abbey

Found at the base of the scaffolding by the wall.

Forge CriptexDoyen Graves

Found inside the chest in the tomb.

Forge CriptexThe Roggs Mountains

Close to Hurmuz’s statue. Use the amulet to blast the wall on the other side of the area and go in for the chest. There are Forger Sentinels nearby if you need to charge the amulet.


Location Submitted By: Cookiemaster

Forge CriptexBesacarr Hamlet

Found inside the chest in the basement of the large southeastern Besacarr Hamlet house. You can reach the cellar via the ladder on the upper level.

Forge CriptexThe Crimson Fort

Found in the chest inside the room behind the locked gate.

Forge CriptexDoyen Graves

Found on the upper level of the tower, at the end of a wooden platform you can reach by jumping over a gap.

Forge CriptexKar-Lethel Swamp

Found on a ledge under the wall, after climbing the rope past the shimmy point.

Forge CriptexThe Iron Castle

Found at the end of the corridor under the exterior wall. You can reach it by dropping through the hole in the floor of the upper wall.

Forge CriptexCentral Hiss Hall

Found in a chest on the balcony. You can reach it only via story progression after accessing the Central Hiss Hall through the northern entrance.

Forge CriptexThe City of Curved Stones

Found on the upper floor of a house. You can reach it after unlocking the Light Rune hidden entrance in the Watchtower Domain, via story progression.

Forge CriptexThe Roggs Mountains

Found inside Koko's dark lair, in a side cave behind a wall crack. You can reach it by descending the rope in the upper cave.

Forge CriptexCitadel of Tharas-Munda

Up, on a platform. To reach it, you have to use the Rope. To climb the rope, you must block the beam from the nearby statue to reflect it back and disable it.

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