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Final Fantasy 16 (FF16)
Blacksmith Guide: All Black Hammer Services
In Final Fantasy 16 (FF16), you can forge and upgrade equipment with the blacksmith, Blackthorne. Read on to find out what the blacksmith's services are, how to forge and upgrade weapons and armor in the game, and how to unlock the trophies.
Blacksmith Guide: All Black Hammer Services
Craft Weapons and Armor
You'll be able to forge weapons and armor by bringing materials to the blacksmith, Blackthorne in his forge, The Black Hammer.
Talk to Blackthorne and select the Forge dialogue option to bring up the Blacksmith menu. Under the Craft tab, select the desired equipment, make sure that you have enough materials, then hold the Craft button to forge the equipment.
Crafting Guide: All Crafting Recipes and Upgrades
Upgrade Weapons and Armor
You can also upgrade your equipment with the blacksmith under the Reinforce tab of the Blacksmith menu.
Under this tab, select the equipment you want to upgrade, make sure that you have enough materials, then hold the Reinforce buttton to upgrade the equipment.
How to Unlock the Blacksmith
Located in Cid's Hideaway
Blackthorne and the Black Hammer can be found in the game's central hub area, Cid's Hideaway, which is unlocked after progressing through the main quests and finishing the quest A Chance Encounter.
Check Notices for New Forging Recipes
When things change in the hideaway, you may receive a notice that Blackthorne has new forging recipes. In case you missed it, you can still spot a brown and gold icon on The Black Hammer which indicates that there's something new.
Everything You Can Do at Cid's Hideaway
Blacksmith and Crafting Trophies
Unlock Dressed to the Fives Trophy After Crafting 5 Pieces of Gear
 Bronze
|
Dressed to the Fives |
|---|---|
| Craft or upgrade 5 pieces of gear.
・Blacksmith and Weapon Crafting Guide |
The Dressed to the Fives trophy requires you to use the Blacksmith's services to forge or reinforce five pieces of weapons or armor in total.
Unlock Half Past Twilight Trophy After Crafting Gotterdammerung
 Silver
|
Half Past Twilight |
|---|---|
| Craft the legendary sword Gotterdammerung.
・How to Get Gotterdammerung |
Forging the Gotterdammerung will award you with the Half Past Twilight trophy.
Trophy List and Achievements Guide
Final Fantasy 16 (FF16) Related Guides
Everything You Can Do at Cid's Hideaway
All Cid's Hideaway Guides
| All Hideaway Features | |
|---|---|
 Arete Stone (Training & Arcade) |
 The Black Hammer (Blacksmith) |
 Charon's Toll (Shop) |
 Thousand Tomes (Loresman) |
 Orchestrion (Jukebox) |
 Patron's Whisper (Renown) |
 State of the Realm (Story Overview) |
 Hunt Board (Moogle Quests) |
| All Hideaway Guides | |
| How to Open Letters at the Reading Table | How to Get All Wall of Memory Items |
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