Weapons of the Forge

Every hero swings a hammer of some kind. The default Apprentice Hammer is balanced and forgiving. Later hammers trade balance for extremes: the Ember Maul deals more damage but slows your combo, and the Iron-Head Hammer favours knockback for crowd control.

Alongside the hammer, every hero carries a thrown implement: nails for Kawa, a hand-drum for Ember Warrior, a shield-toss for Shieldbearer. Throwables are limited-use but recover on every chapter checkpoint — perfect for interrupting a boss wind-up.

Weapons upgrade at forges scattered across the story, not at a merchant stall. You bring the metal you looted from chapters and the forge does the rest. This ties progression to exploration instead of to a currency grind.

Beyond raw upgrades, every weapon can wear a cosmetic skin from the Battle Pass rewards catalog. Skins are visual-only — they never change stats — and the admin dashboard lets us push new skins seasonally without a code release.