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Forge costs

What the Forge charges to upgrade an item, enchant it to a higher rarity, or upgrade a Valorplate Shard. Prices go by the item's tier — the game's internal item scale, shown on each item's own page — not by your level.

What “tier” is, and what an upgrade actually changes

The Forge never shows you a tier. It shows the upgrade rank, 0 to 5. Tier is the item's own power rung, separate from your character level, and it is what the price tables below are keyed on. These are the file's numbers, not a reading of the screen.

An upgrade does not change the item's tier. The tier bands in the tables are a price lookup: an item sits in one band for its whole life and gets dearer to upgrade the higher that band is.
Each rank reads the Primary Attribute one tier higher Datamined. Rank 1 is tier + 1, up to rank 5 at tier + 5. Nothing else on the item moves with the rank on its own.
Rank is gated by rarity. ranks 1, 2 need Common or better; ranks 3, 4, 5 need Rare or better. So the rank you can reach depends on the item, not on your materials.
An improved (gold) trait is read 100 tiers higher Datamined, and in this game that means exactly double: of the 160 rows the game's item-scaling table holds per rarityitemScaling, rows 101–160 are rows 1–60 with every number doubled (8,700 scaling values measured on this build). Which traits an upgrade improves is decided server-side and is UNKNOWN; only the three secondary slots the table whitelists are eligible.
Masterwork is the trait you choose at rank 5 Datamined. It is a slot of its own, not an improved version of a trait you already had — which is why a Masterwork line and an improved line are both drawn gold Datamined but mean different things.

A consequence worth stating: because the improved half only covers tiers 1–60, an item above tier 60 has no row for the game to read an improved trait from. The trait tables allow tiers up to 100, and the price bands below go that far too. Whether items between 61 and 100 exist is UNKNOWN: the tables disagree with each other and no test settles it.

Upgrading an item

Each upgrade is one rank, and each rank has its own price. Ranks 3 and above need a minimum rarity.

Weapon

Rank	Needs	Tier 1–10	Tier 11–20	Tier 21–30	Tier 31–40	Tier 41+
1	—	200 Electrum	600 Electrum	1,200 Electrum	2,000 Electrum	3,000 Electrum
2	—	400 Electrum 5 Sunsteel	1,200 Electrum 15 Sunsteel	2,400 Electrum 30 Sunsteel	4,000 Electrum 50 Sunsteel	6,000 Electrum 75 Sunsteel
3	Rare+	800 Electrum 10 Sunsteel 2 Incarnate Essence	2,400 Electrum 30 Sunsteel 6 Incarnate Essence	4,800 Electrum 60 Sunsteel 12 Incarnate Essence	8,000 Electrum 100 Sunsteel 20 Incarnate Essence 2 Orb of Oblivion	12,000 Electrum 150 Sunsteel 30 Incarnate Essence 4 Orb of Oblivion
4	Rare+	1,600 Electrum 1 Dragonsteel 4 Incarnate Essence	4,800 Electrum 3 Dragonsteel 12 Incarnate Essence	9,600 Electrum 6 Dragonsteel 24 Incarnate Essence	16,000 Electrum 10 Dragonsteel 40 Incarnate Essence 4 Orb of Oblivion	24,000 Electrum 15 Dragonsteel 60 Incarnate Essence 6 Orb of Oblivion
5	Rare+	3,000 Electrum 2 Dragonsteel 4 Primal Quintessence	9,000 Electrum 6 Dragonsteel 12 Primal Quintessence	18,000 Electrum 12 Dragonsteel 24 Primal Quintessence	30,000 Electrum 20 Dragonsteel 40 Primal Quintessence 6 Orb of Oblivion	45,000 Electrum 30 Dragonsteel 60 Primal Quintessence 10 Orb of Oblivion

Talisman, Ring, Amulet, Charm

Rank	Needs	Tier 1–10	Tier 11–20	Tier 21–30	Tier 31–40	Tier 41+
1	—	150 Electrum	450 Electrum	900 Electrum	1,500 Electrum	2,250 Electrum
2	—	300 Electrum 3 Sunsteel	900 Electrum 11 Sunsteel	1,800 Electrum 22 Sunsteel	3,000 Electrum 37 Sunsteel	4,500 Electrum 56 Sunsteel
3	Rare+	600 Electrum 7 Sunsteel 1 Incarnate Essence	1,800 Electrum 22 Sunsteel 4 Incarnate Essence	3,600 Electrum 45 Sunsteel 9 Incarnate Essence	6,000 Electrum 75 Sunsteel 15 Incarnate Essence 1 Orb of Creation	9,000 Electrum 112 Sunsteel 22 Incarnate Essence 2 Orb of Creation
4	Rare+	1,200 Electrum 1 Dragonsteel 3 Incarnate Essence	3,600 Electrum 2 Dragonsteel 9 Incarnate Essence	7,200 Electrum 4 Dragonsteel 18 Incarnate Essence	12,000 Electrum 7 Dragonsteel 30 Incarnate Essence 2 Orb of Creation	18,000 Electrum 11 Dragonsteel 45 Incarnate Essence 3 Orb of Creation
5	Rare+	2,250 Electrum 1 Dragonsteel 3 Primal Quintessence	6,750 Electrum 4 Dragonsteel 9 Primal Quintessence	13,500 Electrum 9 Dragonsteel 18 Primal Quintessence	22,500 Electrum 15 Dragonsteel 30 Primal Quintessence 4 Orb of Creation	33,750 Electrum 22 Dragonsteel 45 Primal Quintessence 5 Orb of Creation

Consumable, Potion, Bomb, Banner

Rank	Needs	Tier 1–10	Tier 11–20	Tier 21–30	Tier 31–40	Tier 41+
1	—	150 Electrum	450 Electrum	900 Electrum	1,500 Electrum	2,250 Electrum
2	—	300 Electrum 3 Sunsteel	900 Electrum 11 Sunsteel	1,800 Electrum 22 Sunsteel	3,000 Electrum 37 Sunsteel	4,500 Electrum 56 Sunsteel
3	Rare+	600 Electrum 7 Sunsteel 1 Incarnate Essence	1,800 Electrum 22 Sunsteel 4 Incarnate Essence	3,600 Electrum 45 Sunsteel 9 Incarnate Essence	6,000 Electrum 75 Sunsteel 15 Incarnate Essence 1 Orb of Creation	9,000 Electrum 112 Sunsteel 22 Incarnate Essence 2 Orb of Creation
4	Rare+	1,200 Electrum 1 Dragonsteel 3 Incarnate Essence	3,600 Electrum 2 Dragonsteel 9 Incarnate Essence	7,200 Electrum 4 Dragonsteel 18 Incarnate Essence	12,000 Electrum 7 Dragonsteel 30 Incarnate Essence 2 Orb of Creation	18,000 Electrum 11 Dragonsteel 45 Incarnate Essence 3 Orb of Creation
5	Rare+	2,250 Electrum 1 Dragonsteel 3 Primal Quintessence	6,750 Electrum 4 Dragonsteel 9 Primal Quintessence	13,500 Electrum 9 Dragonsteel 18 Primal Quintessence	22,500 Electrum 15 Dragonsteel 30 Primal Quintessence 4 Orb of Creation	33,750 Electrum 22 Dragonsteel 45 Primal Quintessence 5 Orb of Creation

Augment

Rank	Needs	Tier 1–10	Tier 11–20	Tier 21–30	Tier 31–40	Tier 41+
1	—	100 Electrum	300 Electrum	600 Electrum	1,000 Electrum	1,500 Electrum
2	—	200 Electrum 2 Sunsteel	600 Electrum 7 Sunsteel	1,200 Electrum 15 Sunsteel	2,000 Electrum 25 Sunsteel	3,000 Electrum 37 Sunsteel
3	Rare+	400 Electrum 5 Sunsteel 1 Incarnate Essence	1,200 Electrum 15 Sunsteel 3 Incarnate Essence	2,400 Electrum 30 Sunsteel 6 Incarnate Essence	4,000 Electrum 50 Sunsteel 10 Incarnate Essence 1 Orb of Eternity	6,000 Electrum 75 Sunsteel 15 Incarnate Essence 1 Orb of Eternity
4	Rare+	800 Electrum 1 Dragonsteel 2 Incarnate Essence	2,400 Electrum 1 Dragonsteel 6 Incarnate Essence	4,800 Electrum 3 Dragonsteel 12 Incarnate Essence	8,000 Electrum 5 Dragonsteel 20 Incarnate Essence 2 Orb of Eternity	12,000 Electrum 7 Dragonsteel 30 Incarnate Essence 2 Orb of Eternity
5	Rare+	1,500 Electrum 1 Dragonsteel 2 Primal Quintessence	4,500 Electrum 3 Dragonsteel 6 Primal Quintessence	9,000 Electrum 6 Dragonsteel 12 Primal Quintessence	15,000 Electrum 10 Dragonsteel 20 Primal Quintessence 2 Orb of Eternity	22,500 Electrum 15 Dragonsteel 30 Primal Quintessence 4 Orb of Eternity

Enchanting to a higher rarity

Step	Tier 1–10	Tier 11–20	Tier 21–30	Tier 31–40	Tier 41+
Uncommon → Rare	500 Electrum 5 Sunsteel	1,500 Electrum 15 Sunsteel	3,000 Electrum 30 Sunsteel	5,000 Electrum 50 Sunsteel	7,500 Electrum 75 Sunsteel
Rare → Epic	1,000 Electrum 10 Sunsteel 1 Dragonsteel	3,000 Electrum 30 Sunsteel 3 Dragonsteel	6,000 Electrum 60 Sunsteel 6 Dragonsteel	10,000 Electrum 100 Sunsteel 10 Dragonsteel	15,000 Electrum 150 Sunsteel 15 Dragonsteel
Epic → Legendary	2,000 Electrum 20 Sunsteel 3 Dragonsteel	6,000 Electrum 60 Sunsteel 10 Dragonsteel	12,000 Electrum 120 Sunsteel 20 Dragonsteel	20,000 Electrum 200 Sunsteel 33 Dragonsteel	30,000 Electrum 300 Sunsteel 50 Dragonsteel

Upgrading a Valorplate Shard

Rank	Shards needed	Cost
1	0	1,000 Electrum 10 Sunsteel
2	2	2,000 Electrum 10 Incarnate Essence
3	4	5,000 Electrum 20 Incarnate Essence
4	8	20,000 Electrum 50 Fragment of Divinity
5	12	40,000 Electrum 100 Fragment of Divinity

Sources

Upgrading: craftingUpgrade · Enchanting: craftingEnchant · Shards: craftingRuneUpgrade, read bytools/extract_resources.py Datamined
Rarity names: rarities · resource names: the game's own string table