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Blightlands Blacksmith

Blightlands Blacksmith is a medieval fantasy blacksmithing simulator with exploration and combat elements. Mine, smelt, forge, assemble, grind, and rune-craft weapons to supply a legion cohort, and defend yourself as you delve into the mine for new materials. The cohort's success depends on you.

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Developer
Skald Software
Publisher
Skald Software
Release
June 7, 2023
3 years and 56 days ago
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Very Positive75 reviews80.0%

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About the Game

Features

  • Follow a fantasy smithing process from mining to rune-crafting, with every step affecting the appearance, quality, damage, and value of your weapons.
  • Explore a vast abandoned mine loaded with materials, enemies, and lore.
  • Drive the progress of the cohort (and game) by supplying weapons for scouting and battle.
  • Sell weapons to adventurers by matching your weapons to discovered locations and adventurer class.
  • Navigate the world in first person.

Forge the weapons you need

Enjoy the process of crafting mighty weapons with your own two hands. Smelting, forging, assembling, grinding, and rune-carving will all determine who will buy them, what they're worth, and what they're capable of slaying.

Use your weapons, don't just sell them

Fight your way through excavations overrun by enemies, and battle the evil that turned a mining province into the Blightlands. Strafe, combo, block, always remembering you need the right weapon for the job.

Design weapons from daggers to war-hammers

Choose from 8 classes of weapon, with thousands of possible variations of shape alone. Different materials alter durability and damage, and alloys can be made from any mined metal. Craft smaller scouting weapons to allow the legion to discover new locations, or larger weapons to enable the cohort to progress through the Blightlands.

Explore and gather

Seek out and find the materials you need in a vast abandoned mine. Use your trusty cart to store your ore, tools, weapons, and light as you navigate through the twisting tunnels.

Live life in the legion camp

Interact with the cohort, your fellow shop-keepers, and adventurers as you conduct your business in the civilian area of the camp. Trade with the cutler and quartermaster, gather rumors or seek healing at the tavern, and track your progress at the Banner Office.
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