Update · 2026-09-26

Earlier unlocks, a forge that says what is next and nine Featured Packs

Idle Forge 1.10.0 moves the game's first features closer to the start, shows what a locked feature is before you reach it, and rebuilds the shop around nine Featured Packs.

Version 1.10.0 was published on Google Play on 26 September 2026 and released on the App Store on 29 September 2026.

Dungeons and forges open earlier

The Gold Vault opens at Forge Level 3 instead of 5, the Arcane Sanctum and the Arcane Forge at Forge Level 5 instead of 6, and the Ember Crypt and the Soul Forge at Forge Level 6 instead of 7. Contracts stay at Forge Level 7. Nothing was made faster or cheaper; the same features simply arrive sooner.

The forge says what is next

A line on the forge names the next feature it opens and the level that opens it. Tapping a locked feature now opens a preview that shows what the feature is, what it pays and how many forge levels are left to go.

Nine Featured Packs

The shop has nine Featured Packs: the Forge Supply Pack, Coinsmith's Cache, Arcane Satchel, Soul Reliquary, Forge Rush, Smith's Bounty, Arcane Reliquary, Grand Bounty and Grandmaster's Hoard. A pack goes on sale as soon as you can use everything in it. Two larger gem packs, the Gem Hoard and the Gem Trove, join the four below them. The single dungeon keys and the older packs have left the shop; anything already bought is unaffected, and every purchase stays optional.

The weekly ladder shows what it paid

Claiming a weekly ladder reward used to change one button's label. Places one to three now open their chest, and every other place sees its rewards fly to the counters that hold them.

A consumed soul gives everything back

A soul used as material in the Soul Forge now returns all the essence that was spent on it, so levelling the wrong soul no longer costs you that essence.

Auto Forge can save for the upgrade

A new switch in the Auto Forge popup, Reserve Forge Upgrade Coins, keeps automatic crafting away from the coins for your next forge upgrade. It is on for new players and off for existing saves, and crafting by hand can still spend every coin.

Rushing a forge upgrade costs more gems

Rushing a forge upgrade now costs 24 gems an hour instead of 8. Ability research and soul summons stay at 8 gems an hour.

Dungeon and sync fixes

Exit Dungeon works after a run has ended, a dungeon round no longer ends the run when its transition fails to clear, and a tap made while the game is syncing after a resume can no longer be undone behind your back.

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Idle Forge is a free blacksmith idle RPG for iOS and Android. Read more about what the game is, browse the other devlogs or the full changelog.