Forging Weapons with Smithing Hammers & Anvils
Forging historical weapons requires specialized smithing stations, tailored striking hammers, and dedicated weapon grips rather than basic wooden crafting tables. Setting up a dedicated workshop allows weapon smiths to hammer raw ingots and nuggets into sharp bladed arms, maces, and polearms.
Constructing the Workshop Stations
A complete forging workshop relies on two core workstations: the carpenter workbench and the metallurgical forge.
- Workbench: Crafted by arranging two
Flint items flanking one 
Stick across the top row of a crafting grid, with five dark oak logs filling the middle and bottom rows. The workbench provides the carpentry base needed to carve grips and handles. - Forge: The foundational forging station crafted using one
Furnace, one 
Block of Iron, one 
Water Bucket, one Workbench, and four 
Iron Ingot bars. The quench bucket, anvil plate, and hearth built into the block provide the required thermal environment for weapon shaping. - Nether Forge: An advanced high-temperature forge required for endgame alloys. Crafted by combining one
Blast Furnace, one 
Block of Steel, one 
Blaze Rod, four 
Red Nether Bricks, and your existing Forge.
Crafting Smithing Hammers
Smithing hammers serve as the active striking implements across all forging operations. Each hammer tier is crafted using five material ingots in an inverted T-shape supported by two Stick handles:
Wooden Smithing Hammer: Assembled from five 
Oak Planks and two sticks.
Stone Smithing Hammer: Made from five 
Cobblestone blocks and two sticks.
Copper Smithing Hammer: Formed from five 
Copper Ingot bars and two sticks.
Iron Smithing Hammer: Crafted using five Iron Ingot bars and two sticks.
Golden Smithing Hammer: Made with five 
Gold Ingot bars and two sticks.
Diamond Smithing Hammer: Forged from five 
Diamond gems and two sticks.
Steel Smithing Hammer: Fabricated using five 
Steel Ingot bars and two sticks.
Netherite Smithing Hammer: Upgraded on a smithing table by combining one 
Smithing Template, one Diamond Smithing Hammer, and one 
Netherite Ingot.
Using higher-tier hammers dramatically accelerates forging cycles and ensures sufficient strike power to shape hardened metals.
Assembling Grips and Forging Weapons
Before striking metal into shape, smiths must prepare appropriate grips on the workbench:
Handle: Crafted by placing one 
Leather piece between two Stick items in a vertical column. This yields two insulated leather handles, which serve as the foundation for swords, daggers, rapiers, and katanas.- Long weapons such as spears, maces, halberds, and war hammers use an ordinary wooden Stick as their primary haft.
- For emergency defense, players can also craft a simple
Cudgel directly from one dark oak log and two sticks.
To forge any weapon, place the required metal ingot, a matching metal nugget, and the chosen handle or stick into the Forge interface. Striking the metal with an equipped smithing hammer draws out the blade or hammer head.
If you ever forge unwanted arms or acquire obsolete battlefield loot, metal weapons can be placed into a furnace or blast furnace to smelt them cleanly back into single ingots.