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The Forgefire is a close ranged weapon in Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds. It fires a close ranged attack that deals medium Fire damage and high Fire severity on impact and leaves a burning area that deals low Fire damage and severity over time. The improved version is capable of long range, Fireball-like projectiles called "Fire Bursters" which deals Explosive damage.

This weapon must be obtained by defeating a rogue Oseram, Ohlgrud, in the Cut's only Bandit Camp, Stone Yield, while the improved version can be obtained by bringing the base weapon to Varga and completing the quest Geared Up: Forgefire.

Both can be purchased from the Cut's special merchant afterwards.

Ammo[]

When fully upgraded, the Forgefire can hold up to 60 Firethrower charges and 12 Fireburster ammo.

Firethrower is basically a renamed flamethrower, with both versions of the weapon holding 20 charges at a time.

The Fire Burster is similar to a Fire Bellowback's fireball attack.

Numbered damage values are displayed from left to right from easiest to hardest difficulty, with Bold numbers being Normal. Elemental damage is only altered in Story and Ultra Hard.

Ammo Type Variant DamageDamage-Icon Elemental
Severity Fire-Icon
Firethrower Basic
Improved
Adept
N/A 113-75-38
Fire Burster Improved
Adept
720-225-180-162-144-126 150-100-50

Ammo and modification slots by variant[]

Variant Firethrower Fire Burster Mod Slots
Basic Firethrower 1
Improved Firethrower Fireburster 2
Adept Firethrower Fireburster 3

Acquisition details[]

Variant Sources Regular Cost Ultra Hard Cost Sell Value
Basic Stone Yield Bandit Camp N/A N/A MetalShardsTransparent 50
Bluegleam Merchants MetalShardsTransparent 800
1 Scorcher Lens
MetalShardsTransparent 4,000
2 Scorcher Lens
Improved Varga Bellowback Snout Bellowback Snout MetalShardsTransparent 100
Bluegleam Merchants MetalShardsTransparent 1,600
1 Fireclaw Heart
MetalShardsTransparent 8,000
2 Fireclaw Heart
Adept Varga Bellowback Snout Bellowback Snout MetalShardsTransparent 100
Bluegleam Merchants MetalShardsTransparent 3,200
1 Fireclaw Heart
50 Metal Vessel
MetalShardsTransparent 16,000
2 Fireclaw Heart
100 Metal Vessel

Trivia[]

  • The Forgefire's incomplete form seems to capable of melee combat, having a sort of bayonet beneath its barrel. The upgraded version by Varga seems to remove this unused feature. A similar situation can be seen with the Stormslinger and Icerail.
Horizon Zero Dawn Weapons
Ranged Weapons Blast Sling - Forgefire - Hunter Bow - Icerail - Rattler - Ropecaster - Sharpshot Bow - Sling - Stormslinger - Tearblaster - War Bow
Melee Weapons Spear - Sylens' Lance
Stealth Weapons Traps - Tripcaster
Heavy Weapons Deathbringer Gun - Disc Launcher - Firespitter - Firestriker - Mine Launcher - Oseram Cannon - Ravager Cannon
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