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 also deal Impact 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 20 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 | Damage
|
Elemental Severity 
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Firethrower | BasicFW ImprovedFW AdeptFW NG+ |
N/A | 113-75-38 |
| Fire Burster | ImprovedFW AdeptFW NG+ |
720-225-180-162-144-126 | 150-100-50 |
Ammo and Modification Slots by Variant
| Variant | Firethrower | Fire Burster | Mod Slots |
|---|---|---|---|
| BasicFW | 
|
1 | |
| ImprovedFW |
|
|
2 |
| AdeptFW NG+ |
|
|
3 |
Acquisition Details
| Variant | Sources | Regular Cost | Ultra Hard Cost | Sell Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BasicFW | Stone Yield Bandit Camp | N/A | N/A | Unknown |
| Bluegleam Merchants |  8001 Scorcher Lens |
4,000 2 Scorcher Lens | ||
| ImprovedFW | Varga | Bellowback Snout | Bellowback Snout | 100
|
| Bluegleam Merchants | 1,600 1 Fireclaw Heart |
8,000 2 Fireclaw Heart | ||
| AdeptFW NG+ | Varga | Bellowback Snout | Bellowback Snout | 100
|
| Bluegleam Merchants | 3,200 1 Fireclaw Heart 50 Metal Vessel |
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 |