17.43 The skill of Weaponry.

Weaponry is a dual skill - it is your skill at Forging and your ability to use and fashion bows. Forging is done via a long and arduous process. First you must smelt your chosen ore in the furnace (see HELP FURNACES for information on lighting furnaces), by FILL FURNACE WITH <ore>, and once it is filled with ore, you SMELT. This will produce an ingot of size depending on how much ore was used. Then you must make the ingot into a weapon, by repeatedly heating, hammering and folding it. Different weapons will require varying repetitions of these steps, but once you deem that you have folded the ingot sufficiently, you can type a final HEAT, HAMMER and then FOLD INGOT <type of weapon> which will hopefully turn the ingot into that weapon. From then you can further FOLD it to increase its hardness, or FORGE the weapon to enhance its attack and strike power. Occasionally you will find the Gods intercede in a bout of forging to aid your weapon or armour with a little divine touch. Blessed are those that receive this boon. You can also use Forging to enhance existing weapons. Remember that to work armour, you replace FOLD with POUND in all cases. You can UNSMELT weapons and armour to return them to their ore composite. You can also DETERMINE weapons, armour and ingots to acquire knowledge of their properties.

Example of forging a dagger:
- Put ore in furnace
- Smelt
- Heat ingot
- Hammer ingot
- Fold ingot dagger

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