# Idle Forge: Blacksmith Tycoon — A calm idle clicker. It ends.

> A calm idle clicker. It ends. (iPhone/iPad app by Erik Tobias Rinde Tharaldsen.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-forge-blacksmith-tycoon/id6801607211 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Erik Tobias Rinde Tharaldsen](https://appshunter.io/developer/1793625254)
- Category: Games, Casual, Simulation
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 78 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany), Norwegian Bokmål
- Released: 2026-08-19
- Data updated: 2026-11-13

## What is Idle Forge?

A little forge that doesn't need you.

Light the hearth, hire an apprentice, and watch the smithy fill with workers, furnaces and stranger things. Idle Forge is an idle clicker and blacksmith tycoon built to be calm: it earns while you're away, asks for nothing when you return, and never punishes you for having a life.

MADE TO RESPECT YOUR TIME
• Progress continues while the app is closed. Sleep is a strategy
• No daily-streak guilt, no timers that expire while you're at work
• Rewarded ads are always optional, always a bonus, never a toll
• Tapping helps, but it's a pleasure, not a duty: your workers swing the hammers

A FORGE WITH SOMEWHERE TO GO
• Dozens of generators, from apprentice to things physics won't explain
• Reforge to melt it all down for Embers and permanent power
• Then Recast: melt the golden anvil down for Gold, and spend it on perks that change how the next climb plays
• A living workshop you can watch: every worker you hire is down there on the floor, hammering
• Catch drifting fire wisps for a frenzy of production
• Achievements, milestones, a daily gift, and yes, an actual ending at the top of the ladder

QUIET BY DESIGN
• The forge's own sounds (hammer, embers, quench), no music, no noise
• Every effect can be switched off, from vibration to embers
• Your save is yours: export it as a code, carry it anywhere, no account

Free to play. Rewarded ads are opt-in, and everything they grant can also be earned by playing. A short ad may play after a Reforge, at most once every five minutes.

## Is Idle Forge safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Idle Forge.

## Is Idle Forge legit?

Idle Forge: Blacksmith Tycoon appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Idle Forge is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3.2 — 2026-11-13

Reforge is easier to see coming. The row shows early with how far along you are, and the game says what you keep.

The forge has more life: light on the floor, a workshop that moves, strike numbers that fly and popups that land.

Welcome back now shows what Extend is worth before you watch.

Boost has a 10 minute cooldown.

If a save ever fails, you are told.

Settings has a Rate row. It means a lot.

### 1.3.0 — 2026-10-26

Recast: once you forge the Ultimate Ingot, the anvil is solid gold. Melt it down for Gold and start a new climb.

Gold buys five perks with three levels each. They change how a climb plays: Embers to start with, upgrades that come ready, harder strikes, bigger daily gifts, and wisps that make your next purchase free.

The anvil turns gold as you climb toward the ingot.

Reached the ending before this update? Your anvil is already gold, ready to Recast.

### 1.2.2 — 2026-10-22

Fixes a crash on some iPhones and iPads that could close the game a few seconds after opening it.

### 1.2.1 — 2026-09-29

The anvil's tap vibration is a little softer.

### 1.2.0 — 2026-09-22

Watching the ad that extends your offline earnings no longer costs you the next absence. Sorry about that one.

Runs now last longer. The first hundred Embers pay as before, and every Ember after them pays less than it did. Your Embers keep their count.

The clock check now uses a trusted time source, so a changed phone clock cannot pay for time that did not pass.

A "More apps by us" row in Settings.

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