Forge

Forging is an option available from the Base in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn that allows the player to purchase a Weapon made to order. When forging weapons, their statistics can, for a price, be altered to a certain extend, and they can be given a unique name and color.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
In Path of Radiance, forging is available from Chapter 8 onward, and is done by Daniel of the Merchant Convoy. When forging, a weapon's Might can be raised or lowered by up to 5 points, Hit can be raised or lowered by up to 25 points (in values of 5), Crit can be raised or lowered by up to 9 points (in values of 3) and Weight could be raised or lowered by up to 5 points. The forged weapon's name and (unless it's a magic tome) color could also be changed. Only one weapon could be forged per chapter.

There was a glitch in the original Japanese where, if you forged a weapon with a non zero Critical rate (like a Slim Sword) and lowered the Crit to zero, the weapon would end up with a Crit of 255 instead, allowing for guaranteed Critical hits. This glitch was fixed for the international version of the game.

The following weapons could be forged:

Forgable Swords

 * Iron Sword
 * Steel Sword
 * Silver Sword
 * Slim Sword

Forgable Lances

 * Iron Lance
 * Steel Lance
 * Silver Lance
 * Slim Lance
 * Javelin

Forgable Axes

 * Iron Axe
 * Steel Axe
 * Silver Axe
 * Hand Axe

Forgable Bows

 * Iron Bow
 * Steel Bow
 * Silver Bow

Forgable Tomes

 * Fire
 * Thunder
 * Wind
 * Light

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
In Radiant Dawn, forging is again done by Daniel, and is done mostly the same as in Path of Radiance, though there are a few differences. Crit can now be raised or lowered by up to 15 instead (still in values of 3). There is no limit to how many weapons can be forged in one chapter, though in the Japanese version, Forge Points must be spend to forge weapons. Also, one could use a Coin while forging to give the weapon a random bonus. Tomes could be recolored in this game.

The following weapons could be forged:

Forgable Swords

 * Iron Sword
 * Steel Sword
 * Silver Sword

Forgable Lances

 * Iron Lance
 * Steel Lance
 * Silver Lance
 * Javelin

Forgable Axes

 * Iron Axe
 * Steel Axe
 * Silver Axe
 * Hand Axe

Forgable Bows

 * Iron Bow
 * Steel Bow
 * Silver Bow

Forgable Knives

 * Iron Knife
 * Steel Knife
 * Silver Knife

Forgable Tomes

 * Fire
 * Thunder
 * Wind
 * Light