Forge

The forge

The forge is a site of protoss technological development.

Overview

A forge

Although their technology is incredibly advanced when compared to that of other species, the protoss constantly strive to enhance and refine their weapons and armor. Work at the forge rarely ceases, as this edifice is where much of the research takes place by phase-smiths.

Forges come equipped with an array of power crystals lining the interior to power operations on the inside. The forge also has no entrance, and protoss engineers are warped directly into the structure.

Tal'darim forges serve as a prison where Khalai Caste engineers are interrogated for their technological secrets. The Ihan-rii utilize their forges to store vacuum-sealed void crystals.

Game Structure

StarCraft

Forge
Structure
Race	Protoss
Production
Minerals	150
Build time	40
Produced from	Probe
Requires	Nexus
Hotkey	F
Protection
Shields	550
Hit points	550
Armor	1
Function
Allows	Photon cannon
Research	Ground Weapons Ground Armor Plasma Shields

The forge upgrades the armor and weapons of protoss units along with the plasma shields on all protoss units and buildings. The forge allows access to the photon cannon.

Researched Upgrades

Ground Weapons

• +2 cumulative bonus per attack per level for zealots and dragoons.
• +3 cumulative bonus per attack per level for dark templar and archons.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey W Level 1 Cost 100 100 267 Level 2 Cost 150 150 300 Required Templar archives Level 3 Cost 200 200 333 Required Templar archives

Ground Armor

• +1 bonus to armor per level for probes, zealots, dragoons, reavers, high templar, dark templar, archons, and dark archons.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 267 Level 2 Cost 175 175 300 Required Templar archives Level 3 Cost 250 250 333 Required Templar archives

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Plasma Shields

• +1 armor bonus to shields per level for all units and structures.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey S Level 1 Cost 200 200 267 Level 2 Cost 300 300 300 Required Cybernetics core Level 3 Cost 400 400 333 Required Cybernetics core

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Building Upgrades

Plasma Shields

• +1 armor bonus to shields per level for all units and structures.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey S Level 1 Cost 200 200 267 Level 2 Cost 300 300 300 Required Cybernetics core Level 3 Cost 400 400 333 Required Cybernetics core

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StarCraft II

Forge
Structure
Race	Protoss
Production
Minerals	150 75 (Co-op Fenix at level 10)
Build time	32 35 (WoL Campaign) 45 (Co-op Missions)
Produced from	Probe
Requires	Nexus None (Co-op Fenix at level 10)
Hotkey	F
Protection
Shields	400 550 (WoL Campaign) Mastery: +8 sp per Structure Health and Shield mastery point. Up to a maximum 640 (Co-op Karax)
Hit points	400 550 (WoL Campaign) Mastery: +8 hp per Structure Health and Shield mastery point. Up to a maximum 640 (Co-op Karax)
Type	Structure Mechanical (Co-op Missions)
Armor type	Armored
Function
Allows	Photon cannon Khaydarin monolith (LotV campaign and Co-op Missions)
Research	See below

The forge reappears in StarCraft II.

Researched Upgrades

Ground Weapons

• +1 damage for zealots，sentrys and high templars
• +1 base damage and +1 bonus damage for stalkers，colossus and adepts
• +2 base damage and +3 bonus damage for immortals
• +3 base damage and +1 bonus damage for archons
• +5 damage for dark templars

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey G Level 1 Cost 100 100 121.6 Level 2 Cost 150 150 144.6 Required Twilight council Level 3 Cost 200 200 167.9 Required Twilight council

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Ground Armor

Increases the armor of protoss ground units.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 121.6 Level 2 Cost 150 150 144.6 Required Twilight council Level 3 Cost 200 200 167.9 Required Twilight council

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Plasma Shields

• +1 armor to shields per level.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey S Level 1 Cost 150 150 121.6 Level 2 Cost 200 200 144.6 Required Twilight council Level 3 Cost 250 250 167.9 Required Twilight council

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Building Upgrades

Plasma Shields

• +1 armor to shields per level.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey S Level 1 Cost 150 150 121.6 Level 2 Cost 200 200 144.6 Required Twilight council Level 3 Cost 250 250 167.9 Required Twilight council

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Co-op Missions

All protoss commanders gain ground upgrades at the forge. Karax unlocks upgrades for his static defenses at the forge when he reaches Level 6. Alarak unlocks upgrades for his hero unit at the forge when he reaches Level 14, and it increases attack damage and armor of both his ground and air units. Fenix unlocks upgrades for his hero unit at the forge when he reaches Level 6.

Artanis Upgrades

Protoss Ground Weapons

Increases the attack damage of protoss ground units.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey G Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Level 2 Cost 150 150 190 Required Twilight council Level 3 Cost 200 200 220 Required Twilight council

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Protoss Ground Armor

Increases the armor of protoss ground units.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Level 2 Cost 150 150 190 Required Twilight council Level 3 Cost 200 200 220 Required Twilight council

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Protoss Plasma Shields

Increases the shield armor of all protoss units and structures.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Effect Shield armor: 1 Level 2 Cost 175 175 190 Required Twilight council Effect Shield armor: 2 Level 3 Cost 250 250 220 Required Twilight council Effect Shield armor: 3

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Vorazun Upgrades

Protoss Ground Weapons

Increases the attack damage of protoss ground units.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey G Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Level 2 Cost 150 150 190 Required Twilight council Level 3 Cost 200 200 220 Required Twilight council

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Protoss Ground Armor

Increases the armor of protoss ground units.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Level 2 Cost 150 150 190 Required Twilight council Level 3 Cost 200 200 220 Required Twilight council

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Protoss Plasma Shields

Increases the shield armor of all protoss units and structures.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Effect Shield armor: 1 Level 2 Cost 175 175 190 Required Twilight council Effect Shield armor: 2 Level 3 Cost 250 250 220 Required Twilight council Effect Shield armor: 3

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Karax Upgrades

Protoss Ground Weapons

Increases the attack damage of protoss ground units.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey G Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Level 2 Cost 150 150 190 Required Twilight council Level 3 Cost 200 200 220 Required Twilight council

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Protoss Ground Armor

Increases the armor of protoss ground units.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Level 2 Cost 150 150 190 Required Twilight council Level 3 Cost 200 200 220 Required Twilight council

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Protoss Plasma Shields

Increases the shield armor of all protoss units and structures.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Effect Shield armor: 1 Level 2 Cost 175 175 190 Required Twilight council Effect Shield armor: 2 Level 3 Cost 250 250 220 Required Twilight council Effect Shield armor: 3

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Enhanced Targeting

Increases the range of photon cannons, khaydarin monoliths, and shield batteries by 2.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Karax Level 8

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey R Cost 100 100 120

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Optimized Ordnance

Increases the attack rate of photon cannons and khaydarin monoliths by 25%.

Templar Apparent: Optimized Ordnance is unavailable.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Karax Level 8

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey E Cost 100 100 120

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Fortification Barrier

Allows the shield battery to grant defensive structures a shield for 10 seconds that absorbs up to 100 damage.

Usage
Hotkey B Duration 10 Cooldown 30

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Karax Level 8

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey B Cost 100 100 60

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Alarak Upgrades

Protoss Weapons

Increases the attack damage of all protoss units.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey G Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Level 2 Cost 150 150 190 Required Death council Level 3 Cost 200 200 220 Required Death council

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Protoss Armor

Increases the armor of all protoss units.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Level 2 Cost 150 150 190 Required Death council Level 3 Cost 200 200 220 Required Death council

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Protoss Plasma Shields

Increases the shield armor of all protoss units and structures.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Effect Shield armor: 1 Level 2 Cost 175 175 190 Required Death council Effect Shield armor: 2 Level 3 Cost 250 250 220 Required Death council Effect Shield armor: 3

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Imposing Presence

Alarak's melee attacks stun enemies for 2 seconds. Heroic units are slowed instead.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Alarak Level 14

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey R Cost 150 150 90 Required Death council

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Telekinesis

Destruction Wave knocks enemies back twice as far.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Alarak Level 14

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey R Cost 150 150 90 Required Death council

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Fenix Upgrades

Protoss Ground Weapons

Increases the attack damage of protoss ground units.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey G Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Level 2 Cost 150 150 190 Required Twilight council Level 3 Cost 200 200 220 Required Twilight council

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Protoss Ground Armor

Increases the armor of protoss ground units.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Level 2 Cost 150 150 190 Required Twilight council Level 3 Cost 200 200 220 Required Twilight council

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Protoss Plasma Shields

Increases the shield armor of all protoss units and structures.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Effect Shield armor: 1 Level 2 Cost 175 175 190 Required Twilight council Effect Shield armor: 2 Level 3 Cost 250 250 220 Required Twilight council Effect Shield armor: 3

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Purifier Armaments

All of Fenix's Armor Suits gain +15 attack damage.

Akhundelar: Increases the bonus damage from +15 to +30.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Fenix Level 6

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey R Cost 75 75 90

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Observation Protocol

Grants Fenix's Cybros Arbiter Suit detection, allowing him to detect enemy cloaked enemies.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Fenix Level 6

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey E Cost 100 100 60

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A Strong Heart

"I no longer wish to be called by the name Fenix."

Renames Fenix to Talandar.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey C Cost 13 13 10

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Images

Dark forge

Forged forge

Purifier forge

Ihan-rii forge

SC1 building wireframe

SC Remastered building wireframe

References

Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War v • e

Ground units Probe Zealot Dragoon Reaver High templar Archon Dark templar (BW) Dark archon (BW) Air units Shuttle Scout Arbiter Carrier Interceptor Observer Corsair (BW) Basic buildings Nexus Assimilator Pylon Gateway Forge Shield battery Cybernetics core Photon cannon Advanced buildings Robotics facility Stargate Citadel of Adun Robotics support bay Fleet beacon Templar archives Observatory Arbiter tribunal Canceled buildings Maintenance bay

Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft II v • e

Versus units and structures Infantry Probe Zealot Adept (LotV) High templar Dark templar Archon Land mechanized Stalker Immortal Sentry Colossus Disruptor (LotV) Air units Warp prism Observer Phoenix Void ray Oracle (HotS) Carrier Interceptor Tempest (HotS) Mothership Basic buildings Nexus Assimilator Gateway (Warp gate) Forge Cybernetics core Automated defenses Photon cannon Pylon Shield battery (LotV) Stasis ward (LotV) Advanced buildings Twilight council Dark shrine Templar archives Robotics facility Robotics bay Stargate Fleet beacon Campaign and Co-op Missions units and structures Units Conservator Legionnaire Interdictor Instigator Scout Shadow guard Slayer Star relic Stone guardian Supplicant Void templar War prism Xel'naga ambusher Xel'naga abrogator Xel'naga enforcer Xel'naga precursor Xel'naga shieldguard Xel'naga void array Xel'naga watcher Buildings Alarak's beacon Ancient assimilator Ancient nexus Artifact reserve Ascendant archives Constructs bay Constructs facility Core forge Core matrix Death council Monolith Null circuit Obelisk Psi-link spire Purifier conclave Shield projector Solar forge Void shrine Warp drive Xel'naga passageway Zenith stone Zeratul's beacon Automated defenses Dark pylon Khaydarin monolith Tesseract cannon Tesseract monolith Variant units Melee Warrior Zealot (Aiur) Centurion (Nerazim) Sentinel (Purifier) Ranged Warrior Adept (Purifier) Dragoon (Aiur) Stalker (Nerazim) Cloaked Warrior Avenger (Aiur) Blood Hunter (Tal'darim) Dark templar (Nerazim) Psionic Warrior Ascendant (Tal'darim) Dark archon (Nerazim) High templar (Aiur) Robotic Assault Annihilator (Nerazim) Immortal (Aiur) Vanguard (Tal'darim) Robotic Support Energizer (Purifier) Havoc (Tal'darim) Sentry (Aiur) Robotic Siege Colossus (Purifier) Reaver (Aiur) Wrathwalker (Tal'darim) Starfighter Corsair (Nerazim) Mirage (Purifier) Phoenix (Aiur) Capital Ship Carrier (Aiur) Tal'darim Mothership Tempest (Purifier) Assault Ship Arbiter (Aiur) Destroyer (Tal'darim) Void ray (Nerazim) Canceled Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft II v • e Scrapped Removed units Arachnipod Defender Escort Lancer Mega archon Protoss artillery Purifier scout Replicant Signifier Skylord Skytalon Soul hunter/purifier Soul reaver Shadow archon Shaman Shuriken Stasis orb Tornado Twilight archon Void star Removed buildings Eye of Adun Observatory Phase cannon War beacon War shrine Warp beacon