# 24. What is a Forge?

## What is it?

**The Forge** is a dedicated crafting and merging device that allows you to create, upgrade, and combine different in-game assets using recipes, materials, and parts.! It is located in your Room, which is assigned the number **0** and is called the **Service Room.**

Inside the **Forge** you can:

* Craft new items using recipes
* Merge miners and parts into stronger versions
* Track resource requirements clearly
* Manage crafting and merging at the same time

{% hint style="info" %}
**Crafting and merging do not block each other**. While an item is being crafted, you can still merge miners or parts and keep progressing efficiently.
{% endhint %}

Once you register, you can access this room **for free** and place a machine there, if available.

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## What are Craftings and Merges?

1. [<mark style="color:green;">Merge</mark>](https://rollercoin.com/game?location=forge\&group=merge) — make your items more powerful with merging! You need to have two or more identical miners/parts, some RLT, and parts of the same level to convert low-level miners into a higher-level one! Every new upgrade level brings more mining power.&#x20;
   1. There are 6 levels: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, and Unreal. Basic (Common) level miners can be purchased in the [<mark style="color:green;">Store</mark>](https://rollercoin.com/game/market). Parts for crafting have only 5 levels.
2. [<mark style="color:green;">Craftings</mark>](https://rollercoin.com/game?location=forge\&group=crafting) — craft new items from the old ones and make yourself any thing you like: from miners to hamsters!

## How to craft or merge?

If you are wondering about how the crafting and merging actually works, you can check out these FAQ pages:

{% content-ref url="../storage/4.-how-to-merge-the-miners" %}
[4.-how-to-merge-the-miners](https://faq.rollercoin.com/rollercoin/f.a.q./storage/4.-how-to-merge-the-miners)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="../storage/5.-how-to-merge-the-parts" %}
[5.-how-to-merge-the-parts](https://faq.rollercoin.com/rollercoin/f.a.q./storage/5.-how-to-merge-the-parts)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="../store/1.-how-crafting-works-how-can-i-get-an-item-from-crafting-offer" %}
[1.-how-crafting-works-how-can-i-get-an-item-from-crafting-offer](https://faq.rollercoin.com/rollercoin/f.a.q./store/1.-how-crafting-works-how-can-i-get-an-item-from-crafting-offer)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## More information on the Forge?

For more information, please, be sure to read this blog-post:

[<mark style="color:green;">**https://rollercoin.com/blog/master-the-forge**</mark>](https://rollercoin.com/blog/master-the-forge)