🔨 To reshape or reform 🗡️ To change stats

to reforge

1 7.7

Change an item's stats in a game using a special system

verb
/rɪˈfɔrdʒ/

Jargon

: reforzar

You can reforge your weapon to improve its stats.

Examples

Many players prefer to reforge rare items until they get the ideal attribute combination.
I need to reforge my armor before the next battle.
Before the raid, she reforged her sword to try for a higher critical hit chance.
The update added a system for reforging gear, letting users change secondary stats using gold.
In the workshop, the blacksmith will reforge the sword to improve its sharpness and durability.
To upgrade their gear, players often reforge their weapons to enhance specific attributes according to their playstyle.
After acquiring new resources, he decided to reforge his armor for better protection against stronger enemies.

How Modified

reroll

Jargon

5.8

to reforge

Jargon

1 7.7

to modify

268 3.2

tweak

28 3.9

Surface Forms

reforge infinitive

reforged past

reforged past participle

reforging present participle

reforges third person singular

Morphology

reforge = forge (semi-transparent) = re + forge

The structure suggests 'forge again', but the specialized gaming sense of rerolling item stats is a domain-specific extension rather than a fully literal reading.

Etymology

Reforge comes from re- 'again' and forge 'to shape metal in a fire', so it gives the image of reshaping a weapon or tool. That is why to reforge gear in a game means to change its stats until they are the way you want.