As you gain Professor Ranks, you’ll unlock special ‘Forge’ upgrades at the Blacksmith in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. With special, rare materials you can upgrade your best weapons and make them even better. Rare weapons with magical properties can be enhanced with the Forge, but actually getting your hands on the right materials is tough.
Even if you play the entire game, you might never get some of these materials. They’re slightly hidden — to get rare forge materials, you need to perform a special, specific action on Giant Beasts, and Giant Beasts only. By breaking all four shield blocks on a Giant Beast, you’re guaranteed to earn a rare forge material. It’s a little weird, but learn which Giant Beasts drop which rare materials in the full guide below, and become a walking god of destruction with your souped-up swords.
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How To Get Rare Blacksmith Materials | Forge Crafting Guide
Blacksmith Materials are dropped by breaking all four shields of Giant Beasts. You need to shatter all four of their shields for the Giant Beasts to drop a rare blacksmith forge material.
These rare Blacksmith Materials were discovered and shared by u/TragGaming on Reddit.
Blacksand Steel: Dropped by Giant Wolves in Part 1. More common.
Smithing Crystal: Dropped by Giant Beasts in Part 1. More common.
Arcane Crystal: Dropped by Demonic Beasts, Golems (Holy Tomb) and Titanus (Rare Beast). Can be purchased from the Dark Merchant in the Monastery.
Wootz Steel: Dropped by Giant Wolves in Part 2. May also be dropped by Titanus (Rare Beast).
Agarthium: Dropped by Giant Crawlers (Monsters in the Desert) in Part 2. May also be dropped by Titanus (Rare Beast).
Mythril: Dropped by Giant Birds in Part 2. May also be dropped by any Rare Beast. Monsters that spawn in the (Ruins) and (Grondor Field) will drop Mythril.
Umbral Steel: Reward for completing Auxiliary Battles, or dropped by King of Beasts (Rare Beast). Can also be dropped by the huge Demonic Beasts.
