tickets

Tickets on the draw ticket board affect the chance of drawing a break result.

Evidence: 3 community-reported · Last verified: 2026-11-14 · Sources: 1

Tickets determine the mix of results available on ForgeTax’s draw ticket board. Adding a ticket for any result other than break reduces the chance of drawing break, making ticket additions a way to improve the board’s odds without removing break tickets.

How Tickets Work

Every hammer swing draws a result from the board, and results with more tickets have a higher chance of being drawn. To understand an upgrade, look at which result gains tickets rather than treating every ticket addition as the same benefit. [src-daea965b2b]

The community run documented in the record starts with 60 total tickets, including nine break tickets. Adding non-break tickets increases the total while leaving those nine break tickets unchanged, reducing break’s share of the board.

That distinction also explains why a damage ticket can still reduce the chance of drawing break. It adds another non-break entry, although it does not improve the board in the same way as adding a success ticket. The narrator explicitly uses this reasoning when discussing a board with many damage additions. [src-549a19b879]

Step-by-Step: Evaluate Ticket Additions

1. Check the draw ticket board before assessing an addition. Compare the total number of tickets with the number assigned to break. Use the recorded 60-ticket board as an example, not as a starting configuration every run receives.

2. Identify the result receiving the new ticket. The tutorial footage presents Lucky Coal with “one great ticket,” providing an example of an addition associated with a particular result. The player initially expresses uncertainty about whether it is consumable, so that footage alone does not establish its duration. [src-daea965b2b]

3. Separate break reduction from result quality. Any non-break addition reduces break’s share of the board, but you should still distinguish damage additions from success or great additions. More tickets for a particular result make that result more likely to be drawn. [src-daea965b2b] [src-549a19b879]

4. Check the risk shown at the anvil before continuing. The gameplay footage identifies the anvil as the place where upgrade risk is displayed. Do not treat a larger ticket total as proof that the current sword is safe. [src-daea965b2b]

5. Reassess after further additions. In the later community run, the narrator describes the board’s displayed additions as permanent and builds a strategy around accumulating more of them. Treat that as evidence for the demonstrated setup, rather than assuming every ticket-related effect has the same duration. [src-549a19b879]

Using Tickets in a Forging Strategy

The later run demonstrates a ticket-building loop: the player repeatedly forges swords and, under that run’s setup, gains an additional success ticket after a sword breaks on a success result. The narrator then reports reaching 25 success tickets and continues repeating the process. [src-549a19b879]

Do not assume that breaking any sword awards tickets. The excerpt does not identify the exact effects responsible for the reward or provide a complete setup procedure. It also discusses swords above +7 as worthwhile for that player’s strategy, but does not establish a universal ticket-award requirement. Use this footage as an example of a functioning build, not an unconditional farming recipe. [src-549a19b879]

Keep tribute needs separate from ticket-building ambitions. The official description explains that swords spent at the relic machine are swords no longer available for the dragon, and meeting tribute earns another round at the anvil. Improving your draw tickets therefore sits alongside decisions about which swords to retain or sacrifice. [src-4d2e93b2d8]

Tips and Expected Benefits

• Aim for better odds, not guaranteed safety. The supported benefit is a reduced chance of drawing break when non-break tickets are added.
• Value the destination of each addition. Success, great, and damage tickets all change the board, but they are not interchangeable outcomes. [src-daea965b2b] [src-549a19b879]
• Treat +99 as a goal, not a promised reward. The community narrator wants to accumulate enough tickets to forge a +99 sword; the supplied excerpt does not confirm that the attempt succeeds. [src-549a19b879]

Community-Reported Details

These facts come from community guides, videos or wikis. They are not official statements; verify in-game before relying on them.

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Adding a ticket for any result other than break reduces the break chance.

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The narrator reports 60 total tickets, including nine break tickets, at the start of the excerpt.

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community

Sources

• Steam store page — ForgeTax
• I Combined Two HOLY Relics to Forge a +99 MONSTER | Forgetax
• I GAMBLED With My LIFE on One Sword in this INSANE Forging Roguelike! - ForgeTax