lifetime contract

A relic that makes issued swords start at +7.

Evidence: 2 community-reported · Last verified: 2026-11-14 · Sources: 1

Lifetime contract is a relic in ForgeTax that makes issued swords start at +7. Its practical role is to put newly issued swords straight into the enhancement range required by several other relic effects, rather than making you forge each sword up to that threshold first.

How to Use Lifetime Contract

The available evidence establishes lifetime contract’s effect, but does not explain where to obtain it, its cost, or any unlock requirements. Use the walkthrough below once you have access to the relic; there is not enough information to give a reliable acquisition route.

1. Make lifetime contract part of your setup

Use lifetime contract when you want issued swords to begin at +7. Treat this as a starting-enhancement effect: it does not, by itself, establish increased sword supply, break protection, or additional value bonuses.

In the demonstrated setup, the player calls lifetime contract the “bread and butter” of a combination built around +7 swords. Its importance comes from making those swords immediately eligible for the accompanying relic effects. [src-549a19b879]

2. Check which effects your starting swords qualify for

Before forging, review the thresholds on your other relics. The demonstration highlights two effects that benefit immediately from lifetime contract:

• Scale Tongs: At +6 or higher, break chance is reduced by 25%. A sword issued at +7 already meets that enhancement requirement. [src-549a19b879]
• Dragon Heart: Each success or great result on a +7-or-higher sword adds 15% sword value. Lifetime contract supplies swords that meet the enhancement requirement from the start, although you still need the qualifying results to receive the value increase. [src-549a19b879]

Keep these effects separate when evaluating your setup. Lifetime contract supplies the starting enhancement; the reduced break chance and value increases come from the other relics.

3. Forge with your protection effects in mind

Starting at +7 does not mean a sword cannot break. The demonstrated combination also uses Unyielding Cornerstone, which turns the first break of each sword into damage, and Phoenix Ash, which prevents a break once per sword at the cost of 40% of its value. [src-549a19b879]

If you have these relics, account for their individual conditions while deciding whether to continue forging. Do not assume lifetime contract itself provides either form of protection, and remember that Phoenix Ash’s protection carries a value cost. [src-549a19b879]

4. Check what a qualifying break gives you

Lifetime contract also supports effects that specifically require a sword to be +7 or higher when it breaks. The demonstration includes two examples:

• Undertaker’s Ledger: When a +7-or-higher sword breaks, gain one extra sword the next day, up to two extra swords per day. [src-549a19b879]
• A scabbard relic described in the footage: When a +7-or-higher sword breaks, permanently gain one ticket of its previous result for that run. The transcript’s rendering of this relic’s name is unclear, so identify it by its effect rather than relying on the transcribed name. [src-549a19b879]

These are benefits supplied by companion relics, not rewards granted directly by lifetime contract. The Ledger’s daily cap still applies, and the ticket addition is described as permanent for the current run, not across all runs. [src-549a19b879]

Tips for Building Around It

Separate sword quantity from starting enhancement. The demonstrated setup also includes Supply Permit, which provides one extra sword each round starting the following round. Lifetime contract determines the issued swords’ starting enhancement; Supply Permit and Undertaker’s Ledger account for the additional supply described in the footage. Do not interpret the demonstrated six-sword day as lifetime contract’s standalone effect. [src-549a19b879]

Judge the whole combination, not just the +7 label. Lifetime contract is especially relevant when multiple equipped effects share enhancement thresholds it already satisfies. In the example, those effects cover break-chance reduction, value growth, replacement swords, and ticket gains after qualifying breaks. [src-549a19b879]

When to Consider Replacing It

A later part of the demonstration replaces lifetime contract with Dawn Scabbard, described as passing 40% of a broken sword’s enhancement to the next unforged +0 sword. This introduces a different requirement: the receiving sword must be an unforged +0, rather than an issued sword starting at +7. [src-549a19b879]

Before making that swap, compare which starting condition your intended combination needs. Lifetime contract supports immediate access to +7 thresholds; the demonstrated Dawn Scabbard effect instead calls for a +0 recipient. The player experiments with the replacement and expresses uncertainty about it, so the footage does not establish Dawn Scabbard as an unconditional upgrade over lifetime contract. [src-549a19b879]

Effect and Evidence

Lifetime contract’s confirmed effect is straightforward: issued swords start at +7. The available evidence is community gameplay footage, and it supports the combinations described here, but does not establish an acquisition method, rarity, cost, or additional standalone rewards.

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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Issued swords start at +7.

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Sources

• I Combined Two HOLY Relics to Forge a +99 MONSTER | Forgetax