Goblin Crown is one of the standout armor pieces tied to the goblin arc in The Forge. Rather than dropping in the open world, it sits at the end of a compact loop of goblin content in the Forgotten Kingdom, and most of the friction comes from getting the recipe and paying for otherwise low odds.
Where Goblin Crown fits into The Forge
The Forge splits progression across multiple islands. Goblin Crown is anchored to the second island, Forgotten Kingdom, and specifically the goblin cluster in that region:
- Goblin Village is the surface hub where the Goblin King and other goblins live and where you pick up goblin quests.
- Goblin Cave opens beside the king once you finish the goblin questline; it is packed with slimes and crystal nodes.
- Crumbling Halls hides inside Goblin Cave behind a waterfall and is mainly used for a separate collectible (Tomo’s Cat), but it shares the same loop.
Goblin Crown sits on top of this ecosystem. You do not farm it from random mobs in Stonewake’s Cross or Frostspire Expanse; it is tied directly to Goblin Lord and Goblin King activity in Forgotten Kingdom.
How Goblin Crown is obtained
Goblin Crown is not sold by any shop or pulled from generic chests. Players get it by engaging with the goblin questline and its associated boss:
- The Goblin King quest starts in Goblin Village and runs through several submissions ending in access to Goblin Cave.
- Once Goblin Cave is unlocked, goblin-related content there continues to feed Goblin Lord and Goblin King encounters.
The armor itself comes from a rare reward tied to these goblin bosses. There are two relevant layers:
- Goblin Crown recipe – the crafting recipe that lets you forge the armor.
- Finished Goblin Crown – the actual piece of armor made at a Forging Station once you have the recipe and required materials.
The fight and quest structure exists to gate the recipe, not the base materials. The drop is intentionally stingy, which is where the frustration around odds and money sinks comes from.
Goblin Crown recipe odds and cost
The game exposes Goblin Crown as part of a small loot table on a high-cost goblin reward. The key numbers in circulation are:
- Cost per roll – 550,000 coins for a single attempt at a goblin reward that can include Goblin Crown.
- Goblin Crown chance – 1 in 6 per roll.
- “New armor” chance – 1 in 8 for a different armor piece in the same or a nearby table.
At those values, one Goblin Crown attempt burns over half a million coins for a roughly 16.7 percent chance to see the recipe in that roll. That is why many players treat it as a late-game sink rather than something to chase as soon as Forgotten Kingdom unlocks.
There is no shop discount or alternate vendor that undercuts the 550k price. If you want Goblin Crown through this system, you pay the full rate each time and rely on the stated probability.
Reaching the goblin content that unlocks Goblin Crown
Step 1: Reach level 10 and unlock Forgotten Kingdom. Use the Portal Tool to travel from Stonewake’s Cross to the second island once your character hits the required level threshold.
Step 2: From the Forgotten Kingdom spawn, locate Goblin Village. This settlement houses the Goblin King and is flagged as the starting point for the Goblin King quest.
Step 3: Talk to the Goblin King to start the goblin questline. Work through the submissions given in Goblin Village until the Goblin Cave entrance beside the king opens.
Step 4: Enter Goblin Cave and clear through its slime- and crystal-filled rooms. The cave is the staging ground for goblin bosses and is also a strong ore farm, which matters because of the 550k coin sink per Goblin Crown roll.
Step 5: Engage with Goblin Lord and Goblin King content until you have access to the high-cost goblin reward that has Goblin Crown in its loot table. At that point, the 1-in-6 chance per 550k roll applies.
Where to craft Goblin Crown once you have the recipe
Once the Goblin Crown recipe drops, it behaves like other armor blueprints in The Forge.
Step 1: Go to a Forging Station. Each island has its own: Stonewake’s Cross has the early-game station, and Forgotten Kingdom hosts another one near Sensei Moro and Barakkulf.
Step 2: Interact with the station and switch to the armor tab. The Goblin Crown recipe appears there after it has been unlocked from goblin content.
Step 3: Check required materials and essences. Goblin Cave provides a dense supply of rare crystals, so most of the bottleneck tends to be coins rather than ores once the recipe exists.
Step 4: Forge Goblin Crown. After crafting, it can be upgraded at an Enhancer’s Place and slotted with runes at the Runemaker’s place like other armor pieces.
Economy tradeoffs: when Goblin Crown is worth chasing
The coin cost and drop rate make Goblin Crown more of a long-term luxury than an early anchor for progression. Several factors matter when deciding whether to commit to the 550k, 1-in-6 loop.
Opportunity cost. The same coins can fund weapon and armor upgrades at the Enhancer’s Place, race rerolls in the Wizard’s Tower, or high-tier pickaxes from Miner Fred and other vendors. If your mining power and base defenses are still behind, those investments often deliver more impact than a small pool of expensive goblin rolls.
Alternative gear. The same loot structure that offers Goblin Crown also exposes another armor piece at roughly 1-in-8 odds. If that alternative is close in power or more aligned to your build, chasing Goblin Crown specifically becomes even less efficient.
Late-game farming loop. Once mining routes in Goblin Cave, The Sunken Cells, and Volcanic Depths are fully online and you can generate large amounts of ore quickly, pushing some profit into Goblin Crown attempts is more reasonable. At that point, the armor is a prestige item layered on top of already-optimized gear rather than the backbone of your build.
How Goblin Crown fits with other Forgotten Kingdom locations
Forgotten Kingdom is not just a quest hub; it is a dense cluster of services that indirectly support the Goblin Crown chase.
- Wo Shop buys equipment, giving you a way to liquidate drops into coin between Goblin Crown attempts.
- Greedy Cey’s Shop buys ores, runes, and essences; it is described as a poor choice if you want to make money fast, which matters when you are saving for 550k rolls.
- Enhancer’s Place and Runemaker’s Place, both opposite each other, let you optimize the rest of your build so Goblin Crown is complementary rather than compensating for weak gear.
- Wizard’s Tower in Forgotten Kingdom retains the race reroll feature, so you can tune your character around Goblin Crown’s role once you finally have it.
The surrounding systems make it clear that Goblin Crown is not meant to fix a weak character in one lucky drop. It slots into a broader late-second-island or early-third-island build where money-making routes are already established.
Goblin Crown rewards players who commit to the goblin arc, clear Goblin Village and Goblin Cave, and are willing to sink serious coin into a small goblin loot table with a 1-in-6 chance. For many runs, it is more sensible to stabilize gear, tools, and income first, then come back to Forgotten Kingdom’s goblin rewards when 550k per roll feels like a calculated risk instead of a hard stop.
