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Introduced during the [[Ancient Powers]] event, '''Mana Forges''' are one of the locations where you can get large amounts of tier 7 loot with [[Loot#"Luck"|"Luck"]] (higher quality items from that tier).

The chests vary in the probability of what they will contain. All chests can produce any item, but a weapon chest will contain mostly weapons most of the time, research/mage chests will contain mostly VIII spell components, armor will contain mostly armor, and the equipment chests will contain a mix of mostly armor and weapons. Advanced chests will contain more jewelry and clothing items.

Keys can be obtained by hunting [[Shattered Mana Forge Key]]s and repairing them using [[Lockpick]] skill or as a reward from a number of different quests and tasks (see [[#How to Obtain Keys|below]]).

Each Mana Forge also has an [[Arcanum Quota Officer]] who gives a single use key in exchange for 10 [[Pristine Mana Shard]]s (up to five times per week, 150+) and an [[Arcanum Mana-smith]] who gives a key for 25 [[Pristine Mana Shard]]s for those below 150 in level. There is also an [[Arcanum Broker]] at each forge who will buy unwanted loot from the chests and a [[Garbage Barrel]] for junk loot.

The pristine shards were originally available as [[Trophies]] from creatures that drop tier 7 loot, but they were removed from creature drops in the [[Balance of Power]] event.