Weapon Craft Guide

In My Little Blacksmith Shop, a weapon crafting simulation game, the player is tasked with building a variety of medieval weapons out of core components. In its current state of Alpha Version 0.1.0, it doesn’t give clear instruction on the weapons and how to build them. Here’s every weapon in My Little Blacksmith Shop and how to build them.

• Dagger
• Sword
• Greatsword
• Hand Axe
• Battle Axe
• Pickaxe
• Mallet (One Handed Hammer)
• Warhammer (Two Handed Hammer)
• Polearms
• Shields
• Helpful Information

How to Build a Dagger

• 1 One Hand Grip
• 1 Metal Ingot

One of the simplest weapons in My Little Blacksmith Shop, heat up 1 metal ingot and place it on the anvil. Use Z to set what kind of weapon to make and select blades. Hammer the ingot until it forms a dagger head. Dunk the heated dagger heat in the oil to cool it, and bring it to the crafting table. When the dagger head and the grip are placed on each other, they will connect into a completed dagger. This item does not require a guard.

How to Build a Sword

• 1 One Hand Grip
• 1 Guard (NOT strong)
• 2 Metal Ingots

Place the Grip on the craft table. Place the guard on the grip to make them snap together. Heat up two metal ingots of your choice and place them on the anvil. Use Z to set your weapon craft to blades and hammer the ingots until the form a sword blade. Cool the blade in the oil and place it on the grip/guard piece. It should then snap together into a completed sword.

How to Build a Greatsword

• 1 Two Hand Grip
• 1 Strong Guard
• 3 Metal Ingots

Place the grip on the crafting table and drop the strong guard on top to snap them together. It HAS to be the strong guard in the 0.1.0 build to work. Heat three metal ingots of your choice and place all three on the anvil. Use Z to set your build type as Blades and hammer the ingots until the greatsword blade has formed. Cool the heated blade in the oil and place it on top of the grip and guard piece to finish the greatsword.

How to Build a Hand Axe

• 1 One Hand Grip
• 2 Metal Ingots

Place a one hand grip on the crafting table, no guard required. Heat up two metal ingots and place them on the anvil when hot. Make sure you select Axes from the crafting menu with the Z key. Hammer the ingots until the form an axe head. Cool the axe head in the oil and place on the crafting table with the grip. This will form a completed hand axe.

How to Build a Battle Axe

• 1 Two Hand Grip
• 3 Metal Ingots

Place a single two-hand grip on the crafting table, no guard required. Heat three metal ingots of your choice and place the heated metal onto the anvil. Make sure you set your craft setting to Axes with the Z key. Hammer the ingots until they form a battle axe head. Cool the axe head in the oil and place it on top of the grip on the crafting table. This should form a completed battle axe.

How to Build a Pickaxe

• 1 Two Hand Grip
• 3 Metal Ingots

This is one of the unexplained recipes in My Little Blacksmith Shop. Place a single two-hand grip on the crafting table, no guard required. Heat three metal ingots of your choice and place the heated metal onto the anvil. Make sure you set your craft setting to Axes with the Z key. Hammer the ingots until they form a battle axe head. Now hit the axe head one extra time to transform it into a pickaxe head instead. Cool the pickaxe head in the oil and place it on top of the grip on the crafting table. This should form a completed pickaxe.

How to Build a One-Handed Hammer

• 1 One Hand Grip
• 2 Metal Ingots

Place the grip on the crafting table. Heat up two metal ingots of your choice and set the heated ingots on the anvil. Use the Z key to set your craft setting to Blunt. Hammer the ingots until they form a hammer head. Cool the heated hammer head in the oil and place them on the grip to connect them, This should form a completed one handed hammer. The game sometimes refers to it as “mallet” as well.

How to Build a Two-Handed Hammer

• 1 Two Hand Grip
• 3 Metal Ingots

Place the two-hand grip on the crafting table. Heat up three metal ingots of your choice and place the heated ingots onto the anvil. Set your craft setting to Blunt using the Z key. Hammer the ingots until the form the large hammer head. Cool the hammer head in the oil and place the cooled head onto the grip. This should form a complete Warhammer.

How to Build a Polearm

• 1 Polearm Grip
• 1-2 Metal Ingots

This is an interestingly diverse weapon. There is no “polearm” head, but you attach other weapon heads to a polearm grip. The image above shows a sword blade as a head. The examples hanging in the shop also show one with a mallet head. You can also use dagger heads if you wanted. Craft any non-large weapon head, and try that as a polearm head.

How to Build a Shield

• 1 Wood Log
• 5 Metal Ingots

This is the most complicated and time-consuming item in My Little Blacksmith Shop. Begin by taking a wooden log and placing it on the woodcutter outside your shop. If you need more logs, you can cut down trees from the forest with an axe. Place the log on the woodcutter, select what shape shield you want, and select the floor pedal to cut it.

Next, heat five metal ingots of your choice. Place two of them on the anvil. Make sure you select the Shields option on your craft menu with the Z key. Hammer the two ingots until they form a shield frame. If the frame shape doesn’t match the shield type you cut from wood, then place the frame back on the anvil while hot (heat up if you have to) and hammer it again, every hit should cycle it through the various frame shapes. One correct, cool it off in the oil and connect it to the wooden shape on the crafting table.

After that, place a single heated ingot on the anvil, and hammer it. It should first form the shield boss (the circular center bit). Cool that off and connect to the shield. Place another heated ingot on the anvil and hammer, once you have a boss piece, hit it again to change it into a hand brace. Cool the brace and attach to the shield. Repeat this again, this time hammering the piece until it forms the wrist brace. Cool and attach. Once you’ve done all this, it should form a complete shield.

Helpful Information

• Like with the pickaxe and shield, hammering a metal head on the anvil while still hot will cycle it through alternate designs. With the previous exceptions, these are purely cosmetic.
• You can break apart a built weapon (or incorrectly built one) by placing the weapon on the anvil and hitting it with the hammer.
• You can turn a completed weapon head back into ingots by placing them in the smelting furnace.
• The shield will sometimes get stuck if you place the wood body on the crafting table before the metal frame. Try placing the frame first to prevent this.
• Shift-clicking on a weapon head while on the anvil will enter a timing mini-game that, when completed well, will increase the weapon’s quality.
• The My Little Blacksmith Shop Wiki is another excellent source for information, though it’s not complete.