Godsforge Progression Guide

A late-game NeoForge mod built around one block, the God Forge: a 25-slot (5×5) crafting altar that dwarfs a vanilla crafting table. Everything in this mod funnels through it. The whole climb, from your first Godsteel Ingot to a full set of Ascended armor, is built entirely from vanilla Minecraft materials. No other mods required. It's a long, deliberate grind through content you've probably already beaten, repurposed as crafting ingredients for something better.

The God Forge

• Right-click to open. It's a 5×5 grid (25 input slots) plus one output slot on the right.
• The output slot updates live as you arrange items, just like a vanilla crafting table, only five times the size.
• Take the result and the 25 ingredient slots are consumed automatically, one of each per craft.
• It emits a faint light (level 7) and makes anvil sounds rather than a plain crafting-table clunk.
• Completing a valid high-tier craft plays a short "challenge complete" chime, your cue that whatever you just placed actually matched a recipe.

Reading a recipe grid

Every recipe in this guide is shown as a 5×5 diagram, read top row to bottom row, left to right, the same convention as a vanilla crafting table, just bigger. Row 1 of the diagram is the top row of the Forge's grid; the leftmost character in each row is the leftmost slot.

The five tiers

Godsteel  →  Divine Core  →  Titan's Heart  →  God Gear  →  Ascended Armor
(alloy)      (catalyst)      (catalyst)         (armor      (capstone)
                                                  + tools)

Tiers 1 to 3 build catalyst items. Tier 4 spends those catalysts on wearable gear. Tier 5 takes finished Tier 4 armor and a second, harder-to-get catalyst and upgrades it further. Your original God Armor pieces get consumed in the process, so budget for that.

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Tier 1: Godsteel

The base alloy, refined from netherite, diamond, and ancient debris. If you've beaten the Nether, you already have what this needs.

Godsteel Ingot (God Forge, 5×5)

key: N = Netherite Ingot   D = Diamond Block   A = Ancient Debris

  .  .  A  .  .
  .  N  D  N  .
  N  D  D  D  N
  .  N  D  N  .
  .  .  A  .  .

6× Netherite Ingot, 5× Diamond Block, 2× Ancient Debris → 4× Godsteel Ingot

Block of Godsteel (ordinary 3×3 crafting table): 9× Godsteel Ingot → 1× Block of Godsteel (reversible: 1 Block → 9 Ingot, shapeless)

Godsteel Blocks are the bulk currency spent on everything downstream. Stock up.

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Tier 2: Divine Core

Divine Core (God Forge, 5×5)

key: G = Block of Godsteel   T = Totem of Undying   S = Nether Star

  G  G  G  G  G
  G  .  .  .  G
  G  T  S  T  G
  G  .  .  .  G
  G  G  G  G  G

16× Block of Godsteel + 2× Totem of Undying + 1× Nether Star → 1× Divine Core

A ring of 16 Godsteel Blocks (144 ingots) around a Nether Star (kill a Wither), flanked by two Totems of Undying (Evoker drops from Woodland Mansions or Pillager raids).

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Tier 3: Titan's Heart

Titan's Heart (God Forge, 5×5)

key: C = Divine Core   W = Wither Skeleton Skull
     D = Dragon's Breath   S = Shulker Shell

  .  .  W  .  .
  .  S  D  S  .
  S  D  C  D  S
  .  S  D  S  .
  .  .  W  .  .

1× Divine Core + 2× Wither Skeleton Skull + 6× Shulker Shell + 4× Dragon's Breath → 1× Titan's Heart

The first recipe that reaches into the End: Shulker Shells come from End City Shulkers, Dragon's Breath from bottling the Ender Dragon's attack cloud. Combined with the Wither Skeleton Skulls (Nether Fortress), Titan's Heart ties Nether and End progression together before you're allowed to make actual gear.

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Tier 4: God Gear

Nine recipes, all the same shape: a ring of 16 Godsteel Blocks around a Titan's Heart, with your existing Netherite equivalent in the bottom-center slot. It gets consumed and upgraded.

key: G = Block of Godsteel   H = Titan's Heart   N = your Netherite item

  G  G  G  G  G
  G  .  .  .  G
  G  .  H  .  G
  G  .  N  .  G
  G  G  G  G  G

16× Block of Godsteel + 1× Titan's Heart + 1 Netherite item → 1 God-tier item

Netherite item consumed	Produces
Netherite Helmet	Helm of the Gods
Netherite Chestplate	Chestplate of the Gods
Netherite Leggings	Leggings of the Gods
Netherite Boots	Boots of the Gods
Netherite Sword	Godslayer Blade
Netherite Pickaxe	Pickaxe of the Gods
Netherite Axe	Axe of the Gods
Netherite Shovel	Shovel of the Gods
Netherite Hoe	Hoe of the Gods

Stats

Armor, full set, God tier vs. Netherite: 42 total defense (20), 7.0 toughness (3.0), 0.25 knockback resistance (0.1), 80 durability multiplier (37), enchantment value 22 (15).

Tools, God tier vs. Netherite: 4200 durability (2031), 13.0 mining speed (9.0), +7.0 attack damage bonus (+4.0).

All God gear is fire/lava-proof, glints like an enchanted item, and repairs on Godsteel Ingot, Divine Core, or Titan's Heart.

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Tier 5: Ascended Armor

Forge the final catalyst, then upgrade each armor piece individually. Ascension is armor-only; there's no Ascended tool tier.

Heart of the Void (God Forge, 5×5, the single hardest recipe in the mod)

key: N = Nether Star   E = Elytra
     S = Shulker Shell   D = Dragon's Breath

  .  .  E  .  .
  .  S  D  S  .
  S  D  N  D  S
  .  S  D  S  .
  .  .  S  .  .

1× Nether Star + 1× Elytra + 7× Shulker Shell + 4× Dragon's Breath → 1× Heart of the Void

Ascending an armor piece (God Forge, 5×5, same shape for all four pieces)

key: G = Block of Godsteel   V = Heart of the Void   B = your God armor piece

  G  G  G  G  G
  G  .  .  .  G
  G  .  V  .  G
  G  .  B  .  G
  G  G  G  G  G

16× Block of Godsteel + 1× Heart of the Void + 1 God armor piece → 1 Ascended armor piece

Consumes	Produces
Helm of the Gods	Ascended Crown
Chestplate of the Gods	Ascended Aegis
Leggings of the Gods	Ascended Greaves
Boots of the Gods	Ascended Striders

Stats

Ascended vs. Netherite: 53 total defense (20), 11.0 toughness (3.0), 0.4 knockback resistance (0.1), 150 durability multiplier (37), enchantment value 30 (15). Repairs on Godsteel Ingot, Divine Core, Titan's Heart, or Heart of the Void.

Full-set bonus

Wear all four Ascended pieces at once and you passively get, refreshed every second so it never lapses:

• Fire Resistance: lava and fire immunity
• Water Breathing
• Slow Falling: no more fall damage
• Regeneration I

Wearing only some Ascended pieces, or any base God armor, does not grant this. It's meant to be a reason to finish the full set rather than stop at "good enough."

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Shopping list

Nether: Ancient Debris, Netherite Ingots (a lot; Godsteel and every Tier 4 recipe both want them), Wither Skeleton Skulls.

Overworld: Diamonds, a Wither fight for Nether Stars, Woodland Mansion or Pillager raids for Totems of Undying.

The End: 13 Shulker Shells total across the whole tree, an Elytra, and 8 bottles of Dragon's Breath from multiple Ender Dragon fights.

The End costs are the real gate. Expect to visit several End Cities and refight the dragon (she respawns on an End Crystal ritual) before you're geared up.