ForgeTax merchant stock consists of single-use anvil tools, run-wide consumable pacts, and rare sword bases offered by the ghost merchant between forging sessions. Managing this inventory lets you mitigate shatter risks, generate extra tribute value, and satisfy contract quotas before the dragon loses patience.
Ghost Merchant Inventory and Consumables
Following the game's recent updates, consumable options at the merchant and the anvil row have been streamlined into a single five-slot usable layout alongside instant-effect supplies. Certain legacy items have been fully removed from circulation, while active items serve distinct utility roles during your strikes.
| Item | Purchase & Usage Type | In-Game Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Cracked Dragon Scale | Usable anvil item | Prevents a Break on the next strike. Consumed regardless of the outcome. Sold individually at a reduced rate. |
| Regret Clockwork | Usable anvil item | Rewinds the anvil by one strike before leaving, even if the sword broke. |
| Red Chalk | Usable anvil item | Doubles Great tickets for the upcoming strike. |
| Powder Pouch | Usable anvil item | Transforms Success and Great outcomes into Great for the next normal strike; changes all other outcomes into Break. |
| Cold Star Shard | Usable anvil item | Adds +3 Frenzy charges instantly. Cannot be triggered while already in Frenzy. |
| Ghost Delivery Note | Immediate supply item | Instantly reserves 2 additional basic swords for the upcoming day's supply. |
| Incense of Oblivion | Immediate supply item | Lowers dragon anger by one stage upon purchase. Limited to once per run. |
Retired Merchant Items
Official updates from developer GraveYardDev removed five consumables from active merchant pools to refine item utility. If you load an older save holding these items, the game refunds their base purchase values:
- Forging Oil
- Muffled Candle
- Emergency Steel Core
- Contract Revision Ink
- Echo Powder
Sword Bases in the Merchant Pool
Beyond consumables, the ghost merchant offers weapon bases that unlock distinct evolution paths in the codex:
- Funerary Sword: Introduced as an official addition to the ghost merchant's wares. It features an evolving cosmetic and stat progression from +0 to +20, culminating in the Key to the Underworld.
- Fishblade / Fish Sword: A situational sword base sought by players that appears across merchant interactions, developing into marine forms up to Leviathan's Fang (+20).
Under the shortened 21-day contract curve (April 15 through May 5), higher-tier merchant offerings and relic selections become accessible earlier in a run, providing earlier opportunities to construct builds before the final 145,000G tribute requirement.
Relics That Expand Merchant Stock and Shop Economy
Multiple unlockable and base-pool relics directly alter merchant offerings, rerolls, and available sword counts:
- Wandering Ghost’s Ledger: Forces merchants to bring 2 extra offers starting from their next visit. Unlocked through achievement progression.
- Silver Supply Writ: Permanently increases basic sword stock by +2 from the merchant's next arrival onward.
- Worn Voucher: Grants 1 complimentary relic shop reroll each round.
- Collector's Hook: Allows you to convert the round's first unforged +0 sword into 2 relic shop credits after using a reroll.
- Tax Tally: Awards +1 relic shop sword credit each time you pay the dragon's tribute in full.
Merchant Achievements
Clearing out inventory during a single stop unlocks an official Steam achievement:
- I’ll Take Everything: Purchase all available stock during a single merchant visit.
Acquiring the merchant-exclusive weapon lines also opens paths to their corresponding +20 mastery milestones, such as Funerary Sword Mastery and Fishblade Mastery.
Sources
- GraveYardDev official Steam patch notes: New Relics and the Funerary Sword — Forging & Performance Update
- GraveYardDev official Steam patch notes: 21-Day Contract Update — Balance, Performance & Steam Cloud
- Official Steam Store & Community Hub for ForgeTax (App ID: 5245810)
- Community-extracted data from the ForgeTax Tools database (Steam build 25755699)
