1 Loot To Forge Dungeon Stages

Stage data checked 2026-09-23 · community-observed

The dungeon is a linear hallway of numbered stages, each with tougher enemies and better ore than the last. The route that works is not the deepest stage you can reach — it is the deepest one you can finish without dying.

Verify before you commit. Stage numbers, enemy names and the Stage 8 boss are dated community observations from September 2026 runs. Stage requirements scale with updates, so confirm the live requirement in-game before committing a run.

Stage by stage

Stage 2–4

Enemies: Goblins, Armored Goblins

Warm-up rooms. Drops cover Upgrades, not real crafts.

Confidence: Cross-source

Stage 5–6

Enemies: Desert Zombies

First desert rooms — Amethyst, Nova Ore and Sunfire Ore start dropping here.

Confidence: Cross-source

Stage 7

Enemies: Jackal Zombies

The early-game farm target: Emerald, Mystic Crystal, Gold, Sapphire, Obsidian and Fire Crystal all appear on this stage.

Confidence: Cross-source

Stage 8

Enemies: Pharaoh Zombies, Desert Reaper

The first wall. The Desert Reaper is reported at roughly 500 million HP.

Confidence: Community

Which stage should you farm?

Stage 7 is the answer for most of the early and mid game. Jackal Zombies there drop the widest ore spread in the game — Emerald, Mystic Crystal, Gold, Sapphire, Obsidian and Fire Crystal — which means one stage covers most of what a decent weapon recipe needs.

Stage 8 is a wall, not a farm: Pharaoh Zombies hit considerably harder, and the stage is anchored by the Desert Reaper at a reported ~500 million HP. Treat it as a checkpoint. Farm Stage 7 until your backpack is maxed, forge and enchant off that ore, hold the highest training multiplier you can, and bank a Rebirth before you try the Reaper seriously.

Farming loop that wastes the least time: train in your best zone → run the deepest stage you clear cleanly → stop before the bag overflows → check the Forge preview → craft or sell → repeat. See thefull farming route guide.

The four-hit rule

A practical benchmark rather than a formula: if your attacks consistently fail to kill an enemy in four hits, the next stage is beyond your current Power. Retreat, train, or forge something better — do not gamble an entire run on a fight you cannot finish.

This matters more than it sounds, because the Power gap between adjacent stages is large. Walking out with a full bag of mid-stage ore beats dying near the boss with nothing, every time. Therun planner shows what a lost run costs you in trips.

Rebirth timing

Rebirth resets your accumulated Power and grants a permanent multiplier in return. Forged weapons, armor and storage upgrades stay.

Rebirth when training gains flatten out and the next stage still kills you. Resetting too early wastes Power; resetting too late wastes hours that a multiplier would have covered.

Before you reset

Spend leftover ore at the Forge — resets do not reclaim materials.
Equip your best forged weapon so early floors clear fast after the reset.
Sell genuinely surplus ore for Coins, but keep ingredients for your next planned craft.

More detail — including how Power training zones feed into the timing — is in thePower and Rebirth guide.