The Forge (Revisited)
Items in this room:
Gold Coins: 7 | Keys: 1 | Potions: 2 | Gems: 0
Exit the minecart and save it you want to. Head up the stairs and you'll hear a familiar Crawler screech. Two of them will run around the corner to charge at you, while at the same time a Big Mouth appears to shoot fire at you. Pull up your Shield and back up a bit while taking out the Crawlers. Once they're down, take out the flying enemy. Continue down the hall a bit, but slowly edge yourself around the corner. There's a Large Crawler waiting for you, and you can try and bait it into running right past you if you stick close to the corner wall. Keep on the move while shooting at it to avoid the charges. Once that big guy is downed, the hallway is now safe.
Continuing on around the corner, there's a chest containing a Red Potion. Move to the end of the hall, then turn right and fire upon the stack of explosive barrels to clear out the rubble in the tunnel. This opens the way back into the main area of The Forge. Once inside make your way past the pit and approach the dwarf statue to the right of the entrance door. Climb up the wooden scaffolding in front of it, then place the Green Jewel in its forehead to cause a Large Key to emerge from its mouth. Grab the key, then head over to the elevator to get to the second tier.
Approach the vat of lava and use the chain to climb your way across to the other side. Head into the small room to the right and blow up various barrels and crates to find four clusters Gold Coins. Unlock the nearby chest for a Blue Potion. Back outside the room, shoot the Runic Plate across the way to lower another elevator. Step aboard to be whisked up to the third tier.
Step off the platform, but don't move too far. There's an Evolved Crawler lurking by the pool of water. Best way to combat it is to shoot some ice toward the right corner of the water until you hit it. This will briefly freeze it, but more importantly make it visible. Once you can see it, start blasting away with fire until it's defeated. In the PCVR version, this does not seem to work. But it does cast a shadow now, so you can use that to orient your fireballs. After the threat has been taken care of, turn around and shoot some breakable objects for two clusters of Gold Coins.
Walk over to the pool of water and hit it with some ice to freeze it. Quickly walk or Dash across before it can thaw. On the other side, shoot the small jar near the pedestal for some more Gold Coins. Nothing more to do here, so head on through the exit door into the next room.
