A sharpened spoon handle wrapped in rag. Every Stonewake urchin carries one.
Weapon stats
Class
Dagger
world pool: Stonewake's Cross
Base damage
4
at 1x multiplier
True speed
0.62s
listed as 0.5s
Range
4 studs
NPC sell
$60
at 1x, 100% quality
Rune slots
1
Min ores
3
Recommended
5
ores
RNG-lock
10
ores w/ lock on
Forge odds curve — Stonewake's Cross anvil
P(Dagger class) P(Pocket Shiv) ▏RNG-lock
Per-forge probability by crucible size N without RNG lock. The Dagger class curve peaks at N=5 on the gaussian weight table; Pocket Shiv takes 22.7% of the Dagger variant roll at Stonewake's Cross. With RNG Lock at N≥10 the orange class line becomes a flat 100%.
Expected forges — with & without RNG lock
Ores (N)
P(Pocket Shiv) no lock
Expected forges
With RNG lock
5
12.8%
~1 in 8
needs 10 ores
10
4.6%
~1 in 22
~1 in 5 locked
15
0.8%
~1 in 133
~1 in 5 locked
55
0.0%
~1 in 98,948,500,292,164,710,000,000
~1 in 5 locked
"Expected forges" = 1 ÷ combined probability of rolling the class and this
variant. RNG lock removes the class roll once N ≥ 10,
leaving only the 22.7% variant roll.
Top 3 ore recipes for Pocket Shiv
Solved at the Stonewake's Cross anvil with RNG lock targeting the Dagger class — BiS god-roll, clean zero-waste split, and a no-raid farmable fallback.
👑 God-Roll BiS
Bananite×3
Gearsteel×7
Total ores
10
Multiplier
1.94x
Target chance
22.7% · ~1 in 5
Est. DPS
14
Trait coverage: Bananite 30%OPTIMAL
Highest score: 13.7 DPS on Pocket Shiv at 22.7% per forge — the no-compromise endgame recipe.
Same-class alternatives at an identical 1.94x multiplier, quality
100, no traits or runes — pure damage ÷ true swing speed.
Frequently asked questions
How many ores do you need to RNG-lock Pocket Shiv in The Forge?+
Pocket Shiv is a Dagger: its class roll RNG-locks at 10 ores, its recommended crucible is 5 and its absolute minimum is 3. At 10+ ores only the variant roll remains — about ~1 in 5.
What is the best ore recipe for Pocket Shiv?+
The solver's BiS recipe is 3× Bananite + 7× Gearsteel — 1.94x multiplier, 22.7% per forge at Stonewake's Cross. See the recipe cards above to load it directly.
How fast is Pocket Shiv really?+
The tooltip lists 0.5s but the real swing is 0.62s — listed speeds under-report. True DPS on this page is computed against the 0.62s figure, the same one the game engine uses.
Is Pocket Shiv worth forging?+
Pocket Shiv is a D-tier Dagger with 4 base damage and 1 rune slot. With RNG lock it lands in ~5 forges on average — check the comparison table for where it sits inside Dagger.