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Practice Katana

⚔️ Katana C Stonewake's Cross

Bamboo-wrapped training steel. Survived a thousand students; deserves a real forge.

Weapon stats

Class
Katana
world pool: Stonewake's Cross
Base damage
8
at 1x multiplier
True speed
0.88s
listed as 0.7s
Range
6 studs
NPC sell
$170
at 1x, 100% quality
Rune slots
1
Min ores
7
Recommended
20
ores
RNG-lock
25
ores w/ lock on

Forge odds curve — Stonewake's Cross anvil

P(Katana class) P(Practice Katana) ▏RNG-lock
0% 6% 13% 19% 25% 3 10 20 30 40 50 55 ores (N) N=25
Per-forge probability by crucible size N without RNG lock. The Katana class curve peaks at N=22 on the gaussian weight table; Practice Katana takes 33.3% of the Katana variant roll at Stonewake's Cross. With RNG Lock at N≥25 the orange class line becomes a flat 100%.

Expected forges — with & without RNG lock

Ores (N) P(Practice Katana) no lock Expected forges With RNG lock
20 7.3% ~1 in 14 needs 25 ores
25 7.2% ~1 in 14 ~1 in 3 locked
30 4.5% ~1 in 23 ~1 in 3 locked
55 0.0% ~1 in 251,573 ~1 in 3 locked

"Expected forges" = 1 ÷ combined probability of rolling the class and this variant. RNG lock removes the class roll once N ≥ 25, leaving only the 33.3% variant roll.

Top 3 ore recipes for Practice Katana

Solved at the Stonewake's Cross anvil with RNG lock targeting the Katana class — BiS god-roll, clean zero-waste split, and a no-raid farmable fallback.

👑 God-Roll BiS

  • Poopite×9
  • Gearsteel×21
Total ores
30
Multiplier
2.04x
Target chance
33.3% · ~1 in 3
Est. DPS
20

Trait coverage: Poopite 30% OPTIMAL

Highest score: 19.5 DPS on Practice Katana at 33.3% per forge — the no-compromise endgame recipe.

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⚖️ Zero-Waste Sweet Spot

  • Bananite×9
  • Gearsteel×21
Total ores
30
Multiplier
1.93x
Target chance
33.3% · ~1 in 3
Est. DPS
19

Trait coverage: Bananite 30% OPTIMAL

30 ores divides cleanly by 30% — every trait ore sits at exactly the sweet spot with zero rounding waste.

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💰 No-Raid Farmable

  • Poopite×10
  • Gearsteel×23
Total ores
33
Multiplier
2.04x
Target chance
33.3% · ~1 in 3
Est. DPS
19

Trait coverage: Poopite 30% OPTIMAL

Built entirely from mined and crafted ores — no Tower of Hell drops or event items required.

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Each recipe loads straight into the crucible with ores, RNG lock and target pre-set. Odds are per forge at the recipe's anvil world.

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Best runes for Practice Katana

Rune Effect Why it fits
Blast Chip 20–40% Explosion per-hit explosions scale with swing rate — a fast weapon triggers it almost twice a second — at 0.88s true speed.

True DPS inside Katana — at 2.04x / quality 100

Weapon Base dmg True speed Damage True DPS
Sakura Emperor's Fang 26 0.985s 53 54
Kitsune's Whisper 21 0.97s 43 44
Bloodmoon Katana 18 0.955s 37 38
Frostpetal Blade 16 0.94s 33 35
Moonlit Katana 14 0.925s 29 31
Duskwind Blade 12 0.91s 24 27
Ronin's Edge 11 0.895s 22 25
Practice Katana ← 8 0.88s 16 19

Same-class alternatives at an identical 2.04x multiplier, quality 100, no traits or runes — pure damage ÷ true swing speed.

Frequently asked questions

How many ores do you need to RNG-lock Practice Katana in The Forge? +

Practice Katana is a Katana: its class roll RNG-locks at 25 ores, its recommended crucible is 20 and its absolute minimum is 7. At 25+ ores only the variant roll remains — about ~1 in 3.

What is the best ore recipe for Practice Katana? +

The solver's BiS recipe is 9× Poopite + 21× Gearsteel — 2.04x multiplier, 33.3% per forge at Stonewake's Cross. See the recipe cards above to load it directly.

How fast is Practice Katana really? +

The tooltip lists 0.7s but the real swing is 0.88s — listed speeds under-report. True DPS on this page is computed against the 0.88s figure, the same one the game engine uses.

Is Practice Katana worth forging? +

Practice Katana is a C-tier Katana with 8 base damage and 1 rune slot. With RNG lock it lands in ~3 forges on average — check the comparison table for where it sits inside Katana.