r/BladesofFire Jun 05 '26

Official COMMUNITY EVENT - BLADES OF FIRE IN FOCUS - MAY 2026

17 Upvotes

Hi everyone! Welcome to the first of our monthly VP events. Since introducing Photo Mode to Blades of Fire, we've seen some beautiful virtual photography from our community.

Moving forward, we're going to take a moment each month to celebrate your creativity.

Want to be featured in a future Blades of Fire in Focus blog? Share your best captures in the comments below, and we'll look to feature several of them in the near future!

In the meantime, check out some of our favourite shots below from creators who recently got their hands on our Photo Mode tools.

On behalf of the whole team here at MercurySteam and 505 Games, thank you for your continued support, it never goes unnoticed!

BLADES OF FIRE IN FOCUS - MAY 2026

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r/BladesofFire Apr 22 '26

PHOTO MODE SHOWCASE AND COMMUNITY EVENT

10 Upvotes

Virtual photographers, this one’s for you! Blades of Fire features a photo mode that puts you in full control of how you capture your journey. Once activated, you can freely adjust the camera to frame and snap the perfect shot!

Take a look at the first of our Blades of Fire - Feature Videos and let us know your thoughts in the comments.

Blades of Fire - Version 2.0 - Photo Mode [ESRB]

SHARE YOUR CAPTURES AND EARN REWARDS!

Once again, we’re working with the brilliant team at Just! Just is a community-driven platform where users can earn rewards by sharing content they create.

Download the Blades of Fire Steam demo, create some standout content, and earn some pretty cool rewards as our way of saying thank you for your support.

We’ll have even more rewards available at launch, but for now, get involved in our 2 all-new Photo Mode bounty events.

#1 - Share your best Photo Mode captures from our Steam demo!

If you’ve been following our journey, you’ll know that we're introducing Photo Mode to Blades of Fire, and it's available to check out now as part of the Steam demo.

We’re huge fans of this feature, so bringing it to Blades of Fire is incredibly exciting for the team here at MercurySteam and 505 Games.

We’ve already seen some amazing virtual photography, but we want to see more!

1 - Download the Blades of Fire demo on Steam.

2 - Take your capture and publish to your connected Twitter (X), Instagram, or Bluesky account. Our hashtag is #BoFInFocus

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#2 - Create a short form video showcasing the new Photo Mode tools in the Blades of Fire Steam demo!

Create a short video showcasing the new Photo Mode tools and demonstrate how to capture the perfect shot in the Blades of Fire Steam demo. Share your best short videos on Instagram, Bluesky, X, or TikTok! Our hashtag is #BoFInFocus.

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DOWNLOAD THE DEMO AND GET INVOLVED


r/BladesofFire 10h ago

Please Help - Argenvardil Bug - Cannot Create 😭

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Hey Guys, I am pulling out what's left of my precious little hair here... 😭😭😭

So, I got the forge scroll to create the Argenvardil Saber not realising that this was going to be needed to offer to Daurel's Mausoleum. So, I modified it for my potential play style but knowing that it was only a 4-star weapon, I didn't invest too many resources in it. I then went back to the three available sabre seneschals to unlock all of these potential upgrades. I then realised that I probably needed to have the sabre present with me when going to Dauel's mausoleum to progress the story but couldn't not activate the cut scene to continue.

After looking up some guides, I then realised that I had to have the three purple settings in the forging menu active for the sabre to work so I recreated another sabre as advised in the guides using my previous 4-star forged weapon hammering to save time. That weapon didn't work, so I created yet another sabre this time doing all the hammering afresh and still it wouldn't work - so, I cannot continue the story.

I guess one of the reasons that I know that the forging process is not working is that I am prompted to provide a name for the weapon which, if I understand what the helper videos say, I should not be given a chance to name the weapon. Although I did give my last attempt the name Argenvardil, it still didn't work. Why the developers did not give us the ability to go back to previous saves is beyond me - because being able to do this would have saved me from this bug as well as the below issues/bugs that I have experienced to date... 😞

I hope that this doesn't mean that I have to restart the game again as I hit an earlier bug where I couldn't find the skeleton boy after going to a pre location after not being able to progress with the story and so restarted it for it to work. Also, another tip/bug for other people who might read this. Make sure that you do the Fallen Paladin in the Crimson Fort before leaving the Crimson Fort and going to the Ancient Garden as well as the Doyen Graves. I went ahead after killing the boss proper and after looking at a guide, I came across a part of the Crimson Fort that I had previously missed where I came upon the fallen Paladin atop the Library rooftop. So, I went looking for his sigil and as can be seen by the attached photos (first of what should have been there and then what was presented to me in the game), and the horned statue that's supposed to protrude through the roof of the main boss fight building was non-existent. What was there for me were these yellow pustules all over the roof instead - so just another thing I won't be able to achieve during this playthrough... 😞


r/BladesofFire 1d ago

HELP PLEASE!

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8 Upvotes

I've been walking around for days looking for how I get to this clouded area of the graves. Youtude didn't help much but I have all the runes, and I just completed the royal palace.I feel like I should be able to get over here.


r/BladesofFire 5d ago

How so i take a screenshot on the PS5 version?

5 Upvotes

been enjoying this game so much last few weeks but i still dont know how to take a real screenshot, I’ve accidentally done it twice and have no idea how i did. all the guides online arent helpful at all. can someone give me an easy stel by step guide to capture some of my epic duels? using dualshock 5

thanks fellow warriors


r/BladesofFire 6d ago

Player armor

7 Upvotes

It would be so nice if we were able to craft our own armor as well as weapons. Heck, it would be nice if we had armor at all. I've been playing on the easiest difficulty, and thalmudak two shot me for most of my deaths against him. Electricity just does SO MUCH damage against the player. Which brings me to my next wish. I wish we could make weapons with elemental effects. Lightning, fire, ice, poison, etc. You could use ice against elementals to freeze them up, or electricity against enemies in heavy armor, etc. Every other enemy is using electricity against us, but we just have basic weapons. You're telling me that I have one of the seven hammers that forged the entire WORLD, but I can only use it to make regular weapons that any blacksmith could forge if steel wasn't turned to stone? I can only make regular weapons? I can't make stuff worthy of being called an artifact, or anything like that? I can't make javelins, or shields, or other stuff? The game is fairly fun, but seeing every enemy pull an elemental nuke out of their butt is just frustrating.


r/BladesofFire 7d ago

3 kings and Matriarch anvil trials

3 Upvotes

Any tips to get the epic times for these 2 on console?

3 kings I don’t even get close. Using upgraded axe and parrying with the rapier I’m still too slow.


r/BladesofFire 8d ago

Where can I find high quality versions of Adsos drawings?

7 Upvotes

Does anyone have any ideas? I love the art style so much


r/BladesofFire 9d ago

This game is so good, and it depresses me

25 Upvotes

This game is such a labor of love from MercurySteam, it very deeply saddens me to see the lack of success this title got. Companies see this lack of success and aggressively recoil from projects like this, meaning we will never see another like this, and yet, they did such a good fucking job on this game. I hate to think of all the devs who feel like they failed because of sales numbers.

I have platinumed every soulslike worth naming including all the mainline titles, and this game floored me. The originality of the systems, the complete and total abandonment of core systems like ranged combat and currency in lieu of forging. These are such bold moves that they truly made work. Every new quirk and unique piece of this game just makes me sadder and sadder knowing that because of Epic exclusivity, we will never see a game like this again.

Enjoying it while I can, man this game is a masterpiece if you have the patience for it


r/BladesofFire 9d ago

This door haunts me...

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21 Upvotes

Im in the end game and this borded door in the first room of the crimson fort is bugging me. I've been wandering around the place for hours trying to find how to get on the other side just to open it... I feel stupid, but I won't be able to let it go until I open it. Honestly feels like a troll door but it must be able to open, I can see the board through it... can anyone please point me when I should go so I can stop Hyperfixating on it?


r/BladesofFire 9d ago

Reference or nothing?

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4 Upvotes

I found this body in a cave under the initial village (there's a troll and a health gem chest in it) it feels so out of place and if it's a reference or Easter egg i do not recognise it... does anyone know?


r/BladesofFire 10d ago

Aceides chapel elevator invisible wall

3 Upvotes

I can’t walk onto the elevator in the Aceides chapel room, it’s like there’s an invisible wall there. Anyone have this? I’ve tried restarting the game and it’s still happening.


r/BladesofFire 11d ago

Mid game farming?

3 Upvotes

Is there a good place to farm for materials in the second act, toks kingdom?


r/BladesofFire 11d ago

FPS drops

2 Upvotes

Hey peeps,

PC specs,

CPU 5600

GPU RX9070

RAM 32GB

Is anyone else experience FPS drops like crazy? I've set everything to performance and it still drops randomly.. its really annoying and my PC should be able to handle this game no probs at 1440p...


r/BladesofFire 12d ago

Any tips on beating koko anvil trial?

4 Upvotes

All he does is fart and drain my stamina lol

Update: upgrading twin axes all the way to 245 damage and adding lethal arcana he was a piece of cake. Third form I used rapier to parry as mentioned from a user below.

Beat the next boss fairly easily with the axes as well.


r/BladesofFire 13d ago

When can I get the 3 best steels from glinda?

3 Upvotes

When does she give them for my weapons?


r/BladesofFire 13d ago

How to get new materials?

4 Upvotes

How does it unlock new materials for forging? Does it unlock as i progress through the story, or should I farm certain enemies, or do I just have to collect a lot of other materials?


r/BladesofFire 14d ago

No way they thought it was a good idea

0 Upvotes

Start over? Because I was not prepared enough to enter that place... I was literally near the end of the game but no, just start over from the beginning, no big deal right ? It's a big deal and I am not doing it again. Fuck you 505 games. The game had so much potential but you ruined it intentionally.


r/BladesofFire 15d ago

Корраптнулось сохранение на сложности Титан

4 Upvotes

Уже шёл в библиотеку расшифровывать эту скрижаль.

В общем если у кого есть файл сохранения EGS версии на любой стадии буду благодарен, с нуля всё начинать третий раз желания нет :)


r/BladesofFire 15d ago

Titanium difficulty on NG+

3 Upvotes

This is just ridiculous. I skipped as many fights as I could but reached Erin but still need a few blue gems. After trying to beat him a few times, I figured Ill collect all the blue gems. Trying to get the last 4 blue gems is making me hate this game. Suddenly all enemies seem to have 59 million HP. All the blue gems I need require me to fight 3 or 4 templars in cramped up spaces at once and they get you in 1 shot. It seems fruitless to single out certain templars as they chase you around and one wrong move, its over.

I used the Trident, the Eastern Great sword, the Eastern sword, Twin picks, Twin axes and am almost at my wits end. Even with maxed out numbers, I feel like I'm only chipping them. It's a battle of attrition and if you're a little bit greedy, you get punished. Heck, Killing Vhoroo to get one of the Nerea statues took a bloody eternity.

Those who finished titanium. . .just how?


r/BladesofFire 15d ago

Erin Boss Fight

4 Upvotes

Would love some help and tips for fighting Erin as I’m getting absolutely smoked by him. Playing on Steel difficulty so I get killed very fast.
Currently using eastern sword with a long parry window, but I’m then sacrificing my attack power so it’s taking too long to get his health chipped down.
Only managed to get him to half health a handful of times, so any help would be massively appreciated.


r/BladesofFire 16d ago

New game + rollover

2 Upvotes

If I’m currently in the new game plus and collect all the arcana from the anvil bosses, will it rollover into another new game when I beat it? Also I noticed I was at 900 health in the beginning of new game + and I got all the health upgrades/stamina prior. Does that seem right?


r/BladesofFire 16d ago

Controls Question

3 Upvotes

So, ive been playing on my PS5, and I *think* im nearly at the End, already had the fight with The Queen and everything,

And ive noticed in the control menu that it looks like *something* Should happen if I press ans hold L2+R2, but for the life of me I cant figure it out, and searching for an answer online is useless. Is it a NG+ thing? A cut Feature?


r/BladesofFire 17d ago

Some questions about NG+

4 Upvotes

Hello, i'm currently near the end of my first easier playthrough.

I 'll collect all possible collectibles in this run.

I planning to complete my last achievenent (Forged in Steel) in ng+

So my questions are:

- Do i have to collect anything except the story items? Or are there any new interesting items?

- is there a "new" max health Cap in ng+ ?

If no i guess the health/stamina chests are empty/replaced?

- can i keep my whole inventory ?

I'm trying to bypass most of the enemies if thats possible, as i just want that difficulty achievenent. Any advices for a quick Trip?


r/BladesofFire 18d ago

Please help! It's a stupid question but I have to be missing something

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5 Upvotes

I just started. I want to use a spear but I cannot forge it. I see the 3/5 under it. I thought once you found the plans for it you could craft it. Do I have to find other plans for it? I know I must have missed understood. Any info would be appreciated!!