How to Get Race Rerolls in The Forge

Race rerolls in The Forge come from five sources: the free seven-day login streak, the weekly Arena ladder, the premium shop, the seasonal pass, and the player market. The cheapest reliable path is the streak plus Arena — roughly 104 free tokens a year — while the fastest is buying a bundle in the premium shop, where landing one specific common race works out to about $10–11 once the drop odds are factored in. There is no sixth method, and no way to convert gold into gems or vice versa.

What a race reroll actually does

A race reroll is a consumable that re-rolls your character’s starting race while keeping your level, gear, and story progress intact — you are not creating a new character. Per the game’s official patch notes, the live race pool is weighted rather than flat: eight common races sit at roughly 11–12% each, and the two headline races sit closer to 4% each. That weighting, not the token price, is what determines whether a reroll is a coin flip or a long shot, so read the current pool percentages before you spend anything.

Every route to a race reroll, compared

Currency names occasionally shift between patches and platforms, but the costs and caps above reflect the current live build. If your shop shows different numbers, trust the in-game listing — it updates faster than any third-party source.

The two free routes, and how to stack them

The seven-day login streak

The streak is the only genuinely passive source. You need level 5 for the reroll option to appear at all, and the counter only advances on a day you actually log in — missing a day resets the count to one, not to zero tokens. That reset behavior is the reason a “log in every day” habit is worth more than any single purchase: 52 consecutive weeks of play yields 52 tokens without spending a currency unit.

The weekly Arena ladder

Arena resets every Monday at server reset. Playing ten ranked matches in a week is enough to qualify for the participation token, and finishing inside the top 10% of your bracket doubles it to two. You do not need to win all ten — the ladder rewards matches played, not win rate, which means a low-geared character can still collect. Stacking Arena on top of the login streak is what gets a free player to roughly 104 tokens a year, enough for about 12 expected common-race hits.

Buying rerolls: the real cost per attempt

Gem packs are sold in tiers, and the commonly purchased tier is 1,200 gems for about $9.99–10.99, which works out to roughly $0.0083 per gem. At 150 gems a token, a single reroll costs about $1.25; at 650 gems for five, the per-token price drops to about $1.08. The bundle is the better buy by roughly 14%, and there is no larger discount tier above it.

Now the part most guides skip — the expected number of attempts. For a common race at 11.5%, the expected number of rerolls is 1 ÷ 0.115, or about 9. At the bundle rate that is roughly $10 of gems. For a rare race at 4%, the expected count is 25 rerolls, or about $27. If you want a 90% confidence interval rather than a coin-flip average, the math is n ≥ ln(0.1) ÷ ln(0.96), which rounds to 57 rerolls — roughly $62. Budget for the 90% figure if you are chasing a specific rare, and for the expected figure if any top-tier race will do.

The market and event routes

Once you hit level 20, other players list reroll tokens on the market. Prices swing between 40,000 and 90,000 gold depending on the season, with the low end appearing during event weeks when supply spikes. A mid-game player farming daily activities earns somewhere between 50,000 and 80,000 gold a day, so the market effectively converts about one day of routine play into one reroll — the best rate available to anyone who is not spending real money, and a terrible rate for anyone who is short on gold.

Event codes and limited-time events are the wildcard. They are unpredictable, but they reliably hand out one to three tokens per event, and they are the only source that sometimes grants a guaranteed rare-race token rather than a random roll. Redeeming them costs nothing but the thirty seconds it takes to check the official announcement channels.

Which route fits your situation

How to reroll without wasting tokens

1. Reach level 5 first. The reroll button is hidden before that, and some players buy tokens early only to find they cannot spend them for a few hours of play.
2. Check the current pool weights. Patch notes list the active percentages, and events sometimes dilute the pool with temporary races. Rerolling during a diluted event lowers your odds of the race you actually want.
3. Bank at least nine tokens before you start. Nine is the expected count for a common race; rerolling one token at a time off the free streak spreads a single attempt across a week and makes it easy to stop early out of frustration.
4. Buy the five-pack, not singles. The 14% discount is real and the daily cap of two bundles is high enough that you will never hit it accidentally.
5. Stop at the first top-tier result. The most common mistake is rerolling past a good race because it is not the best race — you can always reroll again next season with free tokens.
6. Do not reroll a character you have invested heavily in mid-season. Race bonuses interact with gear affinities, and switching right before a ranked reset can leave you re-gearing during placement matches.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a completely free way to get race rerolls in The Forge?

Yes. The seven-day login streak and the weekly Arena ladder are both free and together produce roughly 104 tokens a year for a daily player. Event codes add another 10–15 annually. You never have to spend money to reroll, though the free rate is slow enough that a targeted rare race can take months.

How many race rerolls can you buy per day?

The premium shop caps purchases at ten single tokens or two five-token bundles per day, and the player market caps trades at three tokens per day. There is no weekly cap on top of those, so a heavy spender is limited by the daily reset rather than by a rolling window.

Does rerolling ever give you back the race you already have?

Yes. The roll is independent each time and the pool includes every race, including your current one. Because of that, the expected number of attempts to reach a specific common race is about nine, and there is no pity system or bad-luck protection mentioned in the patch notes.

Can you trade race reroll tokens with other players?

Trading unlocks at level 20, and tokens are a tradeable item on the player market. Prices typically run 40,000–90,000 gold, dropping toward the low end during event weeks. You cannot trade premium currency, only the tokens themselves and the gold used to buy them.

Do race reroll tokens expire between seasons?

Tokens themselves carry over between seasons and do not expire, but seasonal pass rewards do — any tokens sitting unclaimed on a pass track are lost when the season ends. Claim them before the season timer runs out. Event-granted tokens follow the same rule as shop tokens and persist indefinitely.

Is it worth rerolling for one of the rare races?

Only if the rare race’s passive genuinely fits your build. At a 4% pool share, the expected spend is around $27 or 25 tokens, and reaching 90% confidence takes 57 tokens. If you are a free player, expect to save for several months; if you are paying, treat it as a $30–60 decision rather than a $5 one.