Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FORGE file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert FORGE to another file type
To convert FORGE Game archives to another format, you need Ubisoft Anvil Engine or other Game software.
Convert a file to FORGE
To convert other file formats to the "Game Data Archive" file type, you need software like Ubisoft Anvil Engine or a similar tool.
About FORGE files
.FORGE files are proprietary game data archives used by the Ubisoft Anvil (formerly Scimitar) game engine. They store critical game assets like 3D models, textures, audio tracks, and compiled scripts for massive open-world games like Assassin's Creed and Rainbow Six Siege. Standard tools cannot open them. You generally need specialized community-built extractors like Blacksmith or ForgeTool to unpack the contents. Gamers and modders need to convert these files to modify textures, rip 3D models for external animation, or access the original game soundtrack. The massive disadvantage is that .FORGE is a closed, proprietary, and entirely undocumented format. Files frequently exceed 10GB, use custom engine-specific compression algorithms like LZO or Oodle, and completely lack native support in standard archivers like 7-Zip. The best conversion targets depend entirely on the extracted asset type. Embedded textures typically convert to DDS or PNG, 3D models export to OBJ or FBX, and audio extracts to WAV or OGG. Note that complex relational data, such as bone weights and animation rigging, are often lost or corrupted during 3D model extraction. This file format is exceptionally difficult to open because it acts as a compiled, encrypted vault meant only for the game engine to read quickly at runtime. Standard online converters will fail to process it. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or extraction may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your FORGE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert FORGE file to EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP, SAV or DAT, you can use Ubisoft Anvil Engine or similar software from the "Game Asset Data Archiving" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to FORGE, try Ubisoft Anvil Engine or another comparable tool in the "Game Asset Data Archiving" category.
The FORGE Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our FORGE converter.