Tap the game to open it fullscreen. On a computer, Esc exits; on a phone, use the ✕ button.

How to play

The four anvils glow in an order. Watch and repeat by tapping the same anvils (on a computer, keys 1 to 4). Each round adds one strike to the sequence. Complete eight rounds to finish the necklace; three mistakes and the dwarfs give up.

The story behind it

In the Sörla þáttr, preserved in a manuscript from the late 14th century, four dwarfs forge the necklace Freyja wants. The rhythm forge is the game’s invention, and the original text is hostile in tone to the goddess. Read the story in Freyja and the Brísingamen necklace: what the Norse sources say about the goddess’s jewel.