Blindboxes are sold to you by ??? (Solid Snake) after rescuing him from the House of Time. He sells blindboxes in the mall, which contain a random item. They start off at level 1, and contain regular Items. By upgrading the blindboxes, the items inside them will improve/
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Emblems are items that enhance your weaponry. They either bestow new power on your weapons or allow you to forge stronger than normal weapons.
If you go into the smithy, you can forge without any sunlight at all. Simply get in talking position so you can talk to Smith. Then, use the Rising Sun magic, and quickly talk to Smith before the shot explodes. Proceed with the forging. Afterwards, if you did it correctly, you will have the same amount of energy you started with. This way, at night, if you want to forge more than once, you no longer need to buy Solar Nuts to restore lost energy.
Complete the task in order to win the specified bonus
Finish Spiral Tower to get Sabata.
When you forge somthing, Smith will say one of these 3 thing: (Next to them is what advantages/disadvantages you can get from them.)
"Tsh. Not great, eh?" - Highest:-1 Lowest: -10
"Oooh, fine job." - Highest: +10 Lowest: +1
"Wow! Superb workmanship!" - SP (Highest rank)