User blog comment:PitchBlack696/Laviente/@comment-60.51.64.22-20110131123033/@comment-3426677-20110221221911

It usually only takes around an hour and a half to kill. You have to kill around 75 Ravientes to make any of his weapons useful....and that's the first upgrade...lol. Only the initial forge requires mats, everything after that is upgraded with points you get after each fight.