Talk:Dragon Forged Equipment/@comment-116.202.196.147-20140925112143/@comment-3498155-20140926114250

Save and reload method does work, last I tried was September last year. No godsbaning involved (quit without saving, reload) though this shouldn't matter. It was also unreliable - the dragon could be as hurt as when you saved, at full heatlh, or even not be there at all.

I also experienced for the first time - after 3 other playthroughs that didn't see this - the "see dragon in the distance, it flies away, after a while get dragonforged" bug (which many others reported, scroll down the older comments). Point being the bugs' triggers are unknown. Has the game been patched recently? I wouldn't recommend removing the section just yet.