By systematically investigating the Fe 61 Co 9Àx Zr 8 Mo 5 W x B 17 (0 £ x £ 3) melt-spun ribbons and copper-mold cast cylinders with 2-mm diameter, we attempt to discover the effect of tungsten on the microstructure and magnetic properties of the Fe-based glass formers. It was found that all as-spun ribbons are fully amorphous and their characteristic distance d a has an increasing tendency with tungsten content (c W ). The precipitates in the as-cast cylinders change from the ferromagnetic phases (Fe 23 Zr 6 + Fe 2 Zr + Fe 2 B + Fe 8 B) plus a-Fe to the nonmagnetic phases (ZrB 12 + W 2 B 5 ) plus a-Fe with increasing c W . The averaged characteristic distance d c of the precipitates formed in the casting and annealing processes increases with c W , consistent with the d a of the ribbons. The temperature and heat of the first crystallization for the as-prepared ribbons and cylinders (T p1 and DH 1 ) also increase with c W . The magnetization and Curie temperature of the as-prepared ribbons and cylinders decrease with c W , while the coercivity of the as-prepared samples is obviously dependent on the volume fraction of the precipitates formed in the casting process (CP). These results indicate that tungsten can tune the fractions of the face-centered-cubic/random-close-packed (fcc/rcp) and body-centered-cubic (bcc) Fe-rich structural units in the undercooled melts of the Fe-based glasses.