The abbey, like many Cistercian monasteries, prospered over the next several centuries, farming and earning income from metal mining and manufacturing operations. Another series of invasions, culminating with that of George II Rákóczi of Transylvania, left the abbey plundered and burnt.
The abbey thrived alongside other Cistercian monasteries for many decades by engaging in farming and earning income from metal mining and manufacturing. Subsequent invasions, which peaked with the attack of George II Rákóczi from Transylvania, resulted in the abbey being looted and destroyed.