Moonlighter

Moonlighter

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A simple (but important guides) on weapons and armor
By Pirate Lord Omega
Seems you decided to click on this guide, can't blame you since most of the guides 99% of the time are loot prices, its best someone who has knowledge of how the weapons work to give this guide to you! so read along Im going to be explaining the basics of weapons and there attack styles as well the armor! please note none of the stuff of new game plus will be mentioned here, so with all that out of the way let's begin!
   
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The basics


These are all the well known stuff about the weapons so well known they are shown in the tutoral the same area you use your first weapon the broom.

The basic of attacking are as follows: pressing the J key on your keyboard will give you a regular attack, you can press the j key again to do another, pressing j again will also give you a regular this one being a finisher attack telling you finished a combo of attacks.

pressing the K key however will give you a charge attack, each charge attacks are different for each weapon type.

there are also status effects this play an important role of giving you the upper hand or making you fall to your knees since some of your monsters also have them in your attacks so let's cover them too!

Stun: Stun is simple it makes you stay still for a little bit, stars appear of the head along with swirls to notify the effect, it shows up in the golem dungeon aka the first dungeon you can travel in.

poison: poison is poison you take damage overtime, green bubbles show when in effect, its most commonly used in forest.

Blaze: Blaze is basicly the fire version of poison but it is deals more damage and lasts a little bit longer, the effect shows little fires on the character and it is introduced and used in the desert dungeon! (what you expect it be used in a lava dungeon or something fire based?)

Zap: Zap is fire and poison except you take damage nonstop, it is shown through electricy sparks on the character, it is introduced and used in the tech dungeon.

Freeze: freeze is a fake effect that was put into this guide as a joke because this game simply needs more dungeons.
The Broom
The Broom is the first weapon you unlock in the game and in case you lose it, you can buy a new one at Le Retailer!

Anyways the broom attacks are pokes meaning they are strictly in front of you, the charge move this well a running thrust ending with a hard hitting poke!

The brooms attack speed is neutral.

there is one important thing about the broom though if beat every boss and you happen to have the broom with you, you get the janitor Achievement!

so if you really want to show the world not to mess with you use this item! it may be a weak one but hey its fun!

The only reason you should use this item is to meme or to get the achievement.
The Short Sword


Good ol short sword, this is also the first weapon you use aside the broom.

this weapon can be crafted!

The short sword regular attack are small swings of the blade the may not reach far but they will do, the short sword does not have a charge attack however instead it has the oh so helpful shield! which will block attacks for you, you are also able to move while doing this a little slower than your regular speed though.

the short sword has a neutral attack speed so its easy to use and always handy for new players!

Why you should use this weapon?: If you like to make the game simple for yourself use this weapon.
The Big sword


The Big sword is a hard hitting weapon do to hits size and damage!

This weapon is craftable!

strandard attack is a big swing of the blade, charge attack is an even bigger swing that goes around your character! plus your unable to be damaged when doing the charge attack!

The big sword is great if you want to bring the pain train but OH BOY IS IT SLOW SERIOUSLY ITS THE SLOWEST WEAPON IN THE GAME!? plus it decreases your speed by 10! so if your willing to be slow to be the most damaging in the game go for it.

Reason to use this weapon?: to deal a truck load of damage
The spear


The spear is the weapon you want to use if you like the brooms attack style seriously the spear and the broom are the same thing, whats different is thats its craftable so you can sell it and always make a new one!

It can give you a speed boost when enchanted too!

You can also attack monsters from cover with it!

Reason you should you this weapon: if you like the brooms attack style use the spear!
The gloves


The gloves are a great way to punch your enemy's into submission!

It is craftable!

regular attack is a punch and charge attack is a charging punch!

the gloves attack speed is fast! Faster than any other weapon in fact!

Reason you should use this weapon?: pure offense!
The bow


The only ranged weapon in the game so if you were expecting this weapon to be bad don't, it is actually pretty handy.

regular is a basic arrow shot, Charge brings a arrow that has gravity but can hurt multiple foes!

neutral attack speed!

Reason to use this weapon?: If you want to keep your distance from your foes use this weapon!
Armors
going through a dungeon is dangerous without armor! so its best to craft it!

there are three types of armor fabric, iron, and steel:

Fabric: Fabric is the fastest armor of the bunch but has the lowest hp, use it if you know really well how to dodge correctly with taking damage!

Iron: Iron is the neutral of the armors, its not to fast but not to slow, its heath at a heathy medium, use this armor if you need help getting use to the game!

Steel: Steel hast the most HP of the armors but is the also the slowest, use this one if you want to the tankest of the bunch!
Combos
The section doesn't really have a point but I am going to put in a bunch of weapon combos you can use in the game! please note most of the combo names are jokes please dont take them seriously

Broom + any other weapon type: janitor run

Gloves + bow: offense with a hint of range

Big sword + short sword: Sword loyalist

Spear + gloves: pokes n punches

short sword + gloves: Pain to the FACE! but not yours

gloves + big sword: extreme offense

Short Sword + bow: defensive

Big sword + spear: faster than normal

Big sword + bow: Heavy hitting close but can hit you far!
The upgrade system!
Also known as enchanting, upgrades play the role of giving you that oh so needed boost! The top upgrade increases damage (speed if you use the broom) and the middle and bottom do basically the same thing it just the game just doesn't tell you that...
Companions and how to unlock them!

Sometimes its best to bring a little friend to the dungeons to back up your behind, Thankfully with the Friends and Foes update, you can have a little monster friend back you up in the dungeons! There are nine in total two for each dungeon the ninth one being the mimic companion.

While it would be helpful to some players to explain what each companion does, Im just gonna say this: They basically do something similar to the monster they came from, you will also find out from basicly doing stuff with them

So how do we get Companions? simple kill a foe at least ten times to get the companions egg! After you get the egg continue what you're doing like normal, until you leave the dungeon. When you come back from your dungeon journey you might notice the eggs went to they're little pen don't worry this is normal, all you have to do now is wait three days for the eggs to hatch, you know the eggs hatched when you see your little friends in the pen waiting for you to equip them, to equip a companion go up to the little pen, press J, go over the companion you want and press J again, Boom! you now have a little friend to travel with as you through the dungeons!

Also dont worry Companions dont die!
Thank you for reading!
The outro is important in some guides but all I have to say here is thank you and all, feel free to comment to help improve the guide and such, it might help it grow better!

well thats all I have to say for now!

Have fun dungeon raiding fellow moonlighters!

13 Comments
Pirate Lord Omega  [author] 1 Feb @ 4:16pm 
You only need to land the Killing blow for the broom to land the achievement, and you need to do this with all bosses I will spectify with that when I get around to updating this guide... if I ever do that-
-ruaN 29 Jan @ 4:59pm 
Do I only need to have a broom equipped to unlock the achievement or do I need to kill the last bosses with it?
libero2711 27 Nov, 2022 @ 6:57am 
he's not a grammar nazi, he's just trying to help the author improve his grammar
[GALT] Envoy 12 Jan, 2022 @ 1:53pm 
Everyone report the grammar nazi's (RS219) last comment XD
Ephemeral Nyx 21 Sep, 2019 @ 12:56pm 
I know this is really late but the charge shot on the bow isn’t affected by gravity. It has slight homing and goes over a number of obstacles the normal arrow can’t
Pirate Lord Omega  [author] 30 Jun, 2019 @ 9:33am 
shield decreases damage taken i think so it can be able to do that sorry haven't played in a while
ogr3b0y 25 Jun, 2019 @ 2:45am 
Something i didnt see or overlooked in your guide. Enchants on armor, the shield value. How does it work? I haven't bothered yet to test it myself. But does it reduce damage taken by the number? So if I had 20 shield on my chest armor and a mob does 40, do i only take 20hp damage?
Romanus 23 May, 2019 @ 9:35am 
Freeze: freeze is a fake effect that was put into this guide as a joke because this game simply needs more dungeons.

You earned that laugh, Sir.
Pirate Lord Omega  [author] 12 Feb, 2019 @ 6:47am 
RS219 the spear can give you a speed boost when enchanted, I forgot to bring that up
RS219 11 Feb, 2019 @ 5:20am 
Are you sure spears give a speed boost? I'm going through the upgrade list and it doesn't seem to give any +% to speed. Big swords are a painful -10% though.