Hey, welcome to my guide!

This is currently a work-in-progress though there's already a ton of info here, with the Weapons/Magic Rings section in particular being complete as of the Boiling Grotto Content Update. I'm still adding new stuff all the time though~, and will continue to do so when 1.0 releases (hype!).
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This is a guide, so it goes without saying that there will be spoilers in here, but I've done my best to keep them to a minimum, e.g. if I'm going to use an image to display something found throughout the game, I'll make sure to use an image from the first few areas if I can. I've done my best to structure this guide so it goes from fairly spoiler-free, to heavy spoilers, the further you read.

If you're sensitive about spoilers in regards to visuals/story/enemies (I am usually one of those people), etc, then the Primer, Combat Guide and Equipment Info chapters should be spoiler-free enough if you're still looking to go into the game with a good start, and looking to know what to expect mechanics-wise.

This section is designed to help you out right at the start of the game, advising you on character creation and the basic mechanics of Lunacid - if you've got some experience with the game already, this part is probably safe to skip, but who knows, you might learn something new!

First off, let's take a look at character creation, because other than watching a cool introductory cutscene, it's the first thing you'll be doing in the game:

Every character in Lunacid has the same six core stats that determine their abilities. You'll start off with a different amount of points in each stat depending on the class you choose in character creation. The stats and what they represent are as follows:


Once you get into the game, you might notice an additional stat in the menu, "Lunacy", this is an interesting mechanic tied to magic and spell use in the game, and I'll be going over it more in the Combat Guide.

Whilst picking a class might seem daunting at first, don't worry! You won't be locked into a strict build by your starting class, think of it more as giving you a boost in the stats you do want - though some classes have a couple of unique abilities, mainly the Vampire and Undead. On the whole though, it doesn't affect gameplay much. Other than handily displaying the beginning stats and elemental weaknesses of each class here, I'll also briefly go over the potential strengths or uses of each class, as well as noting any unique abilities they may possess.

• Great "clean-slate" class, for when you want to start the game with a lot of build flexibility, but without being quite as vulnerable as the Forsaken
  
• Average elemental attributes
  
• Demi will give you a random item once you get to Wing's Rest

• Starts off with the highest HP and Strength, a great start for melee-weapon focused characters
  
• Average elemental attributes, with a slightly higher weakness to Poison
  
• Demi will give you an Earth Elixir once you get to Wing's Rest

• Starts off with the highest Mana and Intelligence, a good start for spell-focused characters
  
• Decent elemental attributes, but be careful around light element damage
  
• Demi will give you an Ocean Elixir once you get to Wing's Rest

• Starts off pretty high Mana and Intelligence, without sacrificing on Health. Also has a fairly high Speed stat, but low Strength and Defense
  
• Particularly weak to the Fire and Light elements, but with high resistances to Dark and Poison
  
• Lose less blood while bleeding, but regain blood much slower (handy for Blood spells!)
  
• Regain health when attacking living objects that have blood, in melee - also whilst standing in the blood ocean of the Sanguine Sea
  
• Demi will give you a bottle of Blood Wine once you get to Wing's Rest
  
• You will take damage when completely submerged in Water (not blood)

• Good balance of Health and Mana, with a high Resistance to Status Ailments
  
• Crazy weak to Fire element, and slightly less so to Light
  
• Lose less blood while bleeding
  
• Demi will give you a Skeleton Egg once you get to Wing's Rest

• A decent spread of stats, with a focus on Movement Speed and Ranged Weapon damage
  
• Average elemental attributes
  
• Demi will give you... nothing!

• Perfect spread of stats for a tankier spell-caster, and above-average Resistance
  
• Average elemental attributes, with the exception of being resistant to Light, and slightly weak to Dark
  
• Demi will give you Holy Water once you get to Wing's Rest

• Good health, combined with really high Speed and Dexterity, perfect for getting a head start on a very mobile character - good for exploration.
  
• Equally viable start for both Ranged and Melee weapons, not great for spell-casters
  
• Probably the strongest starting class
  
• Strong against Poison damage, but fairly weak to Light
  
• Demi will give you Poison Throwing Knives once you get to Wing's Rest

• It's all ones
  
• The perfect class for a second playthrough, challenge run!
  
• Rough elemental weaknesses, taking more Normal damage, but less Poison, standard for everything else
  
• Demi will give you a Dried Rat once you get to Wing's Rest

PLAYER IMAGE
On this screen you can also select a picture for your character, there's a bunch by default but you can also import custom ones! You can check out ArrowGriffon's guide to grab some really fitting artworks - who doesn't love a pile of rats?
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Through defeating enemies, you'll earn XP, or Experience Points, which you can put towards levelling up your character at any Magic Crystal. Certain weapons will also earn XP, but that'll be covered in a later chapter. Each level up will give you Skill Points which you can spend to upgrade your character's stats (seen above). It's worth noting there is no way to re-spec stat points that you use to level up, so for now, any choices you make when levelling your character are permanent!

Depending on the class you start with, getting your character's movement speed up to 5 is a good idea early on, as it will help make exploration a little faster - whilst also helping you to better avoid enemy attacks. If you chose the Forsaken class, you're probably going to want to bump your Strength and Defense up to get a bit more health on your brittle bones!

Apart from that, the main stat that dictates the damage of the weapons you intend to use (Strength for Melee, Dexterity for Ranged, Intelligence for Spells) is never a bad investment!

This is a quick reference for game controls on keyboard and controller. The controls can also be viewed in-game by opening the menu and selecting the game manual.

This guide will use the keyboard controls occasionally when describing specific actions, though I'll be making an effort to refer to the "Action" rather than the "Key/Button" so its easily readable for both Keyboard and Controller users!


Most of this stuff should be fairly self explanatory, but here are the various elements of the HUD explained, what do they do - what do they relate to:


INVENTORY

This section will now go over how combat works in the game, because you'll be doing quite a bit of it throughout your adventure...

With a weapon equipped, click [LMB] for a fast, but low damage attack. This is fine for beating up plants and barrels, but for fighting more dangerous foes you'll usually want to charge up your attack. Hold [LMB] to charge your weapon attack - the higher the charge, the more damage you'll deal. At full charge your weapon may also affect your movement depending on its Lunge stat.

Charging Ranged Weapons will increase the accuracy of the shot, and also brings up a second set of more visible crosshairs for better aiming.

The speed of your attacks, and the time it takes to fully charge an attack is dependant on the weapon's Speed stat.

Blocking with your weapon reduces damage received from an enemy attack by a percentage value. This value is determined by the Guard stat on your equipped weapon.

If your equipped weapon has a Backstep stat value, your character will also hop backwards a certain distance (determined by the stat value) whenever you block. You can use this strategically to try and evade enemy attacks completely - whilst having the benefit of reducing the incoming damage with the block if you do get hit.

In addition to your Ranged and Melee weapons, you can equip a wide range of interesting, beneficial or spooky spells! To be able to cast spells you'll need to find Magic Rings throughout the game world. Like with weapons, you can equip two of these at a time.

Many spells are used for combat, but there are also a bunch of helpful utility spells, such as Light Reveal, which briefly displays enemy stats!

CASTING
Unlike Weapons, Spells need to be fully charged before they can be cast, and not all are aggresive. With Magic Rings equipped, hold down [C] or [V] to charge the spell in Slot 1 or 2 respectively - the corresponding spell icons in the top right will charge. Once fully charged, release the key and the spell will cast.

Both equipped spells can be charged at once, then fired off individually or together at will.

Most spells will cost Mana to cast, but some will require other resources...

LUNACY
When casting spells, you'll increase a special status called Lunacy. Having high amounts of Lunacy does a few interesting things...

• Increases the amount of XP received from defeating enemies
  
• Causes you to take more damage from enemy attacks
  
• Causes your Magic attacks to deal more damage

The rate of Lunacy build-up from spell casting is also affected by the real-world time of day (more specifically the time your PC is set to).

Every Weapon and Spell in Lunacid has a specific "type" or "element". A Weapon or Spell's element will dictate the type of damage it inflicts.

Most elements are pretty simple, but Weapons or Spells with the Fire and Poison damage types are capable of inflicting the Burning and Poison Satus Effects on enemies (respectively). If you experiment enough, you'll also likely find unique interactions out in the world, for instance, a gate that only opens when struck with the Light element...

Blood is a little bit different from the rest, as enemies don't have standard % resistances to it like with the other elements. Blood element magic is typically used to trigger special effects on enemies and within the environment, such as to open doors or create new paths. Most enemies will take damage from Blood element magic, but some might have other reactions...

ENEMY WEAKNESSES
Whilst you won't have to worry too much about these at the start of the game, you'll eventually run into enemies that have a much more unique set of weaknesses (or lack thereof), that can't just be bonked on the head repeatedly with a big club. This is when you need to start taking advantage of Elements and Enemy Weaknesses.

Every enemy in Lunacid has their own set of weaknesses/resistances to the different elemental damage types, which can have a big effect on how dangerous (or not) they are. If you ever run into an enemy that seems to have a crazy amount of health (or is taking barely any damage), that's probably a sign that you need to change up your damage:

• For a specific example, the Cursed Painting enemies found in the Accursed Tomb take 100% "Normal" damage, which sounds pretty good, until you realise that they take 200% Light damage. Your Normal-element weapon might have a higher damage stat, but you'll likely end up dispatching the paintings far quicker with a decent Light-element weapon.
  
  
• An even more extreme example can be found within the same area, the Mi-go. These near-invisible foes are completely immune to the Normal and Dark damage types (displayed as 0%). They take a rubbish 46% damage from Poison, Fire and Ice, but switch to a Light Weapon and they'll take 234% damage!

The Light Reveal spell can reveal to you an enemies health and resistances in-game, you'll also be able to check the enemy guide on this page soon, when I've finished it!

Status Effects can range from a minor annoyance to a serious threat - so its good to be able to immediately identify them. Most of these can only be inflicted on the player, but Poison and Burning can be dished out to enemies as well!

The areas of the Great Well are filled with all manner of secrets for you to find, so it's no wonder that you'll be doing a lot of exploring. This section goes over some things you ought to look out for whilst doing that!

Items can be found in all sorts of places - you'll know when you can pick something up as it'll be signified by a blue-white shine that shows up even through the darkness.

Many scenic objects found throughout the world can be broken to search for items within. Such breakable objects include specific plants, crates, coffins, urns, etc! As a general rule you should always break these as you make your way through the levels - it'll help you build up a great stash of Silver (for purchasing items at NPC vendors and Materials (for Alchemy with Etna).

As an exception, don't break Sheryl the Crow's crates. That would just be really rude of you.

There are also sometimes (though much more rare) entire pieces of wall that can be broken with a weapon strike, this is usually quite obvious - the wall will be somewhat damaged already.

This one shouldn't need much explanation - it's a Treasure Chest! Though... it does sorta look like a coffin... oh well, let's get to graverobbing! Treasure Chests tend to hold some great and exciting loot for you to find, including Magic Rings, Weapons and Consumable Items! Not always though - sometimes you might be greeted by a not-so-exciting skeleton! :)

These are your checkpoints - interacting with a Magic Crystal will fully restore both your Health and Mana. Within their interact menu you can also level up and save your game.

LEVEL RESETS
Upon leaving a level through a door transition or by warping out via a Magic Crystal, all enemies and breakables will respawn. This keeps areas challenging and useful upon returning to them and allows you to farm XP and Materials infinitely. Interacting with a crystal just to save or level up will NOT trigger a reset.

Sometimes you can encounter certain walls that look a little... suspicious. Perhaps the texture looks a little wrong, or there's a short offshoot corridor that ends in an abrupt dead-end. You might have just found yourself a Fake Wall.

These usually lead to something valuable, like a stash of restorative items or even Magic Rings and Weapons. Fake Walls aren't completely undetectable, and you can usually spot a slight seam or break in the wall texture, though some of them are much more obvious (or seamless!) than that. Additionally, when facing a Fake Wall, a small "?" will appear in the bottom left corner of the screen, prompting you to interact with it. Fake Walls will close automatically after a little while but you can always open them again.

Many of the locations within the Great Well can get pretty dark at times. There are usually destructible light sources that can help guide you through. Be careful fighting near these though, as they can be broken easily.

At the start of the game ideally you'll want to be equipping and using the Torch or making use of the Ghost Light magic ring, both of which are found within the first level, Hollow Basin. The Torch doesn't cost any Mana but you'll have to put it away to properly engage in combat (you can attack with the Torch and it is capable of setting enemies alight, but it does very little damage overall).

• Don't forget to level up Dexterity to improve your Jump Height! There's a fair amount of secrets and hidden passageways high up off the ground, and doing this will allow you to reach them easier. Alternatively, there's a couple of Magic Rings with spells that can help you out with platforming (Coffin, Barrier, Rock Bridge).
  
• Wind Dash is your best friend. It can help you cross gaps and extend your jumping abilities, it's also just generally great for avoiding enemies or traversing the world faster. (It's found in the Fetid Mire)
  
• Smack or bleed on everything! (eww) Some objects have interactions with the elements - examples of which would be the creepy gates down in the Catacombs, which can only be opened by smacking them with the Light element. There's also a bunch of objects (and entities) that react to being sprayed with blood, which is pretty much the whole point of the Blood Drain spell.

Each weapon you'll discover in the game has a unique set of stats. Whilst most are fairly self explanatory, this section will detail how the stats affect the weapon's handling.

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Through dealing damage to enemies or breakables, some weapons will gain Weapon XP. This is represented by a very colourful gauge below the weapon description. Once the Weapon XP bar is full, you can take the weapon to a Smith's Grave (found in Wing's Rest), interact with the grave and it will allow you to enhance the weapon into a new form!
It should be noted however that whilst these are typically just a straight upgrade, some stats may also decrease in exchange for boosting others. For example, the Rusted Sword has a Thrust stat of 80, but once you upgrade it to the Dark Greatsword, it only has a Thrust stat of 50. Despite any decreases, the increase in Damage is pretty much always well worth it.

After fighting your way through the Hollow Basin at the start of the game and looping back to where you found the Replica Sword, you'll run into Demi. She kindly offers to warp you to Wing's Rest, accept her offer and you'll find yourself at the game's hub and safe haven.

There are several NPCs or points of interest found here and they offer a variety of services.


Sheryl the Crow runs a shop at Wing's Rest where you can trade the Silver (¢) that you find; scrounging and breaking pots out in the world, for various items and equipment. You should immediately buy the Enchanted Key item for 1¢ to unlock the path to the Temple of Silence near the start of the game. Of particular note in her stock is the Crossbow (75¢), a powerful ranged weapon.

Her initial stock of items is as follows:
For an expanded list of her shop's inventory that takes into account later areas of the game and NPC questlines, check out the NPC Guide section.


You can go to Etna to perform Alchemy, crafting Items from Materials that you gather out in the areas of the Great Well. For more information on Alchemy Recipes, visit the Item List and Alchemy section of the guide - or, just experiment yourself! You won't lose anything by trying out potential combinations, as the game won't let you complete a combination unless it would be successful.


Clive doesn't have any particular special function, but he does have a lot of gossip he's willing to share! He'll tell you more about the world you find yourself in, as well as the peculiar cast of characters down there with you. But take it with a pinch of salt... his memory's not what it used to be!

Some weapons have the potential to be enhanced into all-new versions once you've earned enough XP with them. This is done at the Smith's Grave in Wing's Rest - for more information on Weapon Enhancement, check out the Equipment Info section.

This section covers all of the weapons you'll be able to find on your adventure!

The base stats of the weapon are listed here, the stats when viewed in-game are affected by your character's stats, for example - a player with a higher Strength stat will show higher damage values than one who has prioritised Intelligence.

It's also worth noting that whilst some weapons have multiple ways they can be obtained, you can only find a weapon once, and once obtained it will no longer appear anywhere else. For example, if an enemy drops the Rusted Sword on your first trip through the Temple of Silence, then the weapon will not appear once you get to Yosei Forest. Likewise, if you grab it in the forest, it will never drop from the Mummy Knights.























NEW Weapons in Lunacid 1.0:
- Jailor's Candle
- Broken Lance
- Steel Lance
- Fishing Spear
- Hammer of Cruelty
- Sucsarian Spear
- Suscarian Dagger
- Serpent Fang
- Shadow Blade
- Shining Blade
- Obsidian Seal
- Saint Ishii
- Limbo
- Death Scythe

This section covers all of the magic rings you'll be able to find on your adventure!

The base stats of the magic ring are listed here, the stats when viewed in-game are affected by your character's stats, for example - a player with a higher Intelligence stat will have a reduced casting time on many spells. Some spells; with a high enough intelligence stat, can eventually be cast instantly. Doing this allows you to spam-cast that spell as fast as you can press the button, but note that doing so will dramatically increase the amount of MP used to cast the spell successive times.

- Slime Orb
- Summon Fairy
- Summon Ice Sword
- Summon Kodama
- Wind Dash
- Wind Slicer
- Quick Stride

NEW Magic Rings in Lunacid 1.0:
- Icarian Flight
- Blue Flame Arc
- Lava Chasm
- Spirit Warp
- Tornado
- Moon Beam

This section covers the items and materials that you'll be able to find and craft on your adventure. If an item can be crafted through Alchemy, the recipe will be provided also.


- Throwing Knives
- Poison Throwing Knives
- Bomb
- Poison Urn
- Light Urn
- Dark Urn

- Spectral Candle
- Wisp Heart
- Staff of Osiris

- Terminus Prison Key
- Water Talisman
- Earth Talisman

Behind a Fake Wall in the Boiling Grotto and a creepy coffin ride, lies the Tower of Abyss! A timed challenge with 50 floors filled with enemies - familiar and a couple brand new. Can you make it to the end and claim the prize?

Tower of Abyss has 50 floors, each with a set amount of enemies to defeat. Every 5 floors you get a brief "intermission" as well as a reward, most are standard consumables but after Floor 30 you can claim the unique Crystal Lantern. There is no conventional way back from the Tower of Abyss, so make sure you bring Crystal Shards or the Spirit Warp spell!

This area isn't particularly difficult, especially if you've got a bunch of Health and Mana Vials to keep you going. Its an endurance test or a speedrun challenge, though you don't lose anything by taking your time with it, so feel free to play as suits you best. Each combat floor consists of a fairly small, roughly circular room. The relatively small size of the arenas means that area-of-effect spells like Ice Tear or Lava Chasm can be super-effective!

The enemies found on each of the 50 floors are as follows:


After clearing all 50 floors of the Tower of Abyss, you can go forth to the final section of the tower to check the leaderboards and grab the legendary Moonlight weapon.

Shop Inventory:

After completing her quest in the Boiling Grotto: