Overview:
- Estimated achievement difficulty: 6/10 [Achievement Difficulty Rating]
- Offline: 57 [1000]
- Online: 0
- Approximate amount of time to 1000: 25-30 Hours [Estimated Time to 100%]
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 2
- Missable achievements: Yes
- Does difficulty affect achievements: No
- Unobtainable/glitched achievements: No
- Extra equipment needed: No

Description:
Every adventure has to pay off. During an archaeological excavation – a set of Gates were discovered. People quickly realized that these ancient passages lead to different realms and dimensions. Rynoka, a small commercial village, was found near the excavation site – providing brave and reckless adventurers with treasures beyond measure. Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.

Selling Prices:
There are four different reactions that customers can give depending on the price you set for an item, and each reaction has an achievement tied to it. In the picture below, the reactions (from left to right) are as follows: Cheap ("Naive Merchant"), Perfect ("Good Merchant"), Slightly Overpriced ("Evil Merchant"), Really Expensive ("Scammer"). You can use this post to find the perfect selling point for all the items in the game.

Step 1: 100% Playthrough
If you want to get as many achievements as possible during this step, you'll want to make sure you kill every boss with the broom and without getting hit. This is a tall order, but check the achievements related to those below for tips. Outside of that, nothing else can be missed.

Go through the game and finish all the dungeons, then use the final dungeon to grind out money so you can craft every weapon and purchase crafting materials as needed. Save up one million gold at some point for that achievement as well (every run of the dungeon will net you 800k-1.5m easily). The majority of the other achievements will come along the way, and you can work on them whenever. Keep running the dungeons until you have 10 arrivals at the third floor of each and 1000 kills, then use the first dungeon to grind the rest of the 10k kills required.

It's possible you could get the speed run achievement in this step as well, but unlikely. You'll need to be familiar with all the enemies, bosses, and weapons crafting to be effective. That said, I managed my first run in only 13 hours so it's not totally infeasible.

Step 2: Speedrun
I would not suggest trying for this in "New Game Plus" mode. Unlike normal NG+ modes, this one ups the difficulty tremendously rather than you being all-powerful. Instead, start a new game and with all your knowledge from Step 1, you should have little trouble getting through quickly. I found a good spear and bow to be the best options.

Step 3: Mop Up
Unless you were very careful in Step 1, you may have some or all of the "Perfect..." and/or broom achievements left to do. Start another new game now and go for those.

Conclusion:
I played this game when it first came out and it had many problems and not a ton of content. Despite awesome premise and art style, it was in rough shape. As of writing this guide nearly a year later, the game has come a long way and was very fun to play. The achievements aren't too bad and it's a fairly short game, so it shouldn't be too hard to get the completion so long as you can master the boss battles. Good luck!

[XBA would like to thank The Pants Party for this Roadmap]

Moonlighter Achievement Guide

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There are 57 achievements with a total of 1000 points

  • Defeat three waves of enemies in a Wave Room

    Wave Rooms are found in secret areas (see "No Secrets") and will have a stone in the middle of the room that can be interacted with with a chest next to it. Each time you interact with it, enemies will spawn and at the end of the wave of enemies, you can open the chest in the room or begin another wave by interacting with the stone again. The chest will increase in rarity with each wave, so continue to interact with the stone instead of opening it. Upon defeating the final wave, the achievement will unlock.

  • 100%

     

    60

    Complete all achievements

    This achievement will unlock once all other achievements have been obtained.

  • Read all Crazy Pete's notes

    There are 24 total notes in the game to read. You will find two on each of the three floors inside the four dungeons. One note will be on a desk in each of Crazy Pete's camp rooms, and one note will be on the floor of the rejuvenating pool rooms. You only need to read each individual note once to unlock the achievement.

  • Buy all decorative items

    First you will need to invite the Hawker to town, which costs 20k gold. After he arrives, he will sell decorations that you can put in the shop to increase the amount of money and customers you get. He will sell three items from each dungeon that you have visited to start, and upon defeating that dungeon's boss, a fourth item will be available. After clearing the fourth dungeon, purchase any remaining items in his stock to unlock this achievement.

  • Buy all improvements on the Town Board

    For this achievement, you must purchase the four major shop upgrades to increase the size of the shop, as well as the 12 minor upgrades (sale boxes, cash registers, beds, and chests). You will also need to have hired every type of business to come to town.

  • Beat the game in under 10 hours

    You could probably get this on your first play through the game if you don't worry too much about getting the "Perfect..." achievements. You will need to spend some time in each dungeon getting cash to upgrade your gear to be able to beat the mini-bosses and final boss of each dungeon, but you could easily do the first two dungeons in 2-3 hours and then the amount of money you get starts to skyrocket so the final dungeons would only take 1-2 hours each. You could possible finish the final dungeon in less than an hour.

  • Buy more than 10 items at Le Retailer

    Le Retailer costs 5.5k gold from the town board. After he moves in, you can simply buy 11 of the cheapest items he has to unlock this achievement. This shop is a good source of materials for crafting to avoid extra dungeon crawling if you can spare the cash, especially later in the game when working on "Weapon Master" as you'll likely need items from the earlier dungeons that you don't want to run again.

  • Complete the game with under 40 deaths

    This is actually much easier than it sounds. If you feel under-equipped when heading into a boss, it's always better to warp back to town and sell your inventory to buy better armor and weapons. I was able to do this with only 10 deaths, which can be tracked in the Moonlighter Game Hub on your dashboard. There is nowhere inside the game to check this count.

  • Scribe

     

    12

    Complete the Notebook

    The Notebook is found in your menu ( and tab over to the right), and will show a history of prices for every item in the game. To unlock this achievement, you simply need to get an entry filled in for every item in the four dungeon sections of the Notebook, including the two egg types. Once you've picked up at least one of every item in the game, the achievement will unlock.

  • Craft all big swords

    See "Weapon Master" for more info.

  • Craft all bows

    See "Weapon Master" for more info.

  • Craft all gloves

    See "Weapon Master" for more info.

  • Craft all short swords

    See "Weapon Master" for more info.

  • Craft all spears

    See "Weapon Master" for more info.

  • Craft all weapons

    You will need to purchase Vulvan's Forge from the town board for 500 gold to begin crafting items. From there, you'll want to work through each of the weapon sections as you work through the four dungeons. You'll need two of each base weapon since one each is needed for the two different weapon trees in each section. From there, just keep upgrading the existing weapon to the next tier. You can press to put an item on your Wish List and then anytime you get a crafting material for an item on that list, it will be marked with a star in your inventory to remind you not to sell it. When you return to town, put starred items in your chests in the shop so you don't lose them. Once you get enough gold to craft something, it will pull materials from the chests to use.

  • Defeat Naja

    Story related and cannot be missed.

  • Defeat Carnivorous Mutae

    Story related and cannot be missed.

  • Defeat the Golem King

    Story related and cannot be missed.

  • Defeat Energy Flux

    Story related and cannot be missed.

  • Arrive at the third floor of the Desert Dungeon 10 times

    This is the third dungeon in the game and you simply need to make it to the third floor ten times to unlock this achievement. You do not even technically need to beat the boss.

  • Earn money from the Banker 5 times

    The Banker can be invited to town for 70k gold, but only after beating the third dungeon. From there, you will need to invest some gold in him and check each day to see if it has increased. If so, cash out and then repeat four more times. Beware that if you go a week without checking back, the Banker will take your entire investment, and he can only be used once per week as well.

  • Find a secret room 10 times

    Whenever you enter a room in the dungeons, you may see a small white sparkle in the dark areas that indicate a drop. If so, this means there is another floor below you, and if you roll off the side you will discover it. If you don't see a sparkle, you'll just take damage and return to where you rolled from. Find ten of these secret rooms for this achievement.

  • Finish the game

    Story related and cannot be missed.

  • Arrive at the third floor of the Forest Dungeon 10 times

    This is the second dungeon in the game and you simply need to make it to the third floor ten times to unlock this achievement. You do not need to beat the boss. This dungeon will unlock upon defeating the boss of the first dungeon.

  • Saver

     

    12

    Collect more than 5000 gold

    See "Greedy" for more info.

  • Saver+

     

    12

    Collect more than 50,000 gold

    See "Greedy" for more info.

  • Collect more than 100,000 gold

    See "Greedy" for more info.

  • Greedy

     

    12

    Collect more than 1,000,000 gold

    This may seem like quite a daunting task at first, but the amount you sell things for really skyrockets as the game progresses. You will start with just hundreds of gold for "rare" items in the first dungeon, then by the time you kill that boss, you'll be getting tens of thousands for a small stack of his drops. It will go up and up from there.

    Be sure to invest in shop decorations that increase tips and get the upgraded cash registers as well. This will really help get more money. Also be sure to never abandon items in a dungeon. If you can't take everything from a chest, drop it in the Merchant Mirror to get a little bit of cash for it.

  • Arrive at the third floor of the Golem Dungeon 10 times

    This is the first dungeon in the game and you simply need to make it to the third floor ten times to unlock this achievement. You do not need to beat the boss.

  • Kill a total of 10,000 enemies

    Sadly you will need to grind quite a bit for this achievement. After getting 1000 kills in each of the four dungeons and getting to the third floor of each ten times, you'll likely still need at least 5000 more kills, if not the full 6000 difference. Simply return to the first dungeon and slaughter everything you see. Be sure to use all the waves of a horde room if you find one to increase your count.

  • Kill all bosses with the broom (last hit)

    Since you only need to get the killing blow with the broom, this isn't so bad. Be sure to bring it with you whenever you think you're strong enough for a boss. Use your normal weapons to get the boss to about 5-10% health and then switch to the broom to finish it off. Be wary that if you're trying to get this and the "Perfect..." achievements in the same playthrough, this will make it significantly harder since you'll extend the length of the fight due to the low damage of the broom. You only get one shot at each boss during a playthrough unless they decide to patch in some way to resurrect bosses or add a Boss Rush mode of some kind.

    If you lose your broom somehow, you can buy another from Le Retailer.

  • Kill 1000 desert enemies

    As described - any enemies in the third dungeon will count toward this.

  • Kill 1000 forest enemies

    As described - any enemies in the second dungeon will count toward this.

  • Kill 1000 golem enemies

    As described - any enemies in the first dungeon will count toward this.

  • Kill 1000 tech enemies

    As described - any enemies in the fourth dungeon will count toward this.

  • Sell 20 items slightly overpriced

    This achievement is a bit random, but you'll easily get it as you try to figure out what things should cost (unless you're using a guide for that). Even though an item might be overpriced, and the customer reacts poorly, they often still bring the item up to the counter and buy it anyway which is what goes toward this achievement. Check the Road Map for the face you're looking for.

  • Sell 20 items for the perfect price

    Again, this will take some trial and error if you're not using a guide, but upon finding a nice price for an item, you'll get a nice smile from the customer and they'll bring it up to the counter. Check the Road Map for the face you're looking for.

  • Luxury

     

    12

    Purchase the fourth shop upgrade

    This upgrade costs 120k from the town board and can only be purchased after completing the third dungeon.

  • Purchase the last shop upgrade

    This upgrade costs 210k from the town board and can only be purchased after completing the third dungeon.

  • Purchase the second shop upgrade

    This upgrade costs 8k from the town board and can only be purchased after completing the first dungeon.

  • Purchase the third shop upgrade

    This upgrade costs 60k from the town board and can only be purchased after completing the second dungeon.

  • Arrive at the third floor of the Tech Dungeon 10 times

    This is the fourth dungeon in the game and you simply need to make it to the third floor ten times to unlock this achievement. You do not need to beat the boss.

 

Secret achievements

  • Die with your inventory full of items

    Make sure to pick up everything you see and stay alive long enough to fill your inventory screen completely. Once no slots are empty, let an enemy kill you to unlock the achievement.

  • Get money from a tree

    See "Really?!?" for more info.

  • Earn money from trees 100 times

    While in town, you can walk around and hit the various trees and sometimes money will fall out. I'd suggest just hitting a few trees around the town square each time you return from a dungeon run to work on this slowly rather than trying to do it all in a row. However, each time you move screens the trees will reset, so you could just keep moving back and forth to get it all at once as well.

  • Take potions from breakables 20 times

    This achievement counts any potions found in any type of breakable item. This includes pots, skeletons... everything.

  • Use the Emblem in the room before the boss room

    The Merchant Emblem is acquired the first time you reach the third floor of the Golem dungeon. Using this item will create a two-way portal that will allow you to leave a dungeon and return - but only once. This is useful to sell your inventory and possibly upgrade equipment or buy potions before facing the boss. You will know you've found the boss room as the doorway is more ornate, and on the map you will see a small arrow on the doorway rather than just an opening like the normal room transitions. Be sure to use the Emblem in this room.

  • Kill 100 bugs

    Bugs are useless little creatures found in many dungeon rooms. They are very tiny black or white sprites that crawl on the floor. You must step on them to kill them (weapons won't work), and repeat until you've crushed 100 of them.

  • Perfect Naja

    See "Perfect Energy Flux" for more info.

  • Perfect Carnivorous Mutae

    See "Perfect Energy Flux" for more info.

  • Perfect Golem King

    See "Perfect Energy Flux" for more info.

  • Perfect Energy Flux

    Currently, you can only fight each boss once per playthrough, though they may eventually add a way to resurrect them or perhaps a Boss Rush mode. For each of the "Perfect..." achievements, you need to defeat the boss without taking any damage. Your best bet for this is to ensure you come in with the best weapon possible, and have it enchanted fully. The base damage on weapons will mean a fight needs to last a few minutes, while a fully enchanted weapon can cut that in half or more. You'll still need to fight the boss a few times most likely to get the hang of its attacks, and watch the video below for help.

    When going for this, I'd suggest using the Merchant Emblem (see "Going for Supplies...") and if you take damage when fighting the boss, force close your game. When you load back in, you'll wake up in bed but your portal will be active to give it another shot.

  • Sell 40 items really cheap

    You can get this achievement quickly by putting items up for sale at one coin. Don't use something worth too much, just some jellies or sticks from the first dungeon would be fine. Check the Road Map for the face you're looking for on the customer.

  • Receive 60 really expensive valuations

    This achievement will likely come without trying as you figure out what things should cost. However, you can get it very quickly by putting a common item up for sale at the highest price possible and watch the dismay on the customer's faces. Check the Road Map for the face you're looking for.

  • Make 20 visitors abandon your shop

    When a customer wants to purchase something, they will bring it to your counter. If you are not there to press and accept the sale, they will only wait so long before leaving, and paying you half price or less for the item - at least they don't just steal it! You can get this quickly by putting a bunch of vines or sticks up for 1 gold and then just ignore the customers, replacing stock as necessary until it unlocks.

  • Hit the Witch's slime 42 times

    After purchasing The Wooden Hat from the town board for 500 gold, head to the west side of town to see the potion stand. You will see a slime in a pen next to it, and using any weapon, you need to whack it 42 times to unlock the achievement.

  • Arrive at Crazy Pete's Special Place

    This has a chance to unlock any time you find one of Crazy Pete's rooms in the dungeons. Most of these will look normal, but sometimes you'll notice in one of the corners there is a... wet spot. This is where Crazy Pete got impatient and did his business. Congrats on finding it!

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