Moonstone Axe (Zorephet)

The slow, heavy Nocturnal Arm that hits hard and clears rooms, with a channeled whirlwind Omega Attack and a heavy cleave Omega Special.

The Moonstone Axe, Zorephet, is the big, slow, hard-hitting weapon. Where the Sister Blades win on speed, the Axe wins on weight: each swing covers a wide arc and deals heavy damage, which makes it excellent at clearing rooms full of trash. The cost is pace. Swings are slow, so single-target boss fights ask more of your timing and positioning. The Axe once had a blocking Special, but that block was removed in the Olympic Update and folded into the Black Coat, so treat the Axe as pure offense with a deliberate rhythm. You unlock it with 10 Silver, gathered with the Crescent Pick, so the unlock is a gathering goal rather than a boss-farming one.

How it plays

The standard Attack is a slow, wide swing that hits everything in front of you, ideal against grouped enemies. The standard Special is a quicker follow-up that fills the gaps between heavy swings. The Omega Attack channels into a whirlwind of spins, more of them the longer you charge, and the Omega Special is a heavy cleave that rewards lining enemies up; its channel is not interrupted by dashing, so you can commit to it with more confidence than the wind-ups suggest. Spend Magick on the Omega moves inside a room since it refills at the next door, but respect the wind-up on the Omega Attack; you are committed and vulnerable during the long charge, so do not start one with an enemy about to land a heavy blow.

The Axe used to block with its Special, but that block was removed in the Olympic Update and lives on the Black Coat now. Treat the Axe as pure offense: read the telegraph, make space with Sprint, then answer with a charged swing.

Its Aspects

The Moonstone Axe has several Aspects, bought with materials and leveled with Nightmare. At the archetype level they push the weapon toward different ends of its heavy identity: one rewards the base wide-swing clear, others reshape the Omega Attack or the cleave Special so the Axe leans into burst, casts, or sustained area damage. The research flags the exact Aspect list and effects as “verify,” so confirm the current wiki before spending Nightmare.

Aspect	Role (archetype)
Base / cleave	Rewards the wide standard swing
Omega-focused	Bends the kit around the heavy charged hit
Special-focused	Reshapes the heavy cleave Special

Boon pairings

A slow, high-damage weapon wants statuses that make each big hit count for more. Hestia Scorch is a strong match because one heavy swing applies a large burn stack that then ticks while you wind up the next; see the Scorch build. Hera Hitch turns the wide cleave into room-wide damage spread, covered in the Hitch build. Aphrodite Weak shores up the Axe’s weaker boss matchup by reducing the damage you take while you commit to slow swings, in the Weak build. For the logic of picking a status core, read boons and gods.

How to start with it

Gather 10 Silver with the Crescent Pick, then unlock the Axe at the Silver Pool. Lead with the wide standard Attack to thin rooms, save the Omega Special cleave for lined-up groups and boss openings, and pick a status that rewards big hits. Spend Magick freely within a room. As you earn Nightmare from the Oath of the Unseen, level the Axe Aspect you favor. Plan the Silver gathering through the gathering loop so the unlock does not stall.