Moonrise Tips, Cheats and Strategies

Moonrise is a monster-battling / RPG from Kabam. In this game you raise your own stable of monsters to take down a dark threat that’s turning the local wildlife into uncontrollable beasts. Gamezebo’s Moonrise Tips, Cheats and Strategies will help you make friends out of monsters.

• Each Solari has elemental strengths and weaknesses – Like most battling monsters, Solari are strong against certain elements, and weak against others. Fire Solari are strong against Nature-types, but weak against water. Water Solari are strong against Fire, but weak against Electric. Nature-types can trounce water types, but falter against Fire-types. When you choose an attack to use against a rival Solari, arrows pointing up indicate the attack will do extra damage, while arrows pointing down indicate less damage will be done.
• You can identify Solari types through the icon in the left-hand corner of their character portrait – Look at the small icon in the upper-left hand corner of a Solari’s character portrait. The icon indicates which type it is, which should give you a clue about what attacks to use against it (and what to defend against).
• A Solari can learn moves that don’t match its type, which is an important strategic point – All that said, it’s perfectly possible for a Solari to learn a move that doesn’t match its type. Since attack damage is determined by a move’s elemental properties, having a Solari that knows “outside” moves can be very handy in battle.
• Don’t forget to use your warden skills! – Wardens don’t have to be hands-off during a battle. You can equip certain attack orbs, which lets you join in on the fight. Incidentally, you can immediately end a battle against a warden by taking that warden down – but this is difficult and takes time, since only wardens can attack other wardens.

• When a battle commences, don’t wait for powerful attacks to charge. Open with a weaker, immediate attack – Weaker attacks tend to charge very quickly, whereas stronger attacks take more prep time. When starting a battle, use attacks that are immediately available to you. It’s usually not worth it to wait for stronger attacks to charge up.
• Use multi-targeting attacks carefully – In the same vein, multi-targeting attacks take a long time to charge, and a long time to prep. In the same amount of time, you can use two or more single-target attacks that still hit hard if they’re used against a Solari’s elemental weakness.
• Battle wild Solari for essences – Essences are necessary for levelling up your Solari. You gain them by taking out wild Solari.
• Battle other wardens for cash – Levelling up your Solari also requires cash, which comes from completing quests and battling against other wardens and their tamed Solari.

• Enter every room in a dungeon to collect all available rewards – Dungeons require a high cost of entry, so don’t waste any time down there. Enter every room on a floor, even if you’ve already unlocked the door to the next level. You might find treasure and other rewards.
• Warden keys regenerate (slowly) over time – Warden keys are necessary for capturing wild Solari. A single key takes a long time to regenerate, so use them carefully. However, keys don’t stack, so don’t hold out. Try going on a Solari-catching binge before going to bed for the night!
• You need tickets to enter a dungeon, but you can battle other wardens and Solari as much as you like – Dungeons contain multiple floors, and each floor requires a ticket for entry. Tickets regenerate over time (again, over a lot of time), but if you run out, you can still battle wild Solari and other wardens on the surface as much as you like.

Nadia Oxford

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In the early aughts, Nadia fell into writing with the grace of a brain-dead bison stumbling into a chasm. Over the years, she's written for Nerve, GamePro, 1UP.com, USGamer, Pocket Gamer, Just Labs Magazine, and many other sites and magazines of fine repute. She's currently About.com's Guide to the Nintendo 3DS at ds.about.com.