Moonstone Axe Guide: Best Boons and Hammer Upgrades

Moonstone Axe is a Crossroads Nocturnal Arm and craftable Weapon in Hades 2. Read on to learn about Moonstone Axe attacks, best boons for Moonstone Axe, best Daedalus Hammer Upgrades, and more in this guide!

Moonstone Axe Information

Moonstone Axe Basic Information

Moonstone Axe
Description	Deliver slow but devastating Attacks, or defend and retaliate with your Specials.
Lore	“Zorephet was to be a labrys so broad as could conceal the Moon herself.”

Moonstone Axe Attacks

Button	Effect
(Tap)	Attack
(Hold)	Omega Attack
(Tap)	Special
(Hold)	Omega Special
+	Dash-Strike

How to Unlock Moonstone Axe

Craftable at the Start

Weapon	Resource Cost
Moonstone Axe	・Silver x 15

The Moonstone Axe is automatically unlocked in the Crossroads but still needs to be crafted.

This weapon has a shorter range and slow attacks, but makes up for it with high damage and AoE, centered on a more heavy-weapon playstyle.

Moonstone Axe Best Boons

AoE and Damage Boons

Best Moonstone Axe Boons
Zeus Thunder Sigil	Apollo Light Sigil	Aphrodite Heart Sigil

Zeus Boons for Damage Boost

Zeus' Boons for Attack apply a Blitz effect that deals additional damage upon reaching 120 damage against that target. The Moonstone Axe's high damage output easily triggers Blitz, essentially doubling your damage output.

You can also choose Zeus' Static Shock if available, since it makes your attacks produce a chain lightning that deals with groups of enemies quickly.

Zeus Boons and Gameplay Tips

Apollo Boons for Daze

One of the Weaknesses of the Moonstone Axe is that its Attack animations are extremely slow, putting you in a vulnerable state when performing your combos.

Applying Daze on your enemies via attacks, or dashes gives you an additional layer of survivability, since enemies will sometimes deal 0 damage, which can be the difference between life and death in certain scenarios.

Apollo Boons and Gameplay Tips

Aphrodite Boons for Close Ranged Damage

Moonstone Axe's range is relatively short, so it should benefit from Aphrodite's close range damage Boons.

Aphrodite also gives boons that weaken enemies, reducing their damage against you, which is great for Moonstone Axe's playstyle, since you will not be able to effectively dodge all incoming attacks during your combos.

Aphrodite Boons and Gameplay Tips

Best Hammer Upgrades for Moonstone Axe

Empowering Guard

Empowering Guard gives you a +50% damage boost for 15 seconds after blocking an attack. With this upgrade, you can simply block one attack or projectile, then spend the rest of the time clearing out enemies.

This is also great against bosses, since you just need to block an attack from them, spend 15 seconds damaging the boss, then block another instance of damage to refresh the buff's duration.

Hades 2 Related Guides

Weapons and Nocturnal Arms

Weapons Guides

Nocturnal Arms

All Nocturnal Arms
Witch's Staff	Moonstone Axe	Umbral Flames
Sister Blades	Argent Skull