Crimson Moon Starter Build: Weapons, Boons and Progression

• Sanguine Signet guarantees Sanguine Slice: attacks apply 100 Bleed. It is a flat stated number on every attack rather than a chance or a percentage, which is the kind of effect worth leaning on while nothing else is reliable yet.
• Amulet of Reaper's Respite guarantees Reaper's Respite: killing an enemy recovers 15 Health. With a small bar, a heal on every kill is the difference between clearing a room and retreating from it.
• Both are guaranteed by the trinket rather than rolled at a Gate. That is the whole point of the build — see the trinkets page for the full list of which Boon each one grants.
• Covenant Sword carries Impaling Throw: hurl the weapon at an enemy, then attack again to recall it. A ranged option on a starting sword, with no ammunition to run out of.
• Crimson Oath Shield carries Shield Bash: blast forward and deal Crushing damage. The answer to something already on top of you.
• Crescent Moon Halberd carries Winter Solstice: summon a wedge of ice from the ground and deal Frost. Reach and a slow, on the second weapon set you are carrying anyway.
• Resounding Charge returns +25 Stamina on a Sprint Attack hit. Early Stamina is the tightest resource you have, and this is the only Boon here that gives it back.
• Radiant Fortitude is +50 Max Health, and it is on the list because at this stage a flat health increase is worth more than any percentage.

1. At the Loadout Station, start with the listed weapons you have unlocked. Covenant Sword offers a ranged Art, Crimson Oath Shield a close-range option, and Crescent Moon Halberd a separate two-handed option.
2. Keep early Light Attack sequences short and save stamina for defense. Use Weapon Arts when their range or effect solves the current encounter, keeping enough mana for the next opening.
3. Use the trinkets to secure their listed effects once you own them. Resounding Charge and Radiant Fortitude are additional Boon choices, not guaranteed rewards at every Gate.
4. After a hunt, check your purified Collection, equip new options at the Loadout Station, and invest in permanent Blacksmith upgrades for gear you intend to keep using.

• The pictured armor is a target loadout, not proof that every piece is available on a fresh character. Wear the strongest suitable pieces in your Collection while acquiring it.
• Without Sanguine Signet, use an available damage effect. Without Amulet of Reaper's Respite, keep a different recovery option; do not count on healing after kills that your equipped gear does not provide.
• Reaper's Respite needs a kill. In a boss fight with no additional enemies, use your Flasks and defenses rather than expecting this trinket to heal you continuously.

Find equipment through exploration and mission rewards, then purify recovered gear at Sanctus Clypeus to make it available for future loadouts. Blacksmith upgrades are permanent. See gear and Purification for the progression steps.

• Covenant Sword — No specific acquisition location is confirmed in this catalogue.
• Crimson Oath Shield — No specific acquisition location is confirmed in this catalogue.
• Crescent Moon Halberd — No specific acquisition location is confirmed in this catalogue.

This is a progression plan assembled from documented effects. It is not a fresh-save shopping list or a tested best build, and gear availability matters more than copying every slot immediately.

Combat guide: stamina, parries and boss preparation

Nothing here is fixed. There are no classes in Crimson Moon, so every slot above is a choice you can change — and half a build is decided during the hunt anyway, at the Nexus Gates. Post what you end up running.