Moonlighter 2 Guide: How to Survive the Infinite Endless Vault
Moonlighter 2's Infinite Endless Vault postgame demands the right Endless Weapon Aspect, perks and shop prep after Hotfix 1 — here is how to survive it.
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault left Early Access on September 2, closing out Will's story and opening a new postgame mode built for players who aren't ready to hang up the sword: the Infinite Endless Vault. Digital Sun then shipped a stability-focused Hotfix 1 on September 10 that changes a few things worth knowing before you dive in, from a DirectX toggle to a shield relic that finally behaves the way it should. Here's how the postgame actually works, what to bring with you, and how to clear your first few thresholds without losing your run.
If you're coming straight off the credits, don't rush in with whatever loadout finished the campaign. The Infinite Endless Vault is tuned as Moonlighter 2's real endgame test, and the weapon, perk, and shop choices that got you through the story are only a starting point for what's ahead.
01What Unlocks the Infinite Endless Vault
The Infinite Endless Vault only opens up after you finish Moonlighter 2's main story. Once Will's campaign wraps, Digital Sun frames it as the "ultimate challenge": an endless series of thresholds that get harder the deeper you go. Each threshold has to be completed in a single run, and each one sets a required amount of gold you need to bank before time or health runs out. Fail to hit that target and the game resets your progress for that specific threshold, so you try again rather than losing everything you've unlocked.
The trade-off is that the rewards scale with depth too. Digital Sun's own launch notes promise new equipment, shop upgrades, decorations, and cosmetics tied to how far you push, so the Infinite Endless Vault isn't just a score attack: it's the main gear treadmill for anyone who has already rolled credits.
02Best Endless Weapon Aspect for Your Playstyle
Version 1.0 added four Endless Weapon Aspects built specifically around postgame combat, and picking the right one before your first deep run matters more than any single perk choice.
- Endless Short Sword rewards aggressive, combo-focused play. Its special becomes a fast piercing strike that lands more hits the longer your combo streak runs, so it scales naturally if you're comfortable staying in an enemy's face.
- Endless Great Sword is the safer pick for new Infinite Vault divers. Its special drops you into a defensive stance that blocks incoming hits, raises your Sharpness, and then unleashes a counterattack, which buys you breathing room against threshold enemies you haven't fought before.
- Endless Spear banks stored spearheads and cashes them in for a burst of empowered special attacks, with bonus damage tied to how many you've stacked. It's the highest ceiling of the four, but it punishes you for spending spearheads carelessly.
- Endless Gauntlets lean into Berserk, boosting your attack power significantly while that state is active. It's the most aggressive option and the least forgiving if a threshold's gold target forces you to fight rather than sprint for the exit.
If this is your first serious attempt at the postgame, the Great Sword's counter window is the most forgiving way to learn a threshold's attack patterns before you commit to a faster, riskier weapon.
03How Threshold Gold Targets Actually Work
Every threshold in the Infinite Endless Vault asks for a specific amount of gold collected during that single run, and Digital Sun has been explicit that failing to reach it resets progress on that threshold rather than ending your entire postgame save. Practically, that means every enemy pack, chest, and relic you skip to rush the exit is gold you're not banking toward the requirement. Balance the two: clear rooms fully early in a threshold when your resources are fresh, then start prioritizing speed once your consumables run low.
Because the difficulty and the gold target both climb with depth, a loadout that cleared threshold three comfortably can fall apart three or four thresholds later. Treat every few thresholds as a checkpoint to reassess your weapon aspect, armor, and perk build rather than assuming your Early Access or main-story setup still holds up.
It also helps to think of each threshold as two halves. Early on, while your potion count and gadget charges are still full, you can afford to fight everything and pick rooms clean. Once you're past the midpoint of a run, start weighing every extra fight against the risk of not having a heal left for whatever the threshold throws at you near the gold target. Digital Sun's own framing of the mode, an endless run where "the further you go, the greater the challenge and the greater the rewards," makes it clear this is meant to be a pacing puzzle as much as a combat one.
04Perks to Prioritize: The New Bomb Path
Version 1.0 also introduced the Bomb Path, a brand-new perk line that marks enemies with an explosive effect after they take a set number of hits. Once the bomb goes off, it deals area damage to anything standing nearby, which makes it a strong pick for the Infinite Endless Vault's more crowded rooms since you're rewarded for landing hits on multiple enemies rather than focus-firing one target at a time.
Bomb Path pairs particularly well with the Endless Short Sword's combo-scaling special, since both perks want you cycling through groups of enemies instead of trading blows with a single tough target. If you're running Great Sword instead, the Bomb Path still helps clear the trash that gathers around you while you wait for your counter window.
05Prep Your Shop Before You Dive
Don't ignore the merchant half of Moonlighter 2 before a deep Infinite Vault push. Shop Level 5, also new in 1.0, adds an extra Bloblet slot and a new cosmetic placement, but more importantly it's the milestone that confirms your shop economy can keep pace with the better loot you'll start hauling back from deeper thresholds. Selling efficiently between runs funds the upgrades, potions, and gear repairs that make the next threshold survivable.
If you'd rather test your build without any safety net, 1.0 also shipped a separate Hardcore Mode on its own save slot, where death costs your entire run and sends you back to the very start of the game. It's unrelated to the Infinite Endless Vault's threshold resets and worth keeping distinct in your head: a failed threshold costs you that attempt, a Hardcore death costs everything.
Between runs, spend a little time on your Codex too. Version 1.0 added new Codex pages covering enemies, characters, perks, and furniture, and the enemy entries in particular are worth skimming before a deep dive: knowing which threshold enemies carry elemental damage or shields ahead of time saves you from learning it the hard way mid-run.
06Step-by-Step: Clearing Your First Threshold Run
This is the routine worth running through before you commit to pushing deep into the Infinite Endless Vault.
First Threshold Checklist
- 1The Infinite Endless Vault stays locked until you complete Will's campaign, so treat it as a post-credits goal rather than something to chase mid-story.Required
- 2Choose between the Endless Short Sword, Great Sword, Spear or Gauntlets before your first deep run. The Great Sword's counter stance is the most forgiving if you're still learning threshold enemy patterns.5 min
- 3Level up your shop for the extra Bloblet slot and cosmetic placement, and make sure you're selling loot efficiently so you can afford potions and repairs between runs.Ongoing
- 4Top off consumables before entering a threshold. You won't be able to restock mid-run, and a failed threshold only costs that attempt if you still have resources to fall back on.2 min
- 5Fight and loot fully while your resources are fresh at the start of a threshold, then shift toward speed once potions and gadget charges start running low.Ongoing
- 6Keep a running sense of the threshold's gold requirement and prioritize any chest, relic or enemy drop that closes the gap before you commit to the exit.Ongoing
- 7Revisit your weapon aspect, armor and perk build every few thresholds. A setup that cleared threshold three can fall apart deeper in without an update.5 min
07Mistakes That Reset Your Progress
Most failed thresholds come down to a handful of avoidable habits rather than the enemies themselves.
Rushing straight for the exit instead of clearing rooms is the biggest one: it feels efficient, but it starves you of the gold the threshold is actually asking for. Ignoring your Endless Weapon Aspect's specific special is another; each of the four plays differently enough that using Great Sword like an aggressive weapon, for example, wastes its best defensive tool. And if you're relying on a shield-granting relic like Barrier Blessing, know that Hotfix 1 fixed a bug where its shield charges weren't restoring when you retried a dungeon, so charges should now refresh correctly between attempts. If you were working around that bug with an old strategy, you can drop it and trust the relic to behave as intended again.
Finally, check your graphics settings if you're getting crashes rather than blaming your build. Hotfix 1 added a straightforward DirectX 11/DirectX 12 toggle specifically because some of the reported 1.0 instability traced back to which API the game defaulted to on a given system. If you're mid-threshold and the game stutters or hard locks, that's the first setting to flip before you assume your run is doomed.
A few of Hotfix 1's other combat fixes are also worth knowing even outside the Infinite Endless Vault, since they touch enemies you'll meet again in deeper thresholds: Senda now properly takes poison damage from gadget shots during his second phase, Sergeant Roberto reacts correctly when shot from range instead of ignoring you, and tased Electric Slimes no longer keep dealing field damage after they're disabled. None of these are exploits worth chasing; they're just bugs that no longer distort how those fights are supposed to play out.
Whatever route you go on, keep this Infinite Endless Vault loop in mind as the long-term reason to keep playing Moonlighter 2 after the credits: the deeper you push, the more of the postgame equipment and shop cosmetics you unlock.
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FAQ
How do I unlock the Infinite Endless Vault in Moonlighter 2?
Complete Moonlighter 2's main story. Digital Sun's Version 1.0 notes describe it as the postgame mode that opens once Will's campaign is finished.
What happens if I don't hit a threshold's gold target?
Only that threshold resets. Each threshold must be completed in a single run and failing the gold requirement sends you back to retry it, rather than wiping your entire Infinite Endless Vault progress.
Which Endless Weapon Aspect is best for beginners?
The Endless Great Sword is the most forgiving of the four new 1.0 aspects, since its special blocks incoming attacks and counters rather than committing you to an all-offense playstyle.
Is Hardcore Mode connected to the Infinite Endless Vault?
No. Hardcore Mode is a separate 1.0 save-slot option where any death restarts your entire game. The Infinite Endless Vault's threshold resets are unrelated and far less punishing.
What did Hotfix 1 change that affects Infinite Endless Vault runs?
Released September 10, it added a DirectX 11/12 toggle for stability, fixed Barrier Blessing's shield charges not restoring on a dungeon retry, and corrected several enemy bugs including Senda's poison resistance in his second phase.
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