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Crimson Moon<\/a> has no character classes, so the question every new Nephilim<\/a> actually needs answered is what fills that gap. The short version: your build comes from nine gear slots, the Boons your gear and the run itself hand you, a Weapon Art tied to whatever you’re swinging, and a string of choices at Nexus Gates that keep changing the plan mid-hunt. This covers how those four pieces fit together, in the order they actually matter.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" TL;DR<\/p>\n Every Nephilim carries the same skeleton of gear regardless of playstyle. Every Nephilim can equip nine pieces of gear: four pieces of armour, two trinkets, a one-handed weapon and shield and a two-handed weapon. That’s the entire equipment layer \u2014 there’s no separate skill tree or class panel sitting underneath it. The half-human, half-angel setup and the fight to retake the fallen city of Gildenarch get more context in the Crimson Moon story explainer<\/a>, but mechanically, this slot list is where a build actually starts.<\/p>\n As you explore Gildenarch, you’ll discover equipment of increasing rarity, and every Nephilim is defined by the build they create, giving you the freedom to experiment with different combinations of gear, Weapon Arts, Boons and Angels every time you venture into Gildenarch. That last part is the actual point: rarity raises numbers, but better gear improves your core stats and can introduce additional Boons that change how you play, and it’s the Boons \u2014 not the item level \u2014 that decide whether a build actually works. Boons can push straight damage, debuff enemies, restore health, refill flasks, or reward staying aggressive, and the developer’s own framing of the system leans on combining them rather than stacking the biggest number available.<\/p>\n A rare weapon with a Boon that doesn’t fit your build is worse than a common one that does. If your loadout is built around bleed stacking or aggressive playstyles, a defensive Boon on a shinier item can actively work against you.<\/p>\n There’s no meta list to memorize on day one \u2014 the whole design point is that the way you build your Nephilim is up to you, whether that’s overwhelming damage, a defensive playstyle, or aggressive-play payoffs.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Weapon Arts and Cooldowns: The Third Piece of Every Build","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Weapons in Crimson Moon aren’t just stat sticks. Many weapons have a Weapon Art \u2014 a special ability on its own cooldown \u2014 and these arts are what give a weapon its personality. The developer\u2019s wording is \u201cmany\u201d, not \u201cevery\u201d, so treat a Weapon Art as something to check for rather than assume. Descriptions floating around early coverage mention things like a two-handed sword carrying a sweeping effect or a one-handed sword carrying a smite-style strike, though exact names and numbers for the full weapon roster haven’t been published yet, so treat specific examples as illustrative rather than a confirmed list. The advice that matters regardless of the exact roster: don’t just pick the weapon with the highest number \u2014 pick the weapon whose Weapon Art fits how you want to play. A Weapon Art on its own cooldown is the one build piece that doesn’t rotate out with a gear swap; it’s tied to the weapon category itself, which is why weapon choice tends to anchor everything else you build around it.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Nexus Gates: Where a Build Keeps Changing Mid-Hunt","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" This is the layer that makes a Crimson Moon build a moving target instead of a loadout you lock in before a hunt. Nexus Gates sit inside each Ward you fight through, and during a hunt, Nexus Gates offer temporary Boons that can add damage, improve survival, restore health, or create synergies. Because two players can enter the same mission with different permanent loadouts and then evolve in different directions as the run unfolds, the actual decision at every gate boils down to one question: reinforce what’s already working, or adapt toward whatever the run has handed you so far. Take the same damage type you’re already stacking and the build gets sharper but narrower. Take something that covers a weakness \u2014 survivability if you’ve been getting clipped, a debuff if a boss Ward is coming up \u2014 and the build gets more flexible but less specialized. Since there are multiple gates per hunt, that trade-off repeats several times inside a single run, and each pick changes what the next gate’s options are worth. The guide to how runs chain together between hunts<\/a> covers what carries forward once the run ends and what doesn’t.<\/p>\n Tip<\/p>\n Nexus Gate Boons only last for the rest of that specific run. They don’t carry into your next hunt, so don’t hold back a strong pick at a gate hoping to “save” it \u2014 by the next hunt it’s gone regardless.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Armour Sets: The Specialization Layer","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Sets are where a build stops being general-purpose and starts being specific. Matching armour pieces push a build further in one direction than any single item can on its own, layering on top of whatever Boons and Weapon Art you’ve already committed to. Getting there runs through Purification: successfully complete a hunt and you can Purify the equipment you’ve discovered, permanently adding those weapons, armour and trinkets to your collection. That’s also the real cost of chasing a specific set \u2014 Purification only fires on a clean finish, not on a partial run, so a hunt that goes badly doesn’t bank the gear you found along the way. Filling four armour slots with pieces from the same set, on top of that, usually means repeating hunts rather than getting there in one clean pass. It’s also worth remembering that the higher-rarity gear worth building sets around tends to open up as your Nephilim gets past the earliest hunts \u2014 a freshly started character is working from a shallower pool by design.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Co-op Builds: Complementary Loadouts, Not Matching Ones","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Crimson Moon’s two-player co-op isn’t built around both players running the same setup. For co-op, complementary loadouts and Boons can amplify a partner instead of simply doubling the same role, and the official framing backs that up directly: players control the battlefield with shifting, divine abilities and can team up in co-op to unlock<\/a> devastating synergies that amplify their might. In practice that means one player leaning into aggressive Boons while the other picks up survivability or crowd control at the next gate covers more ground than two players chasing the same damage stack. The full rundown of how shared lives and revives work alongside that is in the co-op basics guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Our Take: Is Chasing the \"Perfect\" Build Worth It on Day One","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Our Take<\/p>\n A Crimson Moon build isn’t a thing you set once \u2014 it’s a chain of decisions that keeps running for the whole hunt.<\/p>\n Dropping classes and putting everything on gear, Boons, Weapon Arts and Nexus Gate picks is a bet that most players would rather adjust constantly than pick a lane and stay in it. That bet pays off if the Boon pool is deep enough to make each gate feel like a real choice instead of a coin flip \u2014 something that’s genuinely hard to judge from a launch-day feature list alone. What’s already clear is that treating rarity as the deciding factor is the wrong instinct here; the system is built around synergy, and chasing the shiniest drop over the one that actually fits your run is the fastest way to feel weaker while your numbers go up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"\n
Myth: the highest-rarity item is always the right pick<\/h3>\n
Myth: you need to find a “correct” build before you start<\/h3>\n
Sources and Confidence<\/h2>\n
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\n \nClaim<\/th>\n Where it comes from<\/th>\n Status<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n Crimson Moon has nine gear slots: four armour pieces, two trinkets, and weapon slots<\/td>\n Steam Community (developer post)<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n There are no traditional character classes; a Nephilim is defined by its build<\/td>\n Steam Community (developer post)<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Completing a hunt lets you Purify discovered gear into permanent ownership<\/td>\n Steam Community (developer post)<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Nexus Gates grant temporary Boons that can add damage, improve survival, or create synergies<\/td>\n How Builds Work in Crimson Moon (developer post)<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Many weapons have access to Weapon Arts, each with its own cooldown<\/td>\n Welcome to Sanctus Clypeus (developer post)<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Co-op partners can pick complementary Boons instead of mirroring the same build<\/td>\n How Builds Work in Crimson Moon (developer post)<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"faq","items":[{"question":"Can I change my build in the middle of a hunt?","answer":"Yes \u2014 that's effectively what Nexus Gates are for. You're not locked into your starting gear and Weapon Art; the gate picks you make mid-Ward actively shift the build for the rest of that run."},{"question":"Do Nexus Gate Boons carry over to my next hunt?","answer":"No. They're temporary and tied to the current run. Only Purified gear \u2014 the items you keep after finishing a hunt successfully \u2014 carries forward permanently."},{"question":"What's the actual difference between a Weapon Art and a Boon?","answer":"A Weapon Art is tied to the weapon itself and comes with its own cooldown, giving that weapon a signature move separate from basic attacks. A Boon is a modifier layered on top \u2014 from gear rarity or from a Nexus Gate \u2014 that changes damage, survivability, or playstyle without replacing the weapon's core moveset."},{"question":"Do I have to choose between a two-handed weapon and a one-handed weapon plus shield?","answer":"No \u2014 you carry both. The developer's own breakdown of the nine slots lists four armour pieces, two trinkets, a one-handed weapon and shield, and a two-handed weapon, which is where the number nine comes from. The shield combo trades reach for blocking and parrying, while the two-handed slot trades that defensive tool for longer range and heavier pressure. Which one is \"right\" depends entirely on the Boons and Weapon Art you're building around."},{"question":"Do co-op partners need to build the same way?","answer":"No, and matching loadouts is generally the weaker choice. Complementary builds \u2014 one player aggressive, one covering survivability or crowd control \u2014 tend to cover more of a hunt's problems than two players stacking the same strengths."}]}],"bottom":[{"acf_fc_layout":"more_articles","heading":"","posts":[],"count":10},{"acf_fc_layout":"chat","heading":""}],"meta_description":"Crimson Moon has no classes. Here's how the nine gear slots, Boons, Weapon Arts and Nexus Gates actually combine into a build."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4832"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4968,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4832\/revisions\/4968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4832"},{"taxonomy":"blog_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_tag?post=4832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}