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Moonlighter 2 Merchant's Sword — Short Sword Guide

Merchant's Sword is a short sword in Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault, added in Early Access. After a Special Finisher, deal bonus damage for 3 seconds (0% at base, growing with upgrades).

Moonlighter 2 screenshot showing a colorful dungeon combat scene.

Moonlighter 2 Steam store screenshot. This image is used for identification and editorial context.

Special effect

After a Special Finisher, deal bonus damage for 3 seconds (0% at base, growing with upgrades).

  • Class: Short Sword.
  • Class mechanic: Short Swords land three arcing slashes and an Attack Finisher. The Special is a full-circle spin that can be chained into a Special Finisher after three normal hits.
  • Added: Early Access.

How to get

Starter craft at Andrei's Forge.

Upgrading a weapon raises the number in its effect text. Each tier costs gold plus a growing count of the weapon's material, and the Legendary tier exists even though its full cost is not published.

Best use

The balanced beginner short sword and the weapon most creators used for early money runs. Keep it until you find an Ultimate aspect or the Aetherium Heart.

Upgrade tiers

TierGoldMaterials
Common2,0001–4 of the weapon's material
Uncommon5,0006 of the weapon's material
Rare20,0008 of the weapon's material
Epic50,00010 of the weapon's material
LegendaryNot fully publishedHighest material count; effect keeps scaling

Related Moonlighter 2 guides

All Moonlighter 2 weapons

Every melee aspect, gun and armor set by class.

Endless short sword aspect

The Version 1.0 Endless aspect for the short sword class.

Moonlighter 2 bosses

Region bosses and Boss Rush rewards that unlock several aspects.

Sources and verification

Fact sources

StatusSourceUsed forChecked
PlatformMoonlighter 2 Steam store pageValve / SteamApp id 2350790. Read September 3, 2026: the release field now shows Sep 2, 2026, the Early Access genre tag is gone, the listed genres are Action, Adventure and RPG, the platform is Windows, and the listing confirms Single-player, Steam Achievements, full controller support, Steam Cloud and Family Sharing.
OfficialMoonlighter 2 Steam news hubDigital Sun / 11 bit studiosFirst-party announcement feed used to track version changes, hotfixes and feature updates after the 1.0 launch.