Moon sign

Once you ascend, you have to choose a moon sign. There are signs for each of the three stat classes and they all cause individual, minor changes to gameplay. Your choice is not limited to the class you choose to play as (for example, you can be a Seal Clubber while having a Mysticality sign). In total, there are nine signs to choose from (plus a tenth that can be unlocked):

Moon Signs

Sign	Zone Unlocked	+10% Gains to:	Bonus
The Mongoose	Inside Degrassi Knoll	Muscle	+20% Physical Damage
The Wallaby		Mysticality	+20% Spell Damage
The Vole		Moxie	+20% Combat Initiative +20 Maximum HP/MP
The Platypus	Little Canadia	Muscle	Familiar Weight +5 lbs.
The Opossum		Mysticality	+5 Adventures per day from Food
The Marmot		Moxie	Get 1 Free Ten-Leaf Clover per Day
The Wombat	The Gnomish Gnomads' Camp	Muscle	+20% Meat from Monsters
The Blender		Mysticality	+5 Adventures per day from Booze
The Packrat		Moxie	+10% Items from Monsters
Bad Moon	Hey Deze	—	See notes

Notes

• The usefulness of certain sign benefits may vary for characters following certain paths; for example the Blender is less useful if you are a Teetotaler or Oxygenarian.
• The ability to access a sign-specific area only lasts for the current Ascension. Choosing a sign that unlocks a different area will close off the previously available area.
• The 10% bonus to stat gains is always rounded up.
• Apparently, the cause of all the astrological signs being transformations of each other is that all the signs are the same -- the character is just facing different directions when ascending.
• Bad Moon is only available in Hardcore, unlocked by completing a Hardcore run without using any ten-leaf clovers. In Bad Moon, you cannot access any items or familiars from prior ascensions until the king is freed. Enables adventures exclusive to this sign in various areas.

History

• Prior to May 17, 2011, the moon signs all had different effects (only the zone unlocks remained unchanged). Here is a list of the old effects:

Moon Signs
	Sign	Bonus	Sign	Bonus	Sign	Bonus	Additional zone
	Mongoose	Muscle stats after combat	Wallaby	Familiar weight boosts	Vole	Critical hit chance	Inside Degrassi Knoll
	Platypus	Mysticality stats after combat	Opossum	+5 Adv. from first food/day	Marmot	Clovers after non-combat.	Little Canadia
	Wombat	Moxie stats after combat	Blender	+5 Adv. from first booze/day	Packrat	Meat and items drops	Gnomish Gnomads' Camp

References

• Refers to Astrological signs, also known as Zodiac signs.

Moon Signs
Additional zone		Effect		Effect		Effect
friendly Degrassi Knoll	Mongoose	+20% Physical Damage	Wallaby	+20% Spell Damage	Vole	+20% Combat Initiative, +20 Maximum HP/MP
Little Canadia	Platypus	Familiar Weight +5 lbs.	Opossum	+5 Adv. from first food/day	Marmot	Slight Resistance to All Elements (+1)
Gnomish Gnomad Camp	Wombat	+20% Meat from Monsters	Blender	+5 Adv. from first booze/day	Packrat	+10% Items from Monsters
Hey Deze	Bad Moon	Many crazy adventures