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Moonlit Katana

⚔️ Katana B Forgotten Kingdom

Folded under nine full moons. The hamon line moves like water.

Weapon stats

Class
Katana
world pool: Forgotten Kingdom
Base damage
14
at 1x multiplier
True speed
0.925s
listed as 0.73s
Range
6 studs
NPC sell
$640
at 1x, 100% quality
Rune slots
2
Min ores
8
Recommended
20
ores
RNG-lock
25
ores w/ lock on

Forge odds curve — Forgotten Kingdom anvil

P(Katana class) P(Moonlit Katana) ▏RNG-lock
0% 6% 13% 19% 25% 3 10 20 30 40 50 55 ores (N) N=25
Per-forge probability by crucible size N without RNG lock. The Katana class curve peaks at N=22 on the gaussian weight table; Moonlit Katana takes 21.7% of the Katana variant roll at Forgotten Kingdom. With RNG Lock at N≥25 the orange class line becomes a flat 100%.

Expected forges — with & without RNG lock

Ores (N) P(Moonlit Katana) no lock Expected forges With RNG lock
20 4.8% ~1 in 21 needs 25 ores
25 4.7% ~1 in 22 ~1 in 5 locked
30 2.9% ~1 in 35 ~1 in 5 locked
55 0.0% ~1 in 385,745 ~1 in 5 locked

"Expected forges" = 1 ÷ combined probability of rolling the class and this variant. RNG lock removes the class roll once N ≥ 25, leaving only the 21.7% variant roll.

Top 3 ore recipes for Moonlit Katana

Solved at the Forgotten Kingdom anvil with RNG lock targeting the Katana class — BiS god-roll, clean zero-waste split, and a no-raid farmable fallback.

👑 God-Roll BiS

  • Mythril×9
  • Relicium×21
Total ores
30
Multiplier
5.39x
Target chance
21.7% · ~1 in 5
Est. DPS
93

Trait coverage: Mythril 30% OPTIMAL

Highest score: 93.0 DPS on Moonlit Katana at 21.7% per forge — the no-compromise endgame recipe.

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⚖️ Zero-Waste Sweet Spot

  • Uranium×9
  • Relicium×21
Total ores
30
Multiplier
5.24x
Target chance
21.7% · ~1 in 5
Est. DPS
87

Trait coverage: Uranium 30% OPTIMAL

30 ores divides cleanly by 30% — every trait ore sits at exactly the sweet spot with zero rounding waste.

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💰 No-Raid Farmable

  • Mythril×10
  • Relicium×23
Total ores
33
Multiplier
5.38x
Target chance
21.7% · ~1 in 5
Est. DPS
93

Trait coverage: Mythril 30% OPTIMAL

Built entirely from mined and crafted ores — no Tower of Hell drops or event items required.

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Each recipe loads straight into the crucible with ores, RNG lock and target pre-set. Odds are per forge at the recipe's anvil world.

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Best runes for Moonlit Katana

Rune Effect Why it fits
Blast Chip 20–40% Explosion per-hit explosions scale with swing rate — a fast weapon triggers it almost twice a second — at 0.925s true speed.
Thunder Shard 15–30% Chain Lightning chain lightning rides the high hit count of a speed build — at 0.925s true speed.

True DPS inside Katana — at 5.39x / quality 100

Weapon Base dmg True speed Damage True DPS
Sakura Emperor's Fang 26 0.985s 140 142
Kitsune's Whisper 21 0.97s 113 117
Bloodmoon Katana 18 0.955s 97 102
Frostpetal Blade 16 0.94s 86 92
Moonlit Katana ← 14 0.925s 75 82
Duskwind Blade 12 0.91s 65 71
Ronin's Edge 11 0.895s 59 66
Practice Katana 8 0.88s 43 49

Same-class alternatives at an identical 5.39x multiplier, quality 100, no traits or runes — pure damage ÷ true swing speed.

Frequently asked questions

How many ores do you need to RNG-lock Moonlit Katana in The Forge? +

Moonlit Katana is a Katana: its class roll RNG-locks at 25 ores, its recommended crucible is 20 and its absolute minimum is 8. At 25+ ores only the variant roll remains — about ~1 in 5.

What is the best ore recipe for Moonlit Katana? +

The solver's BiS recipe is 9× Mythril + 21× Relicium — 5.39x multiplier, 21.7% per forge at Forgotten Kingdom. See the recipe cards above to load it directly.

How fast is Moonlit Katana really? +

The tooltip lists 0.73s but the real swing is 0.925s — listed speeds under-report. True DPS on this page is computed against the 0.925s figure, the same one the game engine uses.

Is Moonlit Katana worth forging? +

Moonlit Katana is a B-tier Katana with 14 base damage and 2 rune slots. With RNG lock it lands in ~5 forges on average — check the comparison table for where it sits inside Katana.