Lunar Coins in Risk of Rain 2: how to get there, step by step

// what it is

What it is.

Lunar Coins are blue and carry over between runs: gold is lost when you die, coins are not. They open the hidden places of the game (the Bazaar and, from there, the Void Fields) and buy lunar items, the blue ones that give something strong in exchange for a drawback.

// what you need

What you need.

Nothing: any survivor, any difficulty. You start each run with the coins you had saved.

// step by step

Step by step.

Kill enemies: each one has a 0.5% chance to drop a coin. Every time one drops, that chance is halved for the rest of the run, so the first ones are the easy ones.

End the run one of these ways: 10 coins for beating Mithrix and escaping the moon, 10 for beating the Voidling in The Planetarium and 5 for obliterating at the Obelisk of A Moment, Fractured (15 if you carry Beads of Fealty).

Complete challenges: the first time you finish each one gives 1 to 10 coins.

Spend them where it counts: 1 at a Newt Altar (opens the Blue Portal to the Bazaar), 1 at a Lunar Pod (a random lunar item), 2 at a Lunar Bud in the Bazaar (you see the item first), 3 at a Lunar Seer (you pick the next stage) and 1 per pet of the frog in Commencement (10 open the portal to the Planetarium).

// what you get

What you get.

Access to the Bazaar Between Time and, from it, the Void Fields (where Acrid is unlocked).
Lunar items like Shaped Glass or Purity.
Picking the next stage with the Lunar Seer.

// watch out

Watch out.

A Newt Altar paid after the teleporter is done opens nothing: the coin is gone.
Lunar items have a big downside: read what it does before picking it up (you can leave it on the floor). A Cleansing Pool removes one at random in exchange for a Pearl.

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// faq

FAQ.

Do you lose Lunar Coins when you die?

No. They carry over between runs, win or lose. Gold is what you lose.

How many Lunar Coins does Mithrix give?

10 for beating him and escaping the moon. The Voidling gives another 10 and the Obelisk 5 (15 with Beads of Fealty).

What is the fastest way to get Lunar Coins?

Challenges (1 to 10 each the first time) and finishing runs: a run that ends at the Obelisk gives 5 even if you played it fast.

// more routes

The other routes.

Celestial Portal and A Moment, Fractured

Bulwark's Ambry and the artifacts

The moon: the way to Mithrix

The Planetarium and the Void Locus

Eclipse, the fourth difficulty

All routes

Sources: the Risk of Rain 2 wiki (riskofrain2.wiki.gg: Bazaar Between Time, Newt Altar, Void Fields, Gilded Coast, A Moment, Fractured, Commencement, Void Locus, The Planetarium, Lunar Coins, Artifacts and Module:Environments/Data, read on 31 October 2026, the same pages used by this site's shrine, boss, Mithrix and glossary guides), the game's English text and public Steam stats as of 31 October 2026. The plain-words text is ours. Icons: Risk of Rain 2 (Hopoo Games / Gearbox).