If you play Moonlight Peaks, then you’ve got questions about Mana, which is the fuel behind every spell in the game. I believe I speak for all of you when I say it’s the trickiest resource to manage early on. Guess what? Let’s learn how to keep it flowing and never run out of Mana.
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What is Mana in Moonlight Peaks?
In Moonlight Peaks, Mana is the resource you spend to cast spells. Simple as that. When you water your garden with the Aquaflux spell, it uses Mana to cast that spell. When you cast Maturio for a fast and furious crops growth, once again, you use Mana. You get the idea.
You start with a small pool of 3 Mana that only refills by 1 point each night, but the cap can be raised up to 8 through a lot of things you do throughout the game. Be it shop upgrades and friendship rewards, as well as other activities alike.
How to Upgrade Your Max Mana Cap
Your Mana cap starts low, although you can make it grow to 8 through more than a couple of methods. In Sabrina’s Webb of Wonders shop, you can buy a Mana slot upgrade. Also, you don’t want to miss out on the Evernight Festival in fall. This lets you buy an Arcane Flame for 399 Evernight Coins (aka Pumpkins) which you can consume to gain an additional Mana slot. That’s pretty fair, I believe.
When you’ve reached 4 hearts with every character in the coven, it unlocks a bonus Mana point from Llemi. Llemi’s bonus Mana point isn’t tied to romance, though. Like I said, you just need to reach 4 hearts, the max platonic level, with every single character in town, not 8, mind you. You don’t need to date everyone to unlock it. Only then will Llemi gift you a Mana on a silver platter.
Let’s not forget the main story progression eventually grants 1 after you restore Crest Garden. None of these that I’ve mentioned are tied to romance or dating specifically, so focus on quests and friendship levels across the board rather than one relationship.
Best Ways to Farm Mana in Moonlight Peaks
If you think the best way to farm Mana is to grow random magical crops and run them through the Mana Extractor, think again. That’s because the process is as slow as a three-toed sloth. Just saying.
What you can do instead is turn to Gobblers. Yeah, one Gobbler converts to 4 Mana essence, and a 1 or 2-star Gobbler gives 5 or 6. The thing is, they only grow in summer, but you can get multiple harvests in a season by feeding them fish and bugs instead of watering.
So what you do is plan on stockpiling those ahead of time since these Gobblers eat through your supply super duper fast. My recommendation is to keep your Gobbler patch to around 16. Or you can grow the number to 32 plants, that’s if you’ve built up a large fish and bug stockpile.
Don’t underestimate the Maturio spell, which is also worth using once unlocked: at max level, it costs 2 Mana to instantly grow a 3×3 patch, and the crops it produces are usually worth far more Mana than you spent.
Cook Your Mana, Don’t Drink It
Remember, dear vampires, you don’t want to drink raw Mana essence. This surely is a waste. Go ahead and buy Mina’s Mana Cookbook for 2,500 Coins. What it does is open up recipes that turn 1 Mana essence into food worth 2 to 4 Mana when eaten, plus solid gold when sold. This is crazy.
For the record, my favorites are Mana Wine, Mana Chocolate, Red Velvet Cupcake, and Mana Milkshakes. Don’t forget to practically build your whole spring and summer economy around brewing Mana Wine.
Water Crops Efficiently
Your starting Aquaflux spell only waters 16 plots for 1 Mana. If you do the math, you come up with the fact that you have to plant 16 magical crops at a time to avoid wasted Mana and seeds.
Later spell upgrades expand that radius for sure. It doesn’t hurt to plant some rows of Weeping Wicca next to other magical crops, since a grown Wicca literally cries and waters its neighbors for free once it matures.
This cuts down on how often you need to cast a spell at all. How awesome is that?
How to Save Mana Early On: Some Tips & Tricks
One overlooked fact that y’all should consider is that if you move a building, it costs Mana. Even if it fails to place. You can lose dozens of essence bottles to find the right spot. When you want to do so, the safest habit is to attempt building moves first thing in a new day, so you can reload if it goes wrong.
Teleportation circles (Wanderer’s Hex) also look expensive, but the Mana cost is only a one-time activation per circle. Once it’s lit, fast travel through it is free forever.
