How to play
- Goal
- Harvest the requested ingredients and score as many points as you can.
- How it ends
- Each harvest ends after its timer; meeting the recipe wins, while three thorn-bomb cuts end it early.
- Record
- Each harvest keeps your highest score, with its holder's name.
- Hold and swipe through airborne ingredients. Lift to move safely. Fill all three ingredient counts before the timer ends. The worked picture shows a swipe through three ingredients, their cut halves, and a thorn bomb left intact.
- Each ingredient scores 10; a wanted ingredient adds 5 until its count is filled. Additional ingredients cut within 0.3 seconds of the stroke’s first cut add 5 more combo points each.
- A thorn bomb costs 30 points and one heart and spoils the held stroke. Lift after hitting it to cut again. Three bomb hits end the harvest early.
- Keep cutting after completing the recipe to improve your score. Each harvest has its own named score table. Pausing, leaving the tab or a long frame delay keeps that attempt local.
Controls
| Hold + swipe | Cut ingredients; lift to move safely |
|---|---|
| Arrow keys + Space | Move the blade; hold Space to cut |
| R / Escape | Restart / pause or close a panel |
| Controller | Stick or D-pad moves; hold A to cut; B or Start pauses; Y shows rules |
Tips for Moonblade Harvest
- Read the counts Prioritise the three requested ingredients until the recipe is filled.
- Lift between groups A released blade cannot hit a bomb.
- Sweep carefully Fast multi-ingredient cuts earn combo points, but bombs spoil the stroke.
Questions about this game
Are later harvests locked?
No. All48 recipes are open from the start.
Can every recipe be completed?
Yes. Every recipe has a winning route checked by an independent simulation.
Do missed ingredients cost hearts?
No. Hearts are lost only to thorn bombs; missing too many requested ingredients can leave the recipe unfinished.
Personal bests stay in this browser under morass.moonblade-harvest.v1. Named scores are verified by replaying blade inputs. The game contains no ads or analytics. Music and effects follow the shared arcade sound settings.
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About Moonblade Harvest
Harvest moonpears, ember citrus, sapphire caps, starpods and dusk plums for Orenvalt’s apothecaries. Rounded 3D ingredients split into seeded halves under a luminous moonblade; coloured sparks and rings follow every cut.
Forty-eight short harvests span a moonlit conservatory, ember orchard, crystal grotto and twilight greenhouse. Every recipe is open. Complete its three ingredient counts, then keep slicing for a higher score.
