Quick Answer
MONOMOON's ten symbols are the digits 0–9, and each two-symbol number puts tens first and units second. The map displays your current cell's coordinates, while deciphering the in-game language is optional.
How do you read MONOMOON map coordinates?
Light the moon at the top edge of the map, then read the coordinate shown at the bottom edge for your current cell.
The map is a grid of 29 × 18 cells. The first number is the column, 01 to 29 from left to right. The second number is the row, 01 to 18 from bottom to top. So (01,01) is the bottom-left cell and (29,18) is the top-right cell.
Coordinates help you identify where you are and solve puzzles that ask for a location. For the elevator grids, enter each room's vertical coordinate; see the MONOMOON elevator puzzle guide.
What do the MONOMOON number symbols mean?
The ten symbols represent the digits 0 through 9.
The same symbols appear as page numbers in the Tome. Each number uses two symbols: the first is the tens digit, and the second is the units digit.
| Symbols | Number |
|---|---|
| 1 then 4 | 14 |
| 2 then 0 | 20 |
| 0 then 7 | 07 |
You need to read these digits for some later puzzles, including the MONOMOON Red Door puzzles. The MONOMOON puzzle walkthrough covers other puzzle guides too.
Do you have to decipher the in-game language?
No. Deciphering the language is optional, but understanding the number symbols is required for some end-game puzzles.
The language key is a wall cipher at map coordinates [14,18]. You cannot reach it until very late in the game, and unlocking the crimson moon comes first. It is a basic substitution cipher, and the writing on that wall decodes to "Under the pale moon we live and love as one."
If you are working through a number clue, the MONOMOON Red Door guide shows how digit symbols are used in its answers.
FAQ
The MONOMOON symbols are the digits 0–9.
The first symbol is the tens digit, and the second is the units digit. For example, 1 then 4 means 14.
Yes. The Tome's page numbers use the same number symbols as coordinates.
No. Translation is optional, but number symbols are needed for some end-game puzzles.