Can You Sleep During Blood Moon Terraria

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You can tell a Blood Moon is out when the heaven turns ruddy. There is something nigh information technology that causes monsters to swarm.

— The Guide

"The Blood Moon is rising..."

A Claret Moon is a common randomly occurring event that takes identify over the course of an unabridged night, from 7:30PM to 4:xxxAM; however, a Claret Moon can also be initiated when the player uses a Bloody Tear. It causes several hazards for its elapsing: Enemy spawns increase, even almost the actor's Home and NPCs (where enemies exercise non normally spawn), Zombies become able to open Doors, and Bunnies, Penguins, and Goldfish transform into dangerous enemies, along with other effects (see below). Claret Moons are signaled by the message "The Blood Moon is rise..." in the lower left corner of the screen (or the tiptop middle of the screen on Mobile). The moon, sky, water, and pelting will appear red for the duration of the result. A scarlet-pinkish filter volition also be nowadays in all higher up-footing areas. Blood Moons disable the ability to speed upwards time whilst sleeping in a bed.

A Blood Moon will simply occur if at least i thespian in the earth has more than 120 life, and only on nights when a moon is nowadays (any dark except a new moon). Given those criteria, a Blood Moon has a 11.11*1/9 (xi.11%) gamble of occurring.

1 Contents
ii Effects
- 2.i Enemies
- 2.2 Sold items
- ii.3 Other effects
3 Achievements
4 Notes
v Tips
6 Trivia
7 History
8 References

Contents [ ]

From whatsoever Enemy or NPC (Dropped in Hardmode only):

From any Blood Moon Enemy:

From any Blood Moon Enemy caught during angling:

Furnishings [ ]

Enemies [ ]

The spawn rate of enemies on the surface increases. Dripplers , Blood Zombies , The Groom, The Bride , and the Clown (if in Hardmode) take a hazard to spawn. Enemies not only spawn faster, but more than are spawned than can normally exist on-screen at once. This works no matter the surroundings, and then Corruption and Carmine enemies tin can likewise swarm fifty-fifty more they usually would, for example.
Enemies can even spawn about NPCs and their houses, whereas those commonly suppress enemy spawns. Role player-placed walls are non necessarily prophylactic during this event.
Zombies and their counterparts can open Doors.
Goldfish become Corrupt Goldfish/ Vicious Goldfish , Bunnies become Decadent Bunnies/ Vicious Bunnies , and Penguins become Corrupt Penguins/ Roughshod Penguins . Those spawned from Statues are Corrupt or Barbarous , and they do not revert to regular Goldfish or Bunnies after the Blood Moon is over. If it is raining during the event, transformed Goldfish will flop effectually on the basis, rather than walk.

Sold items [ ]

The Merchant sells Throwing Knives.
The Arms Dealer sells Silverish Bullets (in Desktop version, Panel version, Mobile version, and Nintendo Switch version, just if silver is present in the world), and Tungsten Bullets if tungsten is present (Pre-Hardmode. In Hardmode, the Artillery Dealer volition always sell Silvery or Tungsten Bullets ).
The Clothier sells the Mime Mask, Fallen Tuxedo Shirt and Fallen Tuxedo Pants .
The Dryad stops selling Purification Powder, Sunflowers, and Grass Seeds.
The Painter sells the Evil Presence painting.
The Dye Trader sells Bloodbath Dye.
The Steampunker sells Purple Solution if the Corruption is present, or Blood-red Solution if the Cherry-red is present instead of Greenish Solution.
The Cyborg sells Rocket II ammunition.
The Skeleton Merchant sells the Slap Hand during Hardmode.

Other effects [ ]

Deathweed blooms. Blood moons (and Full Moons on Desktop, Console, Mobile, Switch, and tModLoader) are the only times you lot can harvest Deathweed Seeds from Deathweed (with the exception of harvesting with a Staff of Regrowth).
About NPCs have their own unique lines commenting on the effect.
The Zoologist NPC will transform into her werefox form regardless of the moon stage.
Fishing ability is 1.1x stronger, and can provide some unique items and spawn unique enemies, including the Dreadnautilus.
Visual effects:
- About all water will plough red, including Rain. Exception: The Ocean volition not plow completely cerise, though it will be affected by the screen filter.
- A red filter will be applied to the screen too, shifting the colors of all entities and light towards red and royal shades.
- This volition too touch on the projectile colors of many weapons.
- Placed Living Cursed Fire Blocks turn yellowish, making a unique result.
- The Glowing Mushroom Biome, which is normally blue, will have the red shader get in appear pink-royal.

Achievements [ ]

Bloodbath • "Survive a blood moon, a nocturnal event where the rivers run reddish and monsters swarm aplenty."

Survive your showtime Blood Moon.

Carmine Moon Rises • "You have survived the Blood Moon!"

Survive your showtime Blood Moon.

Notes [ ]

The Blood Moon'due south furnishings on enemy spawn rates stack with that of the Water Candle and Battle Potion.
A Blood Moon only affects spawn rates above the surface. Spawn rates beneath the surface remain the same.^[i]
Whether or non a Blood Moon volition occur is adamant at dusk each night.
Every nightfall has an equal chance of beingness a Blood Moon and does not change if the previous night was a Blood Moon. It is possible to accept iv or more than Claret Moons in a row and, conversely, a Blood Moon will non necessarily occur even over the course of many in-game weeks.
In a multiplayer game, using the fourth dimension adjustment server commands (dawn, apex, sunset, midnight) will not trigger the Claret Moon check, and then using "sunset" repeatedly does not forcefulness a Claret Moon to occur.
H2o in an Sea biome will not turn red fifty-fifty though all other water in biomes will. However, the blueish water is notwithstanding affected by the red shader, giving it a purple color.
If a player chooses to, they can cancel a Blood Moon by summoning the Pumpkin Moon or Frost Moon.
A Blood Moon can happen in the middle of a Pirate Invasion. The invasion will still get on until it ends, then the Claret Moon starts. A Blood Moon can also occur during Slime Rain.
Blood Moons occur more often than Solar Eclipses, equally Solar Eclipses accept a v*1/20 (five%) chance to happen each solar day (when the criteria are met).
If a Blood Moon and Total Moon coincide, Werewolves will spawn with increased frequency, rather than Zombies, but the special Zombies will withal spawn.
Similar to the Solar Eclipse, a Blood Moon will increment the spawn rate of Truffle Worms in one case in Hardmode.
The player cannot speed upwardly a Blood Moon past sleeping.
At daybreak, all unkilled special enemies will effort to flee the screen.

Tips [ ]

During a Blood Moon in Hardmode, every enemy and NPC has a 0.1*1/one thousand (0.one%) gamble of dropping the KO Cannon. This means that fifty-fifty though it is rare, like with the Blessed Apple tree, the large number of drop chances makes this easier to subcontract, and the KO Cannon is probable to aid a player in early Hardmode.
Simply placing a block in front of a door will prevent Zombies from existence able to open the door.
If the thespian sees the notification that a Blood Moon is rising and they are under-equipped to defeat information technology, they should get underground every bit quickly as possible. Going indoors volition not relieve them, nor will continuing around outside. The Claret Moon gives enemies dangerous abilities, such as the ability to open up doors.
Although the Blood Moon is typically treated as a deadly result, it is possible to enjoy the upshot. Once the histrion has max wellness and practiced weapons and armor, the new enemies are not a serious threat, especially if they accept prepared their base of operations. Equally the Tavernkeep says, "Y'all know, where I'm from, a Blood Moon is actually just an excuse to get some fresh air."
The Claret Moon is a great place to use weapons with the Cursed Inferno debuff. It does significantly increased damage since 1.four.1, and most Blood Moon enemies are fast, pregnant y'all'll be dodging a lot more than in regular gameplay, and making Cursed Inferno (with its damage over time) much more useful.

Trivia [ ]

In real life, the Moon appears red during a lunar eclipse, which is sometimes referred to as a "Blood Moon". Equally sunlight passes into the shadow through the temper, the Moon is given a red/orange color due to the amount of air the light passes through. This is the same miracle that gives sunsets and sunrises such colors.
When a real Claret Moon occurred on April 14, 2014, a alert was jokingly appear on the official Terraria forums.^[2]
The Blood Moon and Underworld share the same rails on the Nintendo3DS version. ^Verify
During a Claret Moon, all female NPCs except the Political party Girl and the Princess apply more irritable or aggressive dialogue than normal. This is a reference to the fact that some women in real life become irritable or aggressive due to premenstrual syndrome. Both the menstrual cycle and the real-world Moon bike occur approximately every 28 days.
- Female actor characters are not field of study to such changes - all dialogue betwixt the player and NPCs is as normal for blood moons and the actor is not implied through the NPCs to announced more irritable.
The Blood Moon is the but matter in the game with it'south song title (Eerie) non being named afterwards what it plays for. (east.thousand. The vocal that plays at night in the Forest biome is named "Overworld (Night)")

History [ ]

Desktop 1.4.0.one:
- Blood moon now increases fishing power.
- Added the Chum Bucket, an detail that increases fishing ability.
- Added 5 new enemies, the Claret Eel, Zombie Merman, Wandering Centre Fish, Hemogoblin Shark and Dreadnautilus.
- Enemies drop extra coin during Blood Moons.
- Can now be summoned using the Bloody Tear summoning item.

Desktop 1.3.0.six: The Dryad will at present sell Vicious Powder in a Crimson world.

Desktop 1.three.0.1:
- The Helpmate, Blood Zombie and Drippler introduced, including their drops and banners.
- Improved atmosphere.
- The Skeleton Merchant was introduced, and sells the Slap Mitt during the night of a Blood Moon.
- The Clothier sells the Fallen Tuxedo Shirt and Fallen Tuxedo Pants during the dark of a Blood Moon.

Desktop 1.2.4: Rain no longer cancels Blood Moon, and now falls as blood.

Desktop 1.2:
- The water during this event now turns claret red.
- The KO Cannon at present has a gamble of dropping from enemies during this event.
- Bunnies/Goldfish spawned from statues no longer drop coins during a Blood Moon.

Desktop 1.1: The chance of a Blood Moon was decreased to ane/ix from its previous gamble of one/7.

Desktop-Release: Introduced.

Console-Release: Introduced.

Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

Mobile-Release: Introduced.

3DS-Release: Introduced.

References [ ]

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