BLOODMOON

Every few hours the world might turn against you. Red sky, distorted sound, and enhanced monsters that hear you through walls. Sleeping won't skip it.

What is a Bloodmoon

A Bloodmoon is a hostile night event that can roll roughly every 7 hours. It's announced server-wide when it starts, and it's unmistakable.

  • Unskippable. Sleeping does not end a Bloodmoon night.
  • Red screen tint, distorted ambient sound, and atmospheric lightning. You'll know.
IMAGE · The red-tinted sky during a Bloodmoon
VIDEO · Blood Monsters spawning around a player at night

Blood Monsters

Bloodmoons spawn enhanced variants of normal mobs. They're faster, stronger, and ignore the rules you usually rely on for safety.

  • Spawn near players regardless of light level. They start spawning 60 seconds after the Bloodmoon begins.
  • They hear you through walls based on how fast you're moving. Sneaking hides you, running makes you a target.
  • They won't spawn directly on top of players or villagers, so a tight, walled base is meaningfully safer.
  • Better XP and loot than vanilla mobs, with a very rare cosmetic trophy drop.

Mob Variants

Three flavours of enhanced mob spawn during Bloodmoons. Each takes a familiar mob and makes it scarier in a different way.

Blood Zombie

Quick, strong, poisonous melee.

  • ▸Speed I, Strength I, and an extended aggro range.
  • ▸Hits apply Poison to the target.
  • ▸Animated red bleeding particles trail them.
Blood Spider

Faster, hits harder, splits on death.

  • ▸Spawns even in well-lit areas.
  • ▸Trails web particles constantly.
  • ▸On death, spawns 1-2 Blood Cave Spiders: tiny, fast, applying long Poison but dealing zero damage. Easy to squash, dangerous in groups.
Blood Skeleton

Inaccurate, but reaches further.

  • ▸Fires multiple arrows per shot.
  • ▸Arrows may apply Poison.
  • ▸Less accurate than vanilla but shoots much further. Damage is capped to prevent one-shots.

Soul Torches

Soul Torches are the Bloodmoon's counterweight. They are excellent base defence.

  • Randomly damage, slow, and stun nearby Blood Monsters. The more you have, the more reliable the suppression.
  • Place them at chokepoints and around walls rather than spamming them on the floor.
IMAGE · A perimeter of Soul Torches lit around a base
VIDEO · A player surviving a Bloodmoon inside a fortified base

Survival Tips

You can prepare for a Bloodmoon, but you can't outrun one. Stay home or stay quiet.

  • Don't travel during a Bloodmoon unless you're kitted out for it.
  • Light alone isn't enough. Walls and Soul Torches are what actually stops them.
  • Move slowly. Walking alerts them, sneaking hides you.