Blood Moons

A Blood Moon rises on a 26-day Hyrulean cycle. On each listed date, the moon falls on the 13th day of a Hyrulean calendar month. Its malicious glow stirs the wilds — monster camps defeated since the last Blood Moon can be fought again, and villages grow far more dangerous to work in.

Blood Moons affect all three villages. While a Blood Moon is active, looting and gathering use special encounter rules with a much higher chance of running into dangerous monsters.

The dates below are the anchor day on the Hyrulean calendar. Gameplay effects use Eastern Time (America/New_York).

• The Blood Moon begins at 8:00 PM Eastern on the day before each listed date.
• It stays active through the full Blood Moon calendar day.
• It ends at 8:00 AM Eastern on the day after the listed date.

Track the current cycle day on the Tinglebot calendar.

Each Blood Moon falls on the 13th day of a Hyrulean calendar month. These real-world dates repeat every year.

While the Blood Moon is active, village town hall channels are prefixed with a red circle (🔴) to mark the danger.

• Looting — /loot uses a dedicated Blood Moon encounter table with a 90% monster encounter rate. Tiers 1–10 are rolled at equal weight, so high-tier monsters are far more common than usual. Any tier 5+ monster automatically triggers a Blood Moon raid.
• Gathering — /gather has a 25% chance to trigger a tier 1–4 monster encounter before your gathering result.
• If a tier 5–10 village raid is not defeated in time, the village can take damage. Village Upgrades may help villages recover and endure future threats.

For monster families, elements, and encounter basics, see the Monsters guide. Raid fights are explained on the Raids guide. When a raid thread opens, the server's Raid role is pinged so members can jump in.