The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an action-adventure video game from the Japanese company Nintendo that was released in 2017. The game long-running The Legend of Zelda series and has become one of the best games for the Nintendo Switch console. In Breath of the Wild, a player controls the main character named Link, who wakes up after a hundred years of sleep to find out that the Kingdom of Hyrule has been taken over by an evil force known as Calamity.
There are a lot of interesting events in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, one of which is the Blood Moon. This is a mystical phenomenon that diversifies the game quite a bit. All players can find out exactly how Blood Moon works in this article below.
How the Blood Moon Works
Blood Moon in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a special event that takes place during the game. Every time a player spends a certain amount of time in the game, usually about three hours, there is a chance of a Blood Moon occurring at night. When Blood Moon occurs, the sky turns red and all the monsters that the player has previously destroyed come back to life.
The purpose of this event is to give players the opportunity to restore resources and test their endurance. Blood Moon increases the number of resources that can be collected from monsters, so players can enrich themselves by killing monsters repeatedly. However, the monsters themselves become stronger, so players should be very careful during Blood Moon.
Overall, Blood Moon is an important part of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which adds more depth to the game and causes additional tension for players because they feel the need to be ready to fight monsters again at any time.
How to Trigger a Blood Moon in Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The game has a timer that counts down the time, and when it reaches 2 hours, 48 minutes, and 15 seconds of real-time, it triggers the Blood Moon to appear the next night. Players must play for three hours, sit by a campfire until the next night, and wait in the over world until 12 am game time to trigger a Blood Moon.
The Blood Moon can also be summoned using some glitches, but this guide only focuses on the normal Blood Moon mechanics.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is available now for Nintendo Switch.