Blood Moon Essence is a resource in Remnant 2 that is quite hard to get. This is because it can be used to unlock all manner of cool items, armor pieces, and even a powerful new class.
In this guide, we’ll show you how to get it and how to farm it a little bit quicker than usual if you get lucky.
How to get a Blood Moon in Yaesha in Remnant 2
Leaving and re-entering Yaesha until the Blood Moon appears in the sky, adding a red tint to the area, is the best thing you can do. The Blood Moon is a random event you can’t force to happen in any other way.
Some players say you need to use the Worldstone to teleport to another world and then back to Yaesha until you get it, while others say interacting with the Worldstone and resetting the map without teleporting should be enough to reroll it and eventually get a Blood Moon. I actually got it in a third way, by just using the doors from The Far Woods to go to another zone and back to it.
You can get a Blood Moon regardless of your Yaesha roll. As I said, I got mine in The Far Woods, but I’ve seen reports of other players online showing it happening in The Forbidden Grove, which is the hub for the other Yaesha questline.
Where to find Blood Moon Essence in Remnant 2
Blood Moon Essence can be found when shooting Root Wisps on Yaesha. These small, pinkish-red balls of energy fly through the forests that you explore there. They don’t attack you, and when you shoot them, a Blood Moon Essence flies toward you and into your inventory. As such, they can appear outside of the reachable areas of the game, and you can still shoot them and get the drops.
They don’t appear often but will be much easier to find during the Blood Moon events that occur on Yaesha. These don’t happen often but are easy to spot as the entire world will take on a reddish-tinted mist instead of the usual blue night color palette that it uses.
What to do with Blood Moon Essence
Blood Moon Essence can be used at the Bloodmoon Altar to buy a range of items. They all have different costs, and you will need a variety of resources to buy them. All items that you can buy from the Bloodmoon Altar are listed below, along with their purpose and price.
The Bloodmoon Altar, like many things in the game, seems to spawn in random places, so make sure to fully explore Yaesha to find it. It will appear as a blue icon on the map, making it easy to track once you are close to it.
How to farm Blood Moon Essence quickly
You can force the Blood Moon wisps to respawn in the exact location where you killed them if you use any door to leave and re-enter the zone you’re in. This will let you kill the wisps again for more Blood Moon Essence. Yes, I know this sounds counter-intuitive since I just said resetting the map is how you get a Blood Moon at first, but for some reason, the event persists when you already have it and leave the area using the doors.
In my case, I got a Blood Moon in The Far Woods. After I killed the wisps, I entered the door to the Forgotten Field and immediately returned to The Far Woods. The wisps had respawned exactly where I killed them before, letting me redo the process for more Blood Moon Essence.
Another method, if you are very lucky, is getting an instance of Yaesha that contains the Corrupted Ravager. This boss fight forces you to pick between killing or reviving the Doe, the protective spirit of Yaesha. If you opt to kill the Doe, this will plunge Yaesha into a Blood Moon, and the wisps will spawn much more often than they usually would, making them much easier to farm. It is a good idea to focus a run on this should the Corrupted Ravager appear in your game. It seems to be entirely random whether he will, however.
All Bloodmoon Altar Items
Faded Grimoire
This is required to make the Tome of the Bringer Engram that you can use to unlock the Summoner Archetype.
- Blood Moon Essence – 15
- Lumenite Crystal – Five
- Scrap – 1,500
Knotted Helm
The helmet from the Knotted armor set. Offers 13 Armor at a Weight of eight. Provides one resistance against Blight, and two resistance against Toxin.
- Blood Moon Essence – Five
- Scrap – 300
Knotted Cage
The body armor from the Knotted armor set. Offers 51 Armor at a Weight of 28. Provides one resistance against Bleed, three against Blight, and seven against Toxin.
- Blood Moon Essence – 10
- Scrap – 800
Knotted Greaves
The boots from the Knotted armor set. Offers 26 Armor at a Weight of 14. Provides one resistance against Bleed, two against Blight, and four resistance against Toxin.
- Blood Moon Essence – Seven
- Scrap – 600
Knotted Gloves
The gloves from the Knotted armor set. Offers 10 Armor at a Weight of six. Provides one resistance against Bleed, one against Blight, and two against Toxin.
- Blood Moon Essence – Three
- Scrap – 250
Soul Anchor Amulet
Extremely useful for the Summoner class, this will increase all damage dealt by Summons by 20 percent for 30 seconds.
- Blood Moon Essence – 10
- Lumenite Crystals – Three
- Scrap – 1,000
Soul Guard Ring
Gain a stack of Bulwark for each active Summon. Bulwark offers additional damage reduction.
- Blood Moon Essence – Five
- Lumenite Crystals – Two
- Scrap – 750
Blade of Gul Melee Weapon
A sword that does five damage, has a four percent critical chance, a 100 percent weak spot damage bonus, and a six percent stagger modifier. It does not have an inherent mutator.
- Blood Moon Essence – 10
- Scrap – 1,250
Sanguine Vapor
This increases ranged damage and melee lifesteal by 3.5 percent of base damage. Increases damage taken by 10 percent. Lasts for 60 minutes and will stay in effect after death.
- Blood Moon Essence – One
- Scrap – 500
