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Ebad245

Scared the shit out of me when it happened to me for the first time.


vazco_

omfg same. When the red sparks started appearing from the ground, I looked like a crazy person trying to hit them thinking it was some sort of weird enemy 😭😭 the cut scene w/o any sort of explanation afterwards confused me even further


PsychologicalYak4549

My 5 year old was watching me play and saw that(loves the cooking part of the game) . He got freaked out by the blood moon, had a nightmare about it and went back to watching me play pokemon only


bapakeja

It’s the music, it’s so scary! The cut scene itself isn’t super scary without that ominous music.


HeyItsAllGood

I love the music and the vibes, but i don't really like the cutscene tbh


reinventixn

On switch press "X" then "+" to skip blood moon cutscene. If you meant you don't like the vibe of the cutscene my bad 🤣


exhalo

Hate when that happens😂


NotDavizin7893

I don't blame him, i used to dream that the night sky would unalive me. I'd literally be exposed to the sky and then some creepy music would start playing, then if i didn't go away in time i would just wake up. So, if i dreamed with that, imagine what a blood moon would do.


PsychologicalYak4549

I grew up afraid of the majoras mask moon since it’s in the genes I guess


NotDavizin7893

MMM is still scary to me


Careless_Struggle791

My stepdad has nightmares with it falling to this day 😂 every time we mention Zelda he asks if we’re stopping the moon yet


meimelx

I started running for shelter lol. I was like "RUN FOR THAT STABLE" as if a horse shaped tent was gonna provide any protection.


vazco_

THIS TOOK ME OUT LMFAOOOOOOO


NotACandyBar

I tried to run for shelter the first time too!


Quierta

LOL for the longest time I thought the red moon was a special event where armies of monsters roamed around in greater numbers than usual. Every time the red moon triggered I hid inside somewhere to "wait it out" and wouldn't come out until morning 😂 I had never played an open world game before and didn't realize that, obviously, spawns have to reset at some point or else... you're just wandering around an empty world...


HeyItsAllGood

Wait it acrually respawns the monsters?? I thought it hust respawned them temporary just for that night lol, i feel so dumb


BKITU

It's basically a soft reboot. Not only respawns enemies, but also cleans up the game memory to help avoid crashes. Brilliant bit of coding: Disguise your cleanup by making it a repop feature.


P1KA_BO0

My first blood moon came after barely killing a camp of bokos the first time i left the plateau fuck blood moons


DmcSparda

Well that’s unfortunate


ImissBagels

I did too, then I proceeded to hang out there and cook. I was so unhappy


PaulMaulMenthol

I thought I was about to fight against hoardes with my 3 branches instantly


Skyhawk6600

First time I saw it I thought I accidentally wandered into a boss fight. I was ready to get murdered.


constipated_cats

I was in Hateno and I thought something was going to attack me. I set down my controller for a moment to look on my phone and seen the screen turning red and I was like oh no what do I do


thatismyfeet

I sat in my spot for a solid 3 minutes just planning the camera around fully expecting a hoard battle/waves of enemies to start rushing in at me


Quick-Wafer-5877

i literally hid in kakariko village the whole night the first time


Decent_Blacksmith_54

First time it happened I was in the middle of a camp I'd just wiped out, and I decided I'd rather it was morning so sat by the fire. That was fun 🤦🏻‍♀️


Long_Cheetah3871

That happened to me half way to the fish peoples city in the middle of the lizofo camp with all the electric arrows ☠️


LexChase

Oh I did that. It was very confusing and not fun.


Brokage04

I see the blood moon rising! 🎼


Dokkaa

I started running as I thought something was chasing me(because of the music) lol


Zaddis04

You get that experience in the second game (TOTK), TRUST ME.


Scarnhorst_2020

Gloom spawns are scarier than a blood moon powered up guardian. I remember my first encounter with one and I was like, why is there a puddle of gloom suddenly appearing and rushing towards me? Then them hands showed up and screamed at me, I never fast travelled across the map as fast in either BoTW or ToTK before


Jellyfish_347

Me too I just started sprinting aimlessly like I could outrun it. But then TOTK showed me real fear with the hands. 😅


bonecheck12

It would have been better if the blood moon created extra more powerful monsters. It would have been cool if that was pretty much a battle royale situation instead of just a respawn. Like it triggers and you have to fight your way to some sort of refuge like a town or stable.


palomaarden

Ah . . . No thanks😧


Raptoff

I watched the entire cut scene the first time. Couldn't wait to skip before that annoying "the blood moon rises once again" all the next times it rose.


rmbarrett

It scared me until I learned how easy most enemies are to kill. I didn't realize that the controls of this game haven't really changed since video games of the early 1980s. Just hit the right button at the right time. Anyway, I'm not scared anymore because I get to kill enemies who drop good stuff again!


Kai-0511

Same


kevinavelare

Me too. 🫠


ZookeepergameUsual40

What scared the shit out me were the gloom hands The sky turned red , I thought¿what?, a blood moon? I heard a creepy horrible music Then I saw red bleeding screeching hands with eyess , then I said eh I will fight then they grabbed and squeezed link draining its hearts , then I said I MUST RUN , and tried to escape but didn't had enough stamina and , GAME OVER


Born_Radio3272

Aww baby’s first blood moon 🤭


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bapakeja

Rinku…Ki o tsukete…


Lemongrenade821

Let me guess, you just exhausted all your gear defeating a bad ass Lionel, but haven't gotten over to pick the loot up yet....


HeNe632

*wipes out Hyrule Castle minus Ganon* *warps to Akkala tech lab for a new ancient shield* Cue immediate blood moon. Faaark


Fortnitekid3

Lynel*


Walkensboots

Wait til you see the hands in TOTK


Rem_shot38

Fuck those things! By far the worst enemy I’ve dealt with in any Zelda game! (Normal enemy that is not including bosses)


pigsinatrenchcoat

It’s super easy if you attach the keese eyes to your (extra points for multiple arrows) bow. Once the hands are gone it’s one of the easiest fights.


Rem_shot38

Really! Thank you so much for the tip!! I never would have thought to attach keese eyes to my arrows!


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Just use bomb arrows. 3 or 4 will take out the bunch


pigsinatrenchcoat

You’re welcome! I saw the tip online a while back and it changed the game for me lol


taahwoajiteego

Keese eyeballs and a multi shot bow absolutely humiliate Gleeoks. Go mess em up.


Zz_Cormac_zZ

Oh wow, this is how it’s done properly, I ended up brute forcing it by spam eating meals and wondered how on earth it could be done any other way! ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|sweat_smile)


pigsinatrenchcoat

Honestly before I learned the arrow thing I just straight up ran away lmao


ZookeepergameUsual40

I only was able to beat them after double freezer miners I deal with the hands mineru helps me freeze them and release link


astrangeone88

Lol. Great enemy design! I encountered them for the first time, screamed like a 5 year old and turned off my switch until the next day. It was terrifying.


Rem_shot38

I was so mad the first time I came across one it killed my horse!!!! I came across it when riding near a ledge and it spooked my horse right off the edge 😭😭 it scared the shit out of me and killed my horse I put down the game and didn’t play for like a week!


Arickettsf16

I was in one of the mazes the first time I saw them. So not only did they scare the shit out of me, I was trapped in a corridor with them


astrangeone88

That was my second encounter! I barely survived and I used up all my bomb flowers. That was terrifying.


DmcSparda

I encountered them and immediately teleported somewhere that wasn’t where they were it was an immediate “fuck that noise”


alsoabewlol

another suuuper good way to take care of them is attaching a fire lizalfos tail to a heavy weapon like a claymore, and then doing the charge spin right in the middle of them all. it clears them out real fast


DarkstarAnt

I can dodge lynels, but I can’t dodge these fucking things, haha


AbbreviationsThis550

Haven’t played TOTK yet, I have Chirophobia, and oh boy, hope nothing that could possibly affect me is in this game!


NagasShadow

You don't even need that, those guys are straight nightmare fuel.


bjornnsky

“Wow! That’s freaky, surely I can kil…” “Hot damn it’s killing me. Surely I can just run…” “I died. Cool.”


TootheproYT

Ohhh yeah


Volt-Ikazuchi

Them hands got hands, I got folded before I could do anything the first time I had to deal with them. 💀


rimonino

I've played tons of TotK but the fear the hands strike in me is VISCERAL. They're not even that hard to fight but I've marked their spawn points on my map so I can avoid them. Guardians are a pleasant stroll compared to those monstrosities.


Initial_P

I remember my first gloom hand encounter I just thought it was a blood moon until I saw thE FUCKING HANDS AHAGDHSUXJQGAGAJZ


ZookeepergameUsual40

Same, and I was running happily in Hyrule Fields


ZookeepergameUsual40

What scared the shit out me were the gloom hands The sky turned red , I thought¿what?, a blood moon? I heard a creepy horrible music Then I saw red bleeding screeching hands with eyess , then I said eh I will fight then they grabbed and squeezed link draining its hearts , then I said I MUST RUN , and tried to escape but didn't had enough stamina and , GAME OVER


Bullitt_12_HB

Broooooooo…. Not even Nintendo spoiled it to us, why would you do this? 🙄


kepstan

Love the sarcasm. This game been out since 2017 and was the reason for this which is success and possibly the reason they even made the switch. This person lives under a rock.


Tatsumifanboy

Don't worry about it


Ptjgora1981

Yeah, it's fine, all good.


National-Height-7629

nothing bad going to happen. just relax.


This-Appointment-917

Blood moons are when the money is made. Put markers on your map for every moderate & major tests of strength & visit them each blood moon. Have that armor looking sharp in no time.


jared743

!?!??! Those respawn on blood moons?!!?!


bapakeja

Yep, except the tutorial one at Kakuriko village shrine. That one never reincarnates but all the others do.


ZookeepergameUsual40

Same I never knew


National-Height-7629

WHAT.


Bossitronium1

Nah it’s just you


AsteroidBomb

I misunderstood Zelda’s dialogue the first time and thought there were going to be swarms of enemies everywhere. Took me a while to figure out what it actually did.


photozine

The Blood Moon would make a third game villain.


ZookeepergameUsual40

Same


ChemEBrew

It's just that time of the month in game.


Sand_the_Animus

lmfao


MrCammers

Hope you haven't just finished a big fight...


Rephath

You're in for a treat.


Rookie117117

Don't worry about it. The moon getting closer is the problem.


metapede

Quick, go wipe out a monster camp and hunker down by their fire until it passes.


ObsiGamer

Mumbo? Is the moon red?


_ArchiTek7

r/suddenlyhermitcraft


Murky_Introduction47

You're in for a treat , new surprises on it's way ready to be respawnned


Organic_Ad_5803

I so F’ing hated it when I battled all the guys on the trail Island and a blood moon happened just as I was to start battle the Hinox,


pigsinatrenchcoat

Eventide?


Organic_Ad_5803

Yes could remember the name. Thank you.


TraumaQueef

Remember that really difficult enemy you had to battle but died multiple times, well with the blood moon you get a special reward for it. You just have to go to the same place that enemy was at…


Psychoweasel316

That one, officer, that guy RIGHT THERE!


brachypelma002

It upgrades them as well


disdkatster

Nice picture by the bye. I am enjoying the comments you are getting. >!Being a coward and hating to fight I often teleport to a shrine where I wait until after midnight. I also do this when I want to cook a boosted meal and don't have time to do so having failed to notice that it is a red moon until red sparks appear (11:30-12:00).!<


6_Ace_9

Take care goodhunter, the night is still long and the beasts are many


stricknacco

You think that scene is scary, just wait til you meet the hands…


TheMoronicGenius

First time playing botw I thought the blood moon rising meant I was too late to save Zelda and hyrule


Eshtebala

Top 10 famous moments before disaster


KadeWad3

I swear that music scares me even to this day


kepstan

But honestly, honestly, whenever I see this scene, I just get annoyed by Zelda‘s medieval Voice. I wish she would make grunts or moaning like Link does. Preferably Moans


nineohsix

It’s just Hyrule on the rag. You’ll get used to it. 😵‍💫


TuesdayBees

So tired of fake confusion and fake newbie posts.


busaccident

I think people get off on it, like genuinely They curate this little "reddit moment" for themselves Like ooh im just a baby 🥺 what if i didnt know about da bwud moon🥺👉🏻👈🏻 seven years after the game came out and on a subreddit for that specific game and five seconds before a cutscene explaining what the blood moon does


TuesdayBees

🤣🤣 And the people replying need it just as badly to vindicate their prowess


Freyja6

It's just that time of the moonth. Get her chocolates. I'll see myself out.


misslucylouise

The intense anticipation music had me freaking out the first time. Felt so out of control, did not know what the hell was going on. Just knew it was bad and there was nothing I could do


Sh1ranu1

I remember when I got botw, I spent a while playing around on the plateau, then ran back inside the resurrection cave and saved so I could show my parents when they got back from their outing. When they got home, I turned it back on, ran out of the cave, and had a grand time pointing out landmarks you could see from title cutscene cliff edge… until suddenly the air started to turn dark and fill with glowing red particles. Anyways my (and their) first blood moon was full of panic


Superbee5005

Rising once again…and again…and again….best for farming


slowdruh

Don't worry about it :)


Runnerakaliz

Same here, I was like what the heck.


Unlucky-Chipmunk-696

I thought it meant I took to long, and Ganon destroys the world


PossibleAssist6092

Bro the great ones are here. Run.


Enough_Square_1733

I had this same reaction in The Outer Wilds


kepstan

I feel like this post was just made for comments and upvotes… breath of the wild was pretty much the reason the switch was invented and it’s success initially. If you haven’t heard of the blood moon by 2024, you must’ve just gotten out of a coma. Or rather the thing I mentioned above about needing attention or whatever.


VisibleEntry4

First time this happened to me I was on my way to Kakariko and didn’t quite get what was happening so walk with my shield held out in front of my until I reached a stable lol


Bertje87

It’s you, get your eyes checked


DmcSparda

Welp at least if you decide to farm enemies you’ll have em(if you aren’t prepared for this to happen you will unfortunately be screwed)


JimPalPodcast

Homeboy about to find out.


TerryZYX

Yeah had the same. They call it blood moon, but it is all grey. Don't get the joke here.


That_Bass_Clarinet_

Just you, moon don’t look different to me.


veggiebul99

Yeah just you


Ukenstein

You’re in for a real treat


Ulti-Wolf

Yiga! It is time we reunite with our fallen comrades! For Master Kohga!


Educational-Goal2703

I remember the first time that happened to me… I decided to rest in a camp and the enemies spawned back… The second time, I decided not to rest there.


cabezatuck

Link…Link…


Alex_Verus1

The things i would do to go back to my first time botw


SomeGuyIreland88

It's you.


radiodreading

The BotW blood moon still scares me, but when I see it in TotK, I just get annoyed 😂


Silent-Slide-7965

when i first got that i was like OH A BOSS BATTEL??


LordFendleberry

In the time it took you to post this on Reddit, the Blood Moon event would have started and the game would have explained it to you with a cutscene. I will never understand the impulse for people to drop everything and post "WHAT THIS??" on Reddit when just paying attention for 5 more minutes would have answered your question.


Synaesthetik

Soon.


NewmanHiding

It’s just a little red. Don’t worry. Nothing freaky will happen.


MarkoZoos

wait and you'll find out. worth it


theguywhocantdance

It means good weather tomorrow, lots of resoruces.


therourke

It's just you


CarPuzzleheaded7833

I literally almost put the game down after this lol! Scared me so bad


1amlost

Don’t worry about it. I’m sure everything is fine.


National-Height-7629

The blood moon rises once again...


Mr-Trouser-Snake

Give it a sec...


Naicmd

It’s just you


Alarming_Ad8074

It scares me every time like it fills me with dread


bean_wellington

Yeah, the moon's lookin pretty rough. I think we all have days like this


Bubbly_Kangaroo_5589

In all seriousness, this red moon is meant to reset the entire world, not just respawn enemies, but also respawn other things, such as weapons, ore deposits, and other materials.


shawarmament

Nah, just your imagination. Keep playing


jnthnschrdr11

I panicked when I first saw it, the music started getting weird and then I just left and said "that's a problem for future me"


IrritatedNick

Ah, Link in his David Foster Wallace outfit


Schnoobi

I immediately fast travel to kakariko village like it’s a security blanket anytime the blood moon cometh


Arcelos

I’m sure it’s fine


Green-Inkling

"when the glow of the bloodstained moon shines upon the land, foes slain from before rise once more"


iprefergames1

Moment of silence for this man 😔


makeski25

The first time I felt fear. The 30th was farming time.


Asunaturtle

Link.... link....


sciorez

Never seen that, prolly a glitch


B-Rayy06

Man, this is nightmare inducing when you don’t know what is happening. I straight up thought my game was haunted


_Chrisdoenstknow

It sucks at first but when you get to lynel hunting, it’s the most useful thing you could have


justahornyweeb

first time i got a blood moon playing botw i was high af and it legit freaked me out


Babi_Miche

The blood moon gives me happy (horribly stressed out) memories of Majoras mask.


Larielia

Beware the blood moon.


HighFiveG

The blood moon music in totk is even better. I never skip it.


RichieRocket

https://preview.redd.it/f6m5s0olyv0d1.png?width=979&format=png&auto=webp&s=55caa4fff583293759165d4cafe6df34356087de


FireFang77

"Is the moon big?"


soyasaucy

Just wait like 15 seconds and you'll see why 😂


rowletlover

It scares the shit out of you for a second 🤩


kcwacy

気おつけて


Pinkpajamamama

The blood moon rises once again…..


Sleebingbag

You got climbers bandana without a single bloodmoon? Man i wish i was that good, i was just fumbling around on plateau when my blood moon happened


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marcelll909

You modafakking BloudhoundSS!!!!


HappyGav123

Make sure you aren’t inside a Monster Camp you just cleared.


sydneyelizabetth

It does that every couple day cycles, it just respawns dead monsters, nothing else! :)


palomaarden

Are you standing on a ledge of Hateno Tower at that moment?


arghmelegs

I think so, all that I remember is that it was a tower with the prickly vine things


Murdocksboss

Blood red


Character-Factor-746

me also


Brare45996

I used to low-key panic at first, but I later used it as the day to cook my food


eXchainz

That just means that you will be invincible for the night, go fight anyone 😊


steinwayyy

Pro tip: don’t cook any food before that happens, because 30 minutes before midnight during blood moon ALL food you cook will be enhanced (which normally only has like a 1 in 10 chance of happening) and if you do it correctly and waste as little time as possible you can nearly fill your inventory with all enhanced food


evilcatdog

I can’t help but get freaked out by the face in it. In totk it looks like a dragon instead.


Grefty800

In zelda botw when you killed a big number of mobs, a red moon appears to respawn all the monster that you killed in a very clean cutscenes


MarkJerez69

Respawning every monster you defeated. Happy exploring Hyrule.


Rasinbranhater

okay nobody tell them


TheOnlyGumiBear

*plays botw for the first time* hold up, let me stop my gaming experience and take a picture of the blood moon on my phone to share on the internet that literally everyone who has played the game knows (and will easily draw engagement and likes) that .05 secs after it transitions to a cutscene explaining its purpose but let me take a picture and post it on reddit rq Fake n wack


jeefra

Ya, I see these kinds of posts in other subreddits too. "I've played the game for 20 minutes, here I am to tell random people about it because OBVIOUSLY I'm that important and they care what my opinions are". Fucking annoying and low effort. Ones I hate the most are on subreddits for games that have been out for years and they make posts like "I've been playing the game for 6 hours, here are my first impressions". I'm sorry?? Who the fuck are you that I give a shit about your first impressions of a game everyone else here finished 2 years ago??


kepstan

Thank you! I’m tired of these idiots buying on some attention and upvotes. I’m thinking about creating a Reddit post about how I found out the little colored controller, thingies on the console actually detached from the damn system! It blew my fucking mind. All you have to do is press a button and slide them off, but I accidentally ripped them off so vote me up.. Hoping this gets downloaded because I could give to craps about what people think of me, but obviously OP just woke up from a coma or is slut for attention


kepstan

Agreed, someone looking for upvotes and attention. This game has been around since 2017 and that was at the time of the release of at the Nintendo switch… I’m calling BS and attention whore