The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
HOW TO FORCE A BLOOD MOON
(Blood Moon Mechanic Solved!)

Since the release of *The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*, the Blood Moon mechanic has been a mystery. Some say it's caused by killing a certain amount of enemies, others say it's caused by disrupting the game so drastically it needs to reset itself, and some thing it's purely random. They are wrong. The Blood Moon mechanic is merely a timer! Let me explain...


Check out the text version of this guide here:   / guide_how_to_force_a_blood_moon_blood_moon  


Credit: I was not the first person to discover how the Blood Moon mechanic works. GameFAQs users Groadergreen and CobraGT originally discovered, tested, and documented their findings in the post found here: https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/18970....


Blood Moons are triggered once a flag has been set by 2 Hours 48 Minutes 15 Seconds (real world time) of uninterrupted play and you progress to the next day via sleeping or sitting at a fire.

Let's break this down a little bit:

A Blood Moon flag exists. This means, Blood Moons are not random.
The Blood Moon flag is set via a timer. This timer:
* is 2 Hours 48 Minutes 15 Seconds of real world time
* is 7 Days 15 Minutes ingame time
* only increases while the player is actively playing the game. This means no menus, map, cutscenes, sleeping, weapon hotswapping, NPC dialogue, etc. Link must be in the open world playing the game.
* only sets the flag, it does not trigger a Blood Moon. (I made link run into a wall for 6 hours straight and didn't get a single Blood Moon)
Once the Blood Moon flag has been set, you must allow the game to load the next day's moon schedule outside of continuous uninterrupted game play.
* We accomplish this by sitting at a fire until the next Night. This gives the game time to load the Blood Moon code while it is fast forwarding ingame time.


StepByStep Guide:

1. Make sure your system is plugged in and your controller batteries are charged. They will be on for 3ish straight hours.
2. Travel to the Old Man's house on the Great Plateau.
3. Put Link directly into the back left corner of house.
4. Place something on your controller that keeps your left joystick forward without manual intervention.
5. Set a timer on your phone or computer for 2 Hours 49 Minutes and walk away from your controller.
6. After 2 Hours 48 Minutes 15 Seconds, fast travel to the Dueling Peaks Stable.
7. Validate the Blood Moon will *not* trigger tonight by talking to the NPC Hino and asking about tonight's moon.
8. Sit at the fire, or sleep, until tomorrow night.
9. Validate the Blood Moon *will* trigger tonight by talking to the NPC Hino and asking about tonight's moon.
10. Wait until 12:00 AM ingame for the Blood Moon to trigger.
11. Profit.




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