Blood Moon (Season of Discovery)

The Blood Moon is a world PvP event occurring periodically in Stranglethorn Vale.

Event overview

The Blood Moon occurs every 3 hours and lasts for 30 minutes.

During the Blood Moon, Free For All PvP is active throughout the entire zone and all players have 30% more health. Killing another player will grant around 5 stacks of  Blood for the Blood Loa. Getting killed will remove a percentage of your stacks; the more you have, the more you lose. It also applies the  Drained of Blood debuff for 20 seconds. While Drained of Blood, the character will be invisible and immune to damage but unable to attack or use abilities other than mounts. Approaching an Altar of Blood will automatically convert all stacks of Blood for the Blood Loa into an equal number of coins; stacks from players below level 48 are converted into Copper Blood Coins, and stacks from players level 48 and above are converted into Copper Massacre Coins.

Players who do not wish to participate can speak to a Zandalarian Emissary (found locally in Booty Bay or the Rebel Camp, as well as in certain other zones) to opt out. Opting out prevents you from being flagged for Free For All PvP, but also prevents you from gaining stacks of Blood for the Blood Loa. It will also remove any existing stacks you may have.

Dead players can resurrect at any Spirit Healer in the zone for free. Additionally, there are numerous Chained Spirits throughout the zone that will also provide free resurrections during the Blood Moon.

Kha'damu

During the event, a powerful troll boss named Kha'damu will spawn near the Gurubashi Arena and wander up and down the main road through Stranglethorn Vale. Kha'damu will buff players within 200 yards with  Kill, Maim, Bleed!, and players within 100 yards with  Feast of Blood, which significantly increase how many stacks of Blood for the Blood Loa are earned for killing other players. However, Kha'damu is easily aggroed (even through stealth), moves very quickly, and will kill any player he catches in a single hit, making fighting near him a risky - albeit highly rewarding - endeavor. Though Kha'damu has more than 3 million health, it is possible to kill him with a sufficiently large and motivated group of players.

Rewards

Mai'zin near the Gurubashi Arena will trade Blood Coins and Massacre Coins for rewards.

100 Copper Coins can be converted into Silver Coins, and 100 Silver Coins into Gold Coins, to purchase greater rewards.

Name	Type	Cost
[Satchel of Copper Blood Coins]	Currency	1
[Shipment of Stranglethorn Lumber]	Quest item	1
[Satchel of Copper Massacre Coins]	Currency	1
[Bloodstained Commendation]	Consumable	1
[Silver Blood Coin]	Currency	1
[Blooddrenched Drape]	Cloak	2
[Bloodrot Cloak]	Cloak	2
[Cape of Hemostasis]	Cloak	2
[Coagulated Cloak]	Cloak	2
[Sanguine Ammo Pouch]	Ammo Pouch	3
[Sanguine Quiver]	Quiver	3
[Ancestral Bloodstorm Beacon]	Trinket	5
[Blood Covenant Seal]	Ring	5
[Blood Resonance Circle]	Ring	5
[Blood Spattered Stiletto]	Dagger	5
[Bloodbonded Grove Talisman]	Trinket	5
[Bloodlash Bow]	Bow	5
[Bloodlight Crusader's Radiance]	Trinket	5
[Bloodlight Offering]	Trinket	5
[Bloodstorm Barrier]	Shield	5
[Bloodstorm Jewel]	Trinket	5
[Emberblood Seal]	Ring	5
[Enchanted Sanguine Grimoire]	Held In Off-hand	5
[Infernal Bloodcoil Band]	Ring	5
[Infernal Pact Essence]	Trinket	5
[Loop of Chilled Veins]	Ring	5
[Sanguine Sanctuary]	Trinket	5
[Sanguine Shadow Band]	Ring	5
[Swift Sanguine Strikers]	Fist Weapon	5
[Tigerblood Talisman]	Trinket	5
[Umbral Bloodseal]	Ring	5
[Bloodharvest Blade]	Dagger	10
[Sanguine Skullcrusher]	One-Handed Mace	10
[Bloodbark Crusher]	Two-Handed Mace	15
[Bloodlight Avenger's Edge]	Two-Handed Sword	15
[Bloodstorm War Totem]	Two-Handed Mace	15
[Eclipsed Bloodlight Saber]	One-Handed Sword	15
[Exsanguinar]	One-Handed Sword	15
[Sanguine Crusher]	Two-Handed Mace	15
[Ancestral Voodoo Doll]	Trinket	15
[Band of Boiling Blood]	Ring	15
[Bloodfocused Arcane Band]	Ring	15
[Bloodlight Reverence]	Trinket	15
[Eye of the Bloodmoon]	Ring	15
[Glacial Blood Band]	Ring	15
[Libram of Draconic Destruction]	Relic	15
[Loop of Burning Blood]	Ring	15
[Ritualist's Bloodmoon Grimoire]	Held In Off-hand	15
[Seal of the Sacrificed]	Ring	15
[Shadowy Band of Victory]	Ring	15
[Talisman of the Corrupted Grove]	Trinket	15
[Totem of Fiery Precision]	Relic	15
[Wall of Whispers]	Shield	15
[Bloodied Sword of Speed]	One-Handed Sword	25
[Bloodthirst Crossbow]	Crossbow	25
[Corrupted Smashbringer]	Two-Handed Mace	25
[Eclipsed Sanguine Saber]	One-Handed Sword	25
[Gurubashi Backstabber]	Dagger	25
[Gurubashi Pit Fighter's Bow]	Bow	25
[Headhunter's Barbed Spear]	Thrown Weapon	25
[Parasomnia]	Two-Handed Sword	25
[Ritualist's Hammer]	Two-Handed Mace	25
[Satchel of Silver Blood Coins]	Currency	1
[Reins of the Golden Sabercat]	Mount	1
[Whistle of the Mottled Blood Raptor]	Mount	1
[Satchel of Silver Massacre Coins]	Currency	1
[Gold Blood Coin]	Currency	1

Patch changes

• Patch 1.15.2 (2024-04-02): Stacks of Blood for the Blood Loa obtained from players level 48 and above will now award Copper Massacre Coins.
  
• Hotfix (2024-03-12): Fixed a bug causing Blood for the Blood Loa stacks to not be exchanged when the battle is not active.
  
• Hotfix (2024-02-26):
  • Drained of Blood will now periodically remove debilitating effects that are still affecting the player.
  • Additional Chained Spirit graveyards and patrols have been added during the Blood Moon event.
    
• Hotfix (2024-02-16):
  • Warlocks and Hunters participating in the Blood Moon will now resurrect with their last active pet.
  • Fixed an interaction with Blood Moon and [Spirit of Redemption] resurrecting the fallen Priest earlier than intended.
  • Fixed an issue with Blood Coin turn-ins when a player is the victim of [Subjugate Demon] or [Mind Control].
  • Drained of Blood during the Blood Moon event now also grants immunity to movement impairing effects.
  • Fixed an issue where stacks of Blood for the Blood Loa could sometimes exceed the intended 255.
  • The Chosen of the Blood Loa will now be visible in the spirit world.
    
• Hotfix (2024-02-14):
  • Corrected an issue where players leaving a party sometimes lost their stacks of Blood for the Blood Loa.
  • The Blood Moon now increases the health of participants by 30%.
  • Resurrection from Chained Spirits during the Blood Moon event now also grants players 100% of their mana.
  • Blood Moon-averse Zandalarian Emissaries will now ward players in the far-off lands of Ratchet, Tirisfal Glades, and Duskwood.
  • The scoreboards during the Blood Moon event should now be more responsive in activating and deactivating when the event starts and ends.
    
• Hotfix (2024-02-12):
  • Players who resurrect in Stranglethorn Vale during the Blood Moon event and gain Drained of Blood will now be immune to attack during its duration, but unable to cast spells or attack. They can mount and move to another location and are invisible to players outside their party.
  • Drained of Blood duration reduced to 20 seconds (was 60 seconds).
  • Drained of Blood now has a visual.
  • Players who wish to opt out of Blood Moon should now more easily notice the Zandalarian Emissary.
    
• Patch 1.15.1 (2024-02-06): Added.