Blood Moon
by nugrevan
Blood Moon turns some nights into a red-sky event in which hostile mobs grow stronger, and it is installed on the server, with clients optional.
What it does
On a Blood Moon night a red glow appears over the horizon and hostile mobs spawn with boosted speed, resistance and attack, and some creepers gain nausea-inducing effects. More phantoms spawn during the event. The event occurs only 32 nights and can be set with the time command, and the event affects only the overworld. Players cannot sleep through a Blood Moon, so the challenge is to survive it, for example by hiding underground.
The mod replaces the full moon event with a unique one and adds moon essences that players collect from the Blood Moon, and throwing one on the ground gives more experience, similar to an enchanting bottle. Completing the challenge grants a reward. Blood Moon requires the Blood Moon ResourcePack, and it is distributed as a data pack version of the mod. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 26.2, and the mod is released under the MIT License, so it is not open source.
Key features
Red-sky night events
A red glow on the horizon marks a Blood Moon night, when the world becomes more dangerous.
Boosted hostile mobs
Hostile mobs are stronger during the event, with boosted speed, resistance and attack.
Moon essences
Players collect moon essences from the event and throw them on the ground for extra experience.
Event reward
Surviving the Blood Moon challenge grants a reward, and players cannot skip the night by sleeping.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Survival challenge
Players who want harder nights can set the event to occur on 32 nights and hide underground until it passes.
How it compares
Blood Night is a Fabric-only server mod for 26.2, released under All rights reserved and not open source. Horde Nights runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.19 – 1.21.11, under All rights reserved. Enhanced Celestials is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only and covers 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 with the client and server required.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Moon | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 26.1 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-06-16 |
| Blood Night | Fabric | 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-07-11 |
| Horde Nights | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.19 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-08-28 |
| Enhanced Celestials | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-07 |
Questions
Does Blood Moon require another mod?
Does Blood Moon have to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Blood Moon support?
In the catalog
Blood Moon is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Every 4 full moon is replaced by a unique event: the Blood Moon Blood Moons occur only every 32 nights, but you can use "/time set minecraft:blood_moon" to get a Blood Moon!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ks-blood-moon
- Owner
- nugrevan
- Published
- 2026-04-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15