Bloody Tear

  

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Bloody Tear

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Statistics

Type	Event summon
Consumable	✔️
Use time	45 (Very slow)
Tooltip	Summons the Blood Moon 'What a horrible night to have a curse.'
Rarity	02*
Research	3 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 4271 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Blood Eel(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Blood Eel(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	4%
Blood Zombie(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Blood Zombie(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	1%
Clown Clown	1	10%
Dreadnautilus(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Dreadnautilus(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	50%100%
Drippler(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Drippler(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	1%
Hemogoblin Shark(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Hemogoblin Shark(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	4%
The Bride(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) The Bride(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	20%
The Groom The Groom	1	20%
Wandering Eye Fish(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Wandering Eye Fish(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	4%
Zombie Merman(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) Zombie Merman(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	1	4%

The Bloody Tear is an event-summoning item used to summon a Blood Moon. It can only be used at night, and attempting to use it during the day or while a Blood Moon is already active will not summon a Blood Moon, affect the ongoing Blood Moon, or consume the item.

The Bloody Tear can only be dropped during a Blood Moon from non statue-spawned enemies (i.e. enemies killed after the Blood Moon has ended do not drop it), or by The Groom and The Bride at any time. The drop rates are 1/100 (1%) chance from Blood Zombies and Dripplers, 1/25 (4%) chance from Wandering Eye Fish, Zombie Mermen, Blood Eels, and Hemogoblin Sharks, 1/10 (10%) chance from Clowns, and 1/5 (20%) chance from The Groom and The Bride.

Additionally, the Dreadnautilus can drop it at any time with a 1/2 (50%) / 1/1 (100%) chance.

Notes

• If the Bloody Tear is consumed when the moon phase is a New Moon, the moon phase will be set to a Waxing Crescent.
• Attempting to use a Bloody Tear during the Frost Moon or Pumpkin Moon will not start a Blood Moon, but will still consume the Bloody Tear.

Tips

• If the player wants a Slap Hand, they can hold on to a Bloody Tear until they find a Skeleton Merchant. They then can use the Bloody Tear, allowing the Skeleton Merchant to sell a Slap Hand.
• Since using the Bloody Tear on a New Moon will cause it to change into a Waxing Crescent, it can be used for acquiring phase-dependent content faster.

Trivia

• The tooltip is a reference to the platform-adventure game Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, in which the game would show the same text whenever it became night. The name of the item comes from a track in Castlevania II known as "Bloody Tears".
  • The tooltip is shared with Mechdusa's status message when it is about to spawn.
  • The quote is also referenced by the painting A Horrible Night for Alchemy.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4: The Brides and Grooms that spawn in Graveyards can now drop Bloody Tears even if it is not a Blood Moon.

• Desktop 1.4.1: Increased drop chances.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.0.5.4.1: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.4.0.5.5: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.