Bloody Tear

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Bloody Tear

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Statistics

Type	Event summonConsumable
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

 Dropped by

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Blood EelBlood Eel	1	4% 0.5%
Blood Zombie (Blood Moon Variant) Blood Zombie	1	1% 0.5%
ClownClown	1	1% 0.5%
DreadnautilusDreadnautilus	1	50% 11.11% 100% 11.11%
DripplerDrippler	1	1% 0.5%
Hemogoblin SharkHemogoblin Shark	1	4% 0.5%
Wandering Eye FishWandering Eye Fish	1	4% 0.5%
Zombie MermanZombie Merman	1	4% 0.5%

Entity	Special drop	Rate
The BrideThe Bride	Bloody Tear(During Blood Moon only)	20% 11.1%
The GroomThe Groom	Bloody Tear(During Blood Moon only)	20% 11.1%

The Bloody Tear is a consumable item used to summon a Blood Moon. It can only be used at night; attempting to use it during the day will not commence the Blood Moon and will not consume the item. Likewise, the Bloody Tear cannot be used during a Blood Moon.

It is dropped with a 1*1/100 (1%) / 0.5*1/200 (0.5%) chance for normal Blood Moon enemies, a 4*1/25 (4%) / 0.5*1/200 (0.5%) chance by the Wandering Eye Fish, Zombie Merman, Blood Eel, and Hemogoblin Shark, a 20*1/5 (20%) / 11.11*1/9 (11.11%) chance by The Groom and The Bride, and a 50*1/2 (50%) / 100*1/1 (100%) / 11.11*1/9 (11.11%) by Dreadnautilus.

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 a Blood Moon cannot happen at the same time as a New Moon, using the Bloody Tear on a New Moon will cause it to change into a Waxing Crescent. This can be useful for acquiring Phase-dependent content faster.

Trivia

• The tooltip is a reference to 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".
• Bloody Tears will only drop if it is night and during a Blood Moon. Thus, any Blood Moon enemies killed after the Blood Moon ends will not drop a Bloody Tear. Also, statue-spawned enemies do not drop Bloody Tears.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.1: Increased drop chances.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.