Remnant 2is agreat Soulslike game, much to the delight ofRemnant: From the Ashes fans. And, much like the first game, there’s an overwhelming number of guns, gear, amulets, rings, and more to obtain. And, one specific hidden Archetype (this game has a fair number of hidden Archetypes) requires players to get a lot of a certain Material called ‘Blood Moon Essence’ in the world called Yaesha.
Trying to intentionally farm these to obtain the necessary items from the Bloodmoon Altar inRemnant 2can be a bit difficult, especially if players aren’t aware of how this in-game event works, so let’s go over the best methods.
Updated July 27th, 2024 by Jacob Buchalter:Remnant 2 just announced (at the time of writing this) their third and final DLC,The Dark Horizon, for their gun-based Soulslike sequel, with each DLC taking place in a new region of each Realm. The first DLC took place in Losomn, the second in Yaesha, and now the third will take place in N’Erud. However, none of these DLCs have added anything to make farming the Blood Echoes in Yaesha any easier. But, with the new Archetypes introduced, you do have some additional options for killing these Blood Moon Wisps. With that in mind, let’s take another look at our guide on this task and see if there’s anything else you’re able to use to make this tedious grind for the Bloodmoon Altar items.
The Blood Moon Event & How It Works
A Random Event That Tries Its Best To Appear Often
First of all, for those who aren’t quite sure what this ‘Blood Moon Event’ is referring to:
The Blood Moon is a random event in the Yaesha world (likethe Endaira’s End event) where players load into a zone, usually the Far Woods or the Faithless Thicket, and notice that the entire color palette of the zone has been tinged a bit red due to the bright red moon in the sky.
Essentially, if players look up into the sky during this Event (whenever there’s actual space to see it between the trees), they’ll notice that the moon is also glowing pinkish-red, hence the name ‘Blood Moon’.
During a Blood Moon, players can run through the entire map it’s active in (and it can appear in many of Yaesha’s maps) and find these small purple glowing enemies calledRoot Wispsflying around that aren’t typically seen anywhere in Yaesha. Destroy these, and they’ll obtain1x Blood Moon Essencefor doing so. Then,they can take this Essenceto the Bloodmoon Altar (if it spawned in their roll of Yaesha, which it almost always does), and use it to purchase all sorts of items, as listed below.
Farming Blood Moon Essence
A Lot Of Running Back & Forth, As It Turns Out
Now there’s really only one way players in different communities have found to ‘farm’ Blood Moon Essence inRemnant 2.It involves making it to theend of Yaesha’s mainline quest(AKA either the Ravager or the Corruptor), as well as getting a specific result from a specific World Boss in that player’s randomly generated version of Yaesha.
There have been many ‘theories’ of what impacts Blood Moons showing up, but the only developer-confirmed method is just waiting and checking back every now and again (preferably putting about an hour in between checking, given the event’s innate timer).
Killing the Doe, slaying random deer and birds around Yaesha, or wearing any sort of specific gear has no currently confirmed impact on the appearance of Blood Moons.
The Blood Moon event is purely an RNG-based thing, with the only real ‘tactic’ being to make sure and warp out of the zone completely to ‘refresh’ the Yaesha zone and give the Blood Moon event space to spawn, or even go back to Ward 13 before warping back in, as this allows the Blood Moon to actually trigger if it was already queued up to do so.
Because this event seems to have some sort of internal ‘timer’ before it can pop up again, it’s usually best to just go experience some other area ofRemnant 2for a while and then check back in later, as most times if a Blood Moon ‘can’ spawn, it will.
Movement Speed makes running back and forth easier.
Hunter
Hunter’s Mark
Makes seeing the Wisps or any enemies sneaking up on you while farming a lot easier.
Ritualist
Miasma
The AoE from Misama can often catch the Wisps, making it so you don’t even need to shoot them at all.
Now, when it comes to farming these Blood Echoes, there are certain Archetypes, Equipment, and Weapons that are a bit more helpful in completing this task than others. We won’t get into hyper-specifics for it such as Gear or Weapon recommendations, as pretty much any Weapon, Ring, or Amulet works,but the right Archetype loadout can do a lot.
For example, the Explorer and Handler combination with their proper Skill choices gets a massive movement speed buff that makes running back and forth grinding these Wisps a whole lot easier. But, you’re able to also run Hunter or Ritualist (or even a few of the other Archetypes with AoE Skills) that also help with this farming task.
How To Actually Farm Essence Once The Blood Moon Spawns
It’s A Bit Of An Involved Process, So Buckle Up
Once the Blood Moon actually appears, make sure not to panic.Yes, these are technically ‘timed’ events, but if done properly there is technically an infinite amount of time to farm most (if not all) of the Blood Moon Essences players need to buy out the Bloodmoon Altar completely. There are 3 simple steps to keep in mind for farming Essence once a Blood Moon is active:
All-in-all, once it actually spawns farming a Blood Moon for tons of Essence is actually easy. The hard part is getting the Event to show up in the first place. Also, just to make sure players have all the info they’ll need,this can work in multiplayer/co-op as well, so it’s worth having a friend hop on and join if the host happens upon a Blood Moon. And, just so players know exactly how much farming they’ll need to do outside of the 15 needed for the absurdly strong Summoner Archetype, here are the costs for everything found in the Bloodmoon Altar:
Total Materials Needed
6,950 Scrap, 66 Blood Moon Essence, and 10 Lumenite Crystals
As a final little note, players should get at least one Sanguine Vapor when possible, as they can talk to Mudtooth in Ward 13 with it in their Inventory, and he’ll make the Vapor in his shop from then on, which costs 500 Scrap and doesn’t require any Blood Moon Essence.
