Dropped by
Dreadnautilus100%Expert Mode drop rateDreadnautilus50%Classic mode onlyThe Groom20%The Bride20%Clown10%Zombie Merman4%During a Blood Moon, not from statue spawnsWandering Eye Fish4%During a Blood Moon, not from statue spawnsHemogoblin Shark4%During a Blood Moon, not from statue spawnsBlood Eel4%During a Blood Moon, not from statue spawnsBlood Zombie1%During a Blood Moon, not from statue spawnsDrippler1%During a Blood Moon, not from statue spawns
what it changes
Blood Moons arrive on their own schedule, which is fine until you actually need one. This turns the event into something you can call, so the drops locked behind it stop being a waiting game. Money troughs, the machete line, the extra Ocean spawns and their dyes: all of it becomes a planned evening instead of luck.
the ways it gets wasted
- It only works after dark. Using it in daylight or on top of a Blood Moon that is already running does nothing at all, and the item stays in your inventory.
- Trying to fire one during the Pumpkin Moon or Frost Moon starts nothing but consumes the tear anyway. That one hurts.
- Enemies spawned by statues never drop replacements, so a farm built on statues cannot restock you.
two side uses
Consuming one on a New Moon nudges the moon phase forward, which is a quiet way to reach phase gated content without sitting through several nights. And if you want a Slap Hand, hold a tear until a Skeleton Merchant turns up, then trigger the event while he is standing there so the weapon rotates into his stock.