Moon phase
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![]() Full Moon |
![]() Waning Gibbous |
![]() Third Quarter |
![]() Waning Crescent |
4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
![]() New Moon |
![]() Waxing Crescent |
![]() First Quarter |
![]() Waxing Gibbous |
The moon in Terraria moves through a cycle of eight different phases, with the next phase in the cycle appearing each night. The current phase is indicated by the amount of the moon that is visible during the night. The phase of the moon affects many things, some being the shop inventory of certain NPCs, certain enemy spawn rates, and the player's Fishing Power.
It takes eight in-game nights for the moon to move through all of its phases. The cycle begins with the full moon upon world creation, where the entire circular moon is visible, and four nights later, after three waning phases, reaches the new moon, where no moon is visible. Another four nights later, after three waxing phases, the cycle ends with the return of the full moon.
Each moon phase starts at dawn[1] (4:30 AM) and lasts until the next dawn. Therefore, a moon phase also encompasses the day preceding the night of that moon phase. This is important because most phase-dependent content and effects are not limited to nighttime.
The current moon phase can be determined using the Sextant, an informational accessory which can be obtained from the Angler NPC as a fishing quest reward, or any of its upgrades.
A Blood Moon can occur during any moon phase except for a new moon. A Pumpkin Moon or Frost Moon can be summoned by the player on any night.
Phase-dependent content
The following tables detail items and occurrences that depend on particular moon phases. They refer to both the day and the night of the stated moon phase, unless not applicable or noted otherwise.
General effects
![]() Full Moon |
![]() Waning Gibbous |
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Fishing Power | +10% | +5% | −5% | −10% | −5% | +5% | ||
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Items for sale
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Skeleton Merchant (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) |
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![]() Full Moon |
![]() Waning Gibbous |
![]() Third Quarter |
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![]() New Moon |
![]() Waxing Crescent |
![]() First Quarter |
![]() Waxing Gibbous |
Notes
- There are (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) nine / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) three different standard styles of the moon. When a world is generated, one random standard moon style is assigned to it. There are also two event-exclusive styles that only appear during Frost and Pumpkin Moon, respectively.
- (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) There is another special "smiley" moon style, resembling a smiley face, which is only visible when a drunk world or Get fixed boi world is being generated.
- (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) The standard style of the moon can be changed by using the Moon Globe.
- If there is a Frost Moon or a Pumpkin Moon when it is not a full moon, the sprite on the moon will appear in its proper phase, but with the sprite cut to match the size.
- The moon will cycle through phases on the title screen. This is easiest to see by dragging it.
Tips
- If the player does not have access to a Sextant(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), the current moon quarter can be determined by seeing which painting the Painter has for sale, or, in Hardmode, which set of clothes the Clothier has for sale.
Trivia
- The phases shown suggest that the Terraria map is set on its world's northern hemisphere: The intermediate phases have their circular side on the right for waxing phases, and the left for waning phases.
History
- Desktop 1.4.0.1: Added several new moon appearances.
- Desktop 1.3.0.1: Added Skeleton Merchant and White Tuxedo set.
- Desktop 1.2.4: Fixed bug where spawn rates would increase underground when a moon event is happening.
- Desktop 1.2: Changed the appearance of the moon, added two extra appearances. All three are chosen at random for a new world.
- Desktop-Release: Introduced.
- Console-Release: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile-Release: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Only available during the night of the stated moon phase.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Requires the Angler to be present.
- ↑ Requires the Angler to be present, (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) and only in Hardmode.
- ↑ Shirt and pants only.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Available during the night of and day after the stated moon phase.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Golf score over 2000.
- ↑ Only in regular worlds.
- ↑ Only in Don't dig up worlds.
- ↑ Only when the Flare Gun is in player's inventory.