Blood Moon

This article is about the trait. For the weapon set, see Blood Moon weapons.

Daze enemies when you become a celestial avatar. Inflict bleeding on enemies you immobilize or disable. — In-game description

Blood Moon

Specialization

Druid (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

10 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Blood Moon

Daze enemies when you become a celestial avatar. Inflict bleeding on enemies you immobilize or disable.

 Daze: 1 second

₂ Bleeding (40.5½s): 198 Damage

 Bleeding (8s): 176 Damage

 Number of Targets: 5

 Radius: 300

— In-game description

Mechanics

• The cooldown and target limit is only for the Daze upon entering Celestial Avatar. The Bleeding only cares about the target limit of the skill that immobilizes or disables.

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Path of Scars — Axe
•   Oaken Cudgel — Mace
•   Wild Strikes — Mace
•   Serpent's Strike — Sword
•   Call of the Wild — Warhorn
•   Counterattack Kick — Greatsword
•   Hilt Bash — Greatsword
•   Point-Blank Shot — Longbow
•   Concussion Shot — Short bow
•   Counterstrike — Spear
•   Predator's Ambush — Spear
•   Man O' War — Spear
•   Spider's Web — Spear
•   Vine Surge — Staff

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Lunar Impact — Celestial Avatar
•   Lunar Impact — Celestial Avatar
•   Natural Convergence — Celestial Avatar
•   Natural Convergence — Celestial Avatar

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Signet of the Wild — Signet
•   Call Lightning — Spirit
•   Muddy Terrain — Survival
•   Spike Trap — Trap
•   Spike Trap — Trap
•   Glyph of Alignment — Glyph
•   Glyph of Equality — Glyph
•   Glyph of the Tides — Glyph
•   Glyph of the Tides — Glyph

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Entangle — Survival

Pet skills that are improved by this trait

•   Bloodthirsty Charge — Juvenile Wallow
•   Dazing Screech — Juvenile Black Moa
•   Dazing Screech — Juvenile Pink Moa
•   Dimension Breach — Juvenile Aether Hunter
•   Fang Grapple — Juvenile Fanged Iboga
•   Head Toss — Juvenile Rock Gazelle
•   Icy Roar — Juvenile Polar Bear
•   Immobilizing Whirl — Juvenile Red Jellyfish
•   Intimidating Howl — Juvenile Krytan Drakehound
•   Jacaranda's Embrace — Juvenile Jacaranda
•   Lashtail Venom — Juvenile Lashtail Devourer
•   Ley Energy Pulse — Juvenile Sky-Chak Striker
•   Lightning Assault — Juvenile Electric Wyvern
•   Paralyzing Venom — Juvenile Black Widow Spider, Juvenile Jungle Spider
•   Piercing Shriek — Juvenile Raptor Swiftwing
•   Stunning Rush — Juvenile Armor Fish
•   Terrifying Howl — Juvenile Wolf
•   Bop — Juvenile Warclaw
•   Brutal Charge — Canine
•   Brutal Charge — Porcine
•   Bumble — Juvenile Janthiri Bee
•   Charge — Rock Gazelle
•   Entangling Web — Spider
•   Fear — Juvenile Shark
•   Heavy Shot — Juvenile Siege Turtle
•   Jet — Juvenile River Otter
•   Slam — Juvenile Siege Turtle
•   Tail Lash — Devourer
•   Wing Buffet — Wyvern
•   Wing Buffet — Juvenile Phoenix

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Lesser Muddy Terrain — Child of Earth

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reduced the bleeding duration from 5 seconds to 4.5 seconds in PvE only. Guild Wars 2 Wiki note: The icon for this trait has now been updated, as previously noted but not conducted under Game updates/2026-03-17.
February 27, 2024	Fixed an issue that could cause this trait to affect the player when being dismounted.
September 26, 2023	(Undocumented) Bleeding duration reduced from 8 seconds to 5 seconds in PvE only.
June 27, 2023	Blood Moon has been added to the game. This trait replaces Primal Echoes. Daze nearby foes when you become a celestial avatar. Bleed foes you immobilize or disable.