Nightfall
The game's signature twist: when night falls, the world changes clothes.
DAY · 18 minutes (day)
Gather, fish, shop. Peaceful, almost boring.
NIGHT · 10 minutes (night) · was 12 before v0.9.4
Double motes, but die and drop half. Good luck.
Day vs Night, line by line
| Aspect | ☀ Day | 🌙 Night |
|---|---|---|
| Overworld mobs | Standard mobs, sleepy AI, safe to gather | Shade variants spawn: +30% HP, +20% damage, glowing eyes |
| Loot | Base rates | +20% material drops, night-only mats (Moonbloom, Duskfin) |
| Soulmotes (currency) | Normal gain | Double gain — but dying at night drops half your carried motes on the ground. Yes, like THAT genre. |
| Vendors | All shops open, full stock | Night market cart appears: dyes, torches, one rotating rare |
| Visibility | Full map visibility | Lantern radius only — Bard song, torches, or Gloom 3pc expand it |
| World bosses | None scheduled | Nightfall Warden patrols zones at random — server announcements, world pings, chaos |
🌙 Night-Only Mobs
Wisp Threat: Low
harmless glowy orbs; kill 10 for the daily, they scatter like scared fireflies
Shade Stalker Threat: Medium
invisible until close; Cleric Rebuke reveals them instantly
Gravemold Threat: Medium
spore clouds at night; Gloom set 2pc makes you immune to the slow
Lantern Thief Threat: High (to your sanity)
steals your light source and RUNS. Drops double loot when caught. Everyone hates it. Everyone chases it.
Night Rewards
Moonbloom
Cooking (night-vision soup), dye crafting
Duskfin
night fishing only; +crit dish ingredient
Soul Shard
10 motes → shard; enhance protection item
Night Market rare (rotating)
cosmetics, one random epic pattern per night
"Die once on purpose at night to reset the loot seed" is a thing people say. We tested it with 60 kills: 61 results made no statistical sense. The night is dark and full of sample noise.
v0.9.4 cut night from 12 to 10 minutes. Gatherers celebrate; the "night enjoyers" faction calls it casualization. One guild reportedly held a candlelight vigil (in-game, at the night market cart). The devs liked the post.
Bank your Soulmotes before nightfall. This is the tooltip nobody read. This is now the third place on this site saying it. We will keep adding them.