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There are a lot of unique enemies to hunt down inFinal Fantasy 16. Once you reach a certain point in the game’s story, you will be given access toa plethora of huntsthat have you being tasked with hunting down some specific, special enemies. These enemies areoften tougher and harder to beatthan the usual suspects you could find out in the world.
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The Blood Moon, Terminus, is one of these special creatures that you can hunt down. This large orb looks like an innocent machine kind of thing. However, don’t let its looks fool you;this thing can pack a punch,and you will want to know what you are getting yourself into in order to come out victorious.
Updated by Shane Black on June 06, 2025:This guide was updated to provide more details about the move-set of the Blood Moon boss, as well as what you can do to avoid the damage while also dealing your own in the meantime. It also added the Hunt rank for the fight to provide context on its difficulty. Further, it added more links to relevant guides and articles.
How To Start The Hunt
You will be able to take this hunt on once you havecompleted the side quest, Weird Science. With that quest out of the way, return to the Hideaway and speak with the Moogle, who will give you access to this hunt. Select it, and you may go off and hunt this thing down. Be sure tostock up on potions and other suppliesbefore you head out to keep yourself as safe as possible.
The Blood Moon is an A-Rank Hunt, so you need to be ready for a good fight. This thing is going to give you everything it has and will not be a pushover.
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How To Beat The Blood Moon
Coincidentally, the Blood Moon can be found in the same location as another hunt:the Bomb King. Both of these creatures are found atThe Crock in Crenbreque. This area is south of the Dragon’s Aery area, and once you approach the area - and as long as the Bomb King has already been taken care of - the Blood Moon will be waiting for you.
The most important thing to remember when fighting the Blood Moon isto keep moving and be ready to dodge. The Blood Moon will use its size to dish out some decent damage when you are up close to it. It does this by slamming itself into Clive, which is easy to dodge but pretty rough when not.
Beyond that, it willuse its lasers to shoot at you and other various area-of-effect attacksto try and damage you. You just have to keep dodging these moves and get your attacks in when you can. You can find a time to retreat and heal if needed as well.
It can also make an attack where it separates its body and uses it topin you between the two pieces repeatedly. And once it has done this crushing three times, there will be a large explosion that can do some severe damage to you. When you see it separate its body, move away; you do not want to get caught in this attack.
After you have taken enough of its health away, the Blood Moon will start to use Hypersurge, where it startsbouncing around the arena, causing more area-of-effect damage around it, and it won’t allow you to get in close for some melee attacks. When it does this, keep moving to avoid the area-of-effect attacks and use ranged moves to do some damage until it’s done. While the ranged attacks won’t be as powerful as your melee attacks, but it will help to whittle away at its health bar while you’re able to’t get in close.
Finally, it can also use Short Circuit, which has itfiring off lasers in all directions, with one laser shooting at and homing in on Clive. you’re able to take care of this attackwith Titan’s Fistto negate the damage it can do. You can also just run away from the laser to avoid it as well. However, just holding Titan’s Fist is the easiest and simplest way to get through this attack. Once the move is over, the Blood Moon will be vulnerable, so you canuse Phoenix Shiftto move in quickly andget some good hits in.
With these tools, the Blood Moon will fall, and you will net yourself3200 XP, 85 Ability Points, 9800 Gil, and 35 Renown, as well as two Meteorites. Not a bad haul to bring in.
