Blood moon frequency and blood moon range

[BulletFaith]

So if i put Frequency at 1 and blood moon range at 7 ,would that make the blood moon totally random?

[DthBlayde]

random within the range of +7 yep. So your first BM could be on day 5. Then again on 7. Then you could be safe until day 15. Then till 21. Then get hammered back to back every 2 days after that if RNG so decreed it.

[MystaMagoo]

How to make it so its just random?

[BulletFaith]

Originally posted by MystaMagoo:

How to make it so its just random?

I think what DthBlayde said is that 1-7 is the optimal to have random blood moon.

[Shurenai]

Frequency sets the guaranteed minimum duration between blood moons; A frequency of 1 means it WILL happen every day. A frequency of 7 is every 7th day.

Range sets the random addition of days from 0-X; this value gets added to frequency after it's calculated, and it's random value is re-calculated after every blood moon.

With a Frequency of 1, and a Range of 7, you will have a blood moon every 1+(0-7) days.
(I may be wrong about it starting at 0; it might start at 1)

The higher you set Range, the more random it will be; But also the longer you might go without encountering a blood moon horde.

High values in Range coupled with a very low frequency can be a dangerous prospect as it lulls you into a false sense of security. The games difficulty goes up as you progress- So going 30 days without a horde could, and likely would, be the difference between a 'normal' horde and an irradiated horde full of demolishers. And if you weren't upgrading your base the whole time with that concern in mind, your base is probably toast. And that large gap in time could be followed up immediately by a second horde the next day before you've had time to even repair.

I personally don't like to set Range over 7 for that reason