Editing Blood Moon Horde (section)

==== Kill 'Em All vs Horde Wave Duration ====
Each horde wave has a duration expressed in in-game hours. In the example above the first two waves have a duration of 2 hours and the last has a duration of 7 hours. Note that the entire Blood Moon lasts for 6 hours, so a duration of 7 essentially means 'for all the time remaining until 0400'.

When fighting or evading the horde, there are three possible results for each wave:
# You kill all of the zombies in the wave (the 'num' parameter) - in this case the next wave will start immediately after the 'interval' parameter of the wave you killed
# You fight/evade the wave until its duration expires - in this case the next wave will start after 'interval'; any remaining zombies still must be killed or evaded
# You fight/evade the wave until 04:00 - in this case all remaining zombies will switch to normal behavior and you can clean them up or evade them like any other zombie

If you repeatedly achieve result #1, it is quite possible to 'beat' the Blood Moon well before 04:00. After that there will be no more spawns (see [[#Customizations]] below). If you at least achieve result #1 on the final wave, you will 'beat' Blood Moon and spawns will cease. At higher Game Stages this is increasingly difficult as the waves are more numerous and have a larger total spawn amount.