TL;DR<\/p>\n
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- The event runs 15 October \u2013 3 November 2026; the Bound Slasher Mask is free for logging in during it.<\/li>\n
- Heroic needs 10 Moon Cultist kills per Event Key, and the Daily Boost halves that for the first 150 kills each day, which works out to 30 keys from those kills (our calculation).<\/li>\n
- Each Revenant Bounty gives 1 key and a roll of 80% Exotic Cache or 20% featured exotic; all six complete the commendation and give the Necromancer Arm Patch.<\/li>\n
- Unused Event Keys are removed when the event ends on 3 November, so spend or donate them first.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"What Red Moon Unleashed Is and When It Runs","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":7847,"caption":"Illustration: Rainy twilight street near the Capitol, agent crouched behind barricade.","alt":"Armored agent crouches behind concrete barrier on wet D.C. street under stormy reddish sky near Capitol dome."},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Red Moon Unleashed is the second part of the Red Moon story. The first part, Red Moon Rising, was the Dark Zone event covered in our PvE Dark Zone guide<\/a>. This time the Red Moon’s influence spreads into all of D.C., with light fog giving way to heavy storms and a Blood Storm. Some Hyenas, True Sons, Outcasts, Black Tusk and Underground enemies are now Moon Cultists, met in groups, with more spawning during Heavy Storms and Blood Storms.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"table","headers":[{"header_text":"Event piece"},{"header_text":"What it does"}],"rows":[{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Moon Cultists"},{"cell_text":"The enemies whose kills count toward Event Keys. "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Lunatic modifier"},{"cell_text":"Enemies entering combat can become Lunatic, gaining Damage and Rate of Fire, then exploding on death with damage based on the killing hit. "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Revenant Bounties"},{"cell_text":"Six themed targets, each with a featured exotic. "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Event bosses"},{"cell_text":"The Necromancer, Risen Hunter and Bloody Houndsman. "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Event vendor and keys"},{"cell_text":"Keys open Apparel and Gear Caches or go into the Community Challenge. "}]}],"size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Event Key Rates by Difficulty","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Keys come from three places: Moon Cultist kills, The Necromancer and Risen Hunter, and Revenant Bounties. Kills per key depend on difficulty: Normal 14, Hard 14, Challenging 12, Heroic 10. The Daily Boost halves that requirement for your first 150 Moon Cultist kills each day, and it refreshes at a fixed 08:00 UTC. Hard gives no better rate than Normal. Fewer kills per key is not the same as more keys per hour: Heroic fights can take longer, so the best rate is the one you clear fastest.<\/p>\n
\n30<\/span>keys from 150 boosted Heroic kills<\/span><\/div>\n150<\/span>boosted kills per daily reset<\/span><\/div>\n20%<\/span>featured exotic chance per bounty<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nOur calculation, from the published numbers: on Heroic the boost makes a key cost 5 kills, so 150 boosted kills give 150 \u00f7 5 = 30 keys. The same maths gives 25 keys on Challenging (150 \u00f7 6) and 21 whole keys on Normal or Hard (150 \u00f7 7, rounded down). After the boost is used up, Heroic returns to 10 kills per key, so 300 Heroic kills in a day would be 30 + 15 = 45 keys.<\/p>\n
\nHeroic<\/span>30<\/span><\/div>\nChallenging<\/span>25<\/span><\/div>\nNormal<\/span>21<\/span><\/div>\nHard<\/span>21<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat it costs in time: the personal track tops out at 200 keys. The notes say your key contributions advance that track, so count the keys you donate to the Community Challenge; whether keys spent on caches also count is not stated. From Moon Cultist kills alone on Heroic, 200 keys is 1,000 kills inside the daily boost, which takes seven daily boost windows (six of 30 keys, then 20 in the seventh). The 100-key Caretaker milestone is 500 boosted kills, four boost windows. Bounty and boss keys shorten this. Ubisoft does not publish minutes per kill, so hours cannot be derived.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"table","headers":[{"header_text":"Key source"},{"header_text":"Keys"},{"header_text":"Condition"}],"rows":[{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Moon Cultist kills"},{"cell_text":"1 per threshold"},{"cell_text":"14 \/ 14 \/ 12 \/ 10 kills on Normal \/ Hard \/ Challenging \/ Heroic. "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"The Necromancer"},{"cell_text":"1"},{"cell_text":"Boss defeated. "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Risen Hunter"},{"cell_text":"1"},{"cell_text":"Boss defeated. "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Bloody Houndsman"},{"cell_text":"0"},{"cell_text":"Does not drop a key. "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Revenant Bounty"},{"cell_text":"1"},{"cell_text":"Bounty completed; enemies killed during it do not count toward the Moon Cultist requirement. "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Necromancer Unleashed"},{"cell_text":"1"},{"cell_text":"Defeated on Heroic. "}]}],"size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Step-by-Step: A Daily Event Key Routine","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"steps","intro":"One day of the event, from the 08:00 UTC reset to the vendor.","steps":[{"title":"Log in once during the event","description":"This grants the Bound Slasher Mask to every player. ","image":""},{"title":"Pick your difficulty","description":"Heroic asks for the fewest Moon Cultist kills per key (10), against 14 on Normal and Hard. ","image":""},{"title":"Use the boost after the 08:00 UTC reset","description":"The first 150 Moon Cultist kills each day need half the usual count. ","image":""},{"title":"Pick up Revenant Bounties","description":"Defeat Moon Cultists across D.C. for a chance to receive one, then follow it to its target. ","image":""},{"title":"Destroy Red Moon Altars","description":"There are 20, each destroyable once per day, resetting at 08:00 UTC. ","image":""},{"title":"Spend or donate at the event vendor","description":"It is at the Base of Operations; open Apparel or Gear Caches or contribute to the Community Challenge before 3 November. ","image":""}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Revenant Bounties: All Six Bosses and Featured Exotics","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Six familiar enemies return with new looks. Completing any bounty grants 1 Event Key, a 50% chance at a themed Arm Patch, and either an Exotic Cache (80%) or that bounty’s featured exotic (20%). Completing all six finishes the event commendation and earns the Necromancer Arm Patch.<\/p>\n
The notes describe a chance to pick up a bounty from Moon Cultist kills; they do not say you can choose which of the six you get. Our calculation for one specific exotic: each completion of the bounty that features it rolls 20% on its own, so you need five completions of that bounty on average, and five completions in a row without it happen about 33% of the time (0.8 to the power of 5). Completions of the other five bounties do not count toward it. The Exotic Cache result on the other 80% is a different outcome from the named weapon. For exotic farming outside this event, see our Division 2 exotic farming guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n
<\/span> <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"table","headers":[{"header_text":"Bounty"},{"header_text":"Boss"},{"header_text":"Featured exotic"}],"rows":[{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Blinding The Eye"},{"cell_text":"The Burning Eye"},{"cell_text":"Eagle Bearer "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Final Girl"},{"cell_text":"The Carver"},{"cell_text":"Regulus "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Binding Circle"},{"cell_text":"The Bound"},{"cell_text":"Steel & Sons "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Rubber and Glue"},{"cell_text":"The Mocker"},{"cell_text":"Vindicator "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Scarecrow"},{"cell_text":"The Raven"},{"cell_text":"Prima Donna "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Dousing the Light"},{"cell_text":"The Fool's Light"},{"cell_text":"The Bighorn "}]}],"size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Bosses and Necromancer Unleashed","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":7848,"caption":"Illustration: Empty alley with dog tags, shell casings, and distant Capitol dome in haze.","alt":"Debris-strewn alley with dropped dog tags and bullet casings near a hazy monument skyline."},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Killing enough Moon Cultists can attract The Necromancer, Risen Hunter and Bloody Houndsman.<\/p>\n
The Necromancer and Risen Hunter<\/h3>\n
The Necromancer gives a guaranteed Bound Necromancer Mask plus an Exotic Cache (80%) or Sarru (20%), and one Event Key. Risen Hunter gives a guaranteed Bound Risen Hunter Mask plus an Exotic Cache (80%) or Vertigo (20%), and one Event Key.<\/p>\n
Bloody Houndsman<\/h3>\n
Guaranteed drops are the Bloody Houndsman Mask, Gloves, Backpack, Uniform and the Bat Drone Skill VFX, plus regular Hunter loot. No Event Key drops. TU Y8S3.2 also fixed Red Moon bosses dropping regular instead of contaminated items in the PvE Dark Zone.<\/p>\n
Necromancer Unleashed<\/h3>\n
If you play solo in West End, you risk facing Necromancer Unleashed instead of the regular Necromancer. Beating him on Heroic gives one Event Key, the guaranteed Necromancer Hive Skill VFX, and either an Exotic Cache (80%) or Ouroboros (20%). What happens in a group or on lower difficulties is not described in the notes.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"What to Spend Event Keys On","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
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Event caches and their rewards. Source: Ubisoft, TU Y8S3.2 patch notes<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n At the event vendor, keys open Apparel Caches and Gear Caches or go into the Community Challenge. Gear Caches return seasonal rewards alongside Named items, Exotics and Prototype gear.<\/p>\n
The Gear Cache shares are in the table below and add up to 100%. The Special Named slice lists Stack Broker, Lexington, Turmoil, Caretaker, Shield Splinterer, Huntsman and Hunter-Killer.<\/p>\n
Apparel Caches<\/h3>\n
They hold 43 items, including pieces from five outfits plus weapon and gear dyes, and collecting everything unlocks The Necromancer Backpack Trophy. You can open them with gameplay keys or buy Apparel Keys for 100 Premium Credits each; purchased Apparel Keys only work on Apparel Caches.<\/p>\n
Altars, Community Challenge and the personal track<\/h3>\n
Destroying a Red Moon Altar grants loot from the Gear Cache reward pool and may attract another group of Moon Cultists. The notes place the altars in and around D.C.’s decorated areas without a map; community-made lists exist, for example Sportskeeda’s altar locations<\/a>, but they are third-party. The shared cross-platform Community Challenge unlocks The Fool’s Light Jacket at 3M keys, Pants at 10M and Lantern Mask at 20M. The personal track includes Scorpio at 20 keys and Caretaker at 100 keys, with the Sinister Spells Backpack Trophy at 200.<\/p>\n
\nWarning<\/p>\n
Unused Event Keys are removed when the event ends on 3 November, so spend or donate them first. Unused Apparel Keys convert back to Premium Credits at 100 per key.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"table","headers":[{"header_text":"Gear Cache pool"},{"header_text":"Share"}],"rows":[{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Seasonal Named Items"},{"cell_text":"30% "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Seasonal Exotics"},{"cell_text":"25% "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Special Named Items"},{"cell_text":"20% "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Gear Mods"},{"cell_text":"10% "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Lichtenberg Event Weapon"},{"cell_text":"7% "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Skill Mods"},{"cell_text":"5% "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Prototype Lichtenberg, Prototype Gear Sets, Prototype Seasonal Named Items"},{"cell_text":"1% each "}]}],"size":"default"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Lichtenberg: Run and Gun Numbers","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Lichtenberg is a new Named Classic M1A found in Gear Caches, with the talent Run and Gun: it rewards movement and headshots with a charged shot. It is a 7% slice of the Gear Cache pool, and a Prototype version is a 1% slice.<\/p>\n
Our arithmetic: at 5 stacks per second, filling 100 stacks from zero takes 20 seconds of movement, and a PvE headshot is worth 3 seconds of that.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"table","headers":[{"header_text":"Run and Gun"},{"header_text":"PvE"},{"header_text":"PvP"}],"rows":[{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Stacks while moving"},{"cell_text":"5 per second, max 100 "},{"cell_text":"5 per second, max 100 "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Headshot"},{"cell_text":"15 stacks and 20% Movement Speed for 5 seconds "},{"cell_text":"10 stacks and 10% Movement Speed for 3 seconds "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Next shot at max stacks"},{"cell_text":"Consumes all stacks, 200% bonus damage, Shock for 2 seconds "},{"cell_text":"Consumes all stacks, 70% bonus damage, Shock for 1 second "}]}],"size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Also in the Update","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
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- Shepherd XP x3 runs 13 \u2013 20 October 2026.<\/li>\n
- Expertise Surge runs 20 \u2013 27 October and doubles upgrade materials from all sources.<\/li>\n
- Vanguard Overdrive runs 27 October \u2013 3 November: +50% Reload Speed, +50% Swap Speed, +40% Hazard Protection, +20% Movement Speed, +15% Armor on Kill.<\/li>\n
- Escalation no longer consumes tokens when you start an activity, but you still need a balance matching the tier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The Georgetown Dead Zone Classified Assignment also opened on 15 October. The Echoes of Central Park DLC arrives on 3 November; see our Echoes of Central Park explainer<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"What the Patch Notes Do Not State","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
The TU Y8S3.2 notes do not give the Necromancer Unleashed spawn chance, the kill count that attracts the bosses, the key cost per cache, or exact altar locations. Recaps such as MP1st’s update 2.38 coverage<\/a> repeat the same figures, with no later changes noted as of 19 October 2026.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Our Take: Is Chasing Red Moon Unleashed Worth It?","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
\nThe boost makes the first 150 kills each day the part to plan around.<\/p>\n
Our reading: Heroic gives the best published key rate, but the notes do not say how hard those kills are on your build, so match difficulty to what you can clear. If you want a specific exotic, check where it drops: the bounties are the only event source of their six featured exotics, while The Necromancer, Risen Hunter and Necromancer Unleashed roll the same 20% for Sarru, Vertigo and Ouroboros. Every one of them also pays a key. Whatever you pick, spend or donate before 3 November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Sources and Confidence<\/h2>\n
This table separates what the studio has confirmed and what is not confirmed yet. Each claim below is tied to the post and the game version it describes.<\/p>\n
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\n \nClaim<\/th>\n Where it comes from<\/th>\n Status<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n Event dates, Bound Slasher Mask, Moon Cultist kills per key and Daily Boost<\/td>\n Steam (Ubisoft TU Y8S3.2 announcement, 14 Oct 2026)<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Six Revenant Bounties, bosses, featured exotics and 80\/20 reward roll<\/td>\n Steam (Ubisoft TU Y8S3.2 announcement, 14 Oct 2026)<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Gear Cache pool percentages, altars, Lichtenberg PvE and PvP values<\/td>\n Steam (Ubisoft TU Y8S3.2 announcement, 14 Oct 2026)<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 30 keys from 150 boosted Heroic kills (150 divided by 5)<\/td>\n Derived from the Ubisoft kill counts and Daily Boost rule<\/a><\/td>\n Derived from official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Update 2.38 recap repeats the same boss and Lichtenberg figures<\/td>\n MP1st<\/a><\/td>\n Press report – not independently verified<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"faq","items":[{"question":"When does Red Moon Unleashed start and end?","answer":"It runs 15 October \u2013 3 November 2026. "},{"question":"How many kills per Event Key?","answer":"Normal 14, Hard 14, Challenging 12, Heroic 10 Moon Cultist kills. The Daily Boost halves this for the first 150 kills each day. "},{"question":"Do kills during a Revenant Bounty count toward keys?","answer":"No, but completing the bounty gives one Event Key. "},{"question":"Can Necromancer Unleashed be forced to spawn?","answer":"Ubisoft's notes describe it as a risk when you play solo in West End and do not publish a spawn chance. "},{"question":"What happens to leftover keys?","answer":"Unused Event Keys are removed when the event ends. "}]}],"bottom":[{"acf_fc_layout":"more_articles","heading":"","posts":[],"count":10},{"acf_fc_layout":"chat","heading":""}],"meta_description":"The Division 2 Red Moon Unleashed runs 15 October \u2013 3 November 2026, with Event Key farming, all six Revenant Bounties, boss drops and Lichtenberg."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7851,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7846\/revisions\/7851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7846"},{"taxonomy":"blog_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_tag?post=7846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}