Moonlight Peaks — Complete Guide to All Scarlet Teardrops & Stamina Upgrades

The vampire life simulator Moonlight Peaks is tightly tied to time micromanagement, and your maximum stamina determines how many spells and farming chores your character can complete before dawn. The main tool for constantly upgrading your resource is Scarlet Teardrops. Each Arcane Sphere found permanently increases your stamina bar. The developers have hidden exactly five of these artifacts throughout the map. Finding some will require significant preparation, leveling up transformations, and progressing through the story.

How do Scarlet Teardrops work, and why upgrading your stamina?

In Moonlight Peaks, resource consumption is tied to virtually every active action: from tending to night-time plants to casting complex spells. The base resource pool is sorely lacking. The effect of Scarlet Teardrops provides a permanent boost to your overall stamina bar—this is the only aspect that allows you to significantly extend the duration of the active night phase.

Each item found permanently increases your resource limit. By collecting a full set, the player receives a cumulative boost, allowing them to complete the most difficult quests in a single run, without the need for forced rest in a coffin.

Complete guide to collecting all 5 Crimson Drops in Moonlight Peaks

Below is a complete guide to finding each artifact, along with the exact conditions for their appearance in the game world.

Scarlet Drop #1 — Farm Southwest Beach

The first sphere requires completing the starting story quest “A Mermaid’s Wish.” Once your swimming form is unlocked, head south from your plot. Follow the path leading to Misty Shores, following Victor’s Crypt as your guide. Turn left toward the water, shapeshift, and swim across a small pool to an isolated sandy patch. The drop hovers just above the surf.

Scarlet Drop #2 — Rose Grove

Staying in mermaid form, head to Moon Bay. From there, head northeast on the map until you reach the beach that hides the entrance to Rose Grove. Upon entering the area, pay attention to the river current: the artifact is floating on the opposite bank between the trees. Swim across the river at any convenient point and collect your reward.

Scarlet Drop #3 — Abyss in Echo Cave

Here, you’ll need to progress along the “Lord of the Night” branch to unlock bat form. Once you’ve acquired your wings, enter Echo Cave. Deep in the dungeon, you’ll encounter a huge chasm. While you can’t jump down there without dying on foot, you can easily fly across the chasm in bat form. The drop is located right on a stone island hanging over the abyss.

Scarlet Drop #4 — Lost Moon Bay

This artifact is tied to the key story quest “The Lost Moon.” According to the story, the sorceress Sabrina breaks through to a previously closed section of Echo Cave, Lost Moon Bay. There, she battles the Sun God, who holds the celestial body in his grasp. The main rule: you cannot collect the orb during the mission itself. Complete the quest, wait for the dialogue to end, exit the area, and re-enter the room—the orb will appear where the moon’s pedestal once stood.

Scarlet Drop #5 — Reward for 100 Wampsters

A fairly time-sensitive collection quest in the game. 100 small Wampsters are scattered throughout the map. They must be collected and returned to the main lair inside Echo Cave. Once the hundredth critter has settled in the shelter, the game will trigger a special cutscene, after which the last scarlet drop will automatically fall into your inventory.

Optimal collection order and quick route

To avoid running through the same locations ten times, pace your progress and collect your drops accordingly:

1. Early game (Mermaid Form): Immediately after completing the “Mermaid’s Wish” quest, collect Drop #1 from your home beach and swim to the Rose Grove in one go for Drop #2.
2. Midgame (Bat Form): After completing the “Lord of the Night” quest, head to Echo Cave and cut across the chasm for Drop #3.
3. Story ending: During the “Missing Moon” quest, open the secret room, and after saving the moon, immediately re-enter the Cove for Drop #4.
4. Leitheim (Collectibles): While exploring the world, complete the Wampster quests. It’s best to turn them in in bulk so you can immediately collect Droplet #5 at the end of the game.

Common Errors and Troubleshooting

Players often encounter drops that don’t appear on the map or can’t be collected. Below are the main issues and solutions:

• Droplet #4 doesn’t appear in Lost Moon Bay: This is not a bug. The sphere won’t spawn while the scene with the Sun God is active. Leave Echo Cave, travel between locations to refresh the map triggers, and return.
• Unable to swim to Rose Grove: Trying to cross on land is futile—the path is blocked by terrain. The terrain is designed so that access is only possible from the water via the mermaid-shaped Moon Bay.
• Bat form resets in Echo Cave: Check your current magic level. If the bar drops to zero right above the hole, you’ll fall. Before flying to the island for Drop #3, restore your stamina with potions.