The game is split into four time periods: Afternoon, Evening, Night and Blood Moon.

• Consumable item prices in the shop increase notably with each period.

1. Afternoon

   You begin the game during this time.

2. Evening

   Starts when you enter the Cathedral Ward (Oedon Chapel) for the first time (after defeating Father Gascoigne).

3. Night

   Starts when you examine the skull on the Grand Cathedral (after defeating Vicar Amelia).

   • Henryk can no longer be fought; if not already killed, Eileen's questline effectively ends.

   • Forbidden Woods accessible.

   • Tonsil Stone can be acquired by talking to any Yharnamite door.

   • DLC accessible (Eye of the Blood Drunk Hunter appears in Hunter's Dream).

4. Blood Moon

   Starts when you approach Yharnam, Pthumerian Queen after defeating Rom, the Vacuous Spider.