Talk:Hard Mode/@comment-16420081-20131007021143/@comment-1466854-20131111070935

Hard mode is what happens after beating Wall of Flesh, Hardcore is the self-deleting character mode. In this case, he meant he was on his first hardmode blood moon, and when he indicated he was on hardcore mode for character he was referring to mediumcore, where death causes you to drop items instead of just coins. Most players stick to softcore to avoid a deep-seated hatred of this game brewing inside them, myself included.