Moonlight Peaks lets you spot bugs and Soul Blobs before it gives you the tool to catch them, which makes the Net feel like something you missed in a shop, crafting menu, or early quest reward. Rest easy though, knowing you did not! The Net is locked behind Death’s early cutscenes, and the part that trips people up is that the first Death scene only introduces the route instead of handing you the tool.

How To Get The Bug Net In Moonlight Peaks

To get the Net in Moonlight Peaks, unlock Misty Shores through Orlock’s early questline, visit the Ambrosia Graveyard to meet Death for the first time, sleep in your coffin, then head into town the next night to trigger Death’s second cutscene. That second meeting is when Death gives you the Net and opens up bug catching and Soul Blob collecting.

If you are already seeing Soul Blobs floating around, that does not mean the Net is hidden nearby. The game is teasing a system you cannot fully use yet, which is very Moonlight Peaks of it. You need to push the story far enough for Death to formally drag you into the whole glowing-skull cleanup business.

Checkpoint	What To Do	Why It Matters
Orlock’s Wine Scheme	Finish Orlock’s early wine request.	This leads into the bridge problem.
A Bridge Too Far	Resolve the cursed bridge route.	This opens the path toward Misty Shores.
Misty Shores	Cross into the Ambrosia Estate area.	Death’s first scene is tied to the graveyard there.
Ambrosia Graveyard	Meet Death for the first time.	This starts the Net unlock sequence, but does not finish it.
Next night in town	Trigger Death’s second cutscene.	This is when you receive the Net.

Unlock Misty Shores Before Looking For Death

The Net route really starts with Misty Shores, not with bugs. If the bridge to the Ambrosia side of the map is still blocked, you are too early, and wandering around the main area hoping Death appears will not solve anything. Keep following Orlock’s story until A Bridge Too Far sends you through the cursed bridge problem.

That quest chain runs through Orlock’s mess with Fiona, including the 299G tab at The Broken Lamp, Mina returning the money, Fiona being unable to fix the bridge alone, and the need to bring in Sabrina, Luna, and Noel. Once that bridge scene resolves, the Misty Shores route opens, and you can finally reach the area where Death enters the story.

This is the better way to think about the Net: it is not an early tool upgrade like something you grab because you found the right vendor. It is a story-gated tool that only starts moving once the southern route opens. If the bridge is still cursed, the Net is not the next problem yet.

Where To Find Death The First Time

After Misty Shores opens, head toward the Ambrosia Estate and look for the graveyard to the right of the estate. That is where you meet Death for the first time.

This first scene is easy to misunderstand because it feels like the game is about to give you the missing tool, then mostly just introduces Death and moves on. Nothing is wrong if you leave that scene without the Net. The first meeting is setup. The actual reward comes after you sleep and trigger the follow-up scene in town.

I would not keep circling the graveyard after that first encounter hoping the Net appears from a second interaction. Finish the night normally, save through your coffin, and move to the next step. If you need the save refresher, the Moonlight Peaks save guide explains why sleeping matters before you quit or move on.

How To Trigger The Second Death Cutscene

After the first graveyard meeting with Death, sleep in your coffin and then go into town the next night. The second Death cutscene should pull you into the Soul Blob system, and that is when the Net is added to your tools.

If the cutscene does not trigger immediately, do not assume the Net is bugged or that you missed a shop purchase. Check the route in order: Misty Shores opened, first Death scene in the Ambrosia Graveyard happened, you slept afterward, and you returned to town on the following night. One skipped step can make the whole thing feel invisible.

This sequence is also why the Net feels more missable than it really is. The game shows you catchable creatures before handing over the tool, then splits Death’s introduction and the actual Net reward across separate scenes. It is not hard once you know the order, but it is very easy to waste time looking in the wrong place.

How To Use The Net After Death Gives It To You

Once Death gives you the Net, equip it from your tool wheel and use it near bugs or Soul Blobs to catch them. On controller, current guides describe selecting it from the tool wheel with the right bumper and swinging with Y once you are close enough.

The main adjustment is distance. Bugs and Soul Blobs are not resource nodes you can smack from a lazy angle; you need to get close enough for the swing to connect. If you miss, reposition and try again instead of assuming the tool failed. A lot of early misses are just spacing, especially when the target is moving or you swing from a weird diagonal.

Soul Blobs also do not behave like ordinary items. They are tracked through the Almanac rather than sitting in your inventory like crops, wood, or stone. If you catch one and then panic because it is not in your bag, check the Almanac before deciding the game ate it.

Why You Want The Net Early

The Net is worth unlocking early because it opens two systems at once: bug catching and Soul Blob collecting. Bugs are part of the normal life-sim collection loop, while Soul Blobs feed into Death’s reward path, which is where the tool becomes more useful than it first looks.

One of the bigger reasons to start catching Soul Blobs is that Death’s rewards can lead into quality-of-life upgrades, including time-related help that makes your nights easier to manage. You do not need to turn every night into a full Soul Blob route, but catching them as you naturally move through town is a smart habit, especially in a game where the clock is already one of the quietest enemies on the map.

My preference would be to unlock the Net as soon as Misty Shores becomes available, then treat Soul Blobs like passive progress while doing other errands. If you make a special trip for every single one you see, you will spend half the night chasing glowing skulls and the other half wondering why your farm still looks neglected.

What To Check If The Net Is Missing

If the Net is missing, the fastest fix is to stop checking shops and start checking story triggers. The Net does not come from a vendor, crafting station, or random chest. It comes from Death, and Death’s second cutscene only happens after the Misty Shores and graveyard setup is done.

What Is Happening	Likely Issue	What To Do Next
You see bugs but cannot catch them	You have not unlocked the Net yet.	Progress toward Misty Shores and Death.
The Net is not in the shop	It is not sold by a vendor.	Follow the Death cutscene route instead.
Misty Shores is blocked	A Bridge Too Far is not finished.	Resolve Orlock and Fiona’s bridge quest.
You met Death but got no Net	You only saw the first graveyard scene.	Sleep, then go into town the next night.
You caught a Soul Blob but cannot find it	It is not stored like a normal item.	Check the Almanac instead of your inventory.

The Net unlock is linear, but the game does not frame it like a normal tool pickup, which is why it can feel more confusing than it needs to. Open Misty Shores, meet Death in the graveyard, sleep, return to town, and let the second Death scene give you the tool. After that, all the bugs and Soul Blobs you have been walking past finally become something you can actually do something with.