In my early time with the game, those wolves killed me in multiple directions. Once I got past the bonfire, followed the path up the stairs, and got killed by those wolves. The second time, I took the hidden path by the pots, went into that building, went up the stairs, got outside and YUP, same wolves kill me. I was almost ready to quit the game early, but on my next try I discovered I could open that first gate, and made me better understand the importance of shortcuts, and everything kinda fell into place.
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Bloodborne |OT| Grant them eyes
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So I made it to the boss past the two wolves on the bridge, from that boss, where is the direction to open the closed gate left side of the lamp?
Well after the wolves, just before the boss, there was both a left and a right you could've taken. Either of those will get you in the general region.
But to avoid the wolves altogether, when you get past the bonfire, there's a door where you hear a bunch of laughing people, before the giant banging on the door. To the left of that, there are breakable pots that hid a drop to a new area with dogs. Go left from there, face two more giants, and go in the left direction. If you go in a dark building, you've gone the wrong way.
I can hear the music in my head as the GIF plays and the hair stand on the back of my neck.
Actually that locked door is a red herring: it can't be opened.
Keep exploring Central Yharnam. There's still much to find and to discover there and also the way forward is to be found there. Have you been to the sewers?
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Finally made it to OoK and damn! I finally understand the hype/fear! I'm at BL 106 and thought I would be overleveled, but he is still wrecking me! I did get him down to like 10% health after less than 10 deaths which IMO shows I'm kinda overleveled. LOL. Just like the Lady Maria fight, the battle is fun.
Mixing in some chalice dungeons while going through the DLC has helped me with the Old Hunter boss battles. Battling and beating the Ailing Loran version of the BSB alone (I summoned a hunter for help on the first fight) was a true learning experience and have to say probably the hardest boss battle so far for me.
P.S. You guys weren't lying about the Sharkhead beasts. They are savage as F and feel like boss battles.
I love this game!
Mixing in some chalice dungeons while going through the DLC has helped me with the Old Hunter boss battles. Battling and beating the Ailing Loran version of the BSB alone (I summoned a hunter for help on the first fight) was a true learning experience and have to say probably the hardest boss battle so far for me.
P.S. You guys weren't lying about the Sharkhead beasts. They are savage as F and feel like boss battles.
I love this game!
So I opened the door to the left of the lamp, also found another hidden path that led me to an area with rats, find new gear there also.
So the only thing left now is to kill that giant boss, but I have to level up first? I'm to weak ? Should I focus on stamina and health? Does strength make my attacks more powerful?
How do I buy blood vials?
How do I equip and throw molotov cocktails? when I press "use" in the menu the character immediately throws it, is there some other way?
They could've put a boss lifebar on those Shark things and no one would've batted an eye.
It's a great idea to mix in Chalice Dungeons with the DLC since it works as a palate cleanser but also provides you with gems to up your damage. Very handy. You'll soon be heading to the Cursed and Defiled Chalice, which in my opinion is the hardest part of the game by a fair margin, along with
Loran Darkbeast
There are actually two bosses in Central Yharnam. The big one that you've fought is Cleric Beast and he's optional but killing him brings in some rewards. You don't have to level up to kill him, but it does help. At this point I'd suggest leveling Health and either Strength or Skill. They can both make your attacks do more damage, but it depends on the weapon you're using. If you press square while highlighting a weapon in your inventory, it'll show several stats. It looks like this:
The number represent the stat requirements for using the weapon. The letters represent the Scaling, with S being the best and then going all the way down to E. In this case this weapon scales with Strength,Skill and Arcane, so putting points in any of those stats will make it do more damage, but because it's D in strength you'll get more damage from your strength stats than from skill. Different weapons scale with different stats, so you should find which weapon you like and then put points in the stats that will give you the best scaling per weapon. I suggest avoiding Arcane and Bloodtinge for now. Focus on Health, a bit of Endurance and Strength and Skill depending on the weapon you're using.
You can buy Blood Vials from the Bath Messangers in the Hunters Dream. They are to the left of the Doll.
To equip the molotovs, go into your equipment screen and you can equip items to the quickmenu. You can select the items in the quick menu by pressing down on the D-Pad and press Square to use the selected weapon.
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You can throw items such as molotovs and pebbles at enemies by locking on to them. There is still a throwing arc so if an enemy is too far away it still might miss them - but that's trial and error, you'll find out how far is too far. You can free aim throwing items too (much harder to aim obviously) but they will go a lot further and you can change the arc of the throw by tilting the camera - but in general you want to lock on to an enemy to throw them.
NG++ is going to be pretty rough for a first playthrough - it's already tough on NG, good luck!
Any tips for the second boss at the cemetery? I have no issues in his first phase, but when he turns into a beast I don't know what to do.
I had so much trouble with that one (you mean Father G right?). When he turns into a beast, you can still parry him with a well timed shot. Also, when he flies up into the air, dodge towards him IIRC.
Was the first boss I did, and I died soooo many times. If it's still to hard, farm for more blood echoes and level up a bit more before trying him again.
You might not have found it, but did you happen to find a music box before reaching this boss? Play it in his Beast form to make the fight trivial.
If not, try to put a bunch of graves between you and him, and he won't be able to hit you, but you may be able to hit him with long range attacks.
Heh thanks. I have a couple guys who watched me stream the game that helped me through it so hopefully they will tune in tonight and be able to help me through the DLC too.
After two (maybe three!?!?) long years I have finally beat all the 'main' bosses in the game (DLC + non-chalice dungeon). Orphan of Kos down (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1XDK0z76yQ)
Now time to make some progress on my skill/arcane lady. I have heard skl&arc is maybe not the best choice, but at least I get to play with that Burial Blade at some point.
Yo this game is the best game on PS4.
Now time to make some progress on my skill/arcane lady. I have heard skl&arc is maybe not the best choice, but at least I get to play with that Burial Blade at some point.
Yo this game is the best game on PS4.
Any tips for getting stone chunks? Upper Cathedral Ward is where ive been going, killing those wolf enemies but the drop rate seems low. Maybe 1 chunk for every 5-6 kills.
1 Chunk for every 5 kills ain't bad at all. That's about one chunk per run. I assume that you're using the rune that boosts item discovery? You should farm Channeler's Tridents in DS1 to see what a low drop rate looks like, hehe.(it's like 1%). Use a bold hunters mark at the end of every run so you don't have to warp back to the Hunter's Dream to respawn enemies. Makes farming much faster.
But I feel there's really no need for farming chunks in this game. There are about 15 chunks in Yahar'gul and 19 in the nightmare of Mensis as well as a few in Nightmare frontier.
A quick skim over at Fextralife shows that there are approximately 70 Chunks in the base game+DLC.
That should be more than enough to upgrade about 4 weapons.
But I feel there's really no need for farming chunks in this game. There are about 15 chunks in Yahar'gul and 19 in the nightmare of Mensis as well as a few in Nightmare frontier.
A quick skim over at Fextralife shows that there are approximately 70 Chunks in the base game+DLC.
That should be more than enough to upgrade about 4 weapons.
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I started the DLC today. I was just expecting more BB, which is hardly a bad thing, so I didn't expect to be so surprised with the beginning.
Daylight? Scared beasts? Bad hunters? Familiar territory? It's also so cool seeing enemies fighting each other now. It's given me a few useful opportunities to get viscerals from behind.
I got as far as killing whatever that thing with the axe is in this version of the Grand Cathedral. I've thrown a bunch of upgrades at the beast cutter, and I'm going to try and forget about my old weapons for a bit. This thing looks tasty as hell.
I got as far as killing whatever that thing with the axe is in this version of the Grand Cathedral. I've thrown a bunch of upgrades at the beast cutter, and I'm going to try and forget about my old weapons for a bit. This thing looks tasty as hell.
Bloodborne DLC is basically Old West Souls. It's the best thing From Software ever did.
I'm stuck at a place right now. A bit after the second boss. There is a guy on top of a tower with a machine gun, Ive taken him out. The problem is the hunter guy below him is super fast, how am I supposed to defeat him?
You don't have to kill either of those NPCs at all, but you can cheese the guy below by hanging out near the very top of the ladder (the shortcut one behind the locked gate) and he'll jump down to his death. You have to attract his attention and then run to the ladder and get on it and wait for him.
I'm as far as Ludwig, and yeesh... big, fast, stompy stompy bosses are exactly what I struggle with. I'm trying to find the perfect rhythm and distance balance to fighting him, but it's not easy when his head swipe and stomp do so much damage if you get caught. I feel like I'm cracking it, but I can't get to the second phase most of the time. This one might take a while
I have a problem with the third boss. I have tried to kill him 4 times, every time I summoned Alfred, was extremely close at killing him once, was only about 1 cm left of his health.
Every time I summoned Alfred I lost one insight. I now only have 10 left. Should I stop summoning him? Will there be a problem if I lose more insight?
Every time I summoned Alfred I lost one insight. I now only have 10 left. Should I stop summoning him? Will there be a problem if I lose more insight?
Losing insight isn't really a drawback, except the fact that you can use it to buy stuff in the Hunter's Dream.
Stopping summoning Alfred might be a good idea. Bosses get a health buff if you summon.
Blood Starved Beast is weak to fire so try using fire paper. Also he can be distracted with Pungent Blood Cocktails (work like alluring skulls in Dark Souls) - Throw one nearby (not locking on to the boss) and go ham on the boss until it wears off, then use another. It's cheesy (or resourceful depending on your POV) but works.
Have to agree about Alfred, the boss gets a noticable HP boost that can make the fight drag on, Alfred often doesn't last the fight.
Have to agree about Alfred, the boss gets a noticable HP boost that can make the fight drag on, Alfred often doesn't last the fight.
I'm not saying it's easy, but it's the same fight. So if you can manage to not get hit in the regular fight, you can do that here.
You can either a) bait the arm smashes and go for the head, b) use long range to aim for the head (Simon's Bowblade), or stand behind her and attack the tail to force her to jump almost on a loop. When she jumps, stand still and charge up an R2 to hit her head as she lands, a few of those will get you a stagger and visceral. Rinse and repeat, just keep moving as she rotates so you're always directly behind and out of the way of the arms.
The last method is the simplest to me, but I've tried them all and they're all equally as dull but they get the job done.
You can either a) bait the arm smashes and go for the head, b) use long range to aim for the head (Simon's Bowblade), or stand behind her and attack the tail to force her to jump almost on a loop. When she jumps, stand still and charge up an R2 to hit her head as she lands, a few of those will get you a stagger and visceral. Rinse and repeat, just keep moving as she rotates so you're always directly behind and out of the way of the arms.
The last method is the simplest to me, but I've tried them all and they're all equally as dull but they get the job done.
Thanks for the tip. Went back there without Alfred and killed BSB on the first try without getting hit once. Also right now killed Amelia on the first try.
Why even summon others?
BSB gave me nightmares on my first playthrough. That was my "gitgud" moment for BB. Once I took him out the game finally clicked for me and it is now probably my favorite game of all time. I wish I could experience everything over again.
With that said, the more insight you have the tougher enemies get, they have extra movesets unlock with high insight.
Summoning almost increases boss adds almost I think 75% more life, so stop summoning.
Fire paper, molotovs, and blood cocktails are your friend.
Good luck, and praise the old blood.
Yeah, that Trophy is harder than anything else in the main game.
It took me over a week to clear the Defiled Chalice.
If you get sick of being pancaked by Defiled Amygdala, you can cheese it with the transformed Simon Bowblade. It takes a while but it makes the fight easy.
I did beat it today finally through some helpful summons. I haven't found that Bowblade yet-I assume it's in the DLC.
Yes, it's a DLC weapon.
The rest of the Chalice Dungeon is smooth sailing compared to what you've gone through. There's one pretty tough boss at the end of the Chalices but he's optional.
The rest of the Chalice Dungeon is smooth sailing compared to what you've gone through. There's one pretty tough boss at the end of the Chalices but he's optional.
It's been a long highly frustrating yet entertaining journey. I finished my NG run of the game last night. It's funny after completing the the Old Hunters DLC, the last 3 bossed in the main game were not much of match. When you beat OoK you really feel like you are ready for whatever. LOL.
I didn't finished the chalice dungeons on this play through. I'm honestly pretty burnt out on the game and ready to move on to my long list backlogged games.
I look forward to coming back to this game through at some point to finish those dungeons. There's also other endings is that correct if you go through the game again?
I didn't finished the chalice dungeons on this play through. I'm honestly pretty burnt out on the game and ready to move on to my long list backlogged games.
I look forward to coming back to this game through at some point to finish those dungeons. There's also other endings is that correct if you go through the game again?
Look up umbilical cords if you want another ending. Did you submit to Gerhman?
Managed to quit the game right after defeating Gehrman on a save I found uploaded to my Drive, so now I have the Burial Blade and I'm still in NG to tackle the DLC.
Best place to farm chunks? I could only get the BB up to +7. (However, I bought a second Blood Rock with the Insight I'd collected throughout the game, so I only need the chunks... 13 of them I think?)
Best place to farm chunks? I could only get the BB up to +7. (However, I bought a second Blood Rock with the Insight I'd collected throughout the game, so I only need the chunks... 13 of them I think?)
Don't farm them. There's over 60 chunks in the game and DLC. Make sure to explore Yahar'gul and Nightmare of Mensis thoroughly. Specially make sure to kill all the scurrying beasts. Some of them drop up to 3 chunks.
Hell no I didn't. He wanted to take my life! lol. Should I have?
It's one of the endings. Not submitting is another one. Look up the umbilical cords for one third of an ending