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Beginner's Guide (Thanks to DealWithIt and Afrodium)

» VIdeo by VaatiVidya:
The Beginner's Guide to Bloodborne

Ok, let's try this again:

General FAQ and play advice

R3: "lock onto enemy" It's good to use this to keep track of an enemy. but sometimes it's better to remain unlocked for camera/aiming reasons.

O: Circle performs a roll when not locked on and a dash when locked on. Dashing is essential to the game. dashes and rolls give you a small window of invulnerability to attacks. Dodges are the key to surviving enemies in this game.

Where are my blood vials when I have 20 and I pick up more? Extra vials and bullets go straight into storage. When you die, or visit a lamp they are automatically refilled from your inventory.

How to level up?

Spoiler

Leveling up happens in the Hunter's dream. You talk to the doll. She awakens after you meet the first boss "The Cleric Beast" for the first time. You pay her blood echoes to increase your stats by one point at a time.

What do I do with this gun? Its damage is low: Guns are used for the Bloodborne equivalent of Dark Souls' parry. Shoot the enemy with your gun at close range right before and enemy attacks and they will be stunned. During this stun press r1 to execute a visceral attack for high damage. This is an essential skill for quickly dealing with enemies that hit hard and fast.

Weapon transformations? pressing L1 causes your weapon to transform and have a different moveset. This is especially important when an enemy has a shield. attacking once and then pressing L1 will cause you to perform and guard break transformation attack. Experiment with transformations.

My weapon is broken or its durability is low. There is a workbench where you can reinforce (level up) your weapon or repair. It's in the house by the fire.

Backstabs? to perform a backstab, sneak up behind an enemy and hold R2 to do a charged attack. if it lands the enemy will be briefly stunned. press R1 for a high damage visceral attack animation.

Insight? Insight increases naturally as you explore the game and kill bosses. Insight is consumed when you summon co-op partners to help you in your fight.

Blood Echoes? Blood echoes are the currency of the Bloodborne. You use them to buy items (there is a merchant in the fountain in the Hunter's Dream) and to strengthen your weapon and to increase your stats. Every use of blood echoes is a trade off. Choose wisely!

Where did my Blood Echoes go? I died. Your blood echoes are dropped when you die. If you die again without retrieving them they are lost for good. They will either be in a mark on the ground near where you died (press X to retrieve them) or they will be picked up by a nearby enemy. When you kill this enemy they are regained. It's best to spend your Blood Echoes as soon as you reasonably can. Don't walk around with excess thousands and risk losing your sanguine fortune.

(Feel free to add to this. Can we get this stuff added to the OT or a post near the start? assuming people agree it's a good idea.)

Given the glowing reviews and large marketing campaign, it's safe to assume there's a LOT of newcomers to the Souls (Blood?) series. With the OT moving at a breakneck speed, I thought new players could use a place to post their impressions of the game and ask for any assistance. Are you in love with the game and looking forward to checking out Dark Souls and Demon's Souls next, or are you pissed that you got caught up in the hype and wasted $60? If you're in the latter camp, feel free to vent your frustrations here and maybe someone can give you the advice you need to keep on pushing.

A great beginner's guide can be found here that outlines some information pertaining to classes, weapons scaling, and stats. In addition to that information, I have the following tips.

Blood Echoes don't matter: Don't get too hung up on retrieving your Blood Echoes. I mean, try to preserve them by all means, but understand that losing them is no big deal. Since there's a system in place in which your XP can be lost, the game is balanced around the fact that you won't spend 100% of the XP you gain. If you lose a level or two's worth of Blood Echoes it will suck, yeah, but it doesn't mean you're now under leveled for the rest of the game.

Levels don't beat bosses: Unlike a traditional RPG in which you can beat a boss by simply over leveling it, Bloodborne and the other Souls games don't work that way. If you're stuck on a boss, don't wast hours farming the levels for Blood Echoes in the hopes that you can outlevel it. This won't hurt, but it won't beat the boss alone. If you're stuck on a boss, it's probably because you need to fight better, not because your level is too low.

Shortcuts are the best: I see a lot of new players in the OT asking where the next lantern is. In Bloodborne, you're not going to want to be looking out for lanterns so much as shortcuts. Open every possible door and gate you can and pull every lever and you'll probably find yourself back in a familiar place. The first and second bosses are about 30 seconds away from the same lantern with the right shortcuts opened up.

Improve your weapons: This one is fairly straightforward. Upgrade weapons at the forge. It's just as important as leveling your character. All of the starting weapons improve their scaling levels once upgraded to +2 (Threaded Cane goes from a C in skill to a B in skill, for instance).

Never give up: Goonies never say die



That's all I've got. I'll try to update the OP later with tips from other players. I'd also like to ask that any advice that doesn't have to do with being new to the series (Where do I go after the first boss? What does this key open? Where did the guy in the wheelchair go? etc.) be posted in the OT instead of this topic.

 

[Spineker]

Give me BLOOOOOOD

 

[The Elite]

This game is hard.

 

[Kamina]

Perfect OT

 

[madp0k]

Get this 2moro woop woop

 

[hawk2025]

That was a daaaamn quick jump to OT2!

Still at only 3 bosses down.

 

[owlbeak]

Glad you got to post OT2, Robot Pants!

 

[LiK]

Let's keep the hunt going.

 

[XxRampage07xX]

OT2 already? Holy shit man!

 

[bananafactory]

Look who showed up on time

Good work Robot Pants

 

[rNilla]

When does Bloodborne 2 come out?

 

[superseohyun]

where is the black jesus ;p

 

[JoeyJungle]

That OT hardly lasted longer than all the fake ones!

 

[LProtag]

Got home from work, ready for some more Bloodborne and we've already hit OT2. Awesome.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

the hype is real

 

[Jarrod38]

Thinking of heading down to BB and picking up a PS4 along with this on Friday.

 

[SargerusBR]

Welcome back, good hunters

 

[Dominator]

Just started playing for today, ready to get my ass kicked.

 

[A Serious Man]

[Already Dead.]

 

[Garrett Hawke]

OT2 already...

I can't get enough of this game. Sooo good.

 

[CitizenCope]

Never heard of this game. Sounds easy.

 

[PeskyToaster]

My store ran out so I couldn't pick it up. I decided to just buy it instead of Amazon as I usually do because I thought it would be more convenient, guess I learned haha. Can't wait to join everyone on Friday!

 

[Jimmyfenix]

here we go again!

 

[FatalT]

PRAISE THE SU...er...MOON! I love this game so hard. YISSS OT2! THE HYPE IS REAL!

 

[Veritigo_X]

Wow, that was quick to get to OT2.

 

[Pappasman]

Do we have the full stats of all of the fully upgraded weapons yet?

 

[GulAtiCa]

I like that title.

 

[OldLogos]

Praise the moon? More like Praise the Gun

 

[Sephzilla]

This game is amazing

Praise the moon? More like Praise the Gun

Yes

 

[RealityPales]

And we're back! Good to see you made it Robot Pants - you're OP is fantastic.

Just killed boss #6 and the area that proceeded it was phenomenal and flipped the script on the first 15 hours of the game. I don't think I'm even at the half way point judging by trophies, and it somehow keeps getting better.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Wha happen?!?!??

 

[Arxisz]

Let the hunt continue, so the world might be mended.

 

[bombshell]

Damn that was fast. Getting the game tomorrow

 

[EnVy_CaLiBeR]

Need help with the 3rd boss. Specifically when the poison stage comes into play.

 

[BanditoMac]

Why do I have to be at work instead of at home dying in Bloodborne?

 

[Gaz_RB]

Praise the moon indeed. I think this is my favorite souls game. And certainly my favorite game of this gen so far.

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

is this that game where you just mash a button and everyone dies?

sounds casual.

 

[Bo Knows GAF]

Wow OT2 already! I love how much gaf has appreciated this game. It makes it so much more enjoyable when everyone is suffering right there alongside me

 

[lightning2k3]

You should link the original OT just for the awesomeness that was it's first few posts.

 

[AngryMoth]

Woo first page!

Good title

 

[Sigma722]

Lovin dis game. Can't wait to get home to beat boss 3!

 

[Foshy]

OT2 already? holy shit

 

[Orthogonal]

Dat new OT smell. Great title. First went so fast.

 

[AdanVC]

Hype is super duper real! OT2 in just three days! Damn!

 

[Beant]

Praise the moon, praise it!

 

[Audioboxer]

Can anyone help with the Witch? Searching for co-op without GAF password and finding no one.

 

[mocolostrocolos]

So, where do I go after beating the boss in

Spoiler

Church of Good Chalice

Been doing the Chalice Dungeon available but I want to keep going in the game.

 

[mazpratim]

Wow, it's been like 2 days

 

[Big Chungus]

Question!

Are the bosses in the chalice dungeons reused from the main campaign?

 

[malfcn]

May the good blood guide you.