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[yamo]

Where do people find that huge witch hat?

 

[Shibalan]

A quick question about Insight : is there any advantage to level it up ? I'm at 9. About the effects I know :

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I know that I can unlock a shop at 10. I also know that past a certain number, the difficulty goes up

. What should I do ? Keep it low or use my Madman's Knowledges ?

No PS+ so the co-op and PVP aspect doesn't matter to me.

 

[piccio_ssl]

Where do people find that huge witch hat?

chalice dungeon

 

[Respect]

Does killing

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Gherman

end the play through or will I have time after I beat him before ng+?

 

[Dhruv_hanom]

Where do people find that huge witch hat?

You need to kill the boss in the second chalice dungeon and buy the armour off the insight vendor

Does killing

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Gherman

end the play through or will I have time after I beat him before ng+?

It'll plop you into NG+ immediately

 

[Mr. Nice_Guy]

So I beat V

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icar Amelia

yesterday on my second try, but I think I cheesed her out? I was using L

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udwigs Holy Blade

and after I got her down about 40% I used a

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fire paper

and it just stunned her every time I hit her and I won pretty easily. Was that just her weakness or was something up?

Sorry if this has been covered already, trying to stay out of the OT and play completely blind.

 

[Randam]

What is the highest attainable level in the game? Is it 100? If so, how does it work for New Game+?

you can get every stat up to 99.

 

[yamo]

You need to kill the boss in the second chalice dungeon and buy the armour off the insight vendor

chalice dungeon

I see, haven't touched any of the chalice dungeons yet.

 

[ironcreed]

I had fun with some chalice dungeon runs and enjoyed some of the new enemies and bosses, but it has already worn thin for me. The levels quickly become too samey and are also too short. I would rather just keep playing NG+.

 

[Akibared]

Does killing

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Gherman

end the play through or will I have time after I beat him before ng+?

NG+ right after so do anything you want before that.

 

[i-Lo]

Any word on when the patch might be dropping? I started playing yesterday and I have got exams coming up; I could be patient till the 17th of April.

Where do people find that huge witch hat?

Can anyone post a picture of the witch's hat without any other major spoiler (I just started the game).

 

[A Serious Man]

Fuck dogs. Forever.

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Fuck.

 

[SweetJohnnyCage]

Is there any in game way to keep track of which chalice dungeons rituals you have already performed?

I typically don't take a chalice off the altar until I've run all the way through it, and I just keep going further down the list when I finish one. Not an eloquent solution, but it works!

 

[Cruxist]

Got to the final boss last night, debating about how to approach my trophy hunting now.

I could end this playthrough immediately and grab the rest of the weapons I need in NG+, or I could hunt around for everything that I can't get from chalices now...

And then there's the option of just starting over with a new character and speccing for skill so I can use some of the sweet end-game gear.

Gah, the options!

 

[SweetJohnnyCage]

Does killing

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Gherman

end the play through or will I have time after I beat him before ng+?

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Killing him ends the game. Selecting to surrender to him also ends the game. If you're going after the real final boss, killing him does not end the game. Not gonna spoil how to get that encounter started, but you'd know it if you were doing it.

 

[pompidu]

Beat father gasicone last night only after 3 tries. Wish i had time to progress further but im having a blast playing at this pace. Definitely one of the best games this gen.

 

[test_account]

I beat

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Ebrietas

earlier today on NG+ solo =)

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(i missed that boss on my first playthrough. The charging attack is really difficult to avoid. I managed to dodge it fine maybe 10% of the times i tried. I still dont quite see the pattern on how to dodge it every time.

Its also pretty random when the boss does the head slam attck. I did that strategy to begin with, and two times i managed to get the boss down to 10-15%. After trying maybe 30 times, i changed my strategy and just went really close to the boss, do one or two hit, then dodge when she attacks and repeat the process. After trying this method 3-4 times, i beat her.

 

[Veggy]

So I beat V

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icar Amelia

yesterday on my second try, but I think I cheesed her out? I was using L

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udwigs Holy Blade

and after I got her down about 40% I used a

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fire paper

and it just stunned her every time I hit her and I won pretty easily. Was that just her weakness or was something up?

Sorry if this has been covered already, trying to stay out of the OT and play completely blind.

Yeah its a known bug, should be fixed soon hopefully

 

[Uthred]

So its only two blood rocks per playthrough? One from

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the brain

and one from chalice dungeons? Anyone done any experiements with raising their Discovery?

Got to the final boss last night, debating about how to approach my trophy hunting now.

I could end this playthrough immediately and grab the rest of the weapons I need in NG+, or I could hunt around for everything that I can't get from chalices now...

And then there's the option of just starting over with a new character and speccing for skill so I can use some of the sweet end-game gear.

Gah, the options!

Theres no reason to go to a new playthrough to get all the weapons, if youre talking about

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Gherman's

weapons then you dont need to go into NG+, just

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eat the three umbilical cords and beat Gherman, when the Moon Presence shows up you can use the item that lets you port back to a lamp to port back to the Hunters dream and buy Ghermans weapon and armour then.

 

[Mr. Nice_Guy]

Yeah its a known bug, should be fixed soon hopefully

Ah darn, I felt like that was way too easy. Well, I'll have a harder time of it when I start my skill build. Thanks!

 

[Donos]

Stuck in Cainhurst.

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Where do i get further? Was at the roof and grabbed the knight's wig and i'm back in the main hall know. I went everywhere there. Walkways outside the hall lead to nowwhere except coldblood item.

 

[Cyborg]

Can someone explain two things to me:

1. How do chalice dungeons work?

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Do I need to put a Chalice on the grave?

2. What are those messengers in Hunters Dream?

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I can give them a gift. What do I get in return?

 

[butts]

Is there any way to unglitch the elevator leading to E

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brietas

? I encountered this boss for the first time post-patch and decided to Hunter's Mark out of it and now the elevator is stuck at the bottom. I thought this latest already released patch fixed that?

 

[Donos]

Can someone explain two things to me:

1. How do chalice dungeons work?

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Do I need to put a Chalice on the grave?

2. What are those messengers in Hunters Dream?

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I can give them a gift. What do I get in return?

2. The messenger bath outside the sidedoor of the house? You can buy stuff with insight (need 10+ insight to see them).

 

[Cyborg]

2. The messenger bath outside the sidedoor of the house? You can buy stuff with insight (need 10+ insight to see them).

No, not that one. The one in the back (bush area)

 

[ScottSullivan]

I see some runes that say they increase "Rally" What does that stat do?

 

[Veggy]

Stuck in Cainhurst.

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Where do i get further? Was at the roof and grabbed the knight's wig and i'm back in the main hall know. I went everywhere there. Walkways outside the hall lead to nowwhere except coldblood item.

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Where you picked up the Knight's Wig, you can drop down from the sides and work your way from there

 

[Steel]

Stuck in Cainhurst.

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Where do i get further? Was at the roof and grabbed the knight's wig and i'm back in the main hall know. I went everywhere there. Walkways outside the hall lead to nowwhere except coldblood item.

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You were at the right place with the roof. Do some falling. Also, this was the hardest boss in the entire god damned game for me.

 

[GorillaJu]

I see some runes that say they increase "Rally" What does that stat do?

Rally is regain. Poor translation.

 

[mentallyinept]

Rom down. Not too bad. 3 tries.

My winning strategy:

I ignored the little

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spiders and just rushed in for an L2 Ludwig's hit and then got out. Keep strafing and dodging until one side is mostly clear of spiders, run in, whack him, run out, repeat.

Gotta pay attention to his movement patterns to read which attack is coming.

Cannot get greedy. His personal area

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AoE attack can take 75% of your health.

I guess I'm now back to the

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unseen village.

Or the weird

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mars attacks alien area in forbidden forest.

 

[Veggy]

I see some runes that say they increase "Rally" What does that stat do?

Rally increases the time you have to hit back at an enemy after taking damage to get some health back

 

[Donos]

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Where you picked up the Knight's Wig, you can drop down from the sides and work your way from there

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You were at the right place with the roof. Do some falling. Also, this was the hardest boss in the entire god damned game for me.

Thanks. So i better bring my 100.000 echoes home before it.

 

[Veritigo_X]

I had an interesting "co-op"/covenant moment yesterday. I'll spoiler tag it in case someone wants to see this on their own. It was pretty crazy when it happened.

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I was helping people out with Martyr Logarius when I ended up getting summoned by someone in the Executioner covenant. As a Vile Blood, enemies of Executioners, the summoning turned into an invasion and I had to kill the person trying to summon me. I felt kinda bad but it was pretty crazy to happen. The poor guy even waved at me...

 

[ScottSullivan]

Rally is regain. Poor translation.

Rally increases the time you have to hit back at an enemy after taking damage to get some health back

Ah i see thanks for the help!

 

[Lender]

No, not that one. The one in the back (bush area)

I don't think you get anything in return. I gave them a some top hats, and now the Messengers at the lantern all wear top hats.

 

[Jharp]

Is there anywhere further to go after Watchdog of the Old Lords, or am I done with this wing of the chalice dungeon? He drops the Central Pthumeru Chalice, so I figure I'm supposed to go use that now to move on, correct? Does every chalice dungeon include three bosses before you move on?

 

[Servbot24]

Are there any enemies that drop blood stone chunks?

 

[Donos]

No, not that one. The one in the back (bush area)

Ah this one: find items in the game which you can give your messengers. All your messengers in the game are going to "wear" it. Like hats or bloody bandages around their head. Just cosmetics. I only found "Black Messenger Hat" and " Bloody Messenger Bandage" so far. The hats look funny on them.

 

[toastyToast]

I feel your pain.

It's her lasers that are cutting me into ribbons. One volley and I'm toast.

This is a vid of me doing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNnKuS6vPfs

Basically the only thing you have to watch for at this distance is the headbutt which it didn't do for some reason this attempt. The only times I did get hit was when I thought I would get hit where I was and dodged unnecessarily. I'm suggesting this because before I was hitting it from behind it didn't really work out, switching to this I got further than I ever my first try and taking out the next so yeah, give it a shot and good luck.

 

[Karsticles]

Are there any enemies that drop blood stone chunks?

Several in the final dungeon or two.

 

[Veritigo_X]

Is there anywhere further to go after Watchdog of the Old Lords, or am I done with this wing of the chalice dungeon? He drops the Central Pthumeru Chalice, so I figure I'm supposed to go use that now to move on, correct? Does every chalice dungeon include three bosses before you move on?

Not every chalice dungeon has three bosses, some have more. A good indication you're at the end is if you have to open a big door to get to the boss. The lesser bosses have regular size doors.

 

[Grady]

Jesus, VA on ng plus is near impossible.

 

[i-Lo]

Oh and I downloaded (& presumably installed) the code for hats for for the messengers but it has yet to show up in the game; thus far I have played the game in offline mode only.

Should I contact valve?

 

[Veggy]

Are there any enemies that drop blood stone chunks?

Yes, best drop rate seems to be

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the blue eyed werewolves in upper cathedral ward

but they can also drop from

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gargoyles in cainhurst castle

and some other enemies but the drop rate is pretty shitty

 

[ohhthegore]

nevermind

 

[Frillen]

When do I start to get Blood Rocks?

 

[Namikaze1]

Made it to Lower Pthumerian Labyrinth but I don't feel like pushing on.

 

[DrDrizzay101]

so i haven't had much trouble up to the defiled chalice dungeons, gonna start them today. how hard are they really?

What level are you? Just finished it myself,

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Lv 2 and 3 bosses were pretty serious. Thought it was definitely harder than Lower Loran even though that one was Depth 5. Still very doable, just have to be patient on the bosses since they have sooo much more HP than you. Battles of attrition, need to learn their attack patterns well.

 

[Veggy]

When do I start to get Blood Rocks?

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There is only one in the entire main game (towards the end), but they can drop in depth 5 chalice dungeons....which is very hard

 

[toastyToast]

When do I start to get Blood Rocks?

There's

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1 in the game. Otherwise you can get them in high tier root chalices.