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[Lakitu]

Where can I find a Blood Rock? I need one to fully upgrade Ludwig's Holy Blade.

 

[Curufinwe]

Final boss seems a bit hard for me at level 80. Time to some some optional stuff and level up.

Would reducing my insight help? It's 40

 

[Sephiroth_GR_]

When you start NG+, do you have to

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reach the first boss in order to level up? Don't want to lose my 230,000 Blood Echoes.

As long as you have insight from before you're cool.

 

[Carolina-blue]

Okay, wise GAF. Just beat B

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lood Starved Beast? (BSB)

on my first try, feels good man!

Now how should I be leveling my character? I'm new to Bloodborne/Souls, went with Lone Survivor class at the beginning and have really been putting most points in Vitality + Endurance, and others in Strength. Is this right? I don't want to regret my decisions later if I'm doing it wrong now. Should I be putting more into STR (I'm using the AXE btw.) I've yet to put many (if any) points in skill, bloodtinge, or arcane. Thoughts or help would be much appreciated

 

[LiK]

When you start NG+, do you have to

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reach the first boss in order to level up? Don't want to lose my 230,000 Blood Echoes.

nah, you can upgrade right away and all the stuff you picked up carries over.

 

[Sanke__]

Christ, I cry at losing 5k!!!!

In new game+ i can get 100k in like 2 minutes

As long as you have insight from before you're cool.

nah, you can upgrade right away...

Nope
i had to beat the first boss
Dying once might have worked too
Idk

 

[Zafir]

Anyone know a good place to get some ritual blood (4)? I've been looking everywhere, but it just doesn't spawn. Had a bit of luck with the 2 sack dudes who spawned two of them, but since then it's been blood shards, vials and bloodstones. Wooptiefuckingdoo.

I grinded them last night and you just have to kill the sack dudes. Really low drop rate but I've found none better. Layer 3 of Depth 3 there's a really early sack dude you can farm in the offshoot just before

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Rom

.

 

[schlongdog]

Final boss seems a bit hard for me at level 80. Time to some some optional stuff and level up.

I did it at about 100, and in terms of how much damage I was doing to him that seemed perfect.

 

[LiK]

once you get into NG+, you can get 10k in less than a minute so losing Echoes ain't such a big deal anymore, lol

 

[tokilamockingbrd]

Yesterday I did my 1st depth 5 root chalice. I got

Layer 1- +300 resist frenzy rune
Layer 2- +150 all resist rune (perfect for Nightmare Frontier)
Layer 3- Lost Ludwigs Blade
Layer 4- Blood Rock

I also found 20+ Ritual Blood (5) and 10+ Tomb Mold (5)


I cant pull up the Chalice Glyph right now, but it was number 41 on the spreadsheet. I went in just for the rock, and the 2 runes were a VERY pleasent suprise (he did not annotate them on the spreadsheet at all)

To cap it all off the bosses are very easy on this one. The Watchers> Brainsucker> Elder Plurtirian > Amagdala (she fights like she did in normal game, much less agressive than defiled version)

 

[MegaSackman]

nah, you can upgrade right away and all the stuff you picked up carries over.

I had to spend one insight to start leveling up, good that I saved madman's knowledge from new game.

 

[Curufinwe]

I did it at about 100, and in terms of how much damage I was doing to him that seemed perfect.

First time I fought him it went pretty well. After that he started kicking my ass.

 

[Dmonzy]

Heh, killed Abhorrent Beast without using health vials.

So lots of poison knives?

 

[Sephiroth_GR_]

Where can I find a Blood Rock? I need one to fully upgrade Ludwig's Holy Blade.

When you get the I

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ron

G

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ate

Key (it's for the gate at the starting area in M

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icolash

boss battle) and you open it, it's just to your left hand (you won't miss it)

 

[Aces&Eights]

Great job man.

Thanks, man. No other game does a better job of inducing panic in me when I'm playing it. I don't know what it is but when that big ass health bar appears at the bottom of the screen my mind goes blank and I forget everything I've learned. Beating her, albeit with help for the first 90 seconds, on the first try is huge for me. I knew it was a boss area when I got close and wussed out and summoned. Partner dying right after forced me to "git gud" and I rose to the occasion. Hands finally not shaking anymore lol.

 

[LiK]

I had to spend one insight to start leveling up, good that I saved madman's knowledge from new game.

the game gives us so damn much Insight and Madman late game that i dunno anyone who can use them all up fast enough before NG+ lol

 

[Arjen]

Anyone know a good place to get some ritual blood (4)? I've been looking everywhere, but it just doesn't spawn. Had a bit of luck with the 2 sack dudes who spawned two of them, but since then it's been blood shards, vials and bloodstones. Wooptiefuckingdoo.

Try this dungeon pe5imqwh. There are two sack kidnapdudes right at the beginning. They both drop it fairly regularly.

 

[super-famicom]

once you get into NG+, you can get 10k in less than a minute so losing Echoes ain't such a big deal anymore, lol

In NG, you can get ~20k in about a minute

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in Lecture Hall

, or ~100k in 3-5 minutes from killing 7 enemies in a room in

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a depth 5 Isz Chalice Dungeon.

 

[Sanke__]

I had to spend one insight to start leveling up, good that I saved madman's knowledge from new game.

Didnt think of this

 

[Zafir]

When you get the I

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ron

G

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ate

Key (it's for the gate at the starting area in M

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icolash

boss battle) and you open it, it's just to your left hand (you won't miss it)

Make sure you drop

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mother brain

first though... Else you'll have to deal with frenzy.

 

[Ferr986]

Well, any tips for Defiled A

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mygdala? I have the fight under control till he'she/it breaks his arms, dont really know how to approach this phase because everything he/she does it's an 1hitko so I can't really try any strat

 

[Sephiroth_GR_]

In new game+ i can get 100k in like 2 minutes





Nope
i had to beat the first boss
Dying once might have worked too
Idk

Actually yes.First time you enter she's "not alive".Exit and re-enter with insight and she's "back"

 

[Jellie]

If I got 4 red jellies by doing ng+ does this mean I never have to fight abhorrant beast?

 

[Koh]

Lots of strolling and admiring first time through.

Time well spent too!

I can't wait to start a new character to see if i got better or if my stats did.

 

[tokilamockingbrd]

If I got 4 red jellies by doing ng+ does this mean I never have to fight abhorrant beast?

I think he drops the defiled chalice, am I wrong? If not you dont have to fiight you get Bastard of Loran from the pathway right before

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Abhorrent Beast

 

[Curufinwe]

When you get the I

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ron

G

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ate

Key (it's for the gate at the starting area in M

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icolash

boss battle) and you open it, it's just to your left hand (you won't miss it)

Hmm, I must have missed it. I went up from there but a big brain kept killing me with frenzy

 

[Midas]

As long as you have insight from before you're cool.

Maybe this doesn't need spoiler marks? Hehe

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Aah, I just had to "reload" hunter's dream to get access to the doll.

 

[PodcastFips]

So, is E

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brietas

supposed to be a hard boss? Because I defeated him/her on my first try due to kinda getting stuck inside his/her body. That allowed me to execute attacks without getting hit once...

 

[Lender]

Where can I find a Blood Rock? I need one to fully upgrade Ludwig's Holy Blade.

At

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nightmare in mensis when you drop mother brain with the lever. Somewhere in that area.

 

[LiK]

If I got 4 red jellies by doing ng+ does this mean I never have to fight abhorrant beast?

i never fought him. is he that hard? just go NG+, it's a breeze.

 

[see5harp]

Mikolash or whatever isn't super hard but God damn he's a resourse drain. Have to grind. Again. For a dumb ass cheap boss. Again. Stupid mistakes.

So easy to get to him and get to the second part. But I died like 5 times when he decided to just spam his magic missile attack once you drop down. My solution, just get up close to him and hit hard. The only attack you ever need to worry about is his tentacle thing, which is also the easiest to avoid. Rush down attack is much better than being patient.

 

[ZangBa]

So lots of poison knives?

Of course not. I hate that type of nonsense, it ruins all the fun.

 

[tokilamockingbrd]

i never fought him. is he that hard? just go NG+, it's a breeze.

yes he is hard. He is one of the few enemies in the game that changes direction during a combo. If you are behind him in a split second he can turn around an smash into the ground for massive damage. He is moves fast and closes distance. Think Blood Starved beast except you can't just roll behind him to get hits in.....

 

[Krusenstern]

So, is E

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brietas

supposed to be a hard boss? Because I defeated him/her on my first try due to kinda getting stuck inside his/her body. That allowed me to execute attacks without getting hit once...

If you glitch inside a boss and are out of its reach then of course it's a cake walk. E

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brietas

is actually one of the harder bosses in the game. I needed to stock up on bolt paper, upgrade my axe to +10 and level up to 52 or so before I could defeat that ugly space vag.

 

[Curufinwe]

When you get the I

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ron

G

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ate

Key (it's for the gate at the starting area in M

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icolash

boss battle) and you open it, it's just to your left hand (you won't miss it)

Yeah I can't go that way because I die of frenzy.

 

[LiK]

yes he is hard. He is one of the few enemies in the game that changes direction during a combo. If you are behind him in a split second he can turn around an smash into the ground for massive damage. He is moves fast and closes distance. Think Blood Starved beast except you can't just roll behind him to get hits in.....

sounds like he's worth fighting just for pride/challenge.

 

[Purest 78]

Well, any tips for Defiled A

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mygdala? I have the fight under control till he'she/it breaks his arms, dont really know how to approach this phase because everything he/she does it's an 1hitko so I can't really try any strat

Go straight for his legs it really easy

 

[tokilamockingbrd]

sounds like he's worth fighting just for pride/challenge.

yep. Depth 4 Ailing Loran chalice layer 3 boss.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

Defiled layer 2 CLEARED. On to the last one.

 

[Jellie]

I think he drops the defiled chalice, am I wrong? If not you dont have to fiight you get Bastard of Loran from the pathway right before

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Abhorrent Beast

Got the defiled from the previous boss and the Loran too so just skipped to defiled.

i never fought him. is he that hard? just go NG+, it's a breeze.

I already am on ng+ got enough red jellies. Just need tomb mould (5) x 15 which I hope isnt too hard to get.

 

[PodcastFips]

If you glitch inside a boss and are out of its reach then of course it's a cake walk. E

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brietas

is actually one of the harder bosses in the game.

Aww man, too bad. The last few bosses weren't too challenging and this one glitches for me, lol. Thanks.

 

[Ferr986]

Go straight for his legs it really easy

lool just done it, I think I cheese it really hard

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just kept going to her tail, she would jump away, rinse repeat. Didn't even attack me

No regrets though, FROM cheesed me with the 50% HP.

 

[LiK]

Aww man, too bad. The last few bosses weren't too challenging and this one glitches for me, lol. Thanks.

worth refighting in NG+ if you can just to see all the insane attacks during second phase.

 

[tokilamockingbrd]

Got the defiled from the previous boss and the Loran too so just skipped to defiled.

I already am on ng+ got enough red jellies. Just need tomb mould (5) x 15 which I hope isnt too hard to get.

that Root Chalice I posted about earlier gave me a ton of Tomb Mold (5).

 

[Sanke__]

If I got 4 red jellies by doing ng+ does this mean I never have to fight abhorrant beast?

Technically yes but he is stupid easy compared to the second boss in the defiled chalice and you will be right at the fight anyway

You can do it

 

[MR ARCADE FOREVER]

That guy using the machine gun on top of the clock...

 

[Uno Venova]

I'm amazed they put this witch fight in the game, wow.

 

[Jellie]

Technically yes but he is stupid easy compared to the second boss in the defiled chalice and you will be right at the fight anyway

You can do it

I'd rather get straight to the

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queen

asap. Then come back and kill him.

 

[Stealthcobra]

I'm amazed they put this witch fight in the game, wow.

Is that bad or good?

 

[LiK]

Is that bad or good?

easiest fight in the game so probably bad.