The game kicks you directly into ng+ so I would do the dlc first and then do the final boss if I were you.
edit: sorry for double post.
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Bloodborne: The Old Hunters |OT| Old Hunters. New Tricks, Bells & Whistles.
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The game kicks you directly into ng+ so I would do the dlc first and then do the final boss if I were you.
edit: sorry for double post.
I have plenty of interest in finishing Bloodborne, but I find it very hard to schedule time to play online with others, and often dislike looking up play guides and techniques. I was having SO much fun up until the point I got stuck. I had help from strangers for a couple of bosses if I recall correctly, but the section I'm at doesn't seem helped much by summoning. (thank-you for your kind offer, btw! :3 just not sure I'll be able to schedule anything. )
This was all compounded by the annoying problem of having to stock up on blood vials. I can't bear to repeat a boring loop to collect health items. If I could buy DLC to restock blood vials automatically after respawning I would buy it immediately. The current method feels like the game intentionally wasting my time.
Well, the question is: can I warp back to Cathedral Ward when the Vicar is already dead and interact with the altar to initiate the DLC path (then I can stay in NG)? Or do I have to beat the Vicar only after downloading the DLC (if the kills before getting the DLC do not count for the purpose of DLC) (then it means I have to go to NG+ first)? Sorry if my question is not clear.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
I haven't been keeping up with the DLC, so I don't know what this means.
If the Vicar is dead you're good to go. The only trigger that matters is that you've advanced the story enough so that it's night-time or the bloodmoon.
Aces&Eights
Member
Holy shit. I'm gonna need to git gud. I'm level 116 in ng+. Been playing so much Fallout 4 I should go back to the base game to get my muscle memory back lol
You don't have to beat him after you download the DLC. You can beat him at any time.
OrbitalBeard
Member
I've played Bloodborne through to completion twice, both offline. This game does not need to be played online to be enjoyable.
Farming for blood vials is kind of annoying. I would never, ever, ever drop the game because of that though.
Thanks you guys!
Quoting again for all the lost souls like me who couldn't find an answer for this
If you beat the game you will be instantly taken to NG+, meaning you will have to replay the game up to the point where you can access the DLC, which will in turn be much, much harder.
So play the DLC before beating the game.
You won't be able to access it straight away. But it will only take you an hour if you rush the required bosses in NG+.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
lol
As long as you've beaten Amelia already you should be good to go. Just pick the item from Hunters Dream and go to Cathedral Ward to initiate it.
For anyone wanting to grab the new weapons and level them up before exploring the rest of the DLC, I'll be working on a guide to find them as quickly as possible. Should be up later today.
You can find six of the weapons before you get to the first boss, so that's what the guide will cover at first. I'll probably add the other weapons tomorrow.
I'm level 144 at the start of NG++. Am I crazy for wanting to bring my Strength Axe hunter into the DLC?
OrbitalBeard
Member
Hopefully this DLC has lots of blood stone chunks and at least one blood rock.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
Are you sure about this? I am in a similar position with a character on the final boss and I don't want to play the DLC in NG+. From what others are saying in this thread it sounds like you can access the DLC in NG once you progress past a certain point, regardless of how much farther you might go.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Okay, I'd still prefer to beat the game first, though, then do the DLC and a second playthrough.
I haven't played any NG++ at all, but IMO the DLC is harder than most of the main game.
Yeah, you can access it at any point past Amelia. I think that poster was referring to accessing the DLC at the beginning of NG+.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
Once you return to the Dream and it's
on fire don't go through the newly opened gate. The Gehrman fight in that area is the point of no return.
Yeah, it would suck to obtain all those sweet new weapons and not having enough rocks to upgrade them.
Damn it, I hadn't thought about that. I have two lvl 45s ready to go (one skill, one strength) having just beat Amelia and cleared the woods, but I hope I don't have to fart around in the Frontier and Mensis to get the chunks needed for the new weapons.
Can anyone who's played it confirm if there are upgrade materials in the DLC?
But if you beat the game first, your DLC playthrough will be NG+ DLC, so it will be considerably harder.
There are upgrade materials including 1 blood rock in the dlc area, and bloodstone chunks.
I'm gonna get my new weapon of choice , farm some chalice dungeons to upgrade it quickly and then go through the dlc. I want to go through the dlc with my awesome new weapon =)
Rokoyu
Will suck if the weapon I want is really deep into the DLC, then I'll be relying on old trusty threaded cane, burial blade and blades of mercy.
twozerotwo
Member
You. Sick. Fuck.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Then you don't need to know anything before playing it. have fun
Thank you very much, I can't wait to play tonight!
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Deleted member 17706
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What is that specific point, if you doing mind?
I forgot exactly where I left off my NG+ game, but I was fairly deep into it. I got burned out doing Chalice Dungeons before taking a break many months ago.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
I told myself I'd wait until after FO4...
Just looked through all the new weapons on the wiki. They hype is too real, tomorrow this will be mine.
Just looked through all the new weapons on the wiki. They hype is too real, tomorrow this will be mine.
I'll spoiler tag this, but for those wondering how many additional weapons are in the DLC (this is what I saw from leaks):
Also:
11 new trick weapons, 5 new offhand ones, and one hunter tool
Also:
There's an oath rune which gives you a beast form, and another that gives a kin form.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Awesome!
Which chalice dungeons are good for farming blood stone chunks? I think I'll mess around with some dungeons until the DLC releases.
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
cathedral ward and let amygdala grab you
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Damn, only one Blood Rock? Good thing I have 5 saved up
But Simon's Bowblade will be my main unless something else wows me like Ludwig's GodlyBlade did.
The world-state advancing to nighttime is the trigger. This happens when you kill Vicar Amelia and inspect the skull on her altar to watch a cutscene that gives you the password to the Forbidden Woods.
If it's nighttime in your gameworld, or you've triggered the blood moon, you'll find an item in the Hunter's Dream. Once you have that item, go to Oedon Chapel and get grabbed by the Amygdala.
If it's nighttime in your gameworld, or you've triggered the blood moon, you'll find an item in the Hunter's Dream. Once you have that item, go to Oedon Chapel and get grabbed by the Amygdala.
irfaanator
Banned
I dont even know what lvl I left off at after beating the game. I believe I did click ng+, so I'm guessing I have to do the whole first part over again?
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Then I'll face the challenge or restart the whole game rather than ng+ it.
Okay I'm there. I thought there was another secret boss after him, didn't realize it throws you into new game + after you beat him.
Phat Michael
Banned
Ok gonna skip this then. It's like SOTFS. They made the dlc way too Damn hard and I couldn't get through it with my character.
I finished bloodborne but ng+ was too Damn hard so I wouldn't be able to do the dlc on ng+
The game is great but way too inconsistent for me like all from games, and this one I found just a bit too difficult.
I'd buy the dlc if I could pebble glitch again but I see that has been phased out.
What if you defeated
amygdala
I'll keep working on my char while waiting til midnight, I guess. Staring at the countdown screen hoping that time would speed up got old after a few hours.
What's the highest level you guys think I can still get jolly co-operation reliably? After I hit 50/30/50/50 I've been putting points into BLT/ARK just because and now I'm at 150-ish, I could keep going for a full 50 for damage stats but I don't want to kill my chances of finding people.
Really wish it worked like DS2... sigh.
What's the highest level you guys think I can still get jolly co-operation reliably? After I hit 50/30/50/50 I've been putting points into BLT/ARK just because and now I'm at 150-ish, I could keep going for a full 50 for damage stats but I don't want to kill my chances of finding people.
Really wish it worked like DS2... sigh.
There are several of them throughout the game. Fighting that boss has nothing to do with the Cathedral Ward.