Bloodborne – Platinum Guide – The definitive guide!

January 30, 2024 Off By Markus Norat

By Gabriel Capuani

May the good blood guide this guide …

Difficulty: 7/10
Time: 40 – 50 hours.
Trophies: 34 (Bronze: 20 – Silver: 7 – Gold 6 – Platinum: 1)
Online: 0
Perdives: 4 – Essence of the Hunter, Sunrise of Yharnam, Honoring Wishes and Beginning of Childhood.
Difficulty-related trophies: There is no difficulty selection.
Minimum moves: 1, but it is necessary to make a backup of the save.
Fun: 10/10

Introduction & Roadmap

Bloodborne is a challenging souls-like developed by From Softwatre and exclusive to Playstation. Set in a city with gothic architecture and aesthetics, it is considered a “genius” game due to its agile and frenetic gameplay, in addition to its intriguing setting and story.

To Platinum Bloodborne you must worry about the loseable trophies and the endings, this, in turn, consists of obtaining three potentially loseable items called “Umbilical Cord”, these items are important to make one of the game’s endings. And if you want to beat the game just once, you must back up your save before the final fight against the boss, if you don’t do it, you will have to play the game again.

To avoid losing weapon-related trophies, be aware that you need to do the secondary mission for Eileen and Alfred (two characters found on the map), these missions will be unavailable if you progress too far in the game, in addition to the “Umbilical Cord”. To ensure you don’t miss out on these missions, pay attention to the guide and when it is mentioned.

The game’s geography seems confusing at first, but it’s a linear game, always follow the path ahead and don’t be afraid to explore the map or be intimidated by the grotesque appearance of the beasts.

An interesting combat tip worth knowing is that Bloodborne has a very appealing technique called “Countershot”. Countershot is when the enemy makes the movement to attack, but before finishing this movement you need to shoot him, and he will be kneeling on the ground, at that moment is when you should approach him and press R1 to give a powerful attack, called “Attack Visceral”. This attack consists of thrusting your arm through the enemy’s gut to cause great damage, this works for almost all enemies, except some bosses and very large enemies. Use and abuse the countershot!

The guide is divided into 4 different parts to make it more organized, respectively: PART 1 – Clearing the game and miscellaneous items, PART 2 – Cleaning and collectibles, PART 3 – Chalice challenges and PART 4 – Doing all the endings.

PART 1 – REACHING THE GAME AND MISCELLANEOUS

In this part I will show you how to get through the various areas and enemies of the game, throughout this part you must earn all the trophies related to items, tools, weapons and bosses. Furthermore, I will give interesting tips and explanations to have a more complete experience of the game. The areas are explained according to the natural progression of the game, as the Bloodborne map can be a little confusing. And I will mention the trophy obtained during the stages at the end of each text.

1st STAGE: YHARNAM

You will wake up from a dream where you will wake up in Yosefka’s Clinic, moving forward you will face a werewolf, you must die to him or you can try to fight. After being killed by the beast, you will be in a place called “The Hunter’s Dream”, this place is used to level up, buy items, weapons, clothes, improve your tools, fast travel, etc. In this first contact with this place, it will be possible to choose three types of melee weapon and two firearms, I recommend using the “Serrated Cleaver” and the “Hunter’s Pistol”. Once that’s done, look for the only tombstone you can use and return to the real world. Equipped and prepared, it’s time to start the hunt!

When you return to the clinic, kill the werewolf and move forward until you have access to the first lantern in the game, this lantern is located in “Yharnam Central”, the lanterns are used to return to the hunter’s dream and fast travel. At this point there will be many enemies, you can try to kill them to understand how the game works and most importantly: learn how to use the “Countershot”, this technique is very appealing and will be very useful. But remember that sometimes ignoring enemies is the best option.

Past this part full of beasts. You must face the first boss of the game called “Clerical Beast” who is on a narrow bridge. He is a big and powerful boss, so the best strategy is to be aggressive and go all out on the beast! When you defeat him, you will earn the trophy of the same name as the beast, “Clerical Beast”. Return to “Hunter’s Dream” to spend “Blood Echoes” and become stronger.

In the same area where you faced the boss, notice that there is an opening where you can jump, run and jump to fall into a hole. When you enter this area, you will be in “Yharnam Central”.

Trophy obtained: Clerical Beast

2nd STAGE: CENTRAL YHARNAM

The first objective of this region is to start a quest offered by the character called Eileen, The Crow. She is a powerful hunter, you must agree to help her to earn a “Hunter Token”, there is a trophy that must obtain all the symbols. She is found behind some breakable barrels, in a hidden area in the sewers, with a little exploration you should find her easily.

Almost at the end of Yharnam Central, notice that there are some red lamps in front of some houses, this indicates that you can talk to the person who lives inside. A woman will ask for a safe place to stay, but at this point in the game you don’t know yet, you will have to return to this same place when you discover a place called “Oedon Chapel”, after killing Father Gascoigne.

Still in this region, continue moving forward until you open a door that gives access to the square. Nearby, there is a house with a lamp in front, talk to the girl and help her look for her missing mother to win an item called “Music Box”. She only gives you this item after killing the giant pig in the sewers and talking to her again, this item is only useful in the battle against the boss Father Gascoigne.

Once this is done, continue exploring the lower part of this region. In the waters of the sewer there will be a giant pig standing still, which will come towards you if you get too close to it, it is easy to defeat it if you attack from behind, after killing this pig, go back and talk to the girl who was looking for your mother so she could give it to you the reward, which is the Music Box. Climb the nearby vertical ladder and open another shortcut.

If you did everything right, go towards the boss, Father Gascoigne. In this fight you must use the countershot technique taught at the beginning of the guide and you can protect yourself from their attacks by staying behind the tombstones. When he transforms into a beast, open your inventory and use the Music Box, this makes him temporarily incapacitated, go behind him and hold R2 to give a visceral attack, remember that this box only works once . It is not mandatory to use it, but it makes the fight easier. After killing him, you get the key to Oedon’s Tomb. Beast down, move forward to the Cathedral District.

Trophy obtained: Blood Gem Contact

Trophy obtained: Father Cascoigne

3rd STAGE: CATHEDRAL DISTRICT – PART 1

When entering the Cathedral, notice that there is a charismatic character there, don’t kill him! He will ask to invite more people to stay, as it is a safe place, the incense there prevents beasts from invading the chapel. Go back to that woman you talked to during STAGE 2: CENTRAL YHARNAM and send her to the Cathedral District. This is a very important area for the story, so you will still send many people there, with the exception of an old man with white hair and a beard, who will be covered in blood, he is in the “Forbidden Forest” (a region more advanced), know that you will lose a trophy if you send this character there.

Leaving the Cathedral, go left – you cannot access the other paths for now. In this new area, you must pull a lever found inside a cathedral to open a passage below the tomb. Before going down, talk to a character called “Alfred, The Felblood Hunter”, he is on the second floor of this same cathedral. After talking to him, go down through the area that you unlocked by pulling the lever, this will give you access to a new region, “Old Yharnam”.

4th STAGE: ANCIENT YHARNAM

In this region, there will be a hunter shooting at you with a machine gun, he will be on top of a tower. You have two options to deal with him: the option to try to kill him and if you do that you will probably die because he is very strong, however, if you achieve this feat, your costume will be available in the discernment shop. The second (and cooler) option is to become friends with him, to do this, you must ignore him at this stage, as you can only talk to him after killing the optional boss “Black Beast Paarl” in the Invisible Village (a region more advanced game) and as a reward he will give you a symbol to buy your weapon in the store.

Once you pass the tower, go forward, eliminate the creatures and look for the lantern. If you did everything right, you will be in a village full of big bonfires and at the bottom there is a type of church, where the next boss, the Bloodthirsty Beast, is located.

This boss is very aggressive, agile and its movements are unpredictable. But you should be more aggressive too, if you want to kill him, dodge to the sides or forwards, but not backwards and attack from his back when possible. It is recommended to wear the Yharnam Hunter clothes, which are for sale in the store, to protect yourself from the poison that the beast exudes during the fight. Luring him to the corners of the arena gives you some territorial advantage. Finally, when you kill the monster, you will receive the “Pthumerian Chalice” as an item and take the opportunity to spend your Blood Echoes. Return to the Cathedral District as a new door has opened.

Trophy obtained: Bloodthirsty Beast

Trophy obtained: Pthumeru’s Chalice

5th STAGE: CATHEDRAL DISTRICT – PART 2

A door opened on the right side in the Oedon Chapel. Talk to the guy in the chapel, he will tell you that he accepts people to stay there. Parallel to this, there is another character called Iosefka, who is in “Iosefka’s Clinic”, this is the region where the game begins. You can go there and talk to her if you want, she will tell you that she accepts people to stay there. In the future, almost at the end of the game, you will need to kill her to gain “One Third of the Umbilical Cord”. But don’t send anyone to her clinic, only send them to the Oedon Chapel, with the exception of the old man.

Knowing this new information, continue through the door that opened and explore the area well to get the “Caryll’s Rune” in the chest, with this you will win the trophy. Continue going up to find another chest, which contains the “Radiant Sword Hunter Token” that unlocks Hunter Ludwig’s sword and pistol in the shop.

Continue until you reach a dark area where there are many boards and a large hole, this is another important area because there is a door on one of the platforms of these boards that opens a new area known as the “Abandoned Old Workshop”, where you will find “An third of the Umbilical Cord”, you need to run quickly and jump to get to this door, when you enter you get a trophy, notice how this area is the same as the Hunter’s Dream, the item will be on top of the altar inside the mansion. Once you have collected this important item, try to get down to the ground by falling from one board to another without losing too much life or dying (obviously). When you reach the ground, there will be a horned creature breathing fire, you can try to kill it or dodge it and open the door immediately when you fall (I recommend doing the latter). After pulling the two levers to progress the story, the hunter Eleein will appear on the outskirts of the Cathedral District, talk to her once again.

Follow the path, and notice that there is a peculiar enemy, it is a large animal with a bag on its back. Beware of this enemy! He is popularly known as the “Bag Man”, if you die to him, a scene will occur and you will wake up in a prison, in the “Yahar’gul, Invisible Village” region, it is an advanced area in the game, full of strong enemies , it’s okay if this happens to you, if you come across a nun in this location, equip Father Gascoigne’s outfit and talk to her three times. But I recommend checking STAGE 9° to find your way back and not get lost in the guide.

Returning to the subject, follow the path, avoiding dying to the bag man, until you find an elevator to go up, at the top, fall to open a gate and discover a lantern.

Back in the District, go up a staircase that will be full of large pale enemies, when you reach the top you will face the boss “Vicar Amelia”. Amelia becomes a giant monster, but slow and weak to fire. After ending her race, she interacts with the skull on the altar to discover the password that will be used to open a gate, which will give access to a macabre forest. Before heading to the next region, talk to Eleein outside the Cathedral District.

Trophy obtained: The Origin of the Dream

Trophy obtained: Rune’s Contact

Trophy obtained: Rune Master

Trophy obtained: Vicar Amelia

6th STAGE: HEMWICK SEPULCRAL ALAMEDA

Starting from the Great Cathedral, exit and turn right towards some woods with many beasts. Move forward to discover this new region, it is a linear region and difficult to get lost. Finally, you will reach an old abandoned house, where you will find the easiest boss in the game: “The Witch of Hemwick”, there is no secret to defeating her, just be aggressive (as always). When you kill her, there is an important item in this room called “Rune Tool” that allows you to equip the runes, in the “Altar of Memory” in the workshop, in the hunter’s dream, try to do this to become stronger.

Trophy obtained: The Witch of Hemwick

7TH STAGE: THE FORBIDDEN FOREST

Return to the Hunter’s Dream and buy the non-obligatory item, which costs 10,000 Blood Echoes, the “Hunter Chief Medallion”, this item opens a door that will facilitate your journey. Now go back to the Cathedral District, exit to the left, go up the stairs, past the giant and use the item to open the gate. Once done, turn left and go to the house where there is a lantern in front. Arianna lives in this house, an important character for Platinum, as she will give one of the umbilical cords. Talk to her, you must invite her to go to the Oedon Chapel, however, she doesn’t accept going at first, she will only accept going there when you kill the boss “Bloodthirsty Beast” (described in the 5th STAGE ), keep in mind that after killing this boss, talk to Arianna again and send her to the Oedon Chapel!

Once that’s done, go to the square where a giant is sleeping, kill him or ignore him, move forward to talk to Alfred. Continue until you reach a gate where you need to know the password to pass, the password is discovered after eliminating Amelia. When you enter this new region, you will, in fact, be in the Forbidden Forest.

This region is one of the most confusing and treacherous in the game, there are many cursed beasts that are mixtures of snakes and something else. I recommend that you light the flashlight first, next to a hut and before the bridge. Cross the bridge and follow the path on the ground to reach the boss in this region.

An important piece of information: there are many areas to explore in this forest, but I recommend that you explore until you find a village, and next to it, look until you see some dogs trapped in a cell, notice that there are two paths, one on the right and one on the left. Go to the right first, because the left path leads to “Iosefka’s Clinic”, if you go there now she may be aggressive and will try to kill you, if that happens, run away from her, because if you kill her now, you will lose the important item “One third of the Umbilical Cord”. You can only visit it after killing the boss “Rom, the Expressionless Spider”.

Remember that I mentioned an old character with white hair and a beard? So, in this region you can talk to him, he will act like a good Samaritan and ask if there is somewhere safe to stay, but he is a little suspicious since he is soaked in blood next to dead bodies, isn’t he? If you send him to the clinic or the chapel he will kill everyone there compromising Arianna’s quest, so don’t send him anywhere, select the “Withhold information” option! You can try to kill him in the race, but he is very strong, however, there is a trick where you can kill him easily, all you need is “Poisoned throwing knives” (this item can be purchased from the store in Sonho of the Hunter). The scheme is as follows: talk to him a second time and send him to the chapel, attack him and go back to the corridor you came from and stay there, he’s too big and can’t get through the door, from now on. Then, I simply throw a poisoned knife, when the effect of the knife’s poison ends, throw another one until he dies. You will get a lot of Blood Echoes and some items. This is a very good tip.

After this long journey, it’s time to face one of the most difficult bosses in the game, as you will fight 3 bosses at the same time. One detail is that if one of them reaches 1/4 life, the heads of all three will turn into snakes, which will make it very difficult. For this fight, it is recommended to call a hunter or a friend so that the focus of the three monsters is not just on you. Focus first on the weakest, which is the sorcerer. Then the one who uses a firearm and lastly the one with the katana. Don’t forget to use Countershots on them!

Trophy obtained: Shadow of Yharnam

8TH STAGE: BYRGENWERTH

After passing through the macabre forest, you find yourself at Byrgemweth University. It’s a small region, so there aren’t many caveats. Go inside the mansion and eliminate the hunter who will be there, she attacks from near and far using magic, when she releases magic, look for cover to defend yourself. When you go up all the floors, open the door and come across an old man sitting in the chair, he points his crutch at the moonlight under the sea, go in that direction and jump.

Once this is done, you will face another boss: “Rom, The Expressionless Spider”. It’s a relatively easy fight, it’s big and slow, however it is surrounded by several “smaller” spiders that will hinder you, but they are weak. The correct thing to do is to ignore the small spiders, hit Rom and move constantly to avoid being hit by their magic.

When killing this beast, the perception of the game will change, due to the “Discernment” obtained, this is a function of the game in which the character creates great knowledge allowing him to see creatures that could not be seen before.

After killing this beast, it is possible to finish Eleein’s quest. Go to the same place where you faced Vicar Amelia, our friend will be defeated on the ground about to die. You must get the “Prey Hunter Symbol” to obtain all the weapons in the game, to do this, you have the freedom to kill Eleein or the hunter inside the cathedral. Killing the hunter is easier since she is about to die, but as she is one of the few lucid hunters that exist and a charismatic character, I personally chose to spare her and decided to face the hunter inside the cathedral (who probably defeated her) . It is up to you which of the two options you choose. Once this is done, the weapon symbol will be yours.

Trophy obtained: Rom, the Expressionless Spider

9TH STAGE: YAHAR’GUL, INVISIBLE VILLAGE

If you died to the “bag man” before defeating Rom, no problem, but your entrance to this region is different. You can go back to the previous steps and find your way around.

This is considered one of the most difficult areas in the game, as it is a region full of mazes and many strong animals. Among them are some witches who ring bells, when they do this they summon enemies from the ground, and they do not give items or echoes of blood, but they also die when killing the witch. Now there are also large enemies with a grotesque appearance hanging from the buildings, they are clearly inspired by Lovecraft’s “Cthulhu”, if you are grabbed by one of these animals, you will go to a region called “Conference Building”.

You must look for a place where there is one of these giant animals that releases laser beams, in this area there will be a staircase that enables a flashlight. Further ahead there are two hunters that you must kill. Go down the stairs and enter through the hole in the wall to face a boss for platinum, the “Black Beast Paarl”. This is another boss that isn’t difficult.

Once done, turn on the flashlight and return. Go to the street, explore the area well because there are many enemies, and finally, find the next boss area.

“The Reborn” is the boss of the moment. Note that there are two staircases on both sides of the arena, you must climb one of them and kill all six witches ringing a bell, on both sides, quickly. Once that’s done, just focus on the boss. Just stay on his side to attack and retreat, as his arms and legs will fall off, or he will release a ball that will explode. After killing him, interact with a body at the bottom to be teleported to a new region.

Trophy obtained: Paarl Black Beast

Trophy obtained: The Reborn

10th STAGE: CONFERENCE BUILDING

This place is considered a nightmare. There are two areas in this region: the upper and lower floors. If you came to this region according to the guide, you start on the upper floor, if you are grabbed by “Cthulhu” you start on the lower floor. And right away you can see a large purple door, it is a teleportation to the “Nightmare of Mensis” region, but don’t go in now. Explore the place and kill some enemies.

Look for the lower floor, on this floor you will find a character with a human head, but a spider body, in a room right after an auditorium infested by enemies (this is a good place to farm Blood Echoes). Talk to this creature. At the end of this floor will be a door that takes you to an optional region, but must be done for platinum, enter it.

Trophy obtained: Nightmare Conference Theater

11th STAGE: NIGHTMARE FRONTIER

This is a confusing region, as everything is very similar and easy to get lost. The river is poisonous and the giants throw stones from afar, so it is recommended to use clothing and a rune against poison. At some point you will come across some shiny coins on the ground, follow it and a scene will appear where someone pushes you down. This character who pushed you appears in all the Souls series games, his name is Patches / Pate. Go to the left of the river and try to kill the enemy there, because at the end of the cave there is an item that allows you to use spells in Bloodborne.

The boss arena in this region is like an isolated island, don’t forget to activate an elevator that takes you straight to the first lantern.

The boss of this region is the “Amygdala”, it is a type of creature that you saw in Vila Invisível. The only place to attack the animal is on the hands or head.

After killing the beast, go back to the upper floor in the Conference Building and go to that purple door.

Trophy obtained: Amygdala

Trophy obtained: Sick Loran’s Chalice

12th STAGE: MENSIS’ NIGHTMARE

This is the largest and last mandatory region in the game to be able to complete, but there are still more places to achieve platinum.

A completely new and very scary area. In this region you will come across for the first time the status of the most harmful game, Frenesi. The speed at which the frenzy increases is inversely proportional to your Discernment, that is, the greater the discernment, the slower the speed for the frenzy to take effect.

Basically run into the castle, kill some enemies, but ignore some. Be careful with the spiders on the ceiling, shoot them to fall and kill them. Soon after, face and kill a hunter who has Ludwig’s clothes and weapons. And not least, there are also some small enemies that seem weak, maybe they are, but be careful with the big enemies that hit very hard. I recommend ignoring most of the enemies and going after the boss in this area.

If you are on the right path, you come across a scene where the boss says some things, this is “Micolash, Host of the Nightmare”. He’s a fugitive, but there is a plan to kill him quickly (explain the knives). Turn on the flashlight after killing him.

Now, in a new area, the objective will be to find a woman with a white veil and her belly bleeding and kill the penultimate mandatory boss. Simply climb the castle, activate the elevators, explore and kill the enemies that appear, with the exception of the woman in white, until you face the boss.

After much exploration, find and kill the beast that rages from afar at the beginning of the area to get the “Living String” item that is needed to make the Great Chalice of Phtumeru Ihyll. Now go back to the lamp and go in the elevator again and go all the way down, then go straight right and then left to go down in the elevator again. Nearby, look for another elevator and go all the way down, arriving in this totally dark area, look for a hideous creature and do the “Make contact” gesture and wait until you get a rune, then kill it. Once all this is done, go back to the top to face the next boss.

The boss of the moment is the “Wet Nurse of Mergo”. She is a large creature with six arms holding six swords. She uses quick attacks and rests a lot during the fight, it shouldn’t be a problem if she’s already made it this far. After killing her, talk to the woman in white and she will say goodbye, go to some lantern and return to the Hunter’s Dream.

Trophy obtained: Micolash, Nightmare Host

Trophy obtained: Mergo’s Wet Nurse

13th STAGE: THE HUNTER’S DREAM ON FLAMES

Upon returning to the Hunter’s Dream, the mansion that was there is on fire and the doll says that Gehrman is waiting for him in the garden, but don’t talk to him yet! Because there is a real boss that you must face after killing Gehrman, in addition to doing the three endings that count towards the platinum trophy!

The three endings consist of: 1st Die to Gehrman, 2nd Kill Gehrman and 3rd Kill Gehrman and kill the secret boss. To do the third option you must use three items, which is the “Umbilical Cord”, there are four in the game, but three are needed.

Explain how to pick up the strings…. You get an umbilical cord automatically when you kill Mergo’s Wet Nurse, the second umbilical cord can be collected from Arianna, the other is from Iosefka.

14th STAGE: CAINHURST

In my opinion, this is the most beautiful area in the game and it reminded me a lot of Castlevania, it is such a rich region that it looks like a DLC and it reminded me a lot of “Castlevania”. In this region you will find three weapons hidden inside chests, the Evylin and the Reiterpallasch, explore the castle well to obtain them. And Chikage is obtained by taking the vile blood oath, described at the end of this step.

To enter this secret region, you must first have eliminated Rom, the Expressionless Spider and collect an item from Alfred, called “Cainhurst’s Invitation”, located in “Iosefka’s Clinic”. Remember that in STAGE 7 I mentioned the direction for this clinic? So, that’s where you should go now. The way to get to the clinic is long, you will be on the right path when you see a poisoned river and some giants, but they can be easily ignored, turn right and come across an extremely long vertical staircase (MGS3 style). Climb these stairs and notice that you will be where the game started, this proves the genius of the developers in making these areas interconnected. Anyway, look for Iosefka at the clinic, she will be on all fours on a stretcher with her belly bleeding, hit her to kill her and get the third “A third of the umbilical cord”. Still in the clinic, look for the “Cainhurst Invitation”, which will be under a table. After exploring this area well, you already have the items needed for the real final boss, but don’t do that yet, we have a whole new castle to explore!

After getting the invitation, go to Hemwick Burying Lane. Walk around the area until a scene occurs. After the scene you will be at Cainhurst Castle.

Finally in this beautiful region, you must explore the place well, as there are many items required for the trophy. Furthermore, you must eliminate the boss of this area, “Martyr Logarius”, he is on the roof of the castle and to get there you need to enter some paths. After eliminating the boss, equip your crown and move forward a little, where there will be a cutscene and a secret entrance will open. Go forward and talk to the Queen of Cainhurst and take the “Felblood Oath” to get a weapon token.

Once this is done you have already obtained the trophies for this area, but if you want to finish Alfred’s mission you will have to…

Trophy obtained: Cainhurst

Trophy obtained: Martyr Logarius

15th STAGE: UPPER CATHEDRAL DISTRICT

This area is only available after deleting Rom. It’s a small area, but it offers two really cool bosses. In this area you will find a weapon, the Rosmarinus.

You’ve probably already gone through this area to get an umbilical cord, it’s a tower where the door at the top is locked and you need a key to open it. With a little exploration you should already find the boss of the area, the “Celestial Emissary” who is accompanied by his minions, they have the appearance of a bipedal jellyfish and are weaker to piercing attacks.

After killing him, you can go after the other boss that is nearby. Break a glass window that is close to the new lamp, go forward and get a tool (trophy requirement), and take the elevator down. The boss doesn’t attack you unless you hit him first, after killing “Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos” you get the “Chalice of Isz”. Now go to the Hunter’s Dream and return to this area, and interact where the boss was to gain an item, if you want to revive the Queen of Cainhurst after the events of Alfred’s Quest, deliver this item to where the Queen was.

Trophy obtained: The Choir

Trophy obtained: Celestial Emissary

Trophy obtained: Ebiretas, Daughter of the Cosmos

Trophy obtained: Chalice of Isz

PART 2 – CLEANING AND COLLECTIBLES

This step will focus on tools and weapons, but if you’ve already done everything in the guide, you’re probably missing some, the important thing is to have at least the missable weapons, which are those acquired in Eleein and Alfred’s missions.

Some weapons are not found on the normal map, for example: the “Beast Claw” is obtained during exploration in the “Sick Loran Chalice”, which will be explained later in the guide and the “Bombblade”, which is the last weapon available after killing the game’s final boss, it can only be purchased in the store in NG+.

Remembering that often you don’t get the weapon itself, what you get is an item called “Symbol…” and the name of the weapon on the front, when you get this symbol the weapon becomes available to buy in the store in the Hunter’s Dream.

Here is a list of all the weapons available in the game. After exploring basically all areas of the game, you probably already have this trophy.

List of all 9 tools and their respective locations:

Hunter’s Bone – Abandoned Old Workshop.
Beast’s Roar – Forbidden Forest: in a hut on the right where there are chachorros in the cell
Augury of Ebrietas – Conference Building: in a door that needed a key to open, inside the chest.
Void Ghostly Shell – Byrgenwerth.
Tiny Tonitrus – Yahar’gul, Invisible Village: starting from where an Amygdala is from afar shooting its laser, go down through a broken grate, go through a door and fall to the ground, get the key to the Upper Cathedral and the weapon will be in the chest ahead .
A Call from Beyond – Upper Cathedral: on the way to face Ebrietas.
Slaughterer’s Gloves – Cainhurst Castle: inside some chest.
Sino do Coro – Mergo Central: when taking an elevator ahead, which goes down, pay attention, as you will see an accessible entrance. Roll off the elevator in that direction, cross the bridge plagued by frenzy creatures and move forward. One area past the spiders, look for a hole in the floor, but don’t fall down yet. Pull the lever first to get a chalice item and fall into the hole, on this surface you need to walk along the boards to get to the other side where one of those beasts with the giant brain is, the tool will be in the chest.
Messenger’s Gift – Nightmare Frontier: this is the most complicated one, you need to go to the poisoned river and find the beast with the giant brain, the tool will be behind him.

Trophy obtained: Hunter’s Office

List of all weapons :

Melee weapons: Serrato Cleaver, Serrated Cleaver, Serrated Spear, Hunter’s Axe, Coiled Staff, Blade of Mercy, Clerical Hammer, Ludwig’s Sacred Blade, Reiterpallasch, Chikage, Stake Driver, Tonitrus, Beast Claw and Sepulchral Blade.
Firearms: Hunter’s Pistol, Hunter’s Blunderbuss, Repeater Pistol, Ludwig’s Rifle, Evelyn, Cannon, Flame Pulverizer, Hunter’s Torch, Torch and Wooden Shield.

Trophy obtained: Essence of the Hunter

PART 3 – YHARNAM, PHTUMERIAN QUEEN – DEFEAT YHARNAM, BLOOD QUEEN OF THE ANCIENT LABYRINTH

It is important that you have eliminated the optional bosses in PART 2, as they drop the chalices needed for this trophy. For this trophy there are 2 possible methods to obtain it. The method I used and strongly recommend using to enjoy the full experience of the game, is to make all the necessary chalices until reaching this boss as I explained previously, and during this also earn the BLOOD GEM MASTER trophy. The easiest method is to use a glyph on the altar, the glyph works as a kind of code that can go to a specific desired area of the chalice, so you don’t need to do all the chalices until you reach the last one, which is described at the end of this part. If you want to leave a nice “capture” for your platinum, leave this trophy for last, just like I did.

This is by far the most difficult trophy in the game, precisely because to defeat this boss you have to go through several dungeons full of enemies and bosses, which gets gradually more difficult as you progress. Remembering that to start all this you must have killed the Bloodthirsty Beast, because it is it that drops the first chalice, the Pthumerian Chalice. Below I explain how it works, because it may seem confusing if it’s your first time playing.

You probably noticed that in the Hunter’s Dream there are several altars where you ask to place Chalices, by placing these chalices on any available altar you will be taken to the so-called “dungeons” each dungeon is a very complex labyrinth that can easily get lost, containing different items that they are used to go to the next chalice and are dropped by each boss, to face the bosses in each area you need to open a door where it is, but to do this you need to pull levers to open them which are somewhere in the maze . The first access to the dungeons is after killing the Bloodthirsty Beast, you can get the first chalice called the Phtumerian Chalice, when using this chalice you will go to a dungeon, after eliminating the last boss of that dungeon you will get another chalice called the Central Pthumeru Chalice and so on. onwards, and to go to the next chalice it is always necessary to give certain items that are required (as if they were ingredients) and if you do not have the appropriate item you need to farm the missing items by revisiting the dungeons you have already been through. Remembering that the more you explore, the better. Before starting all this, I recommend equipping the “Eye” rune which means enemies drop more items and “Moon” which gives more blood echoes, but this is up to you.

In other words, each cup won is like a next level, making it more difficult as you progress… But you’ll understand all of this better as you play.

You are not required to make all the chalices you earn for Platinum, just the one from the list below. And do the other chalices if you want, I won’t pay attention to them as they are not the focus of the guide.

And finally, for the trophy it is necessary to follow a specific order of chalices, which are:

1- PTHUMERIAN CALLICE 2- CENTRAL PTHUMERIAN CALLICE 3- LOWER PTHUMERIAN CALLICE 4- SICK LORAN’S CALLICE 5- CURSED AND tainted CALLICE 6- ISZ’S CALLICE 7- GREAT CALLICE PTHUMERU IHYLL.

There’s not much I can say here since it’s basically about playing and exploring these chalices as much as possible and facing all the challenges provided by the dungeons and confusing labyrinths. I’m going to give some tips and make some observations on each Cup that perhaps amidst so much adrenaline might go unnoticed by the player. And remember that as soon as you win the Chalice from the list above, you can leave the dungeon and go to the next necessary one.

PTHUMERIAN CHALICE: There is nothing to point out here, as it is the first of all it is the easiest so the enemies are weak and the maze is not confusing. The last boss of this dungeon is where you get the Central Pthumeru Chalice.
CENTRAL PTHUMERIAN CHALICE: There is nothing to score here, after defeating the Second Boss of this area the costume he uses is available in the store in the hunter’s dream. The last boss of this dungeon is where you get the Inferior Pthumeru Chalice.
INFERIOR PTHUMERIAN CHALICE: After eliminating the first boss, in layer 2 explore until you find the item “Workshop Fog Extractor”, it is necessary to obtain “arcane fog” for the main chalices. A tip on the fourth boss, which is Rom, is that its weakness is lightning and piercing strike. And in Tier 4, when you eliminate the Bloodthirsty Beast you mainly gain the Cursed and Tainted Chalice, which is the fifth on the list and the most difficult.
PATIENT LORAN’S GOBLET: To go to this Goblet you may not have the necessary items to start it, if not I will show you where to get it. The 4 “Cold-Blooded Saplings” are found in the Nightmare Frontier, and may require more exploration from the player. The “Blood of Ritual (4)” is found in the Lower Pthumerian Labyrinth Layer 3, follow the path that would lead to the boss, but first enter the door on the right and kill the “bag man”. Now conduct the ritual. I got the BLOOD GEM MASTER trophy when I killed the first boss. Between the first boss and the lamp on layer 2 there is a secret area that you must go to, because here you can find the Beast Claw weapon (trophy requirement) and before the last boss explore until you find the item “Bastard of Loran”. And finally, Disgusting Beast is the last of this chalice.
CURSED AND TASTED GOBLET: This is the chalice that separates men from children, don’t be alarmed if you see your HP reduced by half. For the items in this chalice you probably already have them all, but if you don’t have the “Bastard of Loran” located after crossing a wooden bridge in the Sick Loran Chalice, and the item “Arcane Fog”, for the latter you need to go where it Improves Weapons and select Arcane Fog, here you will have some items that can extract the fog, I recommend using it on the weakest items as they are easier to find. You can only access this option when you get the item “Fog Extract from the Workshop” as I mentioned in the 3rd chalice on the list. Now conduct the ritual. After defeating Amygdala, you gain the Great Chalice Pthumeru Ihyll, but you can’t go straight to this chalice because we don’t have the necessary items to conduct such a chalice. Therefore, we need to go through others first.
CHALICE OF ISZ: If you don’t have the necessary “Arcane Fog”, just do the same scheme as above and if you don’t have the “Blood of Ritual (5)” you need to farm in the Cursed Pthumerian Desecration Layer 1, go straight, turn right and reach the end, then turn left then right, you are dropped by the “fat guy” who protects a lever. Then begin the cup. The first boss is weak to fire and piercing strike. After exploring a lot after defeating Celestial Emissary, explore a lot until you find some giant balls that fall and roll, go in the same direction as the balls and turn left, here you will find the item “Red Jelly” which is a necessary item for the next chalice. On the boss Ebrieta, Daughter of the Cosmos, her weakness is lightning and piercing strike. Now you can return to the Hunter’s Dream and prepare for the final Chalice. It may be necessary to remove a chalice from an altar, in which case I recommend removing the first one, as it was the easiest.
GREAT PTHUMERU IHYLL: If you do not have the item “Live Cord” see PART 3, 8.1. In this chalice, you don’t need to explore much since it’s the last one. Then the third boss is Yharnam, Pthumerian Queen. Feel free to summon someone, in my case I did it alone because after everything I’ve been through I wanted to have the satisfaction of killing her without help. After the achievement, the popcorn trophy appears on your screen YHARNAM, PTHUMERIAN QUEEN .

Along this journey you’ve probably already earned the BLOOD GEM MASTER trophy so there’s no need to worry.

GLYPH METHOD: To do this, you must have obtained the Pthumerian Chalice and carry out this ritual until the second boss, which is the 3 watchmen, where you obtain the Phtumeru Root Chalice. Then exit the dungeon, select a new altar, use this chalice, go to the “Search for chalice glyph” option and type 3aqbyzx95. You will be taken to the Great Chalice of Phtemeru Ihyll dungeon, and kill the third boss in this dungeon and get the trophy.

This trophy should come naturally if you are crafting the chalices needed to hunt the Phtumerian Queen. But if you haven’t yet, just perform the Loran Sick Chalice ritual and defeat the first boss in the area who wins the gem and trophy.

PART 4 – DOING THE 3 FINALS

1 – YHARNAM SUNRISE – When speaking to Gherman select “Submit your life”.

2 – HONORING WISHES – When speaking to Gherman select “Refuse”.

3 – EARLY CHILDHOOD – Use 3 umbilical cords and when speaking to Gherman select “refuse”.

First of all, you need to have a PEN DRIVE and copy the game’s SAVE to it. As you have already noticed, Bloodborne does not provide manual saving or save slots, so if you beat the game without first doing this scheme you will have to reset the game again, and to avoid having to do it all over again it is completely recommended to use This method I will explain now. And don’t forget to buy weapons after ending 2 or 3. And be CAREFUL not to copy the wrong save.

It is necessary to transfer the SAVE from the SYSTEM to the PEN DRIVE. So first insert the pen drive into the system.

Go to SETTINGS -> APPLICATION SAVED DATA MANAGEMENT -> DATA SAVED IN SYSTEM STORAGE -> COPY TO USB STORAGE DEVICE or UPLOAD TO ONLINE STORAGE -> BLOODBORNE -> SELECT BLOODBORNE SAVEDATA AND CLICK COPY.

After completing one of the endings, you will do the opposite process, which is to transfer the SAVE from the PEN DRIVE to the SYSTEM.

After completing the first ending you must: CLOSE THE GAME -> SETTINGS -> APPLICATION SAVED DATA MANAGEMENT -> DATA SAVED ON THE USB STORAGE DEVICE or DATA SAVED ON THE ONLINE STORAGE DEVICE -> COPY/DOWNLOAD TO SYSTEM STORAGE – > BLOODBORNE -> SELECT BLOODBORNE SAVEDATA AND CLICK COPY -> REPLACE.

Now repeat the same process for the remaining remaining endings.

SUMMARY

1st DO THE ELEIN AND ALFRED QUESTS, AND OBTAIN 3 UMBILICAL CORDS.

2nd KILL OPTIONAL BOSSES.

3° GET ALL TOOLS AND WEAPONS

4TH CHALLENGES TO ELIMINATE YHARNAM AND OBTAIN EXTREMELY RARE BLOOD GEM.

5° DO THE FINALS AND BUY THE LAST WEAPON IN AN NG+.

Let us know in the comments if this guide helped you in any way 🙂