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Basic Information

Description

Overview

Strategy

Variants

Notes

Attack Patterns

New Game Cycles

Dialogues

Basic Information

Location
Cathedral Ward	161	214	71	71	71	71	73	71	82	120	180	-	-
Hemwick Charnel Lane	152	266	78	78	78	78	75	73	84	120	180	-	-
Forbidden Woods	230	695	79	79	79	79	82	79	91	120	180	-	-
	► Defenses: Physical, Blunt, Thrust, Blood, Arcane, Fire and Bolt. Resistances: Slow Poison and Rapid Poison. Bonuses: Beasts & Kin.

Location & Discovery	Drop & [Rate]
Cathedral Ward	Quicksilver Bullets x3 [100%]
Hemwick Charnel Lane	Quicksilver Bullets x4 [15%], Quicksilver Bullets x3 [80%], Bone Marrow Ash x2 [5%]
Forbidden Woods	Quicksilver Bullets x3 [99.5%], Pungent Blood Cocktail x1 [0.5%]

Multipliers		Bonuses		Weak against	Additional Information
HP Multiplier	1	Is beast	No	Lowest defense: Phys. and Fire	Frenzy resistance is 999
Arcane Damage Multiplier	1	Is kin	No		Super Armor value 0
Fire Damage Multiplier	1	Is weak to serrated	No
Bolt Damage Multiplier	1	Is weak to righteous	No

All information (HP, Echoes, Defences, Multipliers & Bonuses) was datamined directly from game files and can be accessed via spreadsheet | archived. Updated on January 31st, 2022.

Huntsman (Rifle & Cutlass) ❘ 獣狩りの群集	Regular Enemy

Description These denizens of Yharnam started off hunting beasts, but eventually the plague took most of their humanity as well. The fever-like urge to hunt remains, but they themselves have already been infested with the scourge of the beast. Unaware of this fact, they continue to search for prey to hunt and kill. Perhaps through their murky eyes, humans are seen as the true beasts. (Pre-release official description) Overview A basic enemy encountered throughout Yharnam and the surrounding areas. Huntsmen patrolling the streets of Central Yharnam will travel set routes which you can use to either avoid or ambush them; they also sometimes guard fixed positions. These foes are weak on their own, but almost never appear alone - the greatest danger they present is their ability to swarm you in large numbers if you're not careful. Their close-range torch attacks are especially deadly, because they leave almost no time to react and can hit you several times in a row; on the other hand, their weapon attacks have longer reach, but are much slower and more predictable. There are a wide variety of Huntsmen, but they all share some basic traits and can be killed with a few hits from your weapon. The trick to eliminating risk is to separate them and fight them one at a time, using pebbles if necessary. Some, such as the Torch & Shield variant, are more defensive and require a slightly different approach, but most, when fought alone are best tackled by cutting them down before they can attack. The ones that use longer combos, such as the Sickle and Cleaver variants, tend to give you easy chances for landing charged R2 attacks from behind while they recover from their attack string. The Cutlass and Pitchfork variants are the most dangerous, and should be considered the highest threat among a group of them, due to their ability to strike from the back of the group and still reach you. Strategy Treat them like the riflemen when at long range, and like the swordsmen when up close - approach using cover to block their bullets and quickstep behind them to attack from their blind spot. They are still vulnerable while reloading and switching weapons, giving you plenty of time to mow them down with an R1 chain before they can react. Quickstepping attacks are a great way to deal damage and immobilize them as you approach and allow you to immediately follow through with an R1 combo. Variants Basic variant found throughout Yharnam. Variant with White Clothes found in Forbidden Woods. Notes All enemies and bosses (except hunter enemies) have 999 frenzy resistance, despite that they are still vulnerable to such status. The only way to see it without modding is to use Shaman Bone Blade on enemy inflicting frenzy to attack others. [test video] In Bloodborne, the enemy bullets [image] have normally sized hitboxes but the player's bullets [image] have large hitboxes in comparison. Keep in mind, closer you get to the Rifleman more damage the bullet will do, therefore time your dodges right when closing the gap.

Pungent Blood Cocktails don't attract this enemy, making the item ineffective. Shaman Bone Blades affect this enemy, making it hostile to other enemies. Beware of Cutlass when closing the distance.

Attack Patterns

All Attacks	Interrupt	Notes
Single Shot	No	Slow fire with ~4 seconds between each shot, reloading provide sound cue for you to be prepared. Rifle tracks you until the bullet leaves barrel. Quickstep in any direction (don't backstep); dodge forward through it to close the distance.
Cutlass Swing	Yes	Slow single attack. Quickstep in any direction; dodge forward through it to get behind them.
Cutlass Thrust	Yes	Single thrust attack. Quickstep in any direction; dodge forward through it to get behind them.
Two Handed Heavy Swing	Yes	Slow heavy diagonal attack with long windup. Easy to punish, quickstep in any direction; dodge forward through it to get behind them.
One Handed Heavy Swing	Yes	Slow heavy side thrust attack with long windup and forward momentum. Quickstep in any direction; dodge forward through it to get behind them.
Two Hand Thrust	Yes	Slow single attack with small forward momentum. Quickstep in any direction; dodge forward through it to get behind them.
Thrust Combo	Yes	2 consecutive cutlass attacks with forward momentum. Quickstep in any direction (don't backstep); dodge forward through it to get behind them.
Cutlass Sweep	Yes	2 attacks combo with slow stationary sweep attacks going from right to left. Dodge forward through it to get behind them.
Cutlass Sweep Combo	Yes	3 attacks combo with slow stationary sweep attacks going from right to left, ending with heavy horizontal swing attack with small forward momentum. Quickstep in any direction (don't backstep); dodge forward through it to get behind them.
Cutlass Fury Combo	Yes	4 attacks combo with fast stationary sweep attacks going from right to left, ending with heavy swing attack with forward momentum and long ending animation. Easy to punish, quickstep in any direction (don't backstep); dodge forward through it to get behind them.

New Game Cycles

	New Game		NG+		NG+2		NG+3		NG+4		NG+5		NG+6
Locations
Cathedral Ward	161	214	680	1169	728	1286	748	1461	768	1754	782	2338	816	2923
Hemwick Charnel Lane	152	266	690	1748	738	1923	759	2185	780	2622	794	3496	828	4370
Forbidden Woods	230	695	913	3660	977	4026	1004	4575	1032	5490	1050	7320	1096	9150

+ "Dialogues" (enemies under option Sound Effects)	Click to Expand & Collapse

► More Information If you want to know more about dialogues visit the page Dialogue Reference which contains the whole datamined dialogue script (used & unused) for all characters from the game. Yharnamites do have unused dialogue. Also you can look over to the Datamined EN & JP Dialogue Comparison page which has all dialogues (used & unused) from the base game and DLC, both languages EN & JP are compared side by side.

Idle This, this stench... smells like you, stranger. Please god, help me. I must live. This curse... this is a damn curse. We all know who's at fault. We know precisely who it is. We're finished. No hope. We're cursed. We're all cursed. Attacking Die! Cursed beast! Vile beast! You plague-ridden rat! Please, god! Beast! You foul beast! You fiend! You are not wanted here! I'll mash up your brain! It's all your fault! Help me! Oh god! Away, away! You're better off dead! Death upon ya! Kill me! Oh god! Disgusting beast!

Attacking (torch) Burn! Burn, burn! Away, away! Searching (torch) Foul beast. You can't hide for long! Spotted (torch) Found you! Vile beast! Idola will be the judge! Death to the minister! Death! Kill, kill! Over here! The outsider! Rip the kid apart! You! Yes! Upon death This town is cursed... Mother's love... Oh, foul beast... You damn beast... Curse. You are cursed... Death to all cursed beasts... This town's finished...