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Basic Information

In-Game Description

Overview

Availability

Clothing Defense

Hidden Equip Load

Notes

Merchants

Key

Related Wiki Pages (In Alphabetical Order)

Adella, Nun of the Healing Church

Armor

Armor Sets

Black Church Set

Cape Glitch

Cathedral Ward

Completionist Guide

Datamined Armor Model & Item IDs

Datamined Internal Names

Executioner Garb

Fall Damage

Gascoigne's Garb

HEX ID's Archive

Highest Defense Armor Sets

Holy Moonlight Sword

Hunter Enemies

Hunter's Nightmare

Hunters of Despair

Chest

Choir Garb

Church Doctor (Ludwig's Holy Blade & Repeating Pistol)

Church Doctor (Threaded Cane & Repeating Pistol)

Index

In-game Art - Attire

In-game Art - Attire [datamined]

Lore & Connections

Ludwig, the Holy Blade

Ludwig, the Holy Blade (Head)

Madman's Knowledge

Original Japanese Item Index

Progression Guide

Simon, Seeker of Secrets

Storage

Tomb Prospector Garb

Treasures

White Church Garb

Basic Information

Image	Name
	Black Church Garb	90	90	110	110	110	100	110	60	58	9	40
Chest		Physical Defense				Elemental Defense			Resistance			Beasthood

Black Church Garb ❘ 教会の黒装束	Attire

In-Game Description Attire of Healing Church hunters. The Holy Shawl, symbol of the Healing Church, flutters proudly on their backs. Most Healing Church hunters are elementary doctors who understand the importance of early prevention of the scourge, achieved by disposing of victims, and even potential victims, before signs of sickness manifest themselves. Their black attire is synonymous with fear, and that peculiar Yharnam madness. Note 1: The same in-game description in US & UK versions. ✓ Note 2: Original Japanese text on Original Japanese Item Index page. ✓ Overview Each piece of attire contributes to your overall defense and changes your character's appearance. While different pieces of attire do have different effects, the changes are typically not drastic enough to override aesthetic considerations. Information on the highest defense combination of attire can be found on the Highest Defense Armor Sets page. Black Church Garb has the highest Thrust defense of all chest pieces alongside Cainhurst Armor, Executioner Garb, and White Church Garb. This garb is part of the Black Church Set. Head, chest and leg pieces of this set have a different model and art for male (left) and female (right) characters. You'll meet Adella, Nun of the Healing Church in the Storeroom of Yahar'gul during your first trip to the village, but she'll be too scared to speak with you unless you're wearing Healing Church clothing. To earn her trust, you must equip one of the following pieces of chest attire before initiating conversation: Black Church Garb, White Church Garb, Choir Garb, Executioner Garb, Tomb Prospector Garb or Gascoigne's Garb. You'll also meet Ludwig, the Holy Blade (Head) in the Underground Corpse Pile of Hunter's Nightmare after you defeat him. If you're wearing a Healing Church garment in your body slot, Black Church Garb, White Church Garb, Choir Garb, Executioner Garb, Tomb Prospector Garb or Gascoigne's Garb, Ludwig's dialogue will change and he'll offer you a yes/no prompt; answer yes and he'll give you the Holy Moonlight Sword immediately. If you answer "no" and reload the area, the Seeker of Secrets will show up and finish Ludwig; at this point you can obtain the sword by speaking to the Seeker. Availability Treasure in (Main Story): Cathedral Ward; Foggy Alley before Cathedral Plaza near Arianna, Woman of Pleasure. If you need further assistance to find the garb, you can follow the full Cathedral Ward Map. Clothing Defense Clothing Defense is a percentage reduction after Physical DEF is applied. "Every 10 points of defense is 1% damage reduction." Each type is specific and separate in this category. The entry for "Physical" (read as, Physical damage that's not specifically Thrust or Blunt) doesn't apply to Thrust or Blunt damage, as they each have their own separate numbers. Separate items of clothing stack multiplicatively, rather than additively like you might expect. Hat, chest, arms, legs of 50, 100, 40, 40 respectively for example, would yield 212, or 1000 * (1 - (.95 * .9 * .96 * .96)), rather than 230. Caryll Runes that affect damage resistance stack on top of your Clothing Defense. Note that the "Physical" defense rune increases Physical, Thrust, Blunt, and Blood. "Arcane" only affects Arcane, but not Bolt and Fire, which each have their own rune. These also stack multiplicatively on top of clothing (and each-other). A 5% rune would be like adding a clothing item with 50 defense in that category. In the example above, you'd go from 212 to 251 with a +5% rune. More information can be found in damage reduction page. Hidden Equip Load Despite hidden "Equip Load" being removed for stamina regeneration with patch 1.04 (more information on the Weight System page). It does affect the fall damage. Equip Load gets higher by equipping pieces of attire and right and left-hand weapons; furthermore, in the case of the weapons, even unequipped ones in your quick menu count. The higher the hidden "Equip Load," the more damage your character will take from the fall damage. Interestingly enough, pieces of attire from The Old Hunters DLC have no weight penalty; therefore, it is as if you would fall naked (more information on the Fall Damage page). Notes Visual glitch was discovered where you can temporarily glitch cape from your Black Church Garb (female) if you use Yahar'gul teleport or portal traps in Chalice Dungeons. You need to equip any weapon your hunter puts on their back (Kirkhammer, Ludwig's Holy Blade, Burial Blade & Whirligig Saw) and enter the teleport. It is purely visual glitch only useful for you to see how the garb looks without the cape.

Merchants

Shop	Buy (Day)	(Evening)	(Night)	(Red Moon)	(NG+)	Sell	Requirement
Bath Messengers [Hunter's Dream]	-	-	-	-	-	420	None
Insight Bath Messengers [Hunter's Dream]	-	-	-	-	-	-	None
Chalice Bath Messengers [Chalice Dungeons Common]	-	-	-	-	-	-	None
Patches, the Spider [Chalice Dungeons Rare]	-	-	-	-	-	-	None

Key
Physical Defense	Elemental Defense	Resistance	Beasthood
The physical stats for the Armor are W / X / Y / Z: W is Physical defense, has two special subtypes: blunt and thrust. Each physical attack is either normal physical, blunt, or thrust. X is Blunt defense Y is Thrust defense Z is Blood defense: The Blood attribute dictates how resilient the Armor is to Blood Damage	The elemental stats for the Armor are X / Y / Z: X is Arcane defense: The Arcane attribute dictates how resilient the Armor is to Arcane Damage Y is Fire defense: The Fire attribute dictates how resilient the Armor is to Fire Damage Z is Bolt defense: The Bold attribute dictates how resilient the Armor is to Bolt Damage	The resistance stats for the Armor are X / Y / Z: X is Slow Poison resistance to slow poisoning. The higher this attribute, the more resistant you are. Y is Rapid Poison resistance to rapid poisoning. The higher this attribute, the more resistant you are. Z is Frenzy resistance to the lure of frenzy. The higher this attribute, the more resistant you are.	The higher this attribute, the closer you are to beasthood when temporary transformed. Grants a serious increase in ATK power, at the cost of a similarly serious decrease in defense. Points in beasthood thresholds: 1-24: Phys ATK UP x1,2/DEF DOWN x0,8 25-49: Phys ATK UP x1,3/DEF DOWN x0,7 50-99: Phys ATK UP x1,4/DEF DOWN x0,6 100-199: Phys ATK UP x1,5/DEF DOWN x0,5 200-299: Phys ATK UP x1,6/DEF DOWN x0,4 300+: Phys ATK UP x1,7/DEF DOWN x0,2