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Basic Information

Location
Hunter's Dream Workshop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hunter's Dream Foot of the Great Tree	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Discovery	Drop	Multipliers		Bonuses		Weak against
Hunter's Dream	None	HP multiplier	-	Is beast	-	-
		Arcane DMG multiplier	-	Is kin	-
		Fire DMG multiplier	-	Is weak to serrated	-
		Bolt DMG multiplier	-	Is weak to righteous	-

Description An elderly man bound to a wheelchair, Gehrman is a mysterious character who appears to act as the Hunter's guide throughout the game. Gehrman is a kindly old man whom you'll first meet upon awakening in the Hunter's Dream He is the workshop's founder and the very first hunter, though due to his advanced age he now serves only as an advisor; as such, he has a wealth of experience and will provide you with his wisdom and guidance throughout your exploration of Yharnam. You'll usually find him in the workshop building but he'll occasionally be absent, in which case he'll sometimes leave you a message with a hint or suggestion about where you should go next. Attacking him when he is in in the workshop will cause him to temporarily disappear but will have no other effects, so you don't need to worry about accidentally turning him hostile. At the end of the game Gehrman will move to the base of the tree adjoining the workshop, at which point you can speak to him to initiate the game's final boss sequences and closing events. In order to obtain Old Hunter Badge from him, you must select "Refuse" when prompted with a choice during his dialogue; attacking him before initiating the conversation will proceed with the event as though you had selected "Refuse". For more information go to this page. Location Gehrman is found inside the workshop in Hunter's Dream. The elderly man will recognize you as "the new hunter" and will encourage you to kill a few beasts. During the end game he will move to the Foot of the Great Tree in Hunter's Dream. Progression 1. Hunter's Dream Workshop [Day / Evening / Night / Blood Moon] Speak to him each time you visit the Hunter's Dream to receive additional dialogue. His dialogue will update after you defeat bosses and when the time of day advances; he'll also sometimes be absent but will leave messages on the ground in his usual location. 2. Hunter's Dream Foot of the Great Tree [Blood Moon] Enter the field of flowers beyond the iron gate and speak to him at the foot of the large tree to initiate the game's final sequence of events. ► For more information refer to the table down below. Drops None Notes He will not drop Blood Dreg when Corruption Oath Caryll rune is equipped. He will not react nor take any damage when you hit him with Flamesprayer and Rosmarinus. Gehrman is missing at least part of his right foot.

Gehrman's Progression & Events by Foxyhooligans

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Basic Information This is a breakdown of every possible event for Gehrman in the Hunter’s Dream. This was put together using event script (emevd), talk param & esd data, and the game’s subtitles. Foxyhooligans included some excerpts of dialogue that did not make it into the final game. They were added where it felt the most appropriate, basing it on the index numbers of the subtitles and talk param IDs. Anything involving removed dialogue is purely speculation and should not be taken as fact. 1. The game starts, event flag 1020 is ON. When you die for the first time, you will respawn in the dream and the lamp in Iosefka’s Clinic will be unlocked. If you do NOT climb the ladder to the second lamp in Central Yharnam and return to the dream via the first lamp, there is a 25% chance for Gehrman to spawn behind the workshop. If event flag 100 is ON, this chance is raised to 100%. Gehrman is sleeping, and approaching his radius will prompt some small snoring and mumbling in his sleep. If you attempt to talk to him, he will continue snoring. Note: This behavior may happen at 2 other points in the story, see section (4) and (8). 2. Talk to Gehrman for the first time, he is in the workshop. 500000 'Ah-hah, you must be the new hunter.'. 500001 'Welcome to the Hunter's Dream. This will be your home, for now.'. 500002 'I am... Gehrman, friend to you hunters.'. 500003 'You're sure to be in a fine haze about now, but don't think too hard about all of this.'. 500004 'Just go out and kill a few beasts. It's for your own good.'. 500005 'You know, it's just what hunters do! You'll get used to it...'. Event flag 1021 is ON. 3. Talk to Gehrman a second time. 500100 'This was once a safe haven for hunters.'. 500101 'A workshop where hunters used blood to enhance their weapons and flesh.'. 500102 'We don't have as many tools as we once did, but...'. 500103 'You're welcome to use whatever you find.'. 500104 '...Even the doll, should it please you...'. Event flag 1022 is ON. Talking after that results in the same dialogue. 4. Next time you leave and enter the dream, Gehrman will be set to disabled, because of event flag 1022 being ON in event ID 12100160. Just like the beginning of the game, he has a 25% chance to appear behind the workshop. When you enter his radius, you will hear him lightly snoring and mumbling in his sleep. Talking to him just results in more snoring. 5. Defeat Gascoigne and enter Cathedral Ward; Gehrman will be back in the workshop and tell you about a Holy Chalice in Old Yharnam. 500200 'The moon is close. It will be a long hunt tonight.'. 500201 'If the beasts loom large, and threaten to crush your spirits, seek a Holy Chalice.'. 500202 'As every hunter before you has.'. 500203 'A Holy Chalice will reveal the tomb of the gods,'. 500204 '...where hunters partake in communion...'. Event flag 1023 is ON. 5a. Potential for removed dialogue: 500300 '...It has been a long dream, a very long dream...'. 500301 'Since I can no longer hunt, this is all I can do...'. 500302 'I made a promise, to a dear friend...'. 500303 'A promise...'. 500304 ' '. 6. Talking to him will result in more dialogue. 501000 'Most of the Holy Chalices lie deep within the tomb of the gods.'. 501001 'And the few that found their way to the surface...'. 501002 'Were lost again in the hands of men.'. 501003 'But if the old hunter tales remain true...'. 501004 '...one of the Holy Chalices is worshipped in the valley hamlet.'. 501005 'Yet the town is in disarray...'. 501006 'It was burned and abandoned, for fear of the scourge, home now only to beasts.'. 501007 'The perfect place for a hunter, wouldn't you say?' Event flag 1024 is ON. 7. Talking to him a third time will result in a little more dialogue. 501100 'One of the Holy Chalices is worshipped in the valley hamlet.'. 501101 'A town of beasts... the perfect place for a hunter...'. 8. Next time you leave and enter the dream, Gehrman will be gone, because of event flag 1024 being ON. A note will be placed in the workshop telling the player about the Holy Chalice. If you kill the Blood-starved Beast OR you have already received the Pthumeru Chalice in a prior NG cycle, this note will NOT appear. He will have a 25% chance to spawn behind the workshop. Like (4), approaching his radius results in him snoring and mumbling in his sleep. Talking to him results in more snoring. 9. If you kill Blood-starved Beast OR kill Amelia and enter night time, event flag 1025 will be turned ON. Gehrman will return and tell the hunter about Ludwig and the Odeon Chapel workshop. 501200 'The Healing Church, and the Blood Ministers who belong to it...'. 501201 'Were once guardians of the hunters, in the times of the hunter... Ludwig.'. 501202 'They worked, and forged weapons, in their unique workshop.'. 501203 'Today, most ministers don't recall the hunters.'. 501204 'But they have much to offer you.'. 501205 'And so, heed the message of your forebears.'. 501206 'Ascend to Oedon Chapel.'. Event flag 1026 is ON. 10. Talking to him further results in this dialogue loop. 501300 'Ascend to Oedon Chapel.'. 501301 'From there, you will find the church workshop.'. 11. Leaving the dream and re-entering will make Gehrman disappear, because of event flag 1026 being on, leaving a note that tells the player to ascend to Odeon Chapel. This note will disappear once you have looted the chest at the top of the Healing Church Workshop.

12. After this, there is a 10% chance for Gehrman to re-appear behind the workshop next to the stump messengers UNLESS event flag 100 is ON, which will make it a 100% chance. He will deliver the following dialogue. Note: If the Orphan of Kos is dead AND you have NOT heard the Doll tell the player that Gehrman is sleeping peacefully (following Orphan's death) this chance is reduced to 0%. 500500 ' '. 500501 'Oh, Laurence... what's taking you so long...'. 500502 'I've grown too old for this, of little use now, I'm afraid...'. Event flag 1027 is ON. 12a. There could have potentially been 2 more random events which would have delivered the following lines of removed dialogue. 500503 ' '. 500504 'Good, good. You're back, and it will all be over soon, then.'. 500505 'The moon is close. How fitting, on this night to end all nights.'. 500600 '...Laurence, I'm getting old.'. 500601 'I'm of little help, and to wake is to die...'. 500602 'But I'm not entirely useless... I can still do my share.'. 500603 'How long I've waited. For this chance to do something.'. 500604 ' '. 13. Once you have entered Blood Moon state AND you have heard the dialogue in (12), you will again have a 10% chance for Gehrman to appear behind the workshop and deliver the following dialogue. Again, if event flag 100 is on the chance will be 100%. If the Orphan of Kos is dead AND you have NOT heard the Doll tell the player that Gehrman is sleeping peacefully (following Orphan's death) this chance is reduced to 0%. 501400 ' '. 501401 '...Oh, Laurence... Master Willem... Somebody, help me...'. 501402 'Unshackle me, please, anybody...'. 501403 'I've had enough of this dream... The night blocks all sight...'. 501404 'Oh, somebody, please...'. 501405 ' '. 14. He will remain in the previous state until Mergo's Wet Nurse is killed, which will set event flag 1028 ON. Once this happens, he will move under the tree and present the player with the choices of dying or refusing his mercy. 501700 'Good hunter, you've done well. The night is near its end.'. 501701 'Now, I will show you mercy.'. 501702 'You will die, forget the dream, and awake under the morning sun.'. 501703 'You will be freed...'. 501704 '...from this terrible hunter's dream...'. 14a. Potential for cut content dialogue to be delivered in between (13) & (14). 501500 ' '. 501501 'Fire, cast upon the workshop?'. 501502 'Well, my good hunter. The night is long, the darkness thick.'. 501503 'Don't say you weren't warned...'. 501600 'Yharnam... how easily she forgets, how quickly she dismisses.'. 501601 'Time is a cruel, cruel thing.'. 501602 'Haven't you noticed?'. 501603 ' '. 15. If the player accepts death, you will receive the following dialogue and the game will end after the cutscene. 501800 'Farewell, my keen hunter.'. 501801 'Fear the blood.'. 16. If the player refuses or attacks Gehrman at this point, they will receive the following dialogue in a cutscene and the boss fight will begin. Flag 1029 is ON. 501900 ' '. 501901 'Dear oh dear, what was it? The hunt, the blood, or the horrible dream?'. 501902 'Oh, it doesn't matter.'. 501903 'It always comes down to the hunters' helper to clean up after these sorts of messes.'. 501904 'Tonight, Gehrman joins the hunt...'. 17. When the player kills Gehrman, they receive his final line of dialogue. Event flag 1030 is ON. 502304 'The night, and the dream, were long...'. 17a. Four lines of unused dialogue exist right before this line, suggesting it may have been longer: 502300 'What, looking to free me?'. 502301 'Then I graciously accept.'. 502302 ' '. 502303 'Forgive me, Laurence, I could not wait...'. 502304 'The night, and the dream, were long...'. 17b. Alternate dialogue if the player is killed during the boss fight. 502400 'You must accept your death.'. 502401 'Forget the dream, wake up to the morning.'. 502402 'Be freed from the night...'. 17c. More unused dialogue, as if the player could talk to Gehrman after attempting to kill him. 502500 'What were you thinking?'. 502501 'If I die, you are to be next...'. 502502 'What is it you want, from this horrific nightmare?'. 18d. More unused dialogue, not sure when this may have appeared. 502600 'Night will soon come again.'. 502601 ' '. 502602 'What's taking so long, Laurence...'. 18e.Even more unused dialogue. 502700 'Yes, the hunt must go on.'. 502701 'It is all that keeps us human, now.'. 502702 'Farewell, Laurence.'. 502703 'I await the realization of your "ministration."'. 502704 ' '. Not included - dialogue that did not have subtitles made for it.

+ Dialogue - voiced by Allan Corduner - [Audio; [Wiki] All Dialogues (Audio)]

► 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. Gehrman does 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.

First encounter Ah-hah, you must be the new hunter, eh? Welcome to the Hunter's Dream. This will be your home, for now. I am...Gehrman, friend to you hunters. You're sure to be in a fine haze about now, but don't think too hard about all of this. Just go out and kill a few beasts, it's for your own good. You know, It's just what hunters do. You'll get used to it. Talk again This was once a safe heaven for hunters. A workshop where hunters used blood to enhance their weapons and flesh. We don't have as many tools as we once did, but... You're welcome to use whatever you find. ...Even the doll, should it please you... Talk again after defeating Father Gascoigne The moon is close. It will be a long hunt tonight. If the beasts loom large, and threaten to crush your spirits, seek a Holy Chalice. As every hunter before you has. A Holy Chalice will reveal the tomb of the gods, ...where hunters partake in communion... Talk again Most of the Holy Chalices lie deep within the tomb of the gods. And the few that found their way to the surface... Were lost again in the hands of men. But if the old hunter tales remain true... ...one of the Holy Chalices is worshipped in the valley hamlet. Yet the town is in disarray... It was burned and abandoned, for fear of the scourge, home now only to beasts. The perfect place for a hunter, wouldn't you say?

Talk again One of the Holy Chalices is worshipped in the valley hamlet. A town of beasts... the perfect place for a hunter... Talk again after defeating Blood-starved Beast The Healing Church and the Blood Ministers who belong to it were once guardians of the hunters, in the times of the hunter...ludwig. They worked...and forged weapons, in their unique workshop. Today, most ministers don't recall the hunters. But they have much to offer you. And so, heed the message of your forebears. Ascend to Oedon Chapel. Talk again Ascend to Oedon Chapel. From there, you will find the church workshop. Meet outside the workshop, 15 Insight and encountered Vicar Amelia Oh, Laurence… What’s taking you so long? ...I’ve grown too old for this, or little use now, I’m afraid… Meet outside the workshop after defeating Rom Oh, Laurence… Master Willem… Somebody help me… Unshackle me please, anybody… I’ve had enough of this dream.. The night blocks all sight… Oh, somebody please… (cries)