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Insight

Insight


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Basic Information

Insight

Description

  • The Insight stat represents the depth of inhuman knowledge. Needed to ring special bell, but induces frenzy. Insight increases as your character gains knowledge beyond the ken of men. Insight increases as the story progresses and can be used in network play or traded for items.
  • Insight is inhuman knowledge and represents your awareness of the nightmare's effects. In addition to its use as a currency at the insight shop and during multiplayer, acquiring more insight provides certain benefits but also poses a few risks. High levels of Insight will decrease your Beasthood stat, and while that does mean that you will fill the Beast Gauge faster, you won't be able to reach the later damage modifiers that come with a bigger gauge. Your Frenzy resistance is also heavily dependent on how much Insight you have, and the more you have the more susceptible you will be to getting Frenzied. Some enemies and aspects of the environment will also change at particular insight thresholds, such as the Church Servants in the Cathedral Ward gaining powered-up weapons and new attacks; with extremely high insight you'll also become able to see things during the day which would otherwise only be visible when the Blood Moon is out.
  • Encountering or defeating bosses, meeting various characters and witnessing certain events will often cause you to gain a few points of insight; these conditions can only be fulfilled once per playthrough, with the exception that Chalice Dungeon bosses can be defeated repeatedly for insight bonuses if you recreate the dungeons in which they appear. Simply encountering bosses in recreated dungeons won't yield repeated insight rewards, though, and you won't gain insight from seeing dungeon bosses you've already met in the main game. Moving to a new cycle will reset all encounters and allow you to obtain insight from them again, and successful on-line interactions such as invasions or cooperative play will generally reward you with a point of insight as well.

Acquire Insight

  • Encountering bosses in boss area
  • Defeating bosses
  • Witnessing certain events
  • Defeating a boss as a guest grants +1 Insight (Small Resonant Bell)
  • Defeating other players grants +1 Insight (Sinister Resonant Bell)
  • Consuming item Madman's Knowledge +1 Insight
  • Consuming item Blood Dreg +1 Insight
  • Consuming item Great One's Wisdom +2 Insight
  • Consuming item Third Umbilical Cord +3 Insight

Spend Insight

  • Using the Beckoning Bell and successfully summoning player for 1 Insight
  • Insight serves as currency at Insight Bath Messengers
  • Since patch 1.07 you can use Old Hunter Bell for 1 Insight to summon Old Hunter NPCs to your aid






Visual Documentation

Church Servant Church Servant Church Servant
Church Servant with 14 Insight Church Servant with 15 Insight, lantern with eyes and homing range attack Church Servant with 15 Insight, AoE attack
Church Servant Church Servant Church Servant Church Servant
Church Servant Scythe with 14 Insight Church Servant Scythe with 15 Insight, weapon aura Church Servant Crucifix with 14 Insight Church Servant Crucifix with 15 Insight, weapon aura
Mad Ones Mad Ones Amygdalae Amygdalae
Hemwick Night with 14 Insight Hemwick Night with 15 Insight, Mad Ones spawn Oedon Chapel with 39 Insight Oedon Chapel with 40 Insight, Amygdalae visible
Amygdalae Amygdalae
Shrouded Church to Yahar'gul with 39 Insight Shrouded Church to Yahar'gul with 40 Insight, Amygdalae visible Lever for the main gate to Cathedral Plaza with 49 Insight Lever for the main gate to Cathedral Plaza with 50 Insight, messengers visible

Notes

  • Insight can be gained repeatedly, in same playthrough, from Chalice Dungeon bosses (just defeating) by recreating respective labyrinths.
  • Encountering boss, that was met before in "main game", in Chalice Dungeons won't grant player any Insight.
  • Witch of Hemwick will keep summoning Mad Ones if you have at least 1 Insight (for boss encounter), if you have 0 Insight no Mad Ones will be summoned.
  • Stationary Grab, Quick Grab and Running Grab: Brainsucker will expand his head and drain two points of Insight
  • Need 10 Insight (always) to Insight Bath Messengers to appear in fountain, this was changed in patch ver.1.04 from 10 to 1 Insight and always requirement was removed.

Insight impact for Enemy and Environmental Changes

Required Insight Area Change
1 Hunter's Dream Doll activates and allows you to channel blood echoes
1 Hunter's Dream Messengers next to the Doll gives you Beckoning Bell and Silencing Blank as a gift
1 Hunter's Dream Insight Bath Messenger opens (merchant)
15 Cathedral Ward Church Servants gain weapon auras and new attacks
15 Hemwick Charnel Lane Mad Ones appear in Hemwick at night
40 Cathedral Ward False God visible even when the Blood Moon isn't out
40 Yahar'gul, Unseen Village Amygdala visible even when the Blood Moon isn't out
50 Hunter's Dream Hunter's Dream music changes even when the Blood Moon isn't out
50 Cathedral Ward Messengers around the lever for the main gate to Cathedral Plaza are visible.
60 - Auditory hallucinations a baby's crying voice can be heard in all areas except the Hunter's Dream and Chalice Dungeons

Main Game Insight Events

NPC/Location Event Insight NPC/Location Event Insight
Central Yharnam First encounter with the Cleric Beast 1 Upper Cathedral Ward Defeat the Celestial Emissary 2
Central Yharnam Defeat the Cleric Beast 3 Upper Cathedral Ward First encounter with Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos 3
Central Yharnam First encounter with Father Gascoigne 1 Upper Cathedral Ward Defeat Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos 3
Central Yharnam First encounter with Father Gascoigne (Beast) 1 Yahar'gul (Blood Moon) First encounter with The One Reborn 1
Central Yharnam Defeat Father Gascoigne 2 Yahar'gul (Blood Moon) Defeat The One Reborn 3
Impostor Iosefka Each time she rewards you with an item before becoming her accomplice 1 Lecture Building Enter the locked lab via the second floor and meet Patches the Spider face-to-face 2
Impostor Iosefka Each time she rewards you with an item after you become her accomplice 2 Nightmare of Mensis Enter the Nightmare of Mensis via the Lecture Building 2F 3
Old Yharnam First encounter with the Blood-starved Beast 1 Nightmare of Mensis First encounter with Micolash, Host of the Nightmare 1
Old Yharnam Defeat the Blood-starved Beast 2 Nightmare of Mensis Defeat Micolash, Host of the Nightmare 2
Abandoned Old Workshop Enter the Old Abandoned Workshop for the first time 2 Oedon Chapel Approach Arianna's baby after she moves to the room under the chapel 3
Cathedral Ward First encounter with Vicar Amelia 1 Nightmare of Mensis First encounter with Mergo's Wet Nurse 3
Cathedral Ward Defeat Vicar Amelia 3 Nightmare of Mensis Defeat Mergo's Wet Nurse 3
Hemwick Charnel Lane First encounter with the The Witch of Hemwick 1 Hunter's Dream First encounter with Gehrman, The First Hunter 1
Hemwick Charnel Lane Defeat the The Witch of Hemwick 2 Hunter's Dream Defeat Gehrman, The First Hunter 3
Yahar'gul (Evening) Arrive in Yahar'gul after being taken by a Kidnapper in the Cathedral Ward 1 Hunter's Dream First encounter with the Moon Presence 5
Yahar'gul (Evening) First encounter with Darkbeast Paarl 1 Hunter's Dream Defeat the Moon Presence 5
Yahar'gul (Evening) Defeat Darkbeast Paarl 3 Hunter's Nightmare Get grabbed by Amygdalae False God and arrive in Hunter's Nightmare 2
Central Yharnam Enter Iosefka's Clinic through the rear entrance via the Forbidden Woods 1 Hunter's Nightmare First Encounter with Ludwig, the Accursed 1
Forbidden Woods Defeat the Shadows of Yharnam 2 Hunter's Nightmare Defeat Ludwig, The Holy Blade 3
Cathedral Ward Let the False God grab you while in possession of the Tonsil Stone to enter the Lecture Building 2 Hunter's Nightmare First Encounter with Laurence, the First Vicar 1
Nightmare Frontier Arrive in the Nightmare Frontier via the Lecture Building 1F 2 Hunter's Nightmare Defeat Laurence, the First Vicar 3
Nightmare Frontier First encounter with Amygdala 3 Research Hall Enter the Research Hall for the first time 2
Nightmare Frontier Defeat Amygdala 3 Research Hall First Encounter with Living Failures 2
Forsaken Cainhurst Castle Ride the carriage from Hemwick to Cainhurst Castle 2 Research Hall Defeat Living Failures 2
Forsaken Cainhurst Castle First encounter with Martyr Logarius 1 Research Hall Obtain the Milkweed Caryll Rune from Adeline 2
Forsaken Cainhurst Castle Defeat Martyr Logarius 3 Research Hall First encounter with Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower 1
Forsaken Cainhurst Castle Enter the Queen's Chambers 2 Research Hall Defeat Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower 3
Queen Annalise Attack her 50 times, reload the area and approach her remains 3 Fishing Hamlet Arrive at the Fishing Hamlet for the first time 4
Provost Willem Speak to him and trigger him to point at the lake 2 Fishing Hamlet First Encounter with Orphan of Kos 5
Byrgenwerth First encounter with Rom, the Vacuous Spider 2 Fishing Hamlet Defeat Orphan of Kos 5
Byrgenwerth Defeat Rom, the Vacuous Spider 2 Fishing Hamlet Attack the shadowy figure after Orphan of Kos is defeated to trigger the final cutscene. 3

Chalice Dungeon Insight Events

Event Insight Event Insight
First encounter with Amygdala 3 Defeat Amygdala 3
First encounter with Rom, the Vacuous Spider 2 Defeat Rom, the Vacuous Spider 2
First encounter with Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos 3 Defeat Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos 3
First encounter with Yharnam, Pthumerian Queen 1 Defeat the Yharnam, Pthumerian Queen 3
First encounter with Darkbeast Paarl 1 Defeat Darkbeast Paarl 3
First encounter with Bloodletting Beast (either variant) 1 Defeat the Bloodletting Beast (either variant) 3
First encounter with Blood-starved Beast 1 Defeat the Blood-starved Beast 2
First encounter with Pthumerian Descendant or Elder 1 Defeat the Pthumerian Descendant or Elder 2
First encounter with Watchdog of the Old Lords 1 Defeat the Watchdog of the Old Lords 2
First encounter with the Keeper of the Old Lords 1 Defeat the Keeper of the Old Lords 2
Defeat the Brainsucker (boss version) 2 Defeat the Maneater Boar (Eyeballs) (boss version) 2
Defeat the Loran Silverbeast (boss version) 2 Defeat the Undead Giant (boss version) 2
Defeat the Merciless Watchers (boss version) 2 Defeat the Beast-possessed Soul (boss version) 2
Defeat the Abhorrent Beast (boss version) 2

Insight: Frenzy & Beasthood Values

Insight Frenzy
Resistance
Beasthood Insight Frenzy
Resistance
Beasthood Insight Frenzy
Resistance
Beasthood Insight Frenzy
Resistance
Beasthood
0 100 300 25 73 123 50 33 40 75 16 8
1 100 291 26 70 118 51 32 37 76 15 7
2 100 282 27 68 114 52 30 34 77 15 7
3 100 274 28 65 109 53 29 31 78 15 7
4 100 265 29 62 104 54 28 28 79 15 7
5 100 256 30 60 100 55 26 25 80 14 7
6 100 248 31 58 97 56 25 22 81 14 7
7 100 239 32 57 94 57 24 19 82 14 7
8 100 230 33 56 91 58 22 16 83 14 7
9 100 222 34 54 88 59 21 13 84 13 6
10 100 213 35 53 85 60 20 10 85 13 6
11 100 204 36 52 82 61 19 9 86 13 6
12 100 196 37 50 79 62 19 9 87 13 6
13 100 187 38 49 76 63 19 9 88 12 6
14 100 178 39 48 73 64 18 9 89 12 6
15 100 170 40 46 70 65 18 9 90 12 6
16 97 165 41 45 67 66 18 9 91 12 6
17 94 160 42 44 64 67 18 9 92 11 5
18 92 156 43 42 61 68 17 8 93 11 5
19 89 151 44 41 58 69 17 8 94 11 5
20 86 146 45 40 55 70 17 8 95 11 5
21 84 142 46 38 51 71 17 8 96 10 5
22 81 137 47 37 49 72 16 8 97 10 5
23 78 132 48 36 45 73 16 8 98 10 5
24 76 128 49 34 43 74 16 8 99 10 5
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