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Basic Information

Description

Strategy

Variants

Blood Gem Drop Table

Notes

Attack Patterns

New Game Cycles

Blood Stones: Drop Pools

Base Level: Blood Echoes, HP, Damage and Def. Multipliers

Basic Information

Location
Main Story
Forbidden Woods	716	1460	147	58	117	117	46	104	110	999	180	-	-
Chalice Dungeons
Root Dungeon Base Level	280	265	120	48	96	96	38	85	90	999	180	-	-
For enemies that also appear (or exclusively appear) in dungeons, their stats will be shown at the base level, because their exact stats at any given point are calculated from these base values.
	► Defenses: Physical, Blunt, Thrust, Blood, Arcane, Fire and Bolt. Resistances: Slow Poison and Rapid Poison. Bonuses: Beasts & Kin.

Location & Discovery	Drop & [Rate]
Main Story
Forbidden Woods	Random Murky gem based on area x1 [30%], Twin Blood Stone Shards x1 [8%], Blood Stone Shard x2 [62%]
Chalice Dungeons
Base	Random Murky gem based on area x1 [30%], Blood Stone Shard Pool C x1 [1.5%], Blood Stone Shard Pool B x2 [18%], Blood Stone Shard Pool A x2 [50%] purple aura | Random Murky gem based on area x1 [30%], Blood Stone Shard Pool C x1 [1.5%], Blood Stone Shard Pool B x2 [18%], Blood Stone Shard Pool A x2 [50.5%]
439 discovery, no curse	Random Murky gem based on area x1 [63.84%], Blood Stone Shard Pool C x1 [3.19%], Blood Stone Shard Pool B x2 [8.73%], Blood Stone Shard Pool A x2 [24.24%] purple aura | Random Murky gem based on area x1 [63.69%], Blood Stone Shard Pool C x1 [3.18%], Blood Stone Shard Pool B x2 [8.7%], Blood Stone Shard Pool A x2 [24.42%]
110 discovery, curse	Random Murky gem based on area x1 [79.73%], Blood Stone Shard Pool C x1 [3.99%], Blood Stone Shard Pool B x2 [4.31%], Blood Stone Shard Pool A x2 [11.97%] purple aura | Random Murky gem based on area x1 [79.64%], Blood Stone Shard Pool C x1 [3.98%], Blood Stone Shard Pool B x2 [4.3%], Blood Stone Shard Pool A x2 [12.08%]
439 discovery, curse	Random Murky gem based on area x1 [82.81%], Blood Stone Shard Pool C x1 [4.14%], Blood Stone Shard Pool B x2 [3.45%], Blood Stone Shard Pool A x2 [9.59%] purple aura | Random Murky gem based on area x1 [82.74%], Blood Stone Shard Pool C x1 [4.14%], Blood Stone Shard Pool B x2 [3.45%], Blood Stone Shard Pool A x2 [9.68%]

Drop rate with Terrible curse (more information on Save-editing Chalice Dungeons wiki page) and 439 discovery is Random Murky gem based on area x1 [91.6%], Blood Stone Shard Pool C x1 [4.58%], Blood Stone Shard Pool B x2 [1.01%], Blood Stone Shard Pool A x2 [2.81%] and purple aura | Random Murky gem based on area x1 [91.58%], Blood Stone Shard Pool C x1 [4.58%], Blood Stone Shard Pool B x2 [1.01%], Blood Stone Shard Pool A x2 [2.83%].

Multipliers		Bonuses		Weak against	Additional Information
HP Multiplier	1	Is beast	No	Arcane and Blunt	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 etc.) from Main Story was datamined directly from game files and can be accessed via spreadsheet | archived. Updated on Jan. 31st, 2022.

All information (HP, Echoes, Defenses etc.) was datamined directly from game files and can be accessed via archived spreadsheet. Updated on January 11th, 2020.

Large Snake Ball ❘ 蛇玉（大）	Strong Enemy

Description These clusters of giant snakes encountered in the Forbidden Woods behave much like the smaller version, but are capable of spitting venom at you from far away and will occasionally summon four normal Snake Ball enemies to aid them in battle. Their high health and defense can make them difficult to kill, but Throwing Knives (or the Augur of Ebrietas, if you have a high enough Arcane stat) deal decent damage and are useful for defeating them from outside the reach of their powerful melee attacks. In close combat, Large Snake Balls have an extremely limited moveset consisting only of forward bites; while these attacks are easy to dodge simply by strafing around the target, they also inflict heavy damage and slow poison. They turn very slowly and cannot attack behind them, but they're immune to visceral attacks and cannot be interrupted or staggered. While a single Large Snake Ball isn't extremely dangerous on its own, several of them often appear very close to each other and they are almost always found near groups of the smaller Snake Balls; pay close attention to your surroundings when fighting and be careful not to walk into an ambush. Strategy Stay behind them by strafing or quickstepping and hit them with R1 combos or Flamesprayer blasts augmented with Bone Marrow Ash. An alternate, safer tactic is to charge the transformed R2 with the Rifle Spear from just outside their melee range and then dodge backwards after it hits. Beware of any other nearby enemies when fighting, though; if necessary, use ranged attacks or thrown weapons to lure away faster opponents, such as Snake Parasites. Throwing Knives are effective at range, though you'll need to dodge blasts of venom if you get too far away. Due to their incredibly slow movement and minimal ability to chase you, it's possible simply to ignore these enemies as long as you can put an obstacle or terrain difference between yourself and their projectiles as soon as you're out of their reach; still it's a good idea to carry a large supply of Antidotes when passing through their territory. Variants 1-headed and 3-headed variants are exclusive to Chalice Dungeons. Only the 3-headed variant can perform the poison cloud attack. 2-headed variant is exclusive to Forbidden Woods and only that variant can spit poison. 1-headed and 3-headed variants both give the same amount of Blood Echoes - 12944 (in depth 4 Loran) 1-headed variant found in Chalice Dungeons. 2-headed variant found in Forbidden Woods. 3-headed variant found in Chalice Dungeons. Blood Gem Drop Table [Forbidden Woods, common-max] Gem Shape Rating Primary Effect Secondary Effect Murky Blood Gemstone (2) Radial 7 Add slow poison effect +3.1 Charge ATKs UP +2.8% Murky Blood Gemstone (3) Radial 8 Add slow poison effect +3.6 Add physical ATK +4.2 Murky Blood Gemstone (3) Radial 8 Add slow poison effect +3.6 WPN durability UP +3.2 Murky Blood Gemstone (3) Triangle 8 Add slow poison effect +3.6 Add physical ATK +4.2 Murky Blood Gemstone (3) Waning 8 Add slow poison effect +3.6 ATK vs open foes UP +3.2% Notes Preset Chalice Dungeons: None In Chalice Dungeons variants with purple aura have different drop rates from regular version. Despite Large Snake Ball having 999 Slow Poison resistance it is still vulnerable to such status. 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] One headed and three headed variants found in Chalice Dungeons have same stats (HP, Echoes, Defenses, Multipliers & Bonuses). 3-headed variant can be encountered in Ailing Loran L3 (no additional rites), glyph xx3pfwne, in the Main Area. Also in FR Ailing Loran L3, glyph n5n9k6pi, in side area before layer lamp. F/R/C Loran L3 [3r6pa2xx], common-max - Cursed Murky Damp Blood Gem, waning, rating 17, Add slow poison effect +13.5 + random secondary effect + random curse

Pungent Blood Cocktails don't attract this enemy, making the item ineffective. Shaman Bone Blades affect this enemy, making it hostile to other enemies. 3-headed variant's Poison Cloud attack.

Attack Patterns

Key Attack	Interrupt	Notes
Venom Spit	No	Launches venom in a straight line at extremely long range; roll sideways or use obstacles to block it.

New Game Cycles

	New Game		NG+		NG+2		NG+3		NG+4		NG+5		NG+6
Locations
Forbidden Woods	716	1460	2843	7689	3042	8458	3127	9611	3213	11534	3269	15378	3412	19223

Base Level: Blood Echoes, HP, Damage and Def. Multipliers

Blood Stones: Drop Pools

For the most part, items dropped by enemies are decided simply by a random percent chance from that enemy's own list of potential items. When an enemy appears in a dungeon, it sometimes has one or more of its drops determined by the dungeon's Depth, in order to give better rewards for more challenging dungeons. Such items are selected from a pool of similar items, and these pools are shown here. The upshot of this is that an enemy might drop a Blood Stone Shard in the Depth 1 Pthumerian Root Labyrinth, but would drop a Blood Stone Chunk instead in a Depth 5 Pthumeru Ihyll dungeon.

Pool Name	Depth 1		Depth 2		Depth 3		Depth 4		Depth 5
Blood Stone Shard Pool A		Blood Stone Shard Depth 1		Blood Stone Shard Depth 2		Blood Stone Shard Depth 3		Twin B. Stone Shards Depth 4		Twin B. Stone Shards Depth 5
Blood Stone Shard Pool B		Blood Stone Shard Depth 1		Blood Stone Shard Depth 2		Twin B. Stone Shards Depth 3		Twin B. Stone Shards Depth 4		Twin B. Stone Shards Depth 5
Blood Stone Shard Pool C		Blood Stone Shard Depth 1		Blood Stone Shard Depth 2		Twin B. Stone Shards Depth 3		Twin B. Stone Shards Depth 4		Blood Stone Chunk Depth 5

Enemies List Per Pool [% Drop Rate]
Blood Stone Shard Pool A
Large Snake Ball: x1 [50%]
Hunting Dog: x1 [30%]
Snake Ball: x1 [4%]
Blood Stone Shard Pool B
Kidnapper: x1 [45%], x2 [25%]
Keeper's Hunting Dog: x1 [33%]
Large Snake Ball: x1 [18%]
Undead Giant (Twin Curved Blades): x2 [15%]
Undead Giant (Club and Hook): x2 [15%]
Hunting Dog: x1 [4%]
Blood Stone Shard Pool C
Keeper's Hunting Dog: x1 [1.5%]
Undead Giant (Twin Curved Blades): x2 [5%]
Undead Giant (Club and Hook): x2 [5%]
Large Snake Ball: x1 [1.5%]

Chalice Dungeons Depth [Preset & Root]
Depth 1 (Preset) Pthumerian Labyrinth & (Root) Pthumerian Labyrinth
Depth 2 (Preset) Central Pthumerian Labyrinth, Hintertomb Labyrinth & (Root) Central Pthumerian Labyrinth, Hintertomb
Depth 3 (Preset) Lower Pthumerian Labyrinth, Lower Hintertomb Labyrinth & (Root) Lower Pthumerian Labyrinth, Sinister Lower Pthumerian Labyrinth, Lower Hintertomb, Sinister Hintertomb
Depth 4 (Preset) Cursed Pthumerian Defilement, Ailing Loran & (Root) Pthumerian Defilement, Ailing Loran
Depth 5 (Preset) Pthumeru Ihyll, Lower Loran, Isz Gravestone & (Root) Pthumeru Ihyll, Sinister Pthumeru Ihyll, Lower Loran, Sinister Lower Loran, Isz Gravestone, Sinister Isz Gravestone

Base Level: Blood Echoes, HP, Damage and Def. Multipliers

For enemies that also appear (or exclusively appear) in dungeons, their stats will be shown at the base level, because their exact stats at any given point are calculated from these base values. The basic formula is: Total Value = Base x A x B x C x D. Multipliers written down below were datamined directly from the game files. Multiplier A represents depth (1 - 5) of the chalice dungeon; multiplier B is layer (1 - 4) of the specific chalice dungeon; multiplier C is used when dungeon is Pthumeru Ihyll; multiplier D is for calculating blood echoes when additional curse rite is used.

Blood Echoes Multipliers	HP Multipliers	Damage Multipliers	Defense Multipliers
Total Value = Base x A x B x C x D	Total Value = Base x A x B x C	Total Value = Base x A x B x C	Total Value = Base x A x B x C
Multiplier A - Depth Depth 1: 1.399999976158142 Depth 2: 3.2568421363830566 Depth 3: 10.551578521728516 Depth 4: 44.402103424072266 Depth 5: 63.250526428222656	Multiplier A - Depth Depth 1: 1.7640000581741333 Depth 2: 2.558000087738037 Depth 3: 6.763999938964844 Depth 4: 11.41100025177002 Depth 5: 12.204999923706055	Multiplier A - Depth Depth 1: 1.6239999532699585 Depth 2: 1.9140000343322754 Depth 3: 2.5899999141693115 Depth 4: 2.989000082015991 Depth 5: 3.1050000190734863	Multiplier A - Depth Depth 1: 1.100000023841858 Depth 2: 1.149999976158142 Depth 3: 1.4249999523162842 Depth 4: 1.5499999523162842 Depth 5: 1.5750000476837158
Multiplier B - Layer Layer 1: 1.0000000000000000 Layer 2: 1.0499999523162842 Layer 3: 1.100000023841858 Layer 4: 1.2000000476837158	Multiplier B - Layer Layer 1: 1.0000000000000000 Layer 2: 1.0499999523162842 Layer 3: 1.0750000476837158 Layer 4: 1.149999976158142	Multiplier B - Layer Layer 1: 1.0000000000000000 Layer 2: 1.0750000476837158 Layer 3: 1.100000023841858 Layer 4: 1.149999976158142	Multiplier B - Layer Layer 1: 1.0000000000000000 Layer 2: 1.0099999904632568 Layer 3: 1.0149999856948853 Layer 4: 1.0175000429153442
Multiplier C - Ihyll Ihyll: 1.36899995803833	Multiplier C - Ihyll Ihyll: 1.1039999723434448	Multiplier C - Ihyll Ihyll: 1.0870000123977661	Multiplier C - Ihyll Ihyll: 1.0149999856948853
Multiplier D - Additional Rite Cursed Offering: 1.2000000476837158