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Basic Information

Description

Overview

Strategy

Variants

Notes

Attack Patterns

New Game Cycles

Dialogues

Basic Information

Location
Central Yharnam	70	48	70	70	70	70	67	65	75	120	180	-	-
Healing Church Workshop	215	114	77	77	77	77	73	71	82	120	180	-	-
Forbidden Woods	301	556	88	88	88	88	82	79	91	120	180	-	-
Yahar'gul (Blood Moon)	403	347	94	94	94	94	90	87	101	120	180	-	-
Hunter's Nightmare	483	270	96	96	96	96	92	89	103	120	180	-	-
	► Defenses: Physical, Blunt, Thrust, Blood, Arcane, Fire and Bolt. Resistances: Slow Poison and Rapid Poison. Bonuses: Beasts & Kin.

Location & Discovery	Drop & [Rate]
Central Yharnam	Blood Vial x1 [8%]
Healing Church Workshop	Blood Vial x1 [8%]
Forbidden Woods	Blood Vial x1 [8%]
Yahar'gul (Blood Moon)	Blood Vial x1 [4%]
Hunter's Nightmare	Blood Vial x1 [8%]

Multipliers		Bonuses		Weak against	Additional Information
HP Multiplier	1	Is beast	No	Lowest defense: 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 (Cleaver) ❘ 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 the same as those with sickles - stand no closer than two meters away and bait their attacks, then strafe or quickstep out of the way and hit them while they recover. You can also strafe counterclockwise or quickstep forward through their attacks to position yourself behind them for a charged strike, which will allow you to perform a visceral attack. In general, R1 or transform attack combos work best to dispatch them individually; if facing a group, switch to an attack with a large horizontal arc to ensure that you hit all of them. Variants Basic variant found throughout Yharnam. Variant with White Hat found in Forbidden Woods. Blood variant summoned by Bell Ringer in Yahar'gul. Old Hunter variant found in Hunter's Nightmare. 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] Huntsman (Cleaver) moveset is almost identical to one with the sickle, only additional move is the heavy one hand swing.

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 fast attacks, dispatch them quickly.

Attack Patterns

All Attacks	Interrupt	Notes
Cleaver Swing	Yes	Slow single attack between combos. Quickstep in any direction; dodge forward through it to get behind them.
Heavy One Hand Swing	Yes	Slow single attack with forward momentum. Quickstep in any direction (don't backstep); dodge forward through it to get behind them.
Heavy Two Hand Swing	Yes	Slow single attack with forward momentum. Quickstep in any direction (don't backstep); dodge forward through it to get behind them.
Fast Cleaver Sweep	Yes	Fast horizontal 2 attack combo from right to left and vice versa. Quickstep forward through it to get behind them.
Slow Cleaver Sweep	Yes	Slow horizontal 2 attack combo from right to left and vice versa. Quickstep in any direction; dodge forward through it to get behind them.
Slow Cleaver Sweep Combo	Yes	3 attack combo; begin with slow 2 horizontal attacks from right to left and vice versa; ending with vertical swing. Quickstep in any direction; dodge forward through it to get behind them.
Cleaver Combo	Yes	Long 4 attack combo, where last swing has forward momentum and long ending animation. Dodge forward through last attack to get behind them or quickstep forward when combo ends.

New Game Cycles

	New Game		NG+		NG+2		NG+3		NG+4		NG+5		NG+6
Locations
Central Yharnam	70	48	425	742	455	816	468	928	480	1113	489	1484	510	1855
Healing Church Workshop	215	114	907	623	970	685	998	779	1025	935	1043	1246	1088	1558
Forbidden Woods	301	556	1196	2928	1280	3221	1316	3660	1351	4392	1375	5856	1435	7320
Yahar'gul (Blood Moon)	403	347	759	1464	812	1610	835	1830	858	2196	873	2928	911	3660
Hunter's Nightmare	483	270	769	1120	823	1232	846	1400	869	1680	884	2240	923	2800

+ "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...