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Basic Information

Location
Forbidden Woods	179	556	85	85	85	85	82	79	91	120	180	-	-
Yahar'gul (Blood Moon)	403	347	94	94	94	94	90	87	101	120	180	-	-
	► Defenses: Physical, Blunt, Thrust, Blood, Arcane, Fire and Bolt. Resistances: Slow Poison and Rapid Poison. Bonuses: Beasts & Kin.

Location & Discovery	Drop & [Rate]
Forbidden Woods	Blood Vial x1 [21%], Molotov Cocktail x1 [10%]
Yahar'gul (Blood Moon)	Blood Vial x1 [10.5%], Molotov Cocktail x1 [5%]

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 (Molotov) ❘ 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 The splash damage from their Molotovs can make it difficult to approach them with other enemies around, so try to stay out of their reach until after you've defeated any melee-oriented foes in the area. If you can reach them with Molotovs or Throwing Knives, try to defeat them from a distance in order to avoid having to fight your way through a group of other enemies or make a side trip to reach them. They have weak melee attacks, but may continue hurling Molotovs at close range; evade their throws with carefully-timed rolls or quicksteps as you approach, then strike them down with R1 combos during their recovery. Variants Basic variant found throughout Forbidden Woods. Blood variant summoned by Bell Ringer in Yahar'gul. 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] Molotov variant is more aggressive than Oil Urn Huntsman and will most of the time close the distance, engaging with melee attacks and throwing Molotov Cocktails to your face.

Pungent Blood Cocktails don't attract this enemy, making the item ineffective. Shaman Bone Blades affect this enemy, making it hostile to other enemies. Avoid getting hit and the splash damage afterward.

Attack Patterns

All Attacks	Interrupt	Notes
Molotov Throw	No	Slow throw with very little tracking but big splash effect, ~3 seconds between each throw. Quickstep in any direction; dodge forward through it to close the distance.
Kick	Yes	Slow right leg kick with forward momentum. Move to his left or quickstep in any direction; dodge forward through it to get behind them.
Punch	Yes	Slow left hand punch with very small hitbox, if you stand close it will straight up miss. Quickstep in any direction; dodge forward through it to get behind them.

New Game Cycles

	New Game		NG+		NG+2		NG+3		NG+4		NG+5		NG+6
Locations
Forbidden Woods	179	556	710	2928	760	3221	781	3660	802	4392	817	5856	852	7320
Yahar'gul (Blood Moon)	403	347	759	1464	812	1610	835	1830	858	2196	873	2928	911	3660

+ "Dialogues" (enemies under option Sound Effects)

► 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...