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Basic Information

Location
Central Yharnam	70	48	70	70	70	70	67	65	75	120	180	-	-
Cathedral Ward	125	171	77	77	77	77	73	72	82	120	180	-	-
Healing Church Workshop	215	128	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	-	-
	► 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%]
Cathedral Ward	Blood Vial x1 [8%]
Cathedral Ward | Lower Chapel	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%]

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 (Sickle) ❘ 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 Maintain a distance of at least two meters from them to ensure that you have time to respond to their attacks - you can either move in and hit them with an R1 chain during their recovery or position yourself behind them during their combo and hit them with a charged attack from behind. Avoid standing at extremely close range, because their attacks are very fast and you won't.have enough time to react to them at that range. Because their attacks lack range, it can be quite effective to bait them into attacking and then move back outside their range again, so that you have a clean opening when they finish their combo. Variants Basic variant found throughout Yharnam. Variant with Black Clothes found in Healing Church Workshop. Variant with bright hat found in Forbidden Woods. Basic variant found throughout Yharnam. 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] Two Huntsmen who wait in ambush in Foggy Alley in Cathedral Ward, near where Arianna resides, have slow poison property on their attacks. Huntsmen found in Healing Church Workshop area wear variation of Black Church attire. [image] Moveset is almost identical to one with the cleaver, only missing move is the heavy one hand swing. Huntsmen in area surrounding Lower Chapel in Cathedral Ward have different HP pool (123 HP) than rest of the area (125 HP).

Pungent Blood Cocktails don't attract this enemy, making the item ineffective. Shaman Bone Blades affect this enemy, making it hostile to other enemies. Keep your distance, use range to your advantage.

Attack Patterns

All Attacks	Interrupt	Notes
Sickle Swing	Yes	Single attack between combos. Quickstep in any direction; 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 Sickle Sweep	Yes	Fast horizontal 2 attack combo from right to left and vice versa. Quickstep forward through it to get behind them.
Slow Sickle 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 Sickle 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.
Sickle 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
Cathedral Ward	125	171	528	934	565	1027	581	1168	597	1401	607	1868	634	2335
Healing Church Workshop	215	128	907	700	970	770	998	875	1025	1050	1043	1400	1088	1750
Forbidden Woods	301	556	1197	2928	1281	3221	1317	3660	1353	4392	1377	5856	1436	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...