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©Future Press Bloodborne Collectors Edition Guide

Bloodborne & The Old Hunters Collector’s Edition Guides

Future Press gone behind the scenes with Bloodborne's creators to unearth every secret hidden within the mysterious city of Yharnam. Your hunt through the streets of Yharnam will be your most exciting and rewarding journey yet, and the road will be hard. But fear not! These guides are your key to mastering the merciless challenges and navigating the darkest depths of the city. [More]


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Huntsman (Sickle)

Huntsman (Sickle)


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Basic Information

Location HP Blood Echoes Icon Physical VS blunt VS Thrust Blood Arcane Fire Bolt Slow Poison RES Rapid Poison RES VS Beasts VS Kin
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 Multiplier1Is beastNoLowest defense: FireFrenzy resistance is 999
Arcane Damage Multiplier1Is kinNoSuper Armor value 0
Fire Damage Multiplier1Is weak to serratedNo
Bolt Damage Multiplier1Is weak to righteousNo
  • 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).

Huntsman (Sickle)
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 HP Blood Echoes Icon HP Blood Echoes Icon HP Blood Echoes Icon HP Blood Echoes Icon HP Blood Echoes Icon HP Blood Echoes Icon HP Blood Echoes Icon
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
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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.
left stick
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.
r1 button
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!
r1 button
Attacking (torch)
Burn!
Burn, burn!
Away, away!
left stick
Searching (torch)
Foul beast. You can't hide for long!
left stick
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!
r1 button
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...
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