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Basic Information

Description

Strategy

Notes

Ritual Materials: Drop Pools

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

Basic Information

Location
Root Dungeon Base Level	140	84	73	102	73	73	50	65	70	120	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.
Hintertomb Labyrinth L1	358	274	84	117	84	84	58	75	81	120	180	-	-
Hintertomb Labyrinth L2	376	288	85	118	88	88	58	75	81	120	180	-	-
Hintertomb Labyrinth L3	385	301	85	119	85	85	58	76	82	120	180	-	-
Lower Hintertomb Labyrinth L2	994	931	105	146	105	105	72	93	100	120	180	-	-
Lower Hintertomb Labyrinth L3	1018	975	105	147	105	105	72	94	101	120	180	-	-
Cursed Pthumerian Defilement L1	1598	4476	113	158	113	113	78	101	109	120	180	-	-
Cursed Pthumerian Defilement L3	1718	4923	115	160	115	115	79	102	110	120	180	-	-
Isz Gravestone L3	1837	5844	117	163	117	117	80	104	112	120	180	-	-
Pthumeru Ihyll L2	1981	7637	118	165	118	118	81	105	113	120	180	-	-
Pthumeru Ihyll L3	2028	8001	118	166	118	118	81	105	114	120	180	-	-
	► Defenses: Physical, Blunt, Thrust, Blood, Arcane, Fire and Bolt. Resistances: Slow Poison and Rapid Poison. Bonuses: Beasts & Kin.

Location & Discovery	Drop & [Rate]
Base	Blood Vial x2 [29%], Tomb Mold Pool x2 [0.7%], Tomb Mold Pool x1 [8%] purple aura or healing | gem based on dungeon x1 [8%], Blood Vial x2 [29%], Tomb Mold Pool x2 [0.7%], Tomb Mold Pool x1 [8%]
439 discovery, no curse	Blood Vial x2 [22.4%], Tomb Mold Pool x2 [2.37%], Tomb Mold Pool x1 [27.12%] purple aura or healing | gem based on dungeon x1 [22.42%], Blood Vial x2 [18.52%], Tomb Mold Pool x2 [1.96%], Tomb Mold Pool x1 [22.42%]
110 discovery, curse	Blood Vial x2 [15.44%], Tomb Mold Pool x2 [4.14%], Tomb Mold Pool x1 [47.27%] purple aura or healing | gem based on dungeon x1 [33.05%], Blood Vial x2 [10.79%], Tomb Mold Pool x2 [2.89%], Tomb Mold Pool x1 [33.05%]
439 discovery, curse	Blood Vial x2 [13.4%], Tomb Mold Pool x2 [4.65%], Tomb Mold Pool x1 [53.17%] purple aura or healing | gem based on dungeon x1 [35.57%], Blood Vial x2 [8.96%], Tomb Mold Pool x2 [3.11%], Tomb Mold Pool x1 [35.57%]

Drop rate with Terrible curse (more information on Save-editing Chalice Dungeons wiki page) and 439 discovery is Blood Vial x2 [5.14%], Tomb Mold Pool x2 [6.74%], Tomb Mold Pool x1 [77.08%] and purple aura or healing | gem based on dungeon x1 [43.88%], Blood Vial x2 [2.92%], Tomb Mold Pool x2 [3.84%], Tomb Mold Pool x1 [43.88%].

Multipliers		Bonuses		Weak against	Additional Information
HP Multiplier	1	Is beast	No	Arcane	Frenzy resistance is 999
Arcane Damage Multiplier	1.5	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 archived spreadsheet. Updated on January 11th, 2020.

Watcher's Gravedigger (Pickaxe) ❘ 守り人の墓堀り	Regular Enemy

Description Gravediggers carrying pickaxes are generally found alone, either using their tools for their intended purposes or standing guard. Those that are busy working will keep doing so unless you get very close to them; if there are other enemies in the area, lure them away and finish them off first before getting close. Their overhead attacks may be slow, but they have strong tracking and will hit you if you try to strafe around them; quickstep forward through the swings and position yourself behind them for a quick combo before they can turn around. Hook-wielding Gravediggers attack slightly faster than the pickaxe variant, but their swings have less range. They'll often perform melee combos of up to four slashes, as well as a unique three-hit chain ending with a grab - the latter consists of a diagonal overhead swing, a horizontal slash and a forward snare, so if you see that series of attacks, be ready to evade the grab. Hook-wielding Gravediggers don't actually attack with their lanterns and are incapable of striking behind them. You'll also run into Gravediggers that like to use firearms at a distance, so any time you approach one you should always check to see if it's carrying a gun first so that you can adjust your approach accordingly. Strategy Due to the slow and heavily telegraphed nature of their attacks you'll have plenty of opportunities to interrupt and stagger the pickaxe variant, and that's by far the easiest way to take them out in normal combat. Since you'll often find them working away at walls, you'll also be able to sneak up them and hit them from behind with a charged R2 for an easy victory. Once you're behind them they have no way to attack you directly, but their overhead swings do have a slight backwards arc that can clip you if you're too close, so be ready to evade backwards just in case. Because they have no super armor, however, once you begin your offense they should not be able to retaliate unless you run out of stamina. Notes Preset Chalice Dungeons: Hintertomb, Lower Hintertomb, Cursed Pthumerian Defilement, Isz Gravestone, Pthumeru Ihyll. 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] Watcher's Gravediggers (Pickaxe) can use recovery items to fully restore their health, so you'll need to keep the pressure on them. Variants with purple aura and healing have different drop pool and rates from regular version. Watcher's Gravedigger (Pickaxe) is tied to the Bloodlickers spawn effect in Chalice Dungeons. Therefore after executing visceral attack and killing this enemy, then heading off to other parts of the layer, there's a possibility that when you return to the room you visceral attacked it in a Bloodlicker will appear to feed on the blood. More information about this effect can be found on the Traps & Hazards wiki page.

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

Ritual Materials: Drop Pools

For the most part, items dropped by enemies are decided simply by a random per cent 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 Tomb Mold (1) in the Depth 1 Pthumerian Root Labyrinth, but would drop a Tomb Mold (5) instead in a Depth 5 Isz Gravestone dungeon.

Pool Name	Depth 1		Depth 2		Depth 3		Depth 4		Depth 5
Tomb Mold Pool		Tomb Mold (1) Depth 1		Tomb Mold (2) Depth 2		Tomb Mold (3) Depth 3		Tomb Mold (4) Depth 4		Tomb Mold (5) Depth 5

Enemies List Per Pool [% Drop Rate]
Tomb Mold Pool
Watcher's Gravedigger (Pickaxe): x1 [8%], x2 [0.7%]
Labyrinth Rat: x1 [4%], x2 [0.4%]

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