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Beast's Embrace

Beast's Embrace


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  • Basic Information
  • In-Game Description
  • Overview
  • Effects
  • Availability
  • Notes
  • Merchants
  • Datamined Roll & Dash Frame Data


Related Wiki Pages (In Alphabetical Order)
Beast Blood Pellet
Beast Claw
Beasthood
Bestial Hunter
Bosses
Caryll Runes
Covenants
Damage Calculation
Defensive Stats
Fall Damage
HEX ID's Archive
Hunter's Nightmare
In-game Art - Caryll Runes
In-game Art - Caryll Runes [datamined]
Items
Laurence, the First Vicar
Laurence's Skull
Lore Index
Milkweed
Movement
Old Hunter Bone
Rune Workshop Tool
Stats
The Old Hunters
Yahar'gul Hunter (Church Pick & Repeating Pistol)

Basic Information

Icon Name Tier Effect No. Held Stored Availability Special Note
Beasts Embrace Beast's Embrace - Temp. boost to transform +15 - / 1 - / - Laurence, the First Vicar "Embrace" rune. Assume the form of a ghastly beast.

Beast's Embrace ❘ 獣の抱擁

Caryll Rune

In-Game Description

    After repeated experiments in controlling the scourge of
    beasts, the gentle "Embrace" rune was discovered.

    When its implementation failed, the "Embrace" became a
    forbidden rune, but its knowledge became a foundation of
    the Healing Church.

    Those who swear this oath take on a ghastly form, and enjoy
    accentuated transformation effects, especially while wielding
    a beast weapon.
Note 1: The same in-game description in US & UK versions. ✓
Note 2: Original Japanese text on Original Japanese Item Index page. ✓

Overview

  • Caryll Runes are special items that you can attach to your character at the workshop in the Hunter's Dream. You can use up to four at onetime, and they provide a variety of very helpful effects. Use them tactically depending on the environments you plan to explore and the enemies you expect to face.
  • Before you can make use of Runes, you'll need the Rune Workshop Tool. This is found in Hemwick after defeating the Witch of Hemwick. After you have the tool, approach the Memory Altar in the Workshop and press X to equip Runes in your memory slots. You have three normal Memory Slots for basic runes, and a fourth "Oath Memory" slot. The basic runes are for use with normal Caryll Runes, and the Oath Memory slot is for Oath Runes only. They each provide an unique effect, but their main function is actually to identify your faction in multiplayer. For more details on the multiplayer system, check out PvP wiki page. Be careful when selecting one of the Oath Runes, or you might find yourself fighting another faction.
  • Beware! If you sell any Caryll Rune they will NOT respawn in New Game Plus.

Effects

  • New feature has been added in the Old Hunters expansion. Oath Rune obtained in the Hunter's Nightmare your character will transform into a beast, replete with a shaggy mane and fur physics. To make this new transformation complete you can equip the Beast Claw weapon to gain access to a completely unique and far more beastly moveset. To access this weapon, head for the Ailing Loran Chalice Dungeon and search the treasure room on Layer 2 just before that floor's first Lamp.
  • The Beasthood system has been made considerably more useful through a series of improvements to the Beast Claw, Beast Blood Pellets and the accumulation rate of the Beasthood meter. All of these upgrades combined mean that you can reliably deal more damage for longer periods, making a pure beast-mode play-style not only viable, but a very strong tactic in many situations.
  • While the increase to your Beasthood provided by this rune is only relatively small, it does have other rather more unique properties. Equipping the rune will cause your character model to undergo a slight transformation and take on a more beastly appearance, including a large fur mane. Additionally, if you have this rune equipped at the same time as the Beast Claw weapon, the moveset of the weapon will change, and you'll gain access to entirely new attacks. Character's dodge animation also change to fit new ghastly form.

Availability

  • Dropped by (Old Hunters DLC): Laurence, the First Vicar in Nightmare Grand Cathedral. To acquire this rune you will first need to get Laurence's Skull from the hidden altar in the Recovery Room, and then take it to the Nightmare Grand Cathedral in the Hunter's Nightmare so that you can face Laurence, the First Vicar. Upon defeating him you will automatically get the rune.

Notes

  • This Item is part of The Old Hunters DLC
  • Despite popular belief Beast's Embrace oath rune will not reduce your fall damage.
  • Equipping this Oath Rune will not make you vulnerable to Beasthunter effect of blood gems or benefit from curse effect that reduces damage against beasts.

Beasts Embrace
Model Art Icon
In-game Description Print Beasts Embrace
The Old Hunters DLC

Merchants

Shop Buy (Day) (Evening) (Night) (Red Moon) (NG+) Sell Requirement
Bath Messengers [Hunter's Dream] - - - - - - None
Insight Bath Messengers [Hunter's Dream] - - - - - - None
Chalice Bath Messengers [Chalice Dungeons Common] - - - - - - None
Patches, the Spider [Chalice Dungeons Rare] - - - - - - None

Datamined Roll & Dash Frame Data

  • UPDATE: If you want to see more details on this subject go to the datamined sheet (you have to "File > Make a copy" to change the action from the dropdown box): Foxyhooligan's frame data interactive document [archive].
Movement iFrames Roll Cancel Hyper Armor Notes
Standard
  • Roll Cancel: Roll cancel is the moment of the table that allows you to cancel the current animation into backstep, rolls or dashes.

  • Hyper Armor: It's a hidden statistic that prevents character from flinching or stumbling.

  • Bloodborne & Dark Souls 3 comparison:

  • DkS3 fast roll = 13 iframes, 21 frames roll cancel, (16 iframes bloodring)

  • DkS3 med roll = 13 iframes, 21 frames roll cancel, 12-20 frames hyper armor, (16 iframes bloodring)

  • DkS3 fat roll = 12 iframes, 28 frames roll cancel, 12-25 frames hyper armor, (15 iframes bloodring)

  • Consecutive BB forward dashes are 3 frames faster than DkS3 rolls. Consecutive BB bone forward dashes are 5 frames faster than DkS3 rolls. Both dashes have 2 frames and 5 frames less i-frames respectively than DkS3 rolls.
Forward Dash 11 iframes 18 frames roll cancel
Other Dash 11 iframes 20 frames roll cancel
Roll 11 iframes 24 frames roll cancel
Old Hunter Bone
Forward Dash 8 iframes 16 frames roll cancel
Side & Back Dash 8 iframes 18 frames roll cancel
Roll 8 iframes 18 frames roll cancel
Beast's Embrace
Forward & Back Dash 11 iframes 22 frames roll cancel
Side & Diagonal Dash 11 iframes 24 frames roll cancel
Roll 11 iframes 24 frames roll cancel
Milkweed
Forward Dash 11 iframes 21 frames roll cancel 11-24 frames hyper armor
Other Dash 11 iframes 23 frames roll cancel 11-24 frames hyper armor
Roll 11 iframes 29 frames roll cancel 11-29 frames hyper armor
Backstep 0 iframes 19 frames roll cancel 0-18 frames hyper armor
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