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Collection of notes regarding types of damage dealt by main game, DLC bosses and chalice bosses, collected by KitPes from Tomb Prospectors.

Main Story Bosses

Boss & Location	Main Damage Types	Notes
Cleric Beast Central Yharnam	Physical
Father Gascoigne Central Yharnam	Physical	Gunshots deal arc/fire damage (60/40%)
Vicar Amelia Cathedral Ward	Physical
Blood-starved Beast Old Yharnam	Physical	Jump attack deals Blunt damage. Phase 3 poison explosion deals Arcane damage.
The Witch of Hemwick Hemwick Charnel Lane	Physical,  Arcane	Melee attacks deal physical damage and projectiles deal Arcane. Summoned Mad Ones deal Physical damage.
Darkbeast Paarl Old Yharnam	Physical, Blunt, Bolt	All melee attacks in regular mode deal roughly 50% phys or blunt and 50% bolt damage. In “broken” form (without sparks) the bolt part is removed but the phys/blunt part is increased by roughly 30-40%. Damage output in broken form is independent of phase and is comparable to regular phase 3.
Shadow of Yharnam Forbidden Woods	Physical, Fire	All melee attacks from Shadows are physical. Giant snake also deals physical damage.
Rom, the Vacuous Spider Moonside Lake	Physical, Blunt, Arcane	Rom’s body slams deal Blunt damage. Falling meteors are 40% phys/60% arc. Rising ones are 20% phys/80% arc, dealing significantly more damage. Small spiders deal only Physical damage.
Martyr Logarius Forsaken Castle Cainhurst	Physical, Arcane	Melee attacks are purely physical.
The One Reborn Yahar'gul (Blood Moon)	Blunt, Arcane	Also has several weak Physical melee attacks. Vomit and raining crap, as well as bell ringer projectiles, deal Arcane damage.
Amygdala Nightmare Frontier	Blunt, Physical	Vomit, lasers and their explosions deal Physical damage, melee moveset is blunt.
Celestial Emissary Upper Cathedral Ward	Blunt, Arcane	Melee moveset is entirely blunt.
Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos Altar of Despair	Blunt, Physical, Arcane	Head slams, ground and aerial charges, and overhead tentacle slams are blunt, other melee attacks are physical. Lasers and blood vomit deal Arcane damage.
Micolash, Host of the Nightmare Nightmare of Mensis	Arcane
Mergo's Wet Nurse Nightmare of Mensis	Physical	Also has a couple of thrust attacks.
Gehrman, The First Hunter Hunter's Dream	Physical	Gunshots deal Blood damage. Phase 2 buff explosion deals Arcane damage.
Moon Presence Hunter's Dream	Physical	Raining crap deals arcane damage. 1 HP AoE attack technically deals around 28000 physical, fire and bolt damage (in NG).

The Old Hunters DLC Bosses

Boss & Location	Main Damage Types	Notes
Ludwig Hunter's Nightmare	Phase 1: Blunt Phase 2: Physical, Arcane	Bite combo in phase 1 is physical, rest of melee attacks are blunt. Water spray attack deals Arcane damage. Phase 2 sword attacks are 50% phys/50% arc, lightwaves and AoEs are purely Arcane.
Living Failures Research Hall	Blunt, Arcane	Unlike Rom’s meteorites, Failure ones are purely arcane. All melee attacks are blunt.
Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower Research Hall	Phase 1: Physical, Thrust, Phase 2: Blood, Phase 3: Blood, Fire	Phase 1 damage types are similar to player rakuyo attacks. In phase 2 and 3 all melee attacks deal Blood damage, with flame trails dealing Fire damage in phase 3.
Orphan of Kos Fishing Hamlet	Physical, Arcane, Bolt	All melee attacks in both phases deal mostly physical damage with relatively minor arcane component, the value of arcane damage is constant for all attacks in each phase while the physical part varies between individual attacks. Thrown projectiles and explosions deal Arcane damage.
Laurence, the First Vicar Hunter's Nightmare	Physical, Fire	Phase 1 melee hits are purely physical, in phase 2-3 a relatively minor fire part is added. Flame explosions and AoEs deal purely fire damage.

Chalice Dungeons Bosses

Boss & Location	Main Damage Types	Notes
Undead Giant (Twin Curved Blades) Pthumerian Labyrinth L1	Physical, Blunt	Ground slam, jump and leg kicks are blunt for all three Undead Giant variants.  Forward blade thrusts deal Thrust damage, other melee attacks are physical.
Undead Giant (Hatchet and Cannon) Hintertomb Labyrinth L2	Physical, Blunt, Blood	Cannon shots deal Blood damage. Axe melee attacks deal Physical and cannon melee attacks deal Blunt.
Undead Giant (Club and Hook) Lower Pthumerian Labyrinth L2	Physical, Blunt	Hook attacks are physical, club and chain attacks are Blunt.
Merciless Watchers & Chieftain Lower Pthumerian Labyrinth L1	Club Watcher: Blunt, Saw Watcher: Physical, Shotgun Watcher: Blood
Watchdog of the Old Lords Cursed Pthumerian Defilement L2	Physical, Fire	Only jump and charge attack deal both damage types (60/40%). Other melee attacks are purely physical.
Keeper of the Old Lords Central Pthumerian Labyrinth L2	Physical, Fire
Brainsucker Isz Gravestone L1	Physical, Blunt	Some hand swipe attacks are blunt, rest are physical.
Pthumerian Descendant Central Pthumerian Labyrinth L3	Physical
Pthumerian Elder Lower Hintertomb Labyrinth L3	Physical, Blunt, Thrust	Mace (including subsequent explosion), hook and halberd attacks are blunt. Lance, ground spear and crossbow shots are thrust, rest melee attacks are physical. Despite the visible flaming effect appearing when getting hit by all attacks, only fireballs that drop during phase 2 staff spin attack actually deal fire damage.
Maneater Boar Hintertomb Labyrinth L1	Physical
Bloodletting Beast Lower Pthumerian Labyrinth L4	Blunt	Both variants have entirely blunt movesets.
Beast-possessed Soul Ailing Loran L1	Physical, Fire
Loran Silverbeast Lower Loran L1	Physical, Fire, Bolt	Melee attacks are purely physical.
Abhorrent Beast Ailing Loran L3	Physical, Blunt	Only several arm slam attacks of phase 1 deal blunt damage, all other moves are physical. Despite its appearance and blood gem drops this boss deals no bolt damage at all.
Yharnam, Pthumerian Queen Pthumeru Ihyll L3	Physical, Thrust, Arcane	Melee attacks are either purely physical/thrust or have small arcane part. Blood attacks and telekinesis grab deal Arcane damage.