Information:
The Blood Starved Beast is an optional boss located in Old Yharnam. There is another one, already dead, located inside the large chapel which is crucified before a crowd of Beast Patients and Cloaked Beasts. Gain one Insight for finding it and three after its death. Once killed it activates the Church of the Good Chalice Lamp.
Special Notes: Killing the Blood Starved Beast unlocks the door to the Healing Church Workshop. Down the stairs from the Cathedral Ward Lamp and to the right will be a door that will now be unlocked.
Lore:
The Blood Starved Beast is one of the many who fell to the beastly scourge that destroyed Old Yharnam. Before its transformation, the Beast's addiction made it the object of purifying rituals, such as self flagellation, most likely initiated by the Healing Church.
References and Dialogue:
-Can be found be found crucified in front of the altar in Old Yharnam.
-Can be found in the Chalice Dungeons
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Description:
The Blood Starved Beast looks like a crouched over animal with the skin on its back flayed open to expose its bones. It has long claws and is mostly known for its erratic movements. It has almost no hair and when it rears up it exposes a prominent set of ribs indicative of its starvation. When cut it bleeds clear fluid and while running the skin on its back flaps around.
Location:
From the Old Yharnam lamp, make your way outside and across the bridge: from there continue down the stairs at your right. There will be another set of stairs to the right go down those and you will go around a corner to see a ladder. Go down the ladder and run straight until you see the tiny building on the right. Go down that ladder and take a right. Enter the small doorway and continue through the room. You will exit into a courtyard with some Scourge Beasts (werewolves), kill them, turn left and continue down that road. You will go down a set of stairs and will go down a steep slope into a church.
Summons:
There is one summon available for this fight if you spoke to him in the Cathedral Ward: Alfred Vileblood Hunter, who wields a Kirkhammer and a Hunter Blunderbuss. His summoning bell is located behind the wall to the right of the stairs leading down to the church.
Combat:
-Serious Weakness to Fire
-Strong against Arcane and Bolt
The Blood Starved Beast is located in an abandoned church. The church is very long with a row of pillars on either side of the arena and a large altar positioned at the back of the church. Behind the altar is a body with three antidotes.
First stage:
The Beast attacks with a set of forward slashes (m), raises its left arm and rears back a bit, a single claw swipe sometimes followed by a charge attack (s), raises right arm slowly, and will jump towards the player before slashing (m), raises right arm and lunges towards player, in the first stage. It approaches quite slowly in this stage and the windup for its attacks are pretty slow at this point although the actual slash is executed quite quickly,
Second stage:
The Beast enters the second stage when it rears up on its back legs and howls while clear fluid shoots from its body. It is now faster and more erratic and its attacks have a poison effect to them. Its combos are much longer at this point and it is more likely to use its grab attack (h), moves both arms out to the side at hunter level (like it is about to clap), and its A.O.E. attack (h), it moves back and forth with its head down before standing up releasing a poison cloud.
Third stage:
Also shown by the Beast rearing up on its hind legs and howling. It now has a poison "aura" of sorts and even being too close to it will result in a poison effect taking hold. It again gains more speed and it more likely to use the poison cloud attack.
Drops:
-6,600 Blood Echoes
-Pthumeru Chalice
Tips and Tricks:
-Using Alfred is very helpful in this fight because he becomes a great decoy for the Beast. Be careful to watch his health and distract it when he needs to heal.
-Hiding behind pillars will give you time to heal up or use an antidote. Stay close to them if you can and duck behind when you are low on health.
-Always dodge to the left, never backwards.
-The best weapon for this fight would be any weapon with serration damage, such as a Saw Cleaver or a Saw Spear +3 or higher equipped with Fire Paper.
-The Beast can be staggered at all stages of the fight with Blunderbuss or a charged R2 attack from behind.
-A Hunter Blunderbuss is the best secondary weapon if you are trying to visceral attack it, in which case wait until it raises its right arm for the claw swipe or the grab attack when you are out of range. These are the easiest attacks to parry but the others are possible.
- A Flamesprayer +3 or higher can be used as well in conjunction with Alfred or just as a means to preserve stamina in order to dodge away once it turns around. Keep a continuous spray towards its back or sides to avoid getting hit.
-Walk forward and to the left and his attacks will miss.
-Bring lots of antidotes and make use of the ones on the body behind the altar if you run out
-Wearing the Black Church Garb is helpful due to its high Slow Poison Resistance
-Molotov Cocktails are great to use at the end of the fight although be prepared to miss.
-Pungent Blood Cocktails can distract the Beast although it still attacks the item erratically. Use this time to heal up or pop a few antidotes. If not, attack while it is distracted.
Glitches:
-Can lunge through brick wall behind altar and get stuck there. Watch 3:50
-Can be visceral attacked through the wall. Link
Damage Indicator:
Slight damage (s)
Moderate Damage (m)
Heavy Damage (h)
Stun (st)
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