Information:
The Moon Presence is an optional boss and Great One located in the Hunter's Dream. Gain 5 Insight for finding it and 5 for killing it. No Lamp activates upon its death.
Special Notes: Can only be fought after consuming three One Third Umbilical Cords, refusing Gehrman's offer of mercy, and killing Gehrman in the subsequent fight.
Lore:
The Moon Presence is a Great One who was beckoned by Laurence and his associates with the Orphan of Kos' Umbilical Cord. Laurence trapped Gehrman there most likely to keep him from interfering with the Healing Church after the Old Yharnam debacle. Gehrman would ultimately become its protector and intermediary for the Hunters passing through. The Moon Presence's ultimate goal is to kill Mergo and Mergo's Wet Nurse, which is why it employs Hunters, to go and do its dirty work for it without risking the attention of other Great Ones. The Moon Presence may also be referred to as Paleblood. When the Hunter doesn't consume the Umbilical Cords, the Moon Presence views you as a new surrogate and protector, and makes you Gehrman's replacement. If the Hunter does consume the One Third Umbilical Cords, you begin to transcend and the Moon Presence sees you as a fellow Great One, and therefore a threat. After beating the Moon Presence, you, the newest Great One, become responsible for the Hunter's Dream.
References and Dialogue:
-"Hunt the Great Ones, Hunt the Great Ones." "The nameless moon presence beckoned by Laurence and his associates. Paleblood." "Three third cords." Notes in Lecture Hall
-"Behold! A Paleblood sky!" Note in Yahar'gul
-"Handwritten scrawl: Seek paleblood to transcend the hunt." Note in Iosefka's Clinic
-"Paleblood, you say? Hmm...Never heard of it." Gilbert
-The Moon Presence is also related to the Blood Moon as it is a part of the Paleblood Sky phase of the game.
-Upon its death the words, "Nightmare Slain" also appear as they did when Mergo dies.
Description:
A quadruped skeletal beast with a thin structure and a tentacle crowned head. It also has multiple tentacle tails and an obscene amount of jagged ribs. Its head is oval in shape with three holes in it, two small holes and one large hole, and is diagonally placed on its body. It is black and red in color and has five fingers on each hand.
Location:
Its boss arena is located in the garden of the Hunter's Dream.
Combat:
-Weak to Fire, Bolt and Arcane
The Moon Presence's arena is a wide open garden covered in flowers and large crosses. The ground is mostly even although it does slope downhill. The edge of the arena does offer places to get snagged on but the large size makes it easier to stay in the open.
First Stage:
Despite being the last boss, the Moon Presence has very few attacks and fewer that pose an actual threat. It's movements are very similar to that of beast bosses from the early game. The regular melee attacks it does are all variations of swipe attacks (m): the first where it will walk towards you swiping five times, four quick alternating swipes followed by a slower swipe from right to left; it can do a single swipe from left to right; a slow swipe from its left side, quick swipe from right, repeated once; it can also swipe twice and then leap forward for a grab. It has one that is particular to it where it punches its right arm down and then swirls its tail in a huge circle (m). It can also do a leap attack (h) and try and land on you. The rest of its attacks are all non-physical: the first being an A.O.E., where it rears up on its hind legs and grabs its face which will stop you from using Blood Vials if you are hit by the blood that comes out of the white orb above its head and it also has a variant of this where the white orbs will surround it in a circle and rain blood to the same effect. The last attack it can do will bring the hunter down to one HP no matter what Vitality (can one-shot Co-ops with low health), where it will hold its face in its hands and a red flash will emanate from it.
Second Stage:
The one HP attack will now also block Blood Vial usage.
Drops:
-230,000 Blood Echoes
Tips and Tricks:
-Although intimidating, the Moon Presence can be handled in the same way as the majority of beast bosses. Get behind it and attack before dodging away.
-A +10 weapon with high rally potential is the best option such as the Burial Blade or Hunter's Axe.
-If you damage the head enough, you can get a visceral attack. Backstabs are also very effective.
-Do not panic if it blocks your Blood Vial usage as it is fairly easy to dodge the melee attacks.
-When it uses the one HP attack quickly run up and attack it. It will stand still for a pretty long chunk of time afterwards and with a high rally potential weapon you can regain back all of your health.
Glitches:
-Can fall off the map. 1:20
Damage Indicator:
Slight damage (s)
Moderate Damage (m)
Heavy Damage (h)
Stun (st)
