Bloodborne - Weapons
The full Hunter arsenal of Bloodborne: fifteen base-game trick weapons, the eleven trick weapons added by The Old Hunters, and the firearms and off-hand tools that occupy the left hand. Every trick weapon transforms between two movesets on L1, so the same weapon covers a fast short-range mode and a...
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Trick Weapons (Base Game)
The fifteen trick weapons sold at the Bath Messenger or found in the world in the base campaign, including the three starting choices.
| Name | Type | Description | Stats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saw Cleaver | Trick Weapon (Saw) | One of the three starting weapons and the most common speedrun pick. | Damage Type: Physical Scaling: Strength (D) / Skill (D) Transform: Folded saw, extended cleaver Special: Serrated bonus against beasts | Starting weapon chosen at the Hunter's Dream, or bought from the Bath Messenger for 900 Blood Echoes |
| Hunter Axe | Trick Weapon (Axe) | The Strength starting weapon. One-handed mode is a quick chopping axe, two-handed mode is a long halberd whose charged R2 spins the Hunter in a full circle and knocks most enemies down, making it the most forgiving starting pick for new players. | Damage Type: Physical Scaling: Strength (C) / Skill (E) Transform: One-handed axe, two-handed halberd Special: Charged spin attack with knockdown | Starting weapon chosen at the Hunter's Dream, or bought from the Bath Messenger for 1,100 Blood Echoes |
| Threaded Cane | Trick Weapon (Cane and Whip) | The Skill starting weapon. Folded it is a thin cane with a fast thrust, transformed it becomes a long whip that hits at range and covers wide arcs, and the whip mode adds a serrated bonus. | Damage Type: Physical Scaling: Skill (C) / Strength (E) Transform: Cane, threaded whip Special: Serrated bonus in whip form, long reach | Starting weapon chosen at the Hunter's Dream, or bought from the Bath Messenger for 1,000 Blood Echoes |
| Saw Spear | Trick Weapon (Saw) | The Saw Cleaver's thrusting sibling, found in the aqueducts under Central Yharnam. | Damage Type: Physical Scaling: Skill (D) / Strength (D) Transform: Short saw, long spear Special: Serrated bonus against beasts, thrusting attacks | Found in the aqueduct beneath Central Yharnam, near the Madman's Knowledge chest |
| Kirkhammer | Trick Weapon (Sword and Hammer) | A silver sword whose blade locks into a stone hammer head when transformed. | Damage Type: Physical (blunt in hammer form) Scaling: Strength (B) / Skill (E) Transform: Silver sword, stone hammer Special: Heavy stagger, blunt damage | Bought from the Bath Messenger after obtaining the Sword Hunter Badge, for 3,000 Blood Echoes |
| Ludwig's Holy Blade | Trick Weapon (Sword and Greatsword) | A silver knight's sword that sheathes into a greatsword hilt, the single most popular quality weapon in the game. | Damage Type: Physical Scaling: Strength (C) / Skill (C) Transform: Short sword, greatsword Special: Best-in-class quality scaling, wide greatsword arcs | Bought from the Bath Messenger for 20,000 Blood Echoes after obtaining the Radiant Sword Hunter Badge in the Healing Church Workshop |
| Burial Blade | Trick Weapon (Scythe) | Gehrman's own weapon, redeemed with the Old Hunter Badge or bought after beating him. | Damage Type: Physical Scaling: Skill (B) / Strength (E) / Arcane (D) Transform: Curved sword, extended scythe Special: High Rally regeneration, wide sweeps | Redeemed with the Old Hunter Badge after defeating Gehrman, or bought from the Bath Messenger for 60,000 Blood Echoes |
| Blade of Mercy | Trick Weapon (Dual Blades) | Eileen the Crow's paired blades, a single sword that splits into two. | Damage Type: Physical Scaling: Skill (B) / Arcane (D) Transform: Single blade, paired blades Special: Fastest attack speed, dash-attack bleed | Reward for completing Eileen the Crow's questline, or bought for 40,000 Blood Echoes after obtaining the Crow Hunter Badge |
| Reiterpallasch | Trick Weapon (Rapier and Gun) | A Cainhurst rapier with a firearm built into the hilt. | Damage Type: Physical / Bloodtinge on the shot Scaling: Skill (C) / Bloodtinge (D) Transform: Rapier, rapier with firing mechanism Special: Built-in gun parry without ammunition | Found in Cainhurst Castle, in the room past the library, or bought for 28,000 Blood Echoes |
| Chikage | Trick Weapon (Katana) | The Cainhurst katana, a Bloodtinge weapon that bleeds its wielder. | Damage Type: Physical (sheathed) / Bloodtinge (blooded) Scaling: Bloodtinge (S) in blooded form / Skill (D) Transform: Sheathed katana, blood-coated katana Special: Health drain in blooded mode, top-tier Bloodtinge scaling | Bought for 50,000 Blood Echoes after obtaining the Cainhurst Badge, or found in the Castle's upper floors |
| Rifle Spear | Trick Weapon (Spear and Rifle) | A spear with a rifle barrel along the shaft. | Damage Type: Physical with Bloodtinge shots Scaling: Skill (C) / Bloodtinge (D) Transform: Spear, spear with rifle fire Special: Ranged shot from a melee weapon | Found in Old Yharnam, on the rooftop near the first Blood-starved Beast approach, or bought for 24,000 Blood Echoes |
| Stake Driver | Trick Weapon (Pile Bunker) | A short blade mounted on a piston. Its transformed charged R2 fires the stake with a gunpowder charge, producing one of the highest single-hit physical attacks in the game once the charge is timed, which makes it a boss-burst weapon rather than a general-purpose one. | Damage Type: Physical Scaling: Strength (C) / Skill (D) Transform: Blade, charged pile bunker Special: Explosive charged R2, very high burst | Found in the Healing Church Workshop tower, or bought for 22,000 Blood Echoes |
| Tonitrus | Trick Weapon (Mace) | A short mace wrapped in copper coils. Transforming it charges the head with lightning for a limited time, adding bolt damage and a strong buff against Kin enemies, and reactivating the charge mid-fight is part of its rhythm. | Damage Type: Physical / Bolt when charged Scaling: Strength (C) / Arcane (D) Transform: Mace, lightning-charged mace Special: Temporary bolt buff, strong against Kin | Found in Yahar'gul, Unseen Village, or bought for 26,000 Blood Echoes |
| Logarius' Wheel | Trick Weapon (Wheel) | Martyr Logarius' executioner wheel. In its folded form it is a heavy mace, and transforming it sets the wheel spinning, converting its damage to Arcane and adding a multihit grind that melts Kin and beasts with arcane weaknesses. | Damage Type: Physical / Arcane when spinning Scaling: Arcane (B) / Strength (D) Transform: Mace, spinning wheel Special: Arcane conversion, multihit grind | Bought for 30,000 Blood Echoes after obtaining the Wheel Hunter Badge from Alfred's questline |
| Beast Claw | Trick Weapon (Claws) | A pair of claws taken from a beast. It is the only weapon that works with the Beast's Embrace rune from the Forbidden Woods, which transforms the Hunter's body and gives the claws a full feral moveset with new combos, so its ceiling depends on committing to the beasthood path. | Damage Type: Physical Scaling: Strength (D) / Skill (D) Transform: Single claw, paired claw swipes Special: Unique moveset with the Beast's Embrace rune | Found in the Forbidden Woods in the beast-infested cave, or bought for 22,000 Blood Echoes |
Trick Weapons (The Old Hunters)
The eleven trick weapons added by the paid expansion, several of which are the strongest options in their scaling class.
| Name | Type | Description | Stats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beast Cutter | Trick Weapon (Whip and Cleaver) | A heavy cleaver on a chain. The transformed mode whips it in wide horizontal arcs at long range, and every form carries a serrated bonus, which makes it the best crowd-clearing Strength weapon in the expansion. | Damage Type: Physical (blunt and serrated) Scaling: Strength (C) / Skill (E) Transform: Cleaver, chained whip Special: Serrated in both forms, long horizontal reach | Found in the Hunter's Nightmare, in the cave past the first lamp, or bought for 28,000 Blood Echoes |
| Whirligig Saw | Trick Weapon (Saw and Grinder) | A mace with a circular saw on the end. Transforming it revs the saw, and holding the transformed attack grinds continuously against a target, which deals the highest sustained damage-per-second of any weapon against large bosses and staggers them repeatedly. | Damage Type: Physical (serrated) Scaling: Strength (B) / Skill (E) Transform: Saw mace, revving grinder Special: Continuous grind, top sustained boss damage | Found in the Hunter's Nightmare, in the plaza past the river of blood, or bought for 34,000 Blood Echoes |
| Boom Hammer | Trick Weapon (Hammer) | A hammer with a furnace in its head. The transformed mode ignites it, adding fire damage to its already heavy swings, and the buff burns out after a set number of hits, so the weapon plays as a burst-damage tool that is re-lit between exchanges. | Damage Type: Physical / Fire when lit Scaling: Strength (C) / Arcane (D) Transform: Cold hammer, ignited hammer Special: Fire buff with a hit counter | Found in the Hunter's Nightmare, in the burning building near the Nightmare Church, or bought for 28,000 Blood Echoes |
| Amygdalan Arm | Trick Weapon (Great One Limb) | The severed arm of an Amygdala, used as a club. | Damage Type: Physical / Arcane Scaling: Strength (C) / Arcane (D) Transform: Club, extended flailing arm Special: Very long reach, Arcane hybrid scaling | Found in the Hunter's Nightmare, in the cave behind the Blood-starved Beast encounter, or bought for 30,000 Blood Echoes |
| Holy Moonlight Sword | Trick Weapon (Greatsword) | Ludwig's greatsword, the Moonlight Greatsword of FromSoftware tradition. | Damage Type: Physical / Arcane Scaling: Strength (D) / Skill (D) / Arcane (C) Transform: Steel greatsword, moonlight greatsword Special: Projectile waves on R2, Arcane scaling | Obtained from Ludwig's head after defeating him in the Hunter's Nightmare, when wearing the Church attire and speaking to the head |
| Kos Parasite | Trick Weapon (Kin) | The parasite taken from the Orphan of Kos. | Damage Type: Arcane (blunt) Scaling: Arcane (S) Transform: Dormant parasite, grown flail Special: Requires the Milkweed rune, pure Arcane damage | Dropped by the Orphan of Kos in the Fishing Hamlet |
| Simon's Bowblade | Trick Weapon (Blade and Bow) | A curved sword that unfolds into a bow. Melee mode is a fast Skill blade, and the bow mode fires arrows that scale off Bloodtinge and cost Quicksilver Bullets, giving a single weapon a genuine ranged build path. | Damage Type: Physical / Bloodtinge on arrows Scaling: Skill (C) / Bloodtinge (C) Transform: Curved sword, bow Special: Ranged bow mode with charged shots | Reward from Simon the Harrowed's questline in the Hunter's Nightmare and Research Hall |
| Rakuyo | Trick Weapon (Dual Blades) | Lady Maria's paired sabres. A single blade that splits into two, it has the most elegant and highest-ceiling Skill moveset in the game, with fast dual slashes, a spinning transform attack and excellent Rally, and it is the weapon most associated with high-skill play. | Damage Type: Physical Scaling: Skill (B) / Strength (E) Transform: Single sabre, paired sabres Special: Spinning transform attack, top Skill moveset | Found in the Fishing Hamlet well, guarded by two Shark Giants, after obtaining the Cell Key |
| Church Pick | Trick Weapon (Pick and War Pick) | A Church hunter's pick that extends into a long two-handed war pick. | Damage Type: Physical (thrust and serrated) Scaling: Skill (C) / Strength (D) Transform: One-handed pick, two-handed war pick Special: Serrated plus thrust, effective on Kin and beasts | Found in the Research Hall, on the upper balcony after the Living Failures arena, or bought for 28,000 Blood Echoes |
| Bloodletter | Trick Weapon (Mace and Blood Sword) | A spiked mace used by the Bloody Crow. Transforming it drives the spikes into the Hunter's own arm to coat the weapon in blood, converting its damage to Bloodtinge at the cost of health, and its blood mode has the longest reach of any Bloodtinge weapon. | Damage Type: Physical / Bloodtinge when blooded Scaling: Bloodtinge (B) / Strength (D) Transform: Spiked mace, blood-coated blade Special: Self-damage transform, long Bloodtinge reach | Reward for the Bloody Crow of Cainhurst encounter in the Grand Cathedral, or found in the Hunter's Nightmare |
| Beast Hunter Saif | Trick Weapon (Sabre) | A folding sabre carried by the old hunters. | Damage Type: Physical Scaling: Skill (C) / Strength (D) Transform: Folded sabre, extended sabre Special: Forward-lunging transform attack | Found in the Hunter's Nightmare, in the underground tunnel near the first shortcut, or bought for 24,000 Blood Echoes |
Firearms and Off-Hand Tools
The left-hand slot. Firearms stagger enemies for Visceral Attacks and cost Quicksilver Bullets, while the shield and fist tools trade offence for defence or stagger.
| Name | Type | Description | Stats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Pistol | Firearm (Pistol) | The standard sidearm and the cleanest parry tool in the game. | Damage Type: Bloodtinge Ammo: 1 Quicksilver Bullet per shot Role: Fast parry, reliable stagger | Starting firearm, or bought from the Bath Messenger for 200 Blood Echoes |
| Hunter Blunderbuss | Firearm (Shotgun) | A wide spread shotgun. Its cone makes parrying far more forgiving at close range and it staggers groups, but the spread falls off quickly, so it is a beginner-friendly alternative to the pistol rather than the precise option. | Damage Type: Bloodtinge Ammo: 1 Quicksilver Bullet per shot Role: Wide parry window, short range | Starting firearm alternative, or bought from the Bath Messenger for 300 Blood Echoes |
| Repeating Pistol | Firearm (Pistol) | A pistol that fires two rounds per trigger pull, dealing roughly double the damage of a standard pistol for two Quicksilver Bullets. | Damage Type: Bloodtinge Ammo: 2 Quicksilver Bullets per shot Role: Double-shot damage | Bought from the Bath Messenger for 3,000 Blood Echoes after obtaining the Powder Keg Hunter Badge |
| Ludwig's Rifle | Firearm (Rifle) | A long rifle with a tighter spread and better range than the blunderbuss, used by Church hunters. | Damage Type: Bloodtinge Ammo: 1 Quicksilver Bullet per shot Role: Long-range stagger | Bought from the Bath Messenger for 8,000 Blood Echoes after obtaining the Radiant Sword Hunter Badge |
| Evelyn | Firearm (Pistol) | The Cainhurst duelling pistol, the strongest single-shot firearm in the game for a Bloodtinge build. | Damage Type: Bloodtinge Ammo: 1 Quicksilver Bullet per shot Role: Highest single-shot firearm damage, Bloodtinge scaling | Found in Cainhurst Castle, in the room behind the library, or bought for 20,000 Blood Echoes after obtaining the Cainhurst Badge |
| Cannon | Firearm (Cannon) | A handheld cannon that consumes multiple Quicksilver Bullets per shot for a huge burst of damage and knockdown. | Damage Type: Bloodtinge Ammo: Several Quicksilver Bullets per shot Role: Burst damage and knockdown | Bought from the Bath Messenger for 18,000 Blood Echoes after obtaining the Powder Keg Hunter Badge |
| Flamesprayer | Firearm (Sprayer) | A hand-pumped flame thrower that sprays fire in a short cone, applying the burn status and dealing continuous damage to beasts. | Damage Type: Fire Ammo: Quicksilver Bullets over time Role: Burn application, beast damage | Gift from Gilbert through the window in Central Yharnam after exhausting his dialogue |
| Rosmarinus | Firearm (Sprayer) | A Church censer that sprays a cloud of arcane mist instead of flame. | Damage Type: Arcane Ammo: Quicksilver Bullets over time Role: Arcane area damage | Bought from the Bath Messenger for 8,000 Blood Echoes after obtaining the Cosmic Eye Watcher Badge |
| Gatling Gun | Firearm (Heavy) | A cranked Gatling gun added in The Old Hunters. | Damage Type: Bloodtinge Ammo: Quicksilver Bullets in a continuous drain Role: Sustained suppression | Bought from the Bath Messenger in the Hunter's Nightmare for 26,000 Blood Echoes |
| Fist of Gratia | Off-Hand (Fist) | A weighted gauntlet worn in the left hand. | Damage Type: Physical Ammo: None Role: Free stagger, no parry | Found in the Hunter's Nightmare, in the streets near the Nightmare Church, or bought for 6,000 Blood Echoes |
| Loch Shield | Off-Hand (Shield) | A small arcane shield and the only shield in Bloodborne. | Damage Type: None (defensive) Ammo: None Role: Arcane and elemental damage reduction | Found in the Fishing Hamlet, in the cave behind the second lamp, or bought for 8,000 Blood Echoes |
| Piercing Rifle | Firearm (Rifle) | A rifle whose shot passes through multiple targets in a line. | Damage Type: Bloodtinge Ammo: 1 Quicksilver Bullet per shot Role: Line penetration and group stagger | Found in the Research Hall, on the balcony past the Living Failures arena, or bought for 12,000 Blood Echoes |
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