Brutal. Dastardly bastardy. Various other cuss words so heinous, that they were last heard in an episode of Spongebob Squarepants. Yep, sounds pretty much like Bloodborne to me! From Software’s hit action RPG digital torture session isn’t exactly an easy game, with death merely a nightmare-fuelled monster away. The game puts the baws in boss battles, with some challenging creatures looking to turn your skull into a love toy. Fortunately, there’s an easy way around that. Just don’t tell anyone that I used this method, ok?
It’s a simple fix really. Just leave your Playstation running for half a day, and you’ll soon be walking over the corpses of bastard bosses.
Redditor meatballz came up with the fix, after discovering that boss battles became easier when the game had been running for over 12 hours. Meatballz detailed his method below:
I just tested this yesterday by turning off the PS4 power saving options and leaving Bloodborne running all night. Sure enough, when I played in the morning Logarius had transformed from an intense spell casting maniac into a senile old man who did nothing but attack with his scythe over and over. BSB stops jumping all over the room and doing multi-hit combos and just politely spams his side-swipe, Amelia stops healing, One Reborn stops pooping acid, every boss changes in some way and ultimately becomes much easier.
Here’s some video from meatballz, showing the differences in difficulty:
Responding to that post, Selakah outlined some of the crippled bosses they’d experienced in their initial play through after a marathon session:
- Mergo’s Wet Nurse did nothing but walk towards me while flailing. No dark cloud phase. She was basically stuck walking towards me like a slow lawnmower.
- Micolash did nothing but try to hit me with his fists. No tentacle attack, no cosmos attack.
- Ebrietas repeatedly faceplanted and spit blood at me. No cosmos attack, no forward lunge, no variations.
- Logarius just used his scythe attack, zero spellcasting. He was permanently stuck swinging at me like this.
- Abhorrent beast did nothing but his 3 hit combo in every phase.
According to the thread, the bug is a result of a memory leak that gobbles up resources when Bloodborne has been running for half a day. It’s a useful way of cheapening the Bloodborne experience I reckon, in order to finally, finally, get past that one boss. Or as Geoff constantly tells me, you could beat those bosses by not being sh*t at the game.
Last Updated: April 7, 2015
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 10:07
“you could beat those bosses by not being sh*t at the game.”
http://i.imgur.com/5oxq2xOl.gif
Hammersteyn
April 7, 2015 at 10:12
Made it to the woods this weekend. Loving the honeycomb level design in that you can open gates to create shortcuts through the game
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 10:14
Yeah the Forbidden Woods is an amazing level. Play with headphones, the sound design here is fantastic.
WitWolfy
April 7, 2015 at 10:27
Got this one random dude to help me defeat those 3 dudes boss in the Forbidden woods.. Now its just to figure out where to go next… Any suggestions?
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 10:32
Ahh shadows of Yharnam. Fire DEF is a must. Charred hunter gear and Fire DMG reduction rune makes the battle much easier. Push forward to Byrgenwerth and face a really ‘fun’ boss 😛
WitWolfy
April 7, 2015 at 10:39
Byrgenwerth… Is that the place with that big plant who shoots those projectilesat you?? If so yea I did go there and then into the building, to be greeted with another POS crazy hunter that kills me in like 2 blows…
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 10:44
Yup, that hunter ain’t TOO bad but can F you up as she has magic attacks too. Visceral attacks are your friend. She tends to charge up a lot so be sure to get some gun attacks in to stagger. She has a shit ton of health so yeah, lure her outside.
WitWolfy
April 7, 2015 at 10:47
One question does creatures attack the hunters too, or do they both only tend to attack you? Otherwise I’m gonna lure that biatch outside and let that Bug thing from “The mist” kill her. while I’m spamming molotovs.
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 10:54
Try it out, not a bad theory. Creature’s attacks only seem to affect you but not sure against other hunters, try it out and lemme know! 😀
WitWolfy
April 7, 2015 at 10:55
I’LL DO IT FOR SCIENCE! LOL
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 10:57
HAHAHA!
http://i2.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/013/034/yeahsciencebitch.PNG
WitWolfy
April 8, 2015 at 08:16
Reporting back… Using myself as bait last night the hunter just stood outside like a little bitch while those bees things attacked me ignoring the hunter completely.. Further more… It looked like the hunter just casually walked back to the library when I ran too far away from him/her..
Was worth a try…
CaptainNemo42
April 7, 2015 at 11:09
She’s not that hard, you just have to get close and get a few gun parries and ripostes off. She doesn’t magic attack if you’re close. Takes about three parries and ripostes.
CaptainNemo42
April 7, 2015 at 10:58
‘Fun’? Yeah, I like the inverted commas there.
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 11:00
I like how it’s all sweet and innocent with a few harmless minions till the bass drops and the music starts ramping then you know you’re pretty much F***d
CaptainNemo42
April 7, 2015 at 11:05
Dude, I’ve been stuck there for the whole day yesterday. Probably more than 12 hours, should have just not logged out every time I take a break.
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 11:43
Do you have the Tonitrus? Weapon works great for ROM. Bolt damage.
Wraith
April 7, 2015 at 10:39
Just head straight through to Byrgenworth. Just note that killing the boss there will progress the main storyline/timeline (all unsaved NPCs will be lost).
fred
April 7, 2015 at 11:21
I had to call for help too over there , felt a bit guilty , but the next boss solo got me over it.
The Truth
April 8, 2015 at 22:24
Playing with a nice digital surround sound system blows headphones out of the water.
CaptainNemo42
April 7, 2015 at 10:56
I had a lot of fun in that area, great farming lands as well. I’m stuck in the area just past it though. 😐
Darren Peach
April 7, 2015 at 11:07
Hissssss
Hammersteyn
April 7, 2015 at 11:15
Hissssss?
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 11:45
Hahahaha dem snakes. Those huge ones made me piss in my pants when I saw it for the first time!
Hammersteyn
April 7, 2015 at 12:25
O crap!
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 12:38
Lol you’re not yet there I take it?
Hammersteyn
April 7, 2015 at 12:51
Nope, and reading these comments…. I’m missing on a lot of stuff O_o
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 12:53
You’re in the forest….You’ll get there soon 😀 😀 😀
WitWolfy
April 8, 2015 at 08:27
Dont worry you and me both.. I’m trying to interact with all the NPC before progressing the story but not knowing where to start can is a bitch…
Hammersteyn
April 8, 2015 at 09:13
I found maybe two. not counting the people at the red lanterns telling me to f**k off
Hammersteyn
April 7, 2015 at 10:09
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AbyssWalkerX8
April 7, 2015 at 10:10
Stand a certain distance from a boss, he does a certain attack. These exploits have been around since Demon Souls but From Software never learn. Hopefully, these exploits will be patched out soon. The Logarius boss fight is so much fun when he’s not spamming his scythe attack.
Deceased
April 7, 2015 at 10:22
All I could think when I saw the header …
*Awesome, single bike, with five side karts*
Dethklok!
Dethklok!
Dethklok!
Dethklok!
I’m… ticking… for… the…
Dethklok!
Dethklok!
Skwisgaar Skwigelf taller than a tree
Toki Wartooth not a bumblebee
William Murderface Murderface Murderface
Pickles the Drummer doodily doo ding dong doodily doodily doo,
Nathan Explosion!!!
*Awesome circle-head-bangs*
(The intro of Metalocalypse)
The D
April 7, 2015 at 10:57
You. I like you.
z1n
April 7, 2015 at 11:09
But… Do you like, COFFEE?
Deceased
April 7, 2015 at 12:19
Real Coffee?
From the hills, of Columbia …
Greylingad
April 7, 2015 at 10:30
Bwaaaahaaaaahaaa! This is hilarious actually, just think about it, you end up at a boss battle after the consoles’ been on for so long and it’s like they just give up…”Ag no man, jus kom moer me and finish it already, I’m taaierd of standing around waiting for you…”
evilsheepclone
April 7, 2015 at 10:54
One of the most frustrating games I have ever played. Makes me want to go outside and hit innocent people. Hate myself for buying it. They should have given us a manual similar to larry the lounge lizard. Been stuck on the first section for about 3 hours. WTF
Boss
April 7, 2015 at 11:01
Learn not to be shit
evilsheepclone
April 7, 2015 at 11:04
Gee thanks for the advice
CaptainNemo42
April 7, 2015 at 11:11
What is it you’re battling with?
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 11:46
Yeah @evilsheepclone We’re here to help 🙂
evilsheepclone
April 7, 2015 at 11:48
Well it took me about an hour to figure out how to equip my weapons, running around and trying to kill warewolves and hence men with your fists doesn’t help. I am still stuck at the section right after the clinic. I keep on getting murderised at the bon fire with all the “hence men” and that mangy mutt.
WitWolfy
April 7, 2015 at 11:55
My suggestion run pass those idiots and get to “The great bridge” face the Cleric beast. Die and start leveling up your character using the doll which should be alive now.
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When you’re about lvl 17 or 18 then go face the Cleric beast again and kill that fudger.
evilsheepclone
April 7, 2015 at 12:01
well noted, I was wondering why that doll was there, although for me it is still inanimate. What ever happened to a booklet? these days you get squat.
CaptainNemo42
April 7, 2015 at 12:02
It’s part of a Souls type game, they deliberately don’t tell you anything.
Hammersteyn
April 7, 2015 at 12:24
Also the Cleric Beast is vulnerable to Molotovs so get like ten of this and spam him.
CaptainNemo42
April 7, 2015 at 12:03
Did you make it up the ladder to the first Lantern?
evilsheepclone
April 7, 2015 at 12:03
yep and that is where I keep respawning when dying. The dying happens often.
CaptainNemo42
April 7, 2015 at 12:30
Okay, well take it slowly in the beginning, don’t just rush at the enemies. Learn your movements, also, don’t know if you know this. The Analogue R3 botton locks onto an enemy, it helps you die focus on that enemy, you can switch between them by flicking the R stick.
Holding R2 does a charge attack, which if you time it well does a ton of damage, and if you manage to sneak up on an enemy you can do an R2 charge attack followed by R1 to do a critical hit backstab.
Last thing, practice and learn the Gun parry (L2), if you hit the dude while he is starting his attack, you will stun him and make him drop to his knees, you can then run up to him to do a critical strike on him. It’s an insta-kill for the early enemies, and a very usefull skill later in the game.
evilsheepclone
April 7, 2015 at 12:45
Shot, I think my problem is I want to just run up to everything and take it on. Gotta be more sneaky it seems.
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 12:49
Not even sneak, just take note of attack patterns. Slow and steady wins the race. Get the hang of combat and soon you can bum rush them all you want 😀
The Truth
April 8, 2015 at 22:32
Playing Bloodborne like a first person shooter will be the surest way to get you to instantly ragequit.
WitWolfy
April 8, 2015 at 08:20
So true.
WitWolfy
April 8, 2015 at 08:18
Your joking right… Compare to the rest of the game that part is like literally a walk in the park.
CaptainNemo42
April 8, 2015 at 08:54
I just kinda slugged it away until I started getting the rhyme of it, then the combat becomes poetry in motion.
CaptainNemo42
April 7, 2015 at 12:32
This shows it the best.
evilsheepclone
April 7, 2015 at 11:50
Also would you know how to change the controller button assignments.
Hammersteyn
April 7, 2015 at 12:24
Obvious troll is obvious, ignore him.
MovieMuscle
December 26, 2015 at 23:01
Yeah, Bloodborne players are notorious nerds who spend their life mastering all this shit. “Oh man, I mastered my dodging and attacking. I’ve conquered life. Thathatha!”
WitWolfy
April 7, 2015 at 11:53
May I suggest watching some youtube videos on how to play the game?
evilsheepclone
April 7, 2015 at 12:02
You may and I shall take your advice.
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 12:22
EpicNameBro. He’ll show you some great tips AND explain the story as he goes along.
Hammersteyn
April 7, 2015 at 12:27
It’s kinda sad that we have to run around and find all the info needed to progress seeing how the games not very helpful in that regard. I dont mind as much but it’s hell on new comers
CaptainNemo42
April 7, 2015 at 12:36
It’s true. I think there is a lot of people that got sucked in by the hype, not knowing what they let themselves in for, a lot of people will probably give up before they get past the Cleric Beast. And it is such a shame, because the game really does start to shine a bit later. For me, it was during that after the Vicar Amelia fight. I struggled, and struggled and then it just somehow clicked, and the game becomes an absolute joy and masterpiece.
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 12:38
Amelia is an amazing battle, I can’t wait to learn more about the Vicar bloodline.
CaptainNemo42
April 7, 2015 at 12:41
I think I love those fights the most, it’s fast, and frenetic. Complete chaos, yet, you still can’t just bash buttons. So its almost, controlled chaos.
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 12:48
Indeed. Usually, when I get the boss down to like 3/4 health I start getting this feeling that I NEED to go in an attack him with everything I got and just bash the attack button…Never works out lol.
CaptainNemo42
April 7, 2015 at 12:50
No, that is exactly where you need the most patience.
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 12:55
Lol Indeed, have to play it safe and not waste your efforts.
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 12:37
Yup, but that’s Souls I guess, but once you get the core mechanics down, you’re fine. It’s very community based so newcomers should never feel bad looking at the wiki or asking for help.
CaptainNemo42
April 7, 2015 at 12:38
I looked for help with Rom, but still battling. Had myself deliberately killed by those dudes with a sack over his shoulder so I can go and fetch it. Still struggling with the fight, think my timing is just wrong.
Umar
April 7, 2015 at 12:44
Oh, the Tonitrus? Yeah, it helps to have that weapon though. The battle is all about timing and dodging, hooo boy do you have to dodge. made worse by the fact that you can only damage him from the side :/ Basic strategy is run towards and just get as much hits as you can, ignore the spiders and then run away and dodge. Sounds simple, but the best way is to bum rush him and take note not to get caught in his AOE attack that will probably kill you.
CaptainNemo42
April 7, 2015 at 12:59
Yeah, I do that, it’s the AOE attack that gets me, not that it kills me, my health is good enough, but the a little spider comes a long and nails me while I’m getting up. Like I said timing. I find the best is just to put the game down and play something else for a day or so. Sometimes when you go back, its suddenly a breeze.
I had that with the Capra Demon in Dark Souls, was stuck on that thing for hours, just couldn’t get past it. Damn dogs and little space didn’t help.
Darren Peach
April 7, 2015 at 11:03
Youtube also helps.
Melasco
April 7, 2015 at 12:37
The best part of Souls games is the satisfaction of beating them without cheating..
Bloodborne was amazing, I loved every second of it. Ebrietas was the hardest boss for me by far, I just could not kill her solo, and eventually summoned someone to help.
WitWolfy
April 8, 2015 at 08:33
Felt that way last night when I beat those two hunters outside Vicar Amelia’s Healing Church. Screw those guys.
CaptainNemo42
April 8, 2015 at 08:57
Hahaha, those two caught me by complete surprise. Luckily the one only appears if you jump into his line of sight. Happened to me as I was about the kill the first one, then I saw the other one gunning for me, and that one is a tough cookie.
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April 8, 2015 at 08:36
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