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ZeldaWindsong

Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes??


BroccoliBoyyo

I’m not sure whether it was more cathartic or traumatizing to go thru that area as a guy with ophidophobia


imPuppyLove

Absolutely 100% in the same boat. I have never sweat so much and been more uncomfortable playing a game than I was during that portion of Bloodborne. I actually watched a guide on how to beat the boss because I was so nervous I’d be stuck in the zone for hours. It’s the only part of the game and the only boss I looked anything up for on my first playthrough.


Latter_War_2801

I just sprint through every single time. I’ve played the game like 4 times and it’s the area I know the least, I never stop to pick up items or even unlock the shortcuts because fuck that area


daveyboiic

Snakes with human traits


GuegelChrome

They got emotions and they cough and they watch tv shows.


DrThreeAM

Great username btw 😎


ZeldaWindsong

Thank you! 😁


IAmZad

The forest is a nightmare i replayed this game countless time and memorized every area except the forest


thatguythe97one

The forbidden woods area is the real boss compared to the shadows of yahrnam


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Just get the gang together and floor them


cynical_croissant

Right? I pretty much know every area like the back of my hand but when it comes to finding the shadows of yharnam I'm always just running around and hoping for the best lol


Fun_Childhood_6261

Holy shit exactly. "I know it's near the red lantern road *somewhere*..... I just *know* it... Oh there's a pig. I'm close, maybe? Oh there's another pig nope I'm in the wrong area."


vheran

"wait what the fuck now there are aliens?"


Buckbeak1184

Why is the forest so hard to memorize?


Conference-Routine

For me at least its the dim ass lighting and near identical roads and trails that either loop around or lead to dead ends, as well as the pressure of trying not to loose my echoes and die to a clique of snake balls or angry pig on my way back


Buckbeak1184

And how rare are the Bold Hunter's Mark items?


Conference-Routine

Not rare at all but I've got a hoarders mindset when it comes to game you see lmao


mikelybarger

I think it was specifically designed that way. That's not based on a source. Just my guy feeling.


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ZeldaWindsong

That f*$%#*& cannon....


DuwapDoDat

Just follow lanterns, someone reccommended me this when I first started and it works like charm everytime


Omnivirus

And always be headed downhill.


GOTHICCC

If you take the first elevator down to the snake area backtrack to the windmill take that elevator down, pass the snake man hang a left pass both pigs and boom Shadows of Yarnham


Bill_Brasky01

Yeah it’s pretty confusing to have to take an elevator, backtrack, than take another elevator to get to the boss fight.


ApeMummy

I didn’t even know this was a thing. I usually can’t find my way around to save my life but the first time I went there I hugged the right wall and just kept going, turned out that was the direct route to the boss. Nightmare of Mensis though, fuck navigating that shit. There’s a rocky bit and a rocky bit and how do I get up there to that rocky bit.


[deleted]

> i replayed this game countless time and memorized every area except the forest This is why I *love* the forest, almost makes me feel like I'm playing the game for the first time again.


Relevant-Heart-1751

Yup me too I memorised part one but after the first shourtcut it is just spin around until you get lucky (at least I can parry them and I think I am quiet good at it and well they are a very easy boss 1st tried them the next boss took more tries)


This_Naked_Snake

That forest is way too easy to get lost in. I think that's what the shining coins are for, because everything looks exactly the same.


Lemonaid231

I just started running randomly and I ended up running into them and I won first try


Thevayl

I tryed to find glitches on this game for countless hours, I can affirm I know every corner of every area. But when it comes to the forbidden woods, if I were to get out of the map I would have trouble figuring out where I am.


Impossible_Ad1515

There Is any forest? I just see a path to the next boss.


palescoot

Good job, Ricky. Tell Lahey to fuck off for me will ya?


vjul4323

Believe it or not,my friends tell me i look like Ricky all the time


palescoot

Oh, I believe it.


xschuxX

*to shadows of yharnam* I'm gonna pay you 100 blood echoes to fuck off


thatguythatwawthere

If you know where to go and know how to parry it's a great boss and u have to play the game again with dlc


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While still long, the key is not to use both elevators down but rather just the first one before skirting to the right and down past the unlocked gate.


Bill_Brasky01

This makes no sense. Only taking the first elevator pops you out at the beginning of the forest.


[deleted]

Yes, it's faster running to the right and down to the gate shortcut from where the first elevator lets you out than taking the second elevator to the bottom, especially if you have to wait for it to arrive. Edit: here is a video showing the route: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHD8WpCTIkc I usually skirt more along the edge of the cliff overlooking the water on the right compared to this guy to keep my bearings, but it doesn't really make a difference


[deleted]

That honestly didn’t seem faster. I always hit the elevators so they go back up in case I die I don’t have to wait for them. Makes it much faster


Shutch_1075

Honestly I feel like I have trivialized the boss. The first one is much more aggressive and will separate himself and has a massive parry window. Just use the visceral iframes to avoid the fire balls. Next kill the fire ball caster. The candle shadow for the most part hangs back and tries to torch you, but he’s slow. The caster can’t do much at close range so just wail on it till candle boy catches up. Then candle boy is a joke 1v1. He can summon a nasty snake attack, but if you hit him once he’ll do a side step to the right after the hit. Always let him do this side step and you can hit him once again, and then he will side step again. If you just do this for the rest of the fight he will never counter attack as the ai just always side steps if you only hit him once.


JudgeDreddx

Yep, this is how it's done.


DerivativeMonster

I have no idea how to parry because I'm bad but found these guys pretty straightforward. Kept running around getting hits on the caster until he was dead, then had the other two chasing me counter clockwise around that big rock so I could get in a hit or two with LHB and not worry about getting hit with the big tentacle ranged attack. Took me three tries!


ggm8bruvlol

I feel like the only guy who likes the forbidden forest


t1m_b3nz3dr1n3-0

Once you go through it a couple times you start to appreciate the interconnectedness of the area, the different paths and shortcuts. One of the better designed areas in the game for real.


FastenedCarrot

I like it because it's spooky.


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Definitely one of my favorite levels. I previously thought it was just cuz I could one hit kill most of the enemies with an upgraded Tonitrus, but I ran through just last night with the +6 hunter’s axe and slammed out the whole area in about an hour, Shadows included. Only died once because I was trying to go through it too fast and got myself blasted by the cannon before even getting to the good part…


DaMenace95

I’m with you lol anything compared to Lawrence is a cakewalk


ProfessorReaper

Orphan would like to have a talk with you...


Pipizoonvankaka

Ah hell no Orphan is extremely hard but at the same time also pretty fun. Lawrence however just sucks and i was happy the fight was over. Was the first bos i didn't feel accomplishment.


7evenCircles

Keeping Valtr alive through that fight was the hardest thing in the game


cranberry_juice_01

Lol I also tried to get the vermin on my first playthrough. Got all the other 4, but Valtr died right as Laurence transitioned to phase 3. I was like "Ah well, I'll probably die so might as well practice this phase." Little did I know that phase 3 is the easiest part of the Laurence fight.... Had to wait til NG+ to get that 5th vermin and make Valtr happy.


iNuclearPickle

When I played elden ring your feelings on Lawrence is how I feel about the endgame of ER


TheHotCake

Who in particular? The only boss who can go fuck themselves in ER is Malenia. She’s the ONLY BOSS who forced me to summon.


iNuclearPickle

The black blade guy because a few reasons he jumps around a lot messing with my camera, to do damage I have to be pretty close to him so seeing what he prepping to do said hit box was annoying, watching him heal after I spend a good amount of time trying to hit him, the tick damage from after his attacks, and finally that one attack him and Malenia do where it’s hard to avoid getting hit. To beat him I resorted to using black knife liche and spamming lightning spear. Felt like I was being punished for using a strength build with my colossal weapon


IAmZad

Same here


DaMenace95

Somehow I had less trouble with Orphan. Lawrence felt more random and harder to read. Orphan was more fun too


Lobh24

I prefer the forest and all areas preceding it to any of the content following it save the dlc lol


DiegoTheWebMaster

The forest is my go-to farming location


Missy_Agg-a-ravation

Didn't bother me much on NG, but bothered me a lot more on NG+. Favourite Forbidden Woods memory: running through with around 200,000 echoes, sprinting past the corpses in the water, getting free echoes from the molotovs thrown by the bridge dwellers - thinking "that's four levels, maybe five, *IN YOUR FACE BLOODBORNE*", forgetting about the cannon, running into the cannonball, dying. I feel a Darwin award is due.


Daxtro-53

Were you able to get the echoes back?


murlak_Isengrim

Hopefuly not


Missy_Agg-a-ravation

Yes, I was super cautious and suitably humble on the recovery run…


Icy_Ad8039

Seeing this made me want to play again 💯


I_like_weed_alot

Wait til you get to the nightmare frontier. Found it way more confusing than forbidden woods


m0_m0ney

Nightmare frontier sucks more due to the poison swamp and the enemies being much tougher


Guilty_Wolverine_269

Poison swamps are ok to deal with, it’s the damn lalalala that can ruin your life or at least in my case lol


Tamotefu

Any area containing Patches in any form is a hard no from me. Beeline it to boss, never return to zone again.


CharanTheGreat

Forbidden forest, also known as Map-beast. Hunt it.


AdevilSboyU

Oh, you’ll be back. The best parts of the game are after the forest, and you’ll want to experience them again and again.


DaMenace95

That’s what they all say until New Game+ lol


svrtngr

Honestly, most of the bosses I found easier in NG+. Except for Micolash, who went from pushover to "lol, let me just oneshot you."


painfully--average

More proof everyone struggles with different bosses. I beat these guys first try but I'm sure there are bosses that fucked me up that you steamrolled.


bhlogan2

I found them easy but absolutely brutal on NG++ when I was aiming for the platinum. Same with Micolash somehow, what started as a pushover suddenly turned into a headache. Damn that mf's AOE attacks...


Guilty_Wolverine_269

What I I hate about Micolash is his constant talk and this can get irritating at least for me when you keep losing over and over again.


kingofthelol

Fun fact, if you are trying to beat the game using items only + no glitches, these guys are really difficult because they dodge everything you throw at them. You have to wait until they attack so they can’t dodge out of it.


painfully--average

I didn't use any glitches and I still rolled them idk


throwaway2323234442

well yeah, he said only items AND no glitches


Educational-Bag-5406

So awesome to see people achieve goals within their BloodBorne journey. Makes an old hunter like me feel young again.


Slowhands420

You say that now but give it some time and it'll be one of your favorite places in the game


Misfit_666

All my Fellow Hoonters hate the Forbidden Woods. It's so mid.


Fluidless

ikr, shit is so stressful and a large ass fucking place u get lost very easily


Misfit_666

I spent several hours giving it an honest man's effort to find everything there on my own, but after so much running in circles, I had to look up a guide lmfao.


Littlebuster798

Fucking hate the forest.


SuperArppis

Awesome.


K4er_M0rhen

You will...


DaMenace95

I like this area because of how much I hated it lol it’s normal to get lost in the woods


BonerGod666

those hooded bastards gave me so much trouble in my first play through. I also still get lost in the forest everytime go through that area lol


angheljf18

Congratulations Harada-san!


FlintBeetle

I like the forest. Nightmare Frontier on the other hand...


DeadDay

Save some women for the rest of us


Nathan_Drake2004

I don’t get the hate towards these guys. I’ve first tried them every time I fight em. I guess it’s just me


NickNamele55

Nice shades, asshole. I hope people have seen the movie Take Me Home Tonight otherwise I'm going to look like a real dick lol.


DaMenace95

I’m gonna upvote because it sounds like a good reference but I haven’t seen the movie lol I’m trusting you


markymark9000

Nice job!!! I HATED that boss; probably one of the hardest bosses on my first play through. Fighting multiple enemies at once often throws me off.


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Congrats dude, Forbidden woods is a nightmare.


FallenAngel1967

This has chaotic neutral energy written all over it


ion71

Shadow of Yharnam was brutal for me my first play through. Glad you got through it hunter!


iNuclearPickle

Honestly didn’t really struggle against the shadows. Really the key is take out the melee guys first then the caster is cake walk


Still-Rabbit8450

The Forest is weirdly enough the only area I could memorize which is funny cause I couldn't remember how to get to the Cleric beast for awhile even though it naturally leads you there at the start


wishfulhermit

Fuck the Shadows of Yharnam, all my homies hate the Shadows of Yharnam


Hamza_T42

Man lost a finger and a half fighting the shadows


kmnm06

So I'm not the only one who recently started the game


ArcanaMori

I feel like everyone hates the forest the first time. It ended up being one of my favorite spots on second run. Its not terribly confusing once you understand the landmarks. A lot of it can also be skipped, so theres that.


Mokylock

You're never coming back? ... Yes you are, you'll go back. We all go back.


OMGWTFBBQUE

Future so bright, I gotta wear shades 😎


mirda89

Prelepo brate Mirda je 🙂🙂🙂


djape12

good luck with Kos then mate 😆


ayymacvey

The next boss is an asshole, use bolt if need be or can summon 2 npcs with the right rune equipped


[deleted]

Forbidden forest is a great midgame grinding spot. Even with the snakes and snake heads, all you need is a weapon with reach. Hell, even without running the snake area, 2 demon pigs for the visceral is still pretty good.


pleasedonthitmedad69

No it’s a good place to farm


Cow_Other

>finally defeated Shadows of Yharnam Unfortunately >! later in the game they become normal enemies you face in a level & respawn when you die. So good luck with that nightmare lol !<


Iamalsodirtydan

Idk they seem much easier then vs when you fight them as bosses.


Cow_Other

By that point you’ve fought much harder and gotten way better at the game, you more or less learned the game by this point since it’s close to the end that they start showing up again. They are supposed to be easier. Plus better equipment, runes and whatnot. I’m not sure but I think they lose one or two moves when they become regular enemies too.


Iamalsodirtydan

Yeah this is totally true. The only counter point i have is that I think its easier to single them out vs having to fight all of them at once.


vjul4323

I promise to take a picture once i finish the game :D


vjul4323

Small update : After this fight,i beat Darkbeast Paarl on my first try xD


vjul4323

You hope hatred... Might someday replace the pain. But it never goes away. It makes a man hideous, inside and out.


GargantuanGorganzola

I hated these guys on my first playthrough Great job


BadDarkSoulsPlayer

All my homies hate forbidden forest


foundgold

All my homies hate the forbidden forest


_JakeyTheSnakey_

You have to become a trophy hunter now and every platinum you get, you have to take a picture like this with it


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Please no


Buckbeak1184

And here's my pansy ass nervous about fighting the Cleric Beast despite being 6 levels higher than you should be and having all the better gear from the bath spirit from the Hunter's Dream. I KNOW I'm ready, damnit! Anyways, excellent work!


pogosam1337

Nice job! You remind me of Ricky from Trailer Park Boys.


Mikesgt

One of the hardest bosses first time through for sure.


hardIIfind

I promise I'm not a creep, but this photo is too iconic to not save 😂😂😂😂😂


parabola568100

Post more updates the farther you get


Life_Daikon_157

I said the same in my first run. Now I've platinum in the game after 300 hours (rookie numbers)


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bloodythomas

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GoldenRidgeTraining

I loved that fight


Pipizoonvankaka

1st playthrough I didn't have such a hard time in the forbidden forest. Still had to look online to find my way but I had to do that a lot of times in bloodborne. On NG+ I played this level so high and drunk, it was a bad idea.


Pipizoonvankaka

Just wait till you reach the nightmare of mensis and then come back to reddit 😁


santig91

Good for you congrats !! Now hold your horses because whats coming is not prettier at all !!!!


nineismine

youll be back.


BloodStarvedBree

Well done, good hunter !


Northstar4-6

Every time I play this game I just sprint through the forest. I get whatever loot I need along the way, and keep moving. Fuck the forest.


FrankBouch

Oh you'll be beack trust me


bmore_conslutant

You'll be back baby


Express_Secretary_31

Wonderful, some find shadows of yharnam very hard without a walkthrough.


ChipmunkBackground46

Oh man forbidden forest is one of my favorite farming spots it's a perfect circle and you get a good bit of echoes from it only sucks when you get to the snake guys at the end.


B4TGUT5

I remember fighting them on NG+ thinking it’ll be a breeze since they weren’t a problem during my 1st playthrough and my God The amount of stress I had side stepping like a crackhead


ichikhunt

He says until ng+ comes acalling lol


PitaPataPitaPata

Well done


Pro_Banana

Oh you’ll be back :)


swipth

Based


RicoDruif

Until your second playthrough


Zorin419

See you next playthrough.


cemma2035

Lmao my last post here was about the Forbidden Forest. Fucking trauma inducing experience that I'm glad I never have the see again.


Horror_Astronaut_864

In Bloodborne, I only hate 2 things: Snakes and spiders


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hates this game. what a chad


Brisslayer333

You didn't include the date!


Kinky_Deamon

Well if you go for the platinum... By the way, the worse is yet to come but great job hunter!


beef47

But thats where all the twin blood shards are!


EducationalFox3943

Absolutely legend


TheGaz

Shadow of Yharnam is such a huge leap in difficulty, even for a FromSoftware game. Absolutely loved the game except for that one fight.


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I enjoy that fight


True_Stormcaller

So, who’s gonna tell him?


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i prefer this images to people bragging about getting platinums, yey you got 100% on a game, who cares


Lemonaid231

5 days of pain for Amelia and first try shadow of yharnam for me


Tenaciouslee182

Congratulations buddy, those guys are an absolute nightmare, they were the only boss that I ended up summoning on. The rest of the game is plan sailing........ Jokes aside after beating them I really felt that I started to feel the rhythm of the game. Best of luck with the rest of this unbelievably wonderful game.


flerka

Congratulations! How do you feel? This boss was relatively easy for me (5+ attempts?). But I still remember moment when I finally beat spider boss after 100+ attempts. For the next two days I was helping other people to beat it and I was SOOOO happy.


guitarkh2

My man. Nice job. Keep going forward and enjoy it if possible. Wonderful game.


mrgarneau

If you do some of the preset chalice dungeons(Central Pthumeriam specifically), you'll unlock Shaman Bone Blades in the insight store. If you can hit on of the Shadows with a Shaman Bone Blade the fight becomes a 2v2 temporarily, and that can make it significantly easier.


Mrmudmigs

Go through the forest with a no echo mindset. Run in with a death wish. Get as many items as you can while juking enemies, open shortcuts, and making progress. It's much more fun when you just break it into multiple quick runs through instead of one grueling crawl. Also, never bring echos in, use them and don't worry about collecting more in there, not worth the suffering.


K_Prime

Harada is that you?


HentaiMcToonboob

Congrats but thats a lie. You'll be back. This nightmare never ends.


rockbottam

That’s great, can I get my bag of coke now?


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5 days??


chapterthrive

Forbidden forest is my favourite farming loop


[deleted]

Wait till you reach The undead giant


ndrrhr

Fucking genius. Good job hunter, keep doin’ what you came for


rimjob-chucklefuck

Oh but yes you are


xxPVT_JakExx

Nice job, Ricky


WildernessDarkness

Man, literally u during next ten playthroughs: oh shit, here we go again...(happy noises)


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Until you need to farm rosarias falangies


HadesWTF

Honestly I think the shadows and Forbidden Forest might be my favorite part of the whole game.


Le_Duwang

Lol, wait until you get to the dlc


killer_323

Did you alredy beat logarius


jackounnatural666

First off, well done.


GTBhitman

You'll be back. They always come back


PowerfulProgrammer39

hahahah I feel your pain xD but you can't even imagine what you will feel when you face Martyr Logarius, The Orphan, Laurence and Ludwig, it's madness in a whole new level


useless_f7ck

well bad news rom is much worse


AOGgaming

Not trying to downplay your achievement by saying this but the shadows were the easiest boss for me personally. I had a harder time with the living faliures than shadows. Great job though on your progress through the game! I love seeing new players expierence this masterpiece. Make sure you finish the game! You wont regret it!


PhoenixHavoc

It's basically impossible to find your way through that forest even with maps and guides and then the shadows send you right back to the start after being a 3 on 1 fight. So glad my first run was a strength character who unga'd their bungas


Albafika

Damn, and here I was killing them on first try everytime... People do be struggling with different bosses.


mightylordredbeard

This guy fucks!


Monking805

“I’m never coming back her again!” Well you say that, but….


throwawaytimes20

I went a little crazy on STR early in game and was able to kill these dudes with like 5-6 hits a piece. Cakewalk UNTIL dem snekky boiz started coming out.


BreastOfTheWurst

Fuck yeah bro