research hall bloodborne walkthrough

• Research Hall Rafters : The Rafters span the entire Research Hall and you can freely walk along any of the beams. Two Labyrinth Rats also patrol along the beams, so be very careful if you attempt to fight them on the narrow sections. Similar caution should also be employed when going for the item that's on a corpse hanging off one of the beams, because when you get close to it, a Carrion Crow will drop down and attack you. From the starting point of the Rafters, if you take the first left, and then left again, you can drop down onto a small platform with a ladder on it that leads to the Upper section of the Rafters. Cross the Rafters to the other side of the hall and you'll find a pair of Carrion Crows in the corner guarding another item, along with a non-hostile Clocktower Patient that you can speak with. The main reason for coming up here, however, is the large mechanism in the center that you can operate, because doing so will raise the entire staircase structure and allow you access to new parts of the area. Once the stairs have been moved, however, they cannot be moved back, so you'll need to take slightly different routes to move between the floors.
• Research Hall Upper Rafters : You can reach the Upper Rafters via the Ladder from the floor below, or if you activate the mechanism to raise the stairs you'll automatically end up here. On one side of these rafters you'll find another non-hostile Head that you can talk to, and then if you attack it you'll get a second Brain Fluid for Adeline. Going the other way you'll find a Carrion Crow sitting on the end of a beam, and when you approach it, it will fly down to the ledge below as if showing you the path to take. Follow the Crow and drop down from the end of the beam, and if you kill it you'll get a handy Guidance Caryll Rune.
• Back through the Hall : Now that you've moved the stairs, you can access the door that leads to the boss room. To reach that door, cross back over the rafters and drop down to the platform with the ladder going to the Upper Rafters, where you'll be able to use some stairs to go down. When you reach the landing, if you go down the stairs on the left you can reach a small platform where you'll find some Carrion Crows guarding a chest containing a Blood Gem. Going down the stairs to the right on that landing will take you down to Floor 5. Once there, run around the balcony to the Laboratory and use the elevator to go down to Floor 3. Exit the Floor 3 Laboratory and follow the balcony along to the right until you come to a set of stairs, and then follow them up and open the large door to face off against the Living Failures.
• Floor 3 - West Side : To access this part of the Research Hall, make your way to the Laboratory on Floor 3 - East Side. Just outside the room there's a ledge you can drop from to reach a landing on the stairs below. If you go up the stairs to the left from this landing you’ll be able to reach Floor 4 - East Side. If you haven’t already been there, and if you take the stairs going down from there you'll reach a small platform. On this platform you'll find a Crawling Clocktower Patient that you'll need to kill before picking up the Loch Shield from the nearby corpse. This shield is extremely handy, as it greatly reduces all non-physical damage. From that platform you can also drop down to Floor 1 if you wish, but be careful because raising the stairs released a large number of Crawling Clocktower Patients down there. You'll also find a couple of new items in the toxic pool, so it's worth battling past the new enemies to get them. The set of stairs going up to the right from that landing bring you to the West Side of Floor 3. Follow the balcony along on this floor, killing the Clocktower Patients as you come to them until you reach the Patient Room. Just to right in side of this door, a Clocktower Patient with an infected hand is waiting to ambush you with a grab as you enter. To counter this ambush attempt, step through the doorway and then quickly evade backwards so the grab misses you. After killing the enemy you'll be able to claim the item on a corpse here, which is the Underground Cell Key.
• BOSS Living Failures : At the start of this battle you'll only have to face one or two of these enemies, but as the fight progresses, more and more will gradually appear in the area. While each one only has a relatively small amount of health and can be killed off, you need to defeat enough of them to deplete their overall shared HP pool. Because they have quite high physical resistance, your best means of killing them is to use elemental attacks, or try to Interrupt them and use Visceral Attacks, since they will still deal significant damage. Once you've killed enough of them to finish the fight you'll automatically get the Astral Clocktower Key, and the Lumenwood Garden lamp will appear at the back of the area near the locked door.
• BOSS Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower : Upon entering the Astral Clocktower you'll notice a mysterious figure sat in a chair on the opposite side of the room; approach the chair and inspect the corpse to trigger a cutscene. As soon as that cutscene is over the fight with Lady Maria will begin, so make sure you're ready beforehand. Maria can quickly cover a lot of ground with her attacks, but you can use this to your advantage in the early phase of the fight because quickstepping forward and to the side slightly will evade a great deal of her attacks. Once you've defeated her you'll find the Celestial Dial on the ground near the entrance, and the new Astral Clocktower lamp will appear nearby. With the Celestial Dial in hand, approach the large clock face and hold it up when prompted to trigger the clock mechanism to turn. Once the clock has stopped moving there will be a new opening that you can walk through to reach the Fishing Hamlet.

Bloodborne: The Old Hunters walkthrough and guide: How to start and complete the DLC

Our complete guide to The Old Hunters DLC.

Yharnam beckons once again in The Old Hunters . Bloodborne's new - and only - expansion takes players beyond the brink of madness, delving deep into the lore of this Lovecraftian city and serving up a sizeable challenge in the process.

If Father Gascoigne gave you trouble and the Shadow of Yharnam proved too much, you might not be quite ready for what awaits in The Old Hunters, an add-on that introduces new tools, new enemies and new areas.

Even if you've got the stomach for the next round of encounters, you might still find the following The Old Hunters walkthrough useful as you work your way through the twisting corridors and blood-tinged swamps.

Bloodborne: The Old Hunters walkthrough

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Bloodborne: The Old Hunters - Eye of the Blood-drunk Hunter, Old Hunter Bell, The League Accessing the DLC, joining the League, and taking your first steps inside Hunter's Nightmare.

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Bloodborne - Hunter's Nightmare, Oedon's Chapel, Twisted Yharnam, Grand Cathedral Explore Hunter's Nightmare, get the Old Hunter gear and unlock the sealed gates.

Bloodborne - Boom Hammer hunter, Beast Cutter, Church Executioner, Eye Pendant Kill the Boom Hammer hunter, bag the Beast Cutter weapon, and kill the Church Executioner.

Bloodborne - River of Blood, Turret traps, Firing Hammer Badge, Old Hunter Top Hat Survive the turrets, kill the grenade-throwers, and get the Firing Hammer Badge.

Bloodborne - Bloodlickers, Amygdalan Arm, Constable's Gloves, Oedon's Chapel shortcut Beat the Bloodlickers and best the Blood-Starved Beast once more.

Bloodborne - Beyond the bridge, Beasthunter Saif, Constable's Trousers, Constable's Garb Unlock the Constable items, kill the red-eyed Hunter, and get the Beasthunter Saif.

Bloodborne - Cannon Executioner, Butcher set, Madaras Twin summon, Nightmare Church Kill the Executioners, get the Butcher gear and light a new lamp.

Bloodborne - Whirligig Saw, summon points, Henriett summon Grab the Whirligig Saw, find useful summon points, and prepare for your first boss battle.

Bloodborne - Ludwig the Accursed, Underground Corpse Pile, Holy Moonlight Sword Defeat Ludwig, the first boss in The Old Hunters.

Bloodborne - Underground Cells, Brador, Fist of Gratia, Surgery Altar Survive the underground cells, find Brador, then track down the Surgery Altar.

Bloodborne - Research Hall, Patient Room 2, Patient Room 4, spiral staircase Explore the Research Hall, and eliminate the threat in Patient Room 2.

Bloodborne - Laboratory Floor 5, Brain Fluid, pressure plates, secret passage Look around Laboratory Floor 5 and grab some Brain Fluid while you're at it.

Bloodborne - Laboratory Floor 2, Saint Adeline, Blood of Adeline, raising the staircase Explore Laboratory Floor 2 and say hello to Saint Adeline.

Bloodborne - Underground Cell Key, Balcony Key, Blacksky Eye, Yamamura Set Bag some essential items for yourself, including the Yamamura gear.

Bloodborne - Living Failures, Astral Clocktower Key, Lumenwood Garden lamp Kill the Living Failures and light the new Lumenwood Garden lamp.

Bloodborne - Lady Maria, Astral Clocktower lamp, Celestial dial, clock face Beat the Lady Maria boss and light up the Astral Clocktower lamp.

Bloodborne - Fishing Hamlet, village well, shark attack, shortcut Explore the Fishing Hamlet and survive the shark attack.

Bloodborne - Harrowed Set, Lighthouse Hut lamp, Simon's Bowblade, Inner Chamber Key Unlock the Harrowed set and get hold of some essential items.

Bloodborne - Brador fight, Bloodied Arm Bands, lantern trap, Beast Hide Garb Survive the first of Brador's invasions and unlock some new loot.

Bloodborne - behind the lighthouse, caves, Snail Kin Surviving the caves and those creepy snail-like creatures.

Bloodborne - Bloodied Trousers, Winter Lanterns, Rakuyo, Blood Rock Bag some more items and kill the Winter Lantern creatures as you approach the final fight.

Bloodborne - Orphan of Kos, Great One, Kos Parasite, Coast lamp Kill the Orphan of Kos boss and light yourself one last lamp.

Bloodborne - Laurence the First Vicar, Milkweed rune, Church Cannon, Beast's Embrace Lay rest to Laurence the First Vicar and wrap up the last loose ends.

How to start The Old Hunters DLC

Welcome hunter! Welcome once more to Yharnam - land of gothic spires, fabulous hats and endless torment. You can, of course, expect all three (in considerable doses) as you enter From Software's soul-crushingly tough Bloodborne expansion, The Old Hunters.

To access The Old Hunters, however, you'll want to be sufficiently prepared. Firstly, at the very least, you'll need to have defeated Vicar Amelia at the Grand Cathedral and interacted with the altar after the fight.

Due to the expansion's extreme difficulty though, it's recommended that you progress through as much of the main game as possible before delving into the new content (our Bloodborne walkthrough can help with this.)

Regardless of where you start, however, high level hunters are likely to struggle at times!

Once you've investigated the altar, Yharnam will be plunged into twilight, unlocking the items needed to access The Hunter's Nightmare (as the new area is known). To retrieve the items, you'll first need to return to the Hunter's Dream. Next, collect the Eye of a Blood-drunk Hunter from the Messengers on the ground at the foot of the steps, close to the Doll's usual resting spot.

You should also grab the Old Hunter Bell lying just outside the workshop, further up the steps - which will only be visible if you're carrying at least one Insight. The Old Hunter Bell enables you to summon the help of powerful NPC hunters at specific markers placed around the new content area, at the cost of one Insight per summon.

Locating the Hunter's Nightmare headstone

There's one last thing to note here: once you've accessed the Hunter's Nightmare for the first time and illuminated the lamp in the starting area, you'll be able to fast-travel to it via a brand-new headstone located in the Hunter's Dream. It can be found at the top of the steps running alongside the Chalice Dungeon headstones - on the right-hand side, just outside the workshop. More locations will be added to the headstone as you progress through the new area.

Joining The League

Before continuing, you should also consider joining Bloodborne's new guild, known as the League. This will add additional, and extremely helpful, NPC summon points to the new content area.

To enrol in The League, locate the Frontier Headstone in the Hunter's Dream and warp to the Forbidden Woods. Once you materialise at your destination, make your way inside the windmill to the right. Note that you'll need to complete the first portion of the Forbidden Woods area in order to access the windmill, as its entrance is locked from the other side.

Inside the building, you'll spot a man standing against the wall to the right. Speak with him and he'll introduce himself as Valtr, Master of the League. Agree to join the League and you'll receive the Impurity Caryll rune. Equipping this rune at the Memory Altar in the Hunter's Dream will enable you to see additional summon spots while in the Hunter's Nightmare.

Talk with Valtr again and he'll tell you about Vermin. When you've managed to collect Vermin from a defeated opponent during your travels, you should crush it in your inventory. Once one Vermin has been crushed, return to Valtr in the Forbidden Woods and speak with him again to receive the League Staff weapon and the fancy League Oath gesture. Note that you don't need to collect Vermin in order to access the Hunter's Nightmare.

Accessing the Hunter's Nightmare

When you're ready to explore the Hunter's Nightmare, return to the Hunter's Dream (if need be) and use the Yharnam headstone to make your way back to the Cathedral Ward.

Once you materialise at the lamp, descend the steps ahead and take a left at the bottom. Make your way down the next flight of stairs and turn right when you emerge out into the night air. Approach the lone tree standing behind the gravestones ahead and locate the corpse nearby. When the creature's hand swings down, let it grab you and - after the cutscene is complete - you'll be transported to the Hunter's Nightmare.

- The next part of our walkthrough explains how to start safely exploring Bloodborne's Hunter's Nightmare region.

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• Research Hall

The Research Hall is a location in Bloodborne 's The Old Hunters DLC.

• 1 Description
• 2 Lamps in the Area
• 3 Connections
• 4.1 Ground Floor
• 4.2 1st Floor Balcony
• 4.3 Laboratory Floor 2/3
• 4.4 Patient Room Floor 2
• 4.5 Patient Room Floor 4
• 4.6 Patient Room/Laboratory Floor 5
• 4.7 Laboratory Floor 4 and Patient Room Floor 3
• 4.8 Rafters
• 6.1 NPC Hunters

Description [ ]

This hidden research facility of the Healing Church , is dedicated to the knowledge and methods of attaining the transcendence of humanity through the creation of Kin .

From what is gathered by its denizens - the many Clocktower Patients that did not become wildly violent as a result of going mad; including Saint Adeline - and Simon himself, who has guided players thus far, it appears that the many doctors experimented with the minds of these patients, imbibing them with water somehow.

It is implied that the experiments that took place in this hall would culminate with the creation of the Celestial Emissary .

Lamps in the Area [ ]

• Lumenwood Garden
• Astral Clocktower

Connections [ ]

• Surgery Altar

Ground Floor [ ]

The ground floor is composed mostly of the Lamp, the poisonous pit in the center of the rotating staircase contraption, the door to the Balcony, and the shortcut to other floors via the elevator in Saint Adeline 's room. One can find a passive Clocktower Patient looking for its "eyes" here.

When the rotating staircase has been raised, a number of Bound Clocktower Patients will appear on the Ground Floor along with two more items, one of these items being a Lethal Damp Blood Gem.

• Blood Stone Chunk x4
• Blue Elixir x1

(These items below can only be accessed once the rotating staircase has been raised)

• Lethal Damp Blood Gem x1
• Kin Coldblood (10) x1

1st Floor Balcony [ ]

This area can only be accessed via the Balcony Key . This area seems to share a strong semblance to the Lumenflower Gardens . The 1st Floor Balcony houses a number of Clocktower Patients who can attack using Arcane spells, it also houses the Blacksky Eye .

One can break through the large window in the area much like in a similar way how one breaks through the large window in the Lumenflower Gardens . Through this window, one will end up being on the upper layer of the Surgery Altar . On this upper layer, one can find a Wandering Nightmare and a Pulsing Damp Blood Gem. Lastly, the player needs to jump over a small gap and open a chest for an item .

• Blacksky Eye x1
• Pulsing Damp Blood Gem x1

Laboratory Floor 2/3 [ ]

The third floor will have a single Church Servant on it and a naked Clocktower Patient . On this floor one can find a passive Clocktower Patient begging for Lady Maria. Inside the third Laboratory room will be a trio of Wheelchair Huntsman , two wielding Pistols while one wields a Rosmarinus . One can access the first (where Adeline can be found), second and fourth (if the player has opened the short cut) Laboratory rooms from the third room. The third room also serves as a get between to get to the different floors faster.

The second floor can only be accessed from the third Laboratory room. The second floor will have about 3 Feral Clocktower Patients . Also, it's where the player can find the rest of the Decorative Old Hunter Set . One more thing the player can find on the second floor is another passive Clocktower Patient on a Balcony digging through some dirt.

• Madman's Knowledge x1
• Beast Blood Pellet x6
• Decorative Old Hunter Garb
• Decorative Old Hunter Trousers
• Frenzied Coldblood (9) x1

Patient Room Floor 2 [ ]

On this floor, one will encounter a surprisingly large number of Clocktower Patients. In the first room one will encounter a large number of Clocktower Patients, these Patients will roam in and out of the room. On the top layer of the room, there will be about 2 Clocktower Patients throwing Bottles of corrosive liquid at the player.

The second room is hidden behind some medical equipment. In this room is a number of passive Clocktower Patients begging for help. Both rooms must be gone through to access the fourth floor.

• Blood Vial x2
• Sedative x3

Patient Room Floor 4 [ ]

The main part of this floor can only be accessed through the first room. In the first room, the player will first encounter a Giant Clocktower Patient attacking seemly at random. When the player exits the first room they will witness a Gatling Gun Wheelchair Huntsman gunning down some Clocktower Patients.

In the second room the player will be ambushed by an Infected Clocktower Patient there is also one normal Clocktower Patient just roaming around in the middle of the room. Also from the second room, the player can get to the top layer of the first room, from there, the player can find a Dirty Damp Blood Gem.

• Blood Vial x5
• Antidote x2
• Quicksilver Bullets x3
• Dirty Damp Blood gem (5) x1

Patient Room/Laboratory Floor 5 [ ]

This floor is important as the very first door will have the elevator shortcut that connects to the ground floor, and it's the only way to get up to the Rafters. The player can encounter the Gatling Gun Wheelchair Huntsman that was gunning down the Clocktower Patients from before on this floor. This is the only floor apart from the first floor that the player can access both the Laboratory Room and the Patient Room without needing to use the rotating staircase.

The Laboratory Room just serves as an elevator shortcut, While Patient Room is a lot more interesting. Outside the Patient Room is a number of Headless Clock tower patients who will wander aimlessly around and aren't hostile to the player. Inside the Patient Room is a number of Clock Tower Patients who are just Heads. Unlike the Headless Patients outside these ones are hostile and will attack the player. Also inside the Room is the Enlarged Head . Another thing to note is beware when leaving the room because a Head will attempt to ambush the player when leaving the room.

• Blue Elixir x4
• Enlarged Head x1

Laboratory Floor 4 and Patient Room Floor 3 [ ]

These two Floors can mostly be accessed via going through a secret path from the elevator that leads to Laboratory Floor 5 to Laboratory Floor 3. Laboratory Floor 4 serves no purpose at first. But when the rotating staircase has been raised it serves as a get between to get to Patient Room Floor 3 and to get to the Loch Shield .

When going from Laboratory Floor 4 to Patient Room Floor 3 via the rotating staircase one can access the Loch Shield . Just go down the furthest staircase and one will find a Bound Clocktower Patient and an item, this item being the Loch Shield .

Patient Room Floor 3 holds a small number of Clocktower Patients, one of these Patient being a Bottle Thrower. After getting through the Patients the player will find 4 Quicksilver Bullets and more importantly the Underground Cell Key . But be warned when attempting to get the Underground Cell Key an Infected Clocktower Patient will attack from behind.

• Loch Shield x1
• Quicksilver Bullets x4
• Underground Cell Key x1

Rafters [ ]

The topmost part of the Research Hall and the most important part of it. To get to the Rafters the player must first get pass the Giant Clocktower Patient who is guarding the ladder to the Rafters.

The Rafters unlike most of the Research Hall don't contain any hostile Clocktower Patients but it dose contains few animal type beasts, these animal beasts being Labyrinth Rats and Carrion Crows . This floor is important as it holds the device that can raise the rotating staircase and it holds one of the quest important items for Adeline‘s questline. Also on this floor, the player can find two passive Clocktower patients, The first one is banging his head against a wall while the other one is on a higher layer. The other passive Clocktower patient is important for Adeline ’s questline.

Beware when leaving the Rafters when the device that controls the rotating staircase has been triggered. As when the player reaches the middle part of the rotating staircase a trio of naked Clocktower Patients will run up and attack the player. Also when leaving the player will notice a chest being guarded by a trio of Carrion Crows, this chest will have a Finestrike Damp Blood Gem.

• Great One's Wisdom x1
• Blood Stone Chunk x1

(The item below can only be accessed via the rotating staircase and only when the rotating staircase has been raised)

• Finestrike Damp Blood Gem (5) x1
• Brador, Church Assassin
• Saint Adeline
• Simon the Harrowed
• Yamamura the Wanderer
• Clocktower Patient (non-hostile ones)

Enemies [ ]

• Carrion Crow
• Church Servant
• Clocktower Patient
• Labyrinth Rat
• Wheelchair Huntsman

NPC Hunters [ ]

• Church Pick -wielding Yahar'gul Hunter .
• Female Black Church Hunter who wields Ludwig's Holy Blade .
• Female White Church Hunter who wields a Threaded Cane .
• Male Black Church Hunter who wields a Threaded Cane and Repeating Pistol .
• Living Failures
• Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower

Summons [ ]

• It is likely also the tallest, likely rivaled only by the Healing Church Workshop .
• Said traps can only be found adjacent to large bookcases.
• There is a wolf figure under the bed in the altar which resembles the wolf figure under the bed the hunter see in the opening cinematic. This suggests that, not only the Hunter , but many people experience the "mere bad dream" during blood transfusion . But, no Messengers statue can be found in the Research Hall, which suggests they don't appear to many and only those who the Messengers choose would become Hunters of the dream. "Ah! You found yourself a Hunter"- The Doll .

Gallery [ ]

• 1 Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower
• 2 Great Ones
• 3 Bloodborne Wiki

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Bloodborne The Old Hunters – How to Find Brain Fluid, the Balcony Key and the Holy Moonlight Sword

When you reach the Research Hall in the Old Hunters, shortly after defeating Ludwig , there are two items you must obtain to continue in the DLC, and one extra weapon that you need to backtrack to find. You can find a complete walkthrough of the Research Hall in our Old Hunters guide, but if you’ve been through the area and just need to find these specific items, this article will tell you where they’re located.

Brain Fluid

There are two places in the main Research Hall where you can find Brain Fluid. The first is at the very top where you can traverse the rafters. There are several crows and a few rats in the area, but nothing too foreboding. In this area head to the platform in the middle and turn the gear to raise the platform to the very top. From here, turn back in the direction you just came and look in the far left corner to see a Brain enemy on a platform. This enemy will not attack, but if you kill it you can obtain Brain Fluid.

On the third floor there’s a Hunter that you will run into near another Brain enemy in the middle platform. You can take the hidden passage from the elevator if you haven’t moved the gear near the roof. If you have, you can take an elevator directly there. Defeat the Hunter, then kill the nearby Brain enemy to obtain another Brain Fluid item.

Balcony Key

Take both Brain Fluid items to Saint Adeline at the bottom of the adjacent elevator. Speak with her and she will request the Brain Fluid. In exchange she will give you the Blood of Adeline. You cannot accept this if you have the Blood of Arianna or the blood any other Saint in your inventory. Accept the item, then use the nearby Research Hall lamp to go back to Hunter’s Dream, effectively zoning out of the area.

Head back to the Research Hall lamp and speak with Adeline again. If she doesn’t ask for another Brain Fluid, you may have to use your Blood of Adeline, zone out of the area again, or both. Once she asks for another Brain Fluid, hand it over and she will give you the Balcony Key as a reward.

Holy Moonlight Sword

After defeating Ludwig you can equip any Church gear you may have an approach Ludwig’s head to the left of the stairs to obtain the Holy Moonlight Sword. If you don’t have any Church gear on you, activate the gear at the top of the Research Hall, then go back to the Underground Corpse Pile lamp and look to the left of the stairs to see Ludwig’s head. Examine the head now and you can obtain the Holy Moonlight Sword. If you come back to the lamp too soon, you won’t see an item on the severed head and you won’t be able to collect the item.

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Tips and tricks for conquering Research Hall? It's excruciating to get through.

I've posted many times about my love for this game, including Rom, Cainhurst. All of it. Just recently got to the Research Hall and it's excruciating. I hate stealth sections in games, would rather annihilate everything in my path. But the enemies are insane, they hit like trucks and are erratic in movements and there is a fuck ton of them. They also swarm at the easiest inconvenient moments. I'm using Ludwig's Holy at +8, am level 70 with 30 vit, 27 strength, 24 skill. They die in two hits to my transformed Ludwig L2, but it's slow and when they swarm its hard to line them up. Also, when I die they all fucking respawn insanely. And it's very difficult to run past.

Any advice? Better weapons? Level higher? Good items for it?

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