Cathedral Ward - Central Square | Walkthrough Bloodborne Guide

In front of the gate turn left.

When you will open the gate you may go to the central square. Before you will do that you should at first walk around it and unlock a patch which you may use as a shortcut later on. To do so you need to turn right after you will pass the first gate (even before you will get to the central square). You will find a body containing a Thick Coldblood. Now go in an opposite direction, for now on passing a round plaza.

Don't approach this enemy when he sprays out the flames.

Right behind the wagon on the opposing site you will be attacked by an enemy which you shall not underestimate. He possesses a "flamethrower" and in result one of his attacks allows him to spray fire towards you. If you will be catch by his flames or even worse stay in it for a moment you will instantly lose a lot of Hit Points. Better just patiently wait with your attack until the flame will extinguish or try to dodge the flame and interrupt his attack. Behind a tree you will find another Thick Coldblood. Now go ahead of you and pass a small gate where you will find another enemy. Go down and collect the Poison Knifes from a corpse nearby.

When you will get downstairs better prepare for a fight.

Downstairs (in the windows on the left, there are two NPCs that you can tell about the safe place- side quest) you will face a patrol of two enemies. If you can't not find them right next to the stairs, they will be not so far away deeper in the corridor. Especially watch out for the one who attacks from a closer range since he may initiate a powerful attack series. In the further part of the alley you will be attacked by another two common enemies however you still need to be careful since they will raise behind your back. In the niche on your left you will find few parts of Black Church attire (the garb, the hat, the trousers) and the Surgical Long Gloves. In the end, behind the fog, right after the stairs you will also find some more Poison Knifes.

From the place shown on the screenshot above you will be noticed from above by few enemies. Try to lure few of them out and defeat them on the lower level. After that enter the higher level and take care of the rest of the enemies. Watch out for the nailing attack of the biggest of them and for the bullets firing towards you. After the fight remember to collect the Blood Vials and the Thick Coldblood. From the small use a ladder to get higher and while doing that you may also read a note on the balcony on your right. Finally jump down on the roof below.

You will appear in a place shown on the screenshot above. Before you will jump down collect the Quicksilver Bullets from a corpse. Look for your next opponents and the gate, which shall be your main target since left from it is a special device which will unlock for you a passage for the central square which you have ignored before.

Right after jumping down you will be attacked by a wild dog who is hidden close to a house. His body will drop a Thick Coldblood. After that go toward the gate. If you have not find a patrol of two enemies yet better open the gate fast however if you did you may just take care of enemies around. Watch out for their attacks which are both fast and strong at the same time. Your last step should be opening the gate.

Now you can choose one of two paths. Go toward the stairs or turn right to stay down. The best choice is to turn right since it will allow you to open a new gate.

Before stairs turn right

While going outside you really should pick the Numbing Mist.

If you will turn right you will find a small square. On your right you may see a locked gate and a device right next to it. If you will open the gate it will allow you to use the shortcut (an exit ahead of the respawn point in the Oedon's Tomb). After all you may use the ladder to get up where you will find a body with a Numbing Mist which will help you a lot during a battle with the next boss which is Vicar Amelia). Jump down toward right and land on the roofs where you will find a Black Messenger Black Hat. Now you may return to the stairs.

You may get to the main stairs from the side as well what will help you to strike one of the enemies from behind.

Notice: On a square with an opening device there is also a path leading towards the main stars (a small stairs behind a tree) where you will also find a Thick Coldblood. It will also reward you with a possibility to sneak behind the enemy with a scythe and to eliminate him while he is isolated. This path will also allow you to avoid some other enemies if you will run fast enough. You will also pass a corpse containing six Blood Vials.

Stairs

On the main stairs you need to watch out for three enemies.

Now look toward the big stairs. Right from theme there is a corpse in a corner containing a Thick Coldblood. You will notice a huge enemy with an axe and a smaller one with a scythe and also the third one with a firearm. This battle will be quite a challenge. At first try to eliminate the enemy with a scythe to prevent you from his attacks when you will engage the giant. There is a big chance that the enemy with a gun will not go toward you so you should try to keep the battle on the top of the bottom of the stairs. Only after you will deal with the axe-fighter (remember to avoid entering the round plaza since there is two more giants to kill) go up the stairs. The shooter is also very dangerous. He shots few quick bullets one after another in a short sequence so you should make a fast dodge immediately after you will see a weapon turned towards you.

The final group of enemies guards the entrance to the building with the boss.

When you will get to the top of the stairs (on your way you may collect the six Blood Vials from the corpse on your right if you haven't done it before) you will meet two last enemies who guard the entrance to the next boss (the bar that fills up after they deal damage leads to frenzy; once it is full, it ends in death in majority of cases). They are very difficult to defeat since they both have long range and their weapons deal a lot of damage. The most dangerous attacks are the knock up into the air and the thrust. The good solution will be using the items which you have gathered before such as Molotov Cocktail. When you will defeat these enemies you may open the gate and enter the building in which you will find the boss named Vicar Amelia waiting for you in the main hall.

Go to the alter and observe the item there to unlock the password necessary to enter the Forbidden Woods.

After the fight (get closer to the item on the alter) and replenishing your supplies you may visit the areas located in the right part of the Grand Cathedral and after that you may go to the Forbidden Woods or the Hemwick Charnel Lane. From the Cathedral Ward you may get to three different areas and you may read about them in the following chapter.

Note: Defeating Vicar Amelia drives the storyline forward and changes the time of the day. It is a good idea to take care of the unfinished side quests (e.g. let people know about the safe place in the chapel or in the clinic), because some of them will become unavailable.