Central Yharnam | Walkthrough Bloodborne Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Once outside you can turn towards a small balcony ahead of you. You will find a body with Blood Vials. Turn right and go higher. You will see there the first of many local enemies who use axes and torches. Watch out for his attacks and attack him right after your successful dodges. Remember that if you will stand to close to him he may set you on fire what will result with huge damage taken.
On the other side of the balcony you will find next two enemies who will stand up when you will get closer. Remember to lock the camera on one of them and try to kill him even before he will notice you by getting close to the overturned wagon. In the corner you will find a Molotov Cocktail.
In the middle of the square you will find another Blood Vial and you will be able to use a device which will make the ladder fall out. Climb on it and go to the lamp and light it up what will let you travel to the Hunter's Dream and will become your after-death respawn point.
Now you can teleport to the Hunter's Dream to, for example, buy some cloths which will provide you a better defense. However you need to remember that every opponent will respawn when you will return to this area. In the window opposite, there is Gilbert - talk to him to learn some interesting information. Look around for windows and doors with lit lanterns in it, because there usually are people inside, who can be connected with a side quest.
When you will pass the lamp you may turn right. You will find here Pebbles which you can throw around to lure your enemies from their groups and fight them in duels. Now you may both jump down or go right although the better way to choose is the second one.
Go lower until you will see an enemy who is turned back to you and another one who sits next to the crash barrier (he will stand up when you will get closer). Kill them and climb down to notice your first larger group of enemies. If you prefer to avoid fighting with all of them at the same time you may want to use the Pebbles which you have found before to lure them out singly or the Molotov Cocktails to kill few of them at the same time. You should especially watch out to never get between few enemies at the same time since in result you may take hits from every side at the same time and in result you will probably die pretty fast.
When you will take care of the patrol you may go down towards left. You will see a locked gate which you may open with a device located right next to it. This passage will allow you to travel faster in the future. On your left you will see few boxes behind which you may see a bigger enemy who holds a chopper. If you feel strong enough you may destroy these boxes and face him however his attacks deal really a lot of damage and if he will be able to hit you with his attack series you will basically just die. Beware of his swings and following them fist strikes. Keep a long distance with a long-range weapon and attack mostly as a counter attacks. After the fight go further on slightly uphill.
During your way there you will probably see another group of enemies. Just like before try to avoid them, fight with smaller groups or burn them with Molotov Cocktails. Behind the wagon you will see an enemy with a firearm. When you will kill him you may loot his body for few bullets. Climb up the balcony.
Use the stairs and go to the highlighted body. Watch out for an enemy jumping out on your right and dodge his strike. When you will kill him get the Blood Stone Shard (you will be able to use it to upgrade your weapon later on). Keep walking through the balcony and watch out for another enemy ambush.
After a while you will get to the place shown on the screenshot above. If you will go downstairs you will see a huge amount of enemies and you need to lure some of them on the balcony on which you are already since going downstairs is a pretty wrong thing to do. Clean the area and go to the end of the balcony where you will find an enemy which body will give you few Quicksilver Bullets.
You may go downstairs only if you will leave there a single group of enemies. If you want to fight them watch out for two enemies shooting at you with guns. A good way would be letting them notice you and lure the melee fighters out. Since it will allow you to fight with the shooters later on this battle will be much easier for. You should also watch out for enemy patrols if you had not deal with them earlier on. Next to the gate you will also find the Blood Vials.
After the fight go to the balcony on the left side. You will find here a body containing the Coldblood Dew which may give you some extra Blood Echoes. On one of the wagons you will also find a shooting enemy who will attack you in a company of a wild dog. A few steps behind the gate you will find a body next to the stairs which you can loot for new Blood Vials. Go to the small square.
On the yard, you can divert from your path. To do that, before you go down towards the fountain, head towards the coffins shown in the screenshot. Smash them, which will reveal a passage down. There, kill the dogs, also the ones in cages (they may break free) and go left. A bit ahead, you can take the stairs on the left, or keep to the right side - pick the latter and head towards the building. Open the door and leave across the other one, quickly. Then, climb up the stairs - on this side, you can open the gate to Central Yharnam.
Go now to the gate where you will find a knocking enemy which is quite strong. You should at least try to defeat him since you can loot the bodies around him to get the Torch (which is a weapon) and some Molotov Cocktails. This enemy is pretty coarse however he may use a fast jump attack which you should especially watch out for. If you want to defeat him fast you may want to use the Molotov Cocktails. Now you can go through the stairs on the other side and go through the balcony to turn towards the gates where you will find a Coldblood Dew.
Note: You can get around the opponent, but he attack you anyway, as you are fighting a group of opponents above. Therefore, it is better to deal with him now, because it is easier.
Passing the next stairs you will find an enemy patrol and three wild dogs which are not very durable although they are capable of striking with devil-like speed what may be very dangerous since you have to deal with a whole group of them. You should use a cocktail here and immediately eliminate an entire group of enemies. Gather the items and on the - on a bench next to the wall you will find six Blood Vials in total.
These Blood Vials will be very useful just a moment later since when you will exit the stairs you will get to the bridge which is patrolled by two strong beasts. Try to throw at them a cocktail from far away since they will almost surely attack you both at the same time. Try to focus only one of them first. If you will destroy it fast enough this battle will become much easier. The beasts are very fast and if you will be hit by his claws you will instantly lose some Hit Points. You can try to keep them on distance by spreading out your weapon ([L1]). In the case of the Hunter's Axe, you will not be able to use your pistol this way and striking will take some time to succeed.
Note: Due to the difficulty level, you can simply get around those opponents, dash quickly ahead and, behind the corner on the left, climb the stairs into the small house. Inside, kill the two opponents and kill the werewolves stuck in the doorway. As you get lower and leave through the door on the left, you reach a gate and find a shortcut towards the lantern.
Notice: To this point there was basically one path to follow however from now on you may choose one of at least three different ways. The order presented in this guide will let you go to every area and in the end you will find the arena with bosses.
When you will defeat your enemies you may pass the bridge and get to the boss or go down to find a body hanging out of the edge which contains the Pebbles and the Blood Stone Shard behind the bags. When you will turn toward the barrels in the niche on the left you may clear the patch by destroying the crates. It will allow you to visit the hidden sewers.
After fighting Vicar Amelia
After defeating Vicar Amelia, you will gain access to the Forbidden Woods. From the higher part of the village, you can go to Central Yharnam. You will find yourself in front of the square that you know from the beginning of the game, after leaving Iosefka's Clinic (you will find some Coldblood Dew near the body). Open the gate to unlock a shortcut to the square.
Go through the gate that you've opened before, to the left of the place where you've climbed the ladder. Use the stairs to reach a small square. You will be attack by a single enemy (Madman's Knowledge near the body). Climb the ladder to the roof of the building and find the window of Iosefka's Clinic.