Nightmare of Mensis | Walkthrough Bloodborne Guide

Hit as strongly as possible from the back.

Immediately after traveling from Lecture Hall - first floor go through the cave. After leaving you will find yourself on a plane, where near a tree a werewolf turned back to you stands. When you go to him you can make a surprise attack, though stunning probably won't work (enemy will turn around). Watch out as this enemy types are stronger, more resistant and faster than the ones previously met. Additionally they have few other attacks (like releasing snakes from their head or electricity attacks). These enemies, after they lose around half of their health, start moving on four legs, which makes them even more dangerous. After their death two snakes are shot from their bodies - it happens in case of all further enemies.

Important: If you will use a weapon with fire effect (for example, after using Fire Paper) to kill Werewolves, snakes won't appear after their death.

You can wait behind the rocks until your frenzy reduces to zero.

A while further you will find crawling creature (3x Blood Stone Shard), and in the body passed by Frenzied Coldblood. Then you will find yourself on a larger territory where you should light the lamp.

Now you must be very careful. Whenever you walk out from caves someone is shooting at you which increases your frenzy (filling the bar usually ends with your death). If you remain behind the rocks you're temporary safe, so it is a good idea to move from cover to cover to reduce the negative effect before you stand out again. Sedatives protect you from frenzy as well.

Important: Throwing a Brain from the bridge down (described at the end of this chapter) will "release" the arena from his influence. Bullets that generate frenzy will stop hitting you.

Enemies, if they are under frenzy influence, are receiving damage as well, until they die.

On the left side you will find two werewolves, it is possible to fight with them one after another - it is easier way, remember about hiding behind rocks when frenzy bar fills up (it is safer to walk out only after it reaches zero). After defeating them you can collect 8x Blood Vial from their bodies, then, for now, ignore the bridge and walk through the rocks maximally to the right of that location.

Important: If you can't deal with enemies, you should lure them to the same bullets that are hitting you. Wear something with maximum frenzy resistance, prepare some Sedatives, then run on open territory. Enemies will receive damage until they die.

Defeating trolls might be too hard, but it is possible to quickly collect runes and activate the lamp.

Hide behind the larger rock on your way. Now ahead of yourself you will see two colossus, another one a bit further. Fighting here is very difficult as enemies are strength in numbers and frenzy is constantly rising. It is additionally easy to accidentally fall down. At the end of the road there is a lamp and, currently inactive, elevator.

Near the body you will find Eye rune that increase loot from fallen enemies. It is definitely better to bypass enemies, quickly collect rune and then light up the lamp (Mergo Loft: base). Later it will allow you to use shortcut, but for now return to the bridge you previously ignored.

Behind the bridge you will be no longer threatened by increasing frenzy.

Walk through the bridge. At its end you will find a single werewolf. You can walk slightly above, there you will no longer be in reach of bullets that increase frenzy. Kill the enemy and then go forth, up.

Watch out for thrown rocks, you can quickly run near hard enemies as well.

Collect Frenzied Coldblood from the body on the left. On your way you will face three giants, at the end of the road there is a door that lead to large building. Behind one of the giants you can find Blood Stone Shard. If you want to defeat enemies, do it gradually, with the second one you must watch out for rocks thrown at you or lure the enemy down. Before the gate two final giants await. If you run near them, you can after a while (when they lose interest in you) attack them from the back. If you don't want to fight at all simply run ahead and open the door - inside you are safe.

After entering another room be prepared to face a giant spider which will fall from the ceiling with few smaller ones. Necessary fall back beyond exit, from where you will easily kill smaller spiders. Only after dealing with them you should focus on the giant one. He will lock himself in the door (screen) which will make your job much easier. Make your weapon longer, use attacks loaded to maximum and heal yourself if he hits you (there is a great possibility that it won't happen at all). By doing so, you will defeat the creature with no trouble.

If you don't want to be surprised, shoot the hanging spider.

After you enter the room go right, to the small alley. At the balcony (on the right) you will find Kin Coldblood, and at the end (behind the hanging spider, shoot at him so he falls earlier) Madman's Knowledge. Finally, jump down and from the body in the center collect 6x Shaman Bone Blade. Further road leads to the right.

Single hunter won't be a great challenge.

A while ahead you will enter bridge where a single hunter will attack you. He uses mostly melee weapon, but sometimes he helps himself with throwing snakes or magic powder. You must watch out especially for latter as not canceling this attack and remaining in its reach means constant lose of health points. For the battle you will receive 10 635 Blood Echoes and 3x Sedatives.

After you enter another room, first explore the balcony on the left - you will find there a chest, and inside 2x Yellow Backbone. Then walk down - few harmless creatures are there (temporary or until you attack them). Walk to the right, where you will find body with Frenzied Coldblood and elevator (unlocks shortcut near the lamp in Mergo Loft: Base).

Watch out for powerful axe attacks.

Then go deeper to the room. On the right, behind a screen you will find Beast Blood Pellet and, on the left, near stairs, a passage to balcony, where you can collect 2x Blue Elixir. Finally, walk down.

You will be attacked by a "strong and independent" woman using chain and axe. Her attacks aren't fast, but they deal large damage. Additional hardness will be previously neutral creatures that now will attack you. Try to attack in a way so that you kill as many of them as possible. Quick elimination of your main enemy will return the small creatures (including ones not touched by player) to neutral state. A while ahead, behind a curtain you will find Madman's Knowledge.

Small crossbowmen can be attacked from the back, on the right side.

While avoiding not falling to the holes on both sides of the path walk to the closest pillar. A single enemy will jump out from it, he can push you down, so you should take caution. Then you can either quickly go to the elevator, thus avoiding stronger opponents (quick sprint on the left side), or walk around them from the right. The second option will allow you to attack them from their back and eliminating at least two of them one after another (they are standing behind curtain) - it is a pretty good facilitation as small enemies with crossbows deal pretty large damage. The final opponent is once again a huge woman with chains and axe. Watch out especially for her attacks done with the second weapon (crush to the ground, very large damage). In the body near the pillar you will find 2x Lead Elixir, after that you can ride the elevator up.

At the end you will find two elevator, the big door on the right lead to the boss.

Outside you should turn left. Near the tree you will meet interesting creatures - 3 crows with dog heads and a dog with... crow head. These enemies aren't tough. After killing them walk out through stairs. When you're up, go right, gain some speed (sprint) and jump to the cage - kill single enemy and take Tempering Damp Blood Gem. Then go maximally to the left (while having entrance to the building on your right), walk slightly down and kill two mutated dogs. In bodies you will find Frenzied Coldblood and Blood Stone Shard. After that, unlock the elevator, ride down (green shining points, at the end, near the barriers - a cage on the left) and enter the building.

In the room behind two skeletons the battle will start.

Then go ahead to the end. Kill two skeletons on your way, they will appear on stairs. Enter the fogged room and a battle with Micolash, Host of the Nightmare will start.

Important: During the battle you can collect many items, they have been shown in boss fight description ("Boss Fights" chapter of this guide).

Immediately after leaving you will unlock another elevator.

After the battle walk through the bridge and light up the lamp. Behind it you will find exit from the building. Behind the stairs, turn on the first balcony to the right. Here you will be attacked by a dog and two crows. Under the tree you will find 2x Blood Stone Shard. Then, at the top of the stairs you can either turn right or left. For now, unlock the elevator on the right (you will find another one later) and pick the left way.

Lure two enemies out of reach of bullets shot by third one.

A while ahead you will see two enemies similar to Shadows of Yharnam. Lure then away from the stairs as at top of it there's a third one shooting fire bullets. Enemies have strong and fast attack, but you must be especially cautious not of their melee attacks but of flames created by one of "Shadows". After defeating those two go up the stairs and deal with the third one. Dividing them makes things much easier. Under another stair go near the barrier to the left where you will find 2x Blood Stone Shard.

Calmly walk to the pig and attack it from the back.

At another court you will find a big facing opposite direction. Walk to it slowly and attack it with fully loaded hit. This enemy is much stronger than previously met pigs so avoid at all cost its charge or standing on back legs and hitting the ground (this attacks might even kill you, depending on your character's level). But with one pig it is easier, especially if you use the advantage of back attack and deal maximum damage.

Important: Pig can spit some muddy slime, in quickly increase your frenzy. This attack isn't frequent but it is wise to have some Sedatives just in case.

Two pigs that you face a while further might be more trouble. You shouldn't try fighting two at once as risk of death is much greater then. It is better to split the monsters, which is quite possible. After a while pigs will walk down and, after a short walk, will return back above. A perfect moment is to let one pig see you when the other has already turned (screen). There is a great probability that the pig will start charge (watch out), but thanks to this maneuver defeating those pigs one after another will be much easier. It will pay off as in three bodies lying on the court you will find 2x Frenzied Coldblood and Nourishing Damp Blood Gem.

Don't let enemies surround you, always slowly fall back.

After the pigs another strong opponents await you, this time four of them. Just as previously, lure away three of them from the fourth one that shoots fireballs. During the battle you should have all enemies in front of you, make your weapon longer and try to knock down three of them at once (it will be much harder if you let them surround you and they will attack you from many sides). After dealing with them, kill the last one, but be careful when you're running towards him.

Stairs leading to the place where you will find some Blood Stone Shards.

Before you go to the main stairs fill walk to the left (turn back a bit) and go down. Here watch out for enemy with a sword behind a pillar. Eliminate him quickly, if needed hide behind wall from bullets shot by enemy standing near the barrier. From the bodies take 2x Blood Stone Shard and walk through the muddy slime to the end, kill crawling creature on the way and take another 3x Blood Stone Shard.

Behind the phantom you will find elevator and a chest, road to the right leads to another elevator, this time to the boss.

Finally, return to the main stairs (where you defeated 4 "Shadows". At the top you will find a white phantom, not far ahead you can unlock elevator (near the stairs there is a chest, inside Iosefka's Blood Vial). In the building at the top there is another elevator, this one leads straight to the boss, Mergo's Wet Nurse.

Valuable items - Blood Rock, Choir Bell, Living String

Important: You should equip lots of Sedatives, Deep Sea Rune makes things much easier by increasing your frenzy resistance.

After unlocking all elevators, before or after fighting Mergo's Wet Nurse (it doesn't matter) you should go for some exploring and get few very valuable items.

Start with moving to the Mergo Loft: Middle lamp. Then use the exit ahead and go upstairs. At the end you will find two elevators. The one on the right is interesting you, the one with damaged cage. When you use it to ride down you can go out of it and get to a small window (screen). You must do it accurately, when you're almost at the level of that window (it seems to be easier done when riding up). If you jump too early or too late you will fall down and die.

Immediately after entering the bridge you must watch out for your frenzy.

After a successful jump you will get to a small corridor. Walk a while and take Inflicted Organ. Now your task is to run through the bridge, between rocks where a "brain" is that increase frenzy. If you will be quick enough and have large frenzy resistance, you can try killing it. Otherwise it will be too hard as you probably won't manage to drink Sedatives and you will be captured by enemy (he spreads his hands trying to catch player). It is possible to quickly run near him (look around for Kin Coldblood in the body under the barrier on the right). When you reach the round tower on the wall you will be safe for a while.

It is easier to bypass enemies.

But only for a while as not far further you will find two similar enemies. This time it is much easier to run near them as at the end there is a chamber to which they won't follow you.

Use the lever to throw the brain down.

You're not alone inside - few spiders will attack you. Luckily, if you're not moving too fast, you can kill some of them one after another. Finally jump down (another spider on the way) and use the lever at the end if the road. A short cutscene will start, after you regain control of your character jump to the lower chamber through the hole in the wall.

Behind the rock you can wait until your frenzy drops (if you have high resistance, otherwise use Sedatives.

At the bottom immediately hide behind a rock. On the other side there is a chest with a very valuable item, so you should try reaching it. It might be harder due to enemy guarding it that increase your frenzy. When he will walk as far to the left as possible, you go slowly through the bar, be careful not to fall. On the other side kill the enemy as fast as possible and immediately after take Sedatives (you must act quickly so that your frenzy bar won't load itself, it depends on your frenzy resistance). Take Choir Bell from the chest.

You're safe on the bridge, collect many items.

At the bottom go back a little and exit the chamber. On the bridge you will find some bodies and inside them Arcane Damp Bloodgem and 4x Great One's Wisdom. Then walk down the stairs - here you will find (on the left) another Damn Bloodgem and (ahead) Madman's Knowledge. At the end of the road a gate blocks the passage - you will open it with Iron Door Key acquired during the battle with Micolash. Passage back leads to the inside of the castle.

Carefully jump to lower level to acquire Blood Rock.

Most interesting item can be found on the right, behind columns. At the bottom you will see a stone platform on which you can jump (more to the left side). You will lose some health points but it is worth it - in the body under the wall you will find the Blood Rock you're looking for that allows for maximum weapon upgrade.

You will leave the room through the hole in the wall, from the bridge you can go to the castle.

Elevator leads down, another enemy behind the pillar.

At the end go to Mergo Loft: base and pick the elevator on the right side that leads to the castle. At the top turn right and down stairs, to the hall full of places where you can fall down. Here you will be attacked by a woman with cleaver. Not far ahead you will find a pillar (enemy behind, watch out) and elevator that you should use.

Pinky and the brain - souvenir photo.

You will ride down. Don't worry about complete darkness. After the elevator stops run ahead. On the ground there lies a massive brain. It is harmless and you can easily kill it. For that you will be rewarded with rare item - Living String.

At the end use the elevator again to return above.

The chapel is on fire, but you still can use the services of Messengers.

Last thing that remains is returning to Hunter's Dream and battle with Gehrman, the First Hunter (decision about ending).