Old Yharnam | Walkthrough Bloodborne Guide

Straight to the bottom

If you want to climb down you should beware of falling to the very bottom of the area.

You will get to the Old Yharnam from the Cathedral Ward. At first you should choose the path ahead of you which is behind the burning cross. Your destination is the bottom of this area where you can get by jumping from roof to roof. During your travel you may gather Blood Stone Shard and if you will kill the running away creature you will also receive a Twin Blood Stone Shards. On the bottom of the area you will be attacked by two hooded characters. In a small niche in the left side you will find the Hunter's Torch. After defeating them you may jump down from the edge.

In the next part you will unlock the shortcut (the grilles in the left part).

You will not find anything else what would be interesting here (although in the next part you will unlock the shortcut here) so you may pass the building and climb up the ladder to the top where you will find a Thick Coldblood. Now you may head to the main part of the Old Yharnam.

Turn left, pass the bridge

You will be attacked right behind the bridge.

From the place where you will enter this location (at the very top) go to the barrier on your left where you will find a corpse with six Blood Vials. Now you can pass the bridge where on a small square you will be attacked by two fast although at the same time quite weak enemies. On your left you will find a building behind which you may find a single hooded enemy and a body with a Thick Coldblood.

You may run away from the firing or hide yourself behind the sculpture.

Go down to another square. You will be attacked there by four minor enemies and two hooded characters. When you will go even lower a mysterious hunter will give you a warning and right after that you will be under fire. You need to instantly hide behind the firing since if you will be shot by a series of bullet you will instantly die. You may return to the stairs where you will be out of the bullet's range or hide behind the sculpture.

There are short breaks during the shooting. Go to the right edge and jump down. Use the stairs to go to a place shown on the screenshot above. There is a ladder leading to the bottom of the area. Right now hide behind the wall and go deeper into the room where you will find an isolated enemy and corpses with Antidotes and one corpse on the balcony with a Blood Stone Shard. Instead of climbing down and taking the risk of being shot you may slightly walk around the danger zone. To do so you need to leave the room and in the end turn right.

On your way you will pass a few rooms with some enemies inside.

In the next room you will meet few enemies although you should especially watch out for the bullets from the outside and the exploding dishes. After taking care of them you may pass the bridge and behind a building turn left into the corner where you will see four birds and a Blood Stone Shard.

Here, right behind the entrance to the next hall, you will see how a hooded enemy will run out from the room on your right. Two minor enemies will attack you deeper inside the building. Watch out to not show yourself too much next to the open entrance or you will be shot. After eliminating the bodies you may collect some Antidotes from the corpses next to the door and get out of here still watching out for the firing. Once outside you still have to defeat few minor enemies although better keep fighting while standing next to the wall of a building ahead of you to stay out of the shooting range.

The hidden chamber

Regardless of whether you enter the square straight away via the ladder, or by walking around it on the left side, it is a good idea to explore this location. To the right of the ladder, by the statue (crows are nearby) you can jump down (the screenshot), first onto the balcony and then onto the stairs below. Once there, enter the dark building.

Before you open the chest, kill the opponents to prevent being surprised from behind.

Inside, clear the rooms one-by-one, kill several hooded opponents (watch out for the poisoning) and several smaller opponents. On the corpse to the left, you will find 6x Blood Vial; in the chest, there is Tempering Blood Gem.

On the corpse upstairs, you will find an interesting set

Finally, climb upstairs. Along your path, to the right, behind the coffins, there is a corpse and on it, a weapon - Rifle Spear. At the very top, read the note and collect the Charred attire, gloves and Hunter's Pants from the body on the chair (they ensure quite a protection against fire). Your hunter will take an automatic bow and you can now exit the room - you will exit at the other side of the square.

After all you may pass the bridge to get to the place shown on the screenshot above. From here you may go up through the ladder on your left or use the wooden entrance to the big chamber by the broken window.

Exiting the ladder - Fight against Djura

At the top, you are going to fight hunter Djura. However, you can avoid that.

When you will use the ladder and then the second one to get on the top of the building you will find the hunter which was so desperate to fire at you until now. To defeat him you must focus on dodging his shooting since his firearm deals you the most damage especially if you will get close enough to him. You may also try to outsmart him by forcing him to step back a few times by a series of attack and push him out of this little area although you need to watch out to don't fall by yourself. Defeating him will permanently clear this area from the sniper's shooting and you will receive 875 Blood Echoes and Powder Keg Hunter Badge.

Note: If Djura falls down, you will be unable to pick up the badge dropped by him. To do that, you need to load this location again, climb the ladder and find the item next to the weapon that the hunter fired.

Note2: After defeating the shooting hunter you should return to the square which you have ignored earlier on (the area below the place in which you have been under fire). You will find here few enemies among which the strongest one will be a weaker version of a hunter (who will permanently vanish once defeated although you need to watch out for his series of attacks and the close-range firearm). On the bottom, under the balcony, on the left side from the ladder, you will also find two enemies and a Coldblood Dew.

Avoiding the fight with Djura

You do not necessarily need to fight Djura. To talk to him, during your initial stay in Old Yharnam, do not attack him (do not climb up the ladder), and leave the other hunter alone as well. Instead, deal with the Blood Starved Beast. Then, let yourself be killed by one of the opponents with a bag on his back - you will then end up in the Underground Jail in Yahar'gul, The Unseen Village. There, find the location where you can fight Darkbeast Paarl - there is no need to kill it, you only need to visit the boss.

A conversation with the neutral Djura, after several conditions have been met.

Then, get back to the location Church of the Good Chalice. Return to Djura from behind, thanks to which he does not spot you and does not start shooting. Climb up the ladder - instead of attacking you, the hunter stands in the center and it will now be possible to talk to him. For Djura to remain neutral, it is necessary that you pick the "Spare the Beasts of the Old Yharnam". You will then receive the Powder Keg Hunter Badge (if you already have one, you will also receive Bold Hunter Mark) and a gesture Brush Off Dust. Djura will not fire at you anymore if you do not attack anyone within his sight (the opponents in the front of the tower will attack you anyway).

Djura becomes hostile (permanently) when:

- you attack the hunter,

- during the conversation, you pick the "Hunt the Beasts of the Old Yharnam" dialogue option,

- you agree to spare the beasts, but you attack the opponents in front of the tower (this does not go for crows).

You may get to the main hall from upstairs however better watch out since it is easy to fall and break your neck.

Now go to the very bottom or use the first ladder and then jump to the higher part of the chapel where you will find Madman's Knowledge if you will carefully walk over the bars. Jump down to appear in an area filled with enemies. The better way will be to quickly run through the stairs and eliminate the enemies in the entrance since they cannot surround you there. On your way to the bottom you should watch the platforms carefully since you may find there corpses with Molotov Cocktails, a Thick Coldblood and on the very bottom in a niche a Madman's Knowledge).

The rope that you can cut to set the opponents below on fire.

Note: By cutting the rope at the very top, you can clear the area below a little - the demon hanging below bursts in fire and kills several opponents.

Along your path, you may have some difficulty getting onto one of the platforms. For this to be possible, you need to run up, by sprinting, and press [circle] to jump. The jump needs to be perfectly aimed at the edge of the planks - difficult but possible. For this, you will be rewarded with the item that you find on the corpse - Sullied Bandage.

Entrance to the chapel

A hooded enemy will jump on you from above.

You can get to the alter also with a different path. When you will be in front of the ladder which may get you to the sniping hunter you may turn right and go through the broken window to the room in which you will find two hooded enemies although you should watch out since right after your entrance you will be see how the third enemy jumps on you from above. You can easily deal with them all by fighting with one at a time. A corpse in the of the road contains an Antidote. Now you can go below.

Even on the stairs you will be attacked by a group of enemies.

When you will be on the stairs you should prepare yourself for a small storm. On your way turn towards right to a small balcony and enter this place as soon as you can. A hooded enemy is hidden behind the door. If you will wait he will jump on you and poison you what will deal you damage over time. Additionally you will be attacked by a few other hooded and minor enemies. A good way is to eliminate them one by one while staying in the entrance to prevent yourself from being surrounded on the balcony. After your victory collect from a corpse a Blood Stone Shard and then go down. Take from the alter a Ritual Blood and leave the chapel with the passage after the alter.

Behind the corpse on the right you will find a ladder. If you will use it you will unlock a shortcut.

Turn left and get to the end of the balcony. Watch out for the big group of birds since they may become dangerous if a big group of them will start flying around. You may collect a Blood Stone Shard and go to the second balcony where you will find a corpse containing six Blood Vials. Use the ladder to go up and to unlock a shortcut. Now you may turn right.

On the bottom you will be attacked by three weaker enemies however avoid being surrounded since they may interrupt your attacks. Go down. From the place shown on the screenshot above you may go on in one of the two ways. You may find in front of you only a Blood Stone Shard and a locked gate (you will be able to open it only after you have defeated the Darkbeast Paarl) so you should turn left. On your way you have to defeat two beasts who guard this passage. You should use a Molotov Cocktail when the beasts will be next to each other and then kill them with a few quick strikes.

From the right side a beast will jump on you and unlock the entrance to the building.

Right behind the bridge you will be attacked by a beast which will jump on you from a building on the right. Kill it but also watch out for its fast claw attacks. Turn towards left where behind the building in the end of the road you will find a corpse with a Beast Blood Pellet. Now return to the building which entrance was blocked by a beast which have jumped on you (on the right side).

On the top of the stairs you will find the grills which you may unlock to open quite a big shortcut.

When you will be inside you will find a corpse with an Antidote and when you will pass the next threshold you will be attacked by a single enemy. Go upstairs and in the middle of the road turn to the balcony on the left where is another enemy and a Blood Stone Shard. On the next level open the door which unlocks a big shortcut which allows you to just jump down from the respawn point on the roofs, then go straight ahead, then to the very bottom and through the winding stairs also to the bottom. On the top you will ultimately find a Fire Paper. After that return to the level below.

In the last church you will find the boss.

After exiting the building go further through the path toward right. In the next square you will meet again a single beast. Defeat her and go uphill slightly toward left. In the right side of the road you will find a corpse containing Quicksilver Bullets. Going further you will find between the statues a Bold Hunter Mask. Finally, go downstairs (if you do it quickly enough, you note an escaping little creature; after you kill it, you receive 3x Blood Stone Shard), and toward the building behind a square with a bunch of burning crosses. Look around to find 2x Coldblood Dew and watch out for three hooded characters. In the end go to the building where you will fight the boss named Blood-starved Beast. Before the fight, make sure that you have an ample supply of Blood Vials, antidotes and several Molotov Cocktails on you.

Note: On the stairs, you can get Alfred help you (search for the appropriate note to the right) if only you remained neutral towards him.

Note2: After you defeat this boss, this opens the door in Oedon Chapel to Healing Church Workshop. Also, the special opponents with bags on their backs start to appear here and there. After you die in the course of the battle, you wake up in Underground Jail in Yahar'gul.