Tips for a good start in Bloodborne Bloodborne Guide
Last update: 06 March 2018
1. Move carefully. If you're in a location for the first time, don't run all over it - sooner or later you will get attention of too many enemies or will fall in a trap. Only if you know a location well you can avoid some enemies, especially if your objective is to fight a boss.
2. Use various support items during combat - frequently Antidote will prove itself useful by removing poison effects. Other useful items are Molotov Cocktail, Quicksilver Bullets and Blood Vials.
3. Learn enemy behavior. Each of them has unique weapon, size, style and attack type. It will allow you to know when you should dodge and when you can safely attack. It is especially important when planning a tactic for defeating boss. Knowledge of his attacks might decide of life and death.
4. Enemies change their position. Some enemies will always remain in same place, but most of them are walking through various places. Some weaker enemies sometimes additionally group themselves and patrol a territory together.
5. There is no pause in the game. Combined with the previous advice, it means you are safe only in Hunter's Dream or wherever you have defeated all nearby enemies.
6. Items can be found only in shining bodies, large chests/boxes and in defeated enemies' bodies. You don't need to destroy barrels in order to find treasures, although...
7. ...sometimes you can find a hidden passage behind them, leading to previously unavailable part. Sometimes you should look for hidden doors or paths going beneath obstacles.
8. Items can be found only once. It means that after a death and respawn you won't find anything else in once looted bodies. In that case, you can count only on loot dropping from enemies. Remember about saving your items and not wasting them when it is not needed. You never know when they will be really useful.
9. Blood echoes is game's currency. They are given for defeating enemies, you lose it when you die. Because of that, if you have many of them, you should travel to Hunter's Dream and spend them on items or increasing character level.
10. Further in the game you will gain special runes that make you stronger. You should use them before fighting a boss, for example by increasing condition, health points or magic resistance if enemy is using magic attacks.
11. There is a limit of quantity of items you have. For Blood Vials and Quicksilver Bullets its 20 pieces, for Antidotes - 10. Surplus is automatically transferred to your stock in Hunter's Dream. You can increase the maximum quantity, for example with runes.
12. If you're stuck at some point, don't force yourself to go forward. Instead, spend some time on fighting enemies. It will give you more items and Blood Echoes. The latter can be used, for example, to increase character level. That, and items obtained will make you stronger and will make beating the harder level easier.
13. Always have some supplies of Blood Vials. You will face some enemies that will force you to use this item very often. Quicksilver Bullets are very useful as well, just as Molotov Cocktails and Antidotes.
14. Remember about unlocking shortcuts. Sometimes there is only one or two respawn points in a very large area. By unlocking shortcuts (opening doors from other side, using elevators, unlocking mechanisms) in case of death it will be much easier to return to previously visited territory.
15. After you leave the game, you return in the same place you left. It's not a way to run away from enemies. If it gets dangerous, you can always travel to Hunter's Dream, even if enemies are nearby.
16. Plan your character's development. You can use a strong character that has slower, but powerful weapons or specialize in much faster, but weaker build. It means you must plan spending your attributes on further levels - you receive only one point per level, it would be a waste to spend it on useless abilities.
17. In darker places you can use a torch. It is used as a weapon held in left hand.
18. Keep upgrading your weapon, even if you don't like to fight. During the game you will find shards and Blood Gems that give you additional boost to various statistics.
19. The further in the game, the more Blood Echoes you receive for combat. But remember that prices of items increase as well. If you have many Blood Echoes you can sometimes make some savings for later.
20. Fighting a group of enemies is never easy. Most important thing that you must remember is not allowing enemies to surround you. It's hard to avoid hits from every direction (it's easy to block yourself when trying to make a dodge). Don't underestimate even the weakest units in a group. You can lure enemies away one after another using the Pebbles or deal damage to few of them at once with Molotov Cocktails.
21. Talk to NPCs. You usually find the hiding in the houses with lanterns lit in front of. From some, you learn information about the game world, whereas the others will reward you, with an additional item. Some of the NPCs are also connected with side quests.
22. Always perform one attack too much. Often, it may seem as though the enemy is already dead, whereas he still has some health left. It is better to land an unnecessary attack than to take additional damage.
23. Take care, while using lifts. In several spots, you can note holes in walls, a secret passage or wide windows. Usually, you can jump out of the lift, in such a spot, and discover a secret passage.