Church Cannon is a Firearm in Bloodborne. This was added with The Old Hunters DLC.
Church Cannon Description
"An oversized weapon used by the Healing Church. A type of cannon that fires with a curved trajectory and creates an explosion upon impact.
Originally designed for use by brawny men with deteriorated brains, not for just any ordinary hunter.
But the men lacked the wits to effectively operate firearms, and the weapon was quietly ushered into permanent storage."
Church Cannon Information
- Requires 16 Blood Stone Shards, 16 Twin Blood Shards, 16 Chunks and 1 Blood Rock and 5,040 Blood Echoes to fully upgrade
Location
- Found after activating the altar elevator to the Research Hall with the Eye Pendant activate the new elevator to go down. The send the elevator back up, which will reveal an altar with Laurence's Skull. Send the elevator down again via the switch and stand at the altar. This will take you down to a hidden chest. Step back onto the altar to go back.
Player Notes
- Similar to the regular Cannon fires a cannon ball at a large bullet cost, 2 less than regular Cannon.
- Contrary to the cannon, it deals 100% of its damage as an AoE explosion. This makes it better than the cannon at dealing massive damage to big groups as the cannon only deals 50% of its damage as an AoE, the remaining 50% on the target on which the bullet explodes. Bone Marrow Ash adds 25% to the damage of the explosion. This results in the Church cannon being able to deal well above 1000 damage to a large group of mob when the Cannon cannot, being more tailored for massive single target damage. See video for the full demonstration of these mechanics.
- Normally the Church Cannon will have less range than the regular one and will also arc down when fired. However if you choose not to lock on and instead aim your camera upward, it actually travels further than the regular Cannon since the cannonball does not explode midair, making it a good fire-and-forget long-ranged artillery.
- The Monocular can be used for manual aiming when used as an artillery piece.
- It also reloads faster than regular cannon.
Stats/Scaling
Movesets & Videos
| Move | Damage Type & Modifier | Stamina | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 Combo | ?? ~ ?? | ?? | Light/Regular/Heavy? |
| Dodge | ?? ~ ?? | ?? ~ ?? | |
| Dash | ?? | ?? (+run) | |
| R2 Attack | ?? | ?? | |
| Charged | ?? | ?? | |
| Dodge | ?? | ?? | |
| Dash | ?? | ?? | |
| Leap | ?? | ?? (+run) | |
| Transform Attack | ?? | ?? (+x) |
| Move | Damage Type & Modifier | Stamina | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 Combo | ?? ~ ?? | ?? | Light/Regular/Heavy? |
| Dodge | ?? ~ ?? | ?? ~ ?? | |
| Dash | ?? | ?? (+run) | |
| R2 Attack | ?? | ?? | |
| Charged | ?? | ?? | |
| Dodge | ?? | ?? | |
| Dash | ?? | ?? (+run) | |
| Leap | ?? | ?? | |
| Transform Attack | ?? | ?? (+x) |
Trivia
Other notes go here or in the comments.
AnonymousSo does anyone else think this looks like the HLR71-VEGA from ACFA or is that just me
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After blasting players escaping up elevators or around corners I can confirm that this is absolutely the better of the two cannons. Shoot at them with the reiter to make them dodge then use this on the backspin. Fun at parties too, wait until they're cozied up then let the AoE do the talking. Also the combined use of the reiter, churchie and hunter's boner can be hilariously devastating and they have no idea what just hit them.
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It's the evolution gun
Repeating pistol - ludwig's rifle - church cannon
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"AVA MARIAAAAAAA" I Scream as I fire this at a Winter Lantern
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"Making it a good fire and forget weapon" Bruh, you only have a handful of shots per world reload, you better not forget your shots.
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Why is there a wheel on it? Does it transform into an RC-XD with enough bloodtinge?
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"Fire and forget" is a term referring to self-guided munitions. Indirect fire could be applied, assuming you were firing at a target you did not have a clean line-of-sight to, but maybe just stick to "longer range with some practice"
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Why on earth is this listed as a Trick Weapon?!? I mean, I can understand someone mistaking the Fist of Gratia for a trick weapon, and I can even almost understand putting the Loch Shield there too, but this?? It's literally a Firearm! Is there not a Firearm list that could be at the bottom of the page instead of the woefully inaccurate Trick Weapon list?
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Methinks someone dun goofed on the item description. This isn't the Evelyn.
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At +10 and about 50 bloodtinge how much damage from scaling does it get. Does it out damage the plain cannon
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It requires the exact same amount of upgrade materials as every other weapon in the game? No way
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''Originally designed for use by brawny men with deteriorated brains''... Ogryns?
Oddly silly lore on this one. "Hmm yes well we have all of these dumb brutes we've employed.. have we tried giving them giant explosive firearms? ...What do you mean they cant use it!?"
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