Burial Blade (Japanese: 葬送の刃 Funeral Blade) is a Trick Weapon in Bloodborne. It is one of two skill/arcane hybrid weapons.
Burial Blade Description
"Trick weapon wielded by Gehrman, the first hunter."
A masterpiece that defined the entire array of weapons crafted at the workshop. Its blade is forged with siderite, said to have fallen from the heavens.
Gehrman surely saw the hunt as a dirge of farewell, wishing only that his prey might rest in peace, never again to awaken to another harrowing nightmare. "
Burial Blade Information
- Transforms from a one-handed curved sword to a two-handed large scythe.
- Deals bonus damage when performing quick-step, sprinting, and backstep attacks.
Location
Normal
- It can be purchased from the Messengers for 60,000 Blood Echoes after defeating Gehrman, the First Hunter and acquiring the Old Hunter Badge from him.
- To make Gehrman fight you, the "Refuse" option must be selected.
- If one accepts his proposal, the game will outright end there and it will be impossible to obtain this weapon in that playthrough (not including the uncanny/lost forms found in the chalice dungeons).
- Normally, the Burial Blade can only be obtained in NG+ and beyond. However, one can bypass this by using Bold Hunter's Mark, or being killed, during The Moon Presence boss battle.
Uncanny Burial Blade
- Pthumerian Labyrinth
- Glyph:
- nzzn259g (Layer 1) Speed run strat: This is the earliest dungeon after you create your own Pthumerian Labyrinth after beating Blood-Starved Beast and can be entered after doing so. From starting lantern, enter next room, open and enter left side door (not progression doors marked by lanterns). Climb ladder, turn left to go through open door. Enemies will start appearing as soon as you enter this room and they are tough! Turn right and go thru open door, then go diagonally across the next room to far right corner. Open door and enter. Enemies will be waiting as soon as you open the door. Cross this room, drop down to lower level and proceed through the open door in the middle of the far wall. Head up the stairs and straight ahead to the coffin for the weapon.
- Lower Ailing Loran Root Chalice
- Glyphs:
- kkqmduet (Layer 1) Go into the first side door before the first lamp, and continue until you get to the treasure room. There are two bell maidens in the room before the treasure room and a Silverbeast guarding the coffin with the weapon
- uae9r5av (Layer 2) After the lamp go the way right, in the next room use the door on the other side (not down the hole), go through the next rooms to the end of a suspension bridge and use the the door in the middle. In the next room, take the ladder up and go over the next bridge and through the door. A Silverbeast guards the coffin.
- 6rxwxu3e (Layer 3) In a treasure room before the final boss, in a coffin guarded by a Silverbeast. A Blood Rock can also be found in a coffin through the first door at the beginning of the dungeon.
Lost Burial Blade
- Pthumeru Ihyll Root Chalice
- Glyphs: wic63yn8 (Layer 3) *can also find Lost Chikage in Layer 2
- Sinister Pthumeru Ihyll Root Chalice
- Glyphs: 5543imxn (Layer 4), ??
- Pthumeru Ihyll Root Chalice (Cursed Fetid Rotted)
- Glyphs: yuwuijne
- Note: also contains Lost Blade of Mercy and Ring of Betrothal
- Pthumeru Ihyll Root Chalice (Cursed Fetid Rotted)
- Glyphs: rv86s442 (Layer 1)
- Note: In the treasure room at the third section before the first boss fight
Player Notes
- Compared to other weapons with similar attack speeds, the Burial Blade sacrifices a bit of raw damage for better crowd control capabilities thanks to its wide swings, long range and high rally potential (especially in scythe form).
- The curved sword form utilizes wide swings with decent range and attack speed.
- The scythe form grants an even further reach that specializes in crowd control as well.
- It grants poise mid-swing, allowing the hunter to withstand light damage without being staggered.
- Enemies struck by just the handle will take the same damage as if hit by the blade proper.
- Both forms' R2 attacks change direction depending on how long they are charged:
- The curved sword's R2 attack is a vertical slice when tapped, and horizontal when fully charged.
- The scythe's R2 attack is a horizontal slice when tapped, and diagonal when fully charged.
- When fully charged, the scythe's R2 attack has extraordinary reach and is capable of sending most regular sized enemies flying, including some bosses.
- This attack can pierce through walls and thin surfaces, allowing one to hit enemies behind doors or pillars.
- However, it also consumes a huge amount of stamina (100) and has trouble hitting small enemies.
- This weapon shares many similarities with the Blade of Mercy.
- Both weapons innately scale with Arcane.
- Neither can be buffed by external sources.
- Neither weapon changes its damage type when Arcane, Fire, or Bolt gems are applied (though both receive the full effect of flat damage gem effects).
- Both have the same unique visual effect and sound for the quickstep, backstep, and running attacks.
- Both weapons' descriptions state they are made of siderite, a rare material. They are the only weapons known to be made of the material.
- While blood gems that increase Arcane damage work on this weapon, the low base Arcane damage means gems that affect Physical or all damage are often more effective.
Stats/Scaling
Average Physical Attack Increase
Move sets & Videos
Numbers were tested on a level 120 player with no armor using a +10 Burial Blade. Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundredth.
Regular Move Set
| Move | Damage Type & Modifier | Stamina | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 Combo |   1x, 1.04x, 1.09, |
23 | Four hits: Right-to-left horizontal slash using the convex side of the blade, left-to-right reverse with the concave side, nearly vertical top-to-bottom slash with the convex, reverse bottom-to-top slash with the concave. Sequence repeats if you have enough stamina. The first two hits are good for enemies trying to surround you. |
| Quickstep R1 | 1.09x |
25 | Advances forward using the point of the blade in a straight thrust. You finish half a step ahead of where you started. Decent speed, okay reach. |
| Backstep R1 |  1.05 |
22 | The sword is thrust directly forward. |
| Rolling R1 | 1.20 |
25 | After completing the roll, the blade is raised from the ground to overhead in a mostly vertical slashing motion. |
| Dash R1 | 1.4x |
20 (+run) | A left-to-right horizontal slash that is at least a three-quarter circle. |
| R2 Attack | 1.45x |
45 | Nearly vertical top-to-bottom slash after a short windup. Has a slight recovery time. |
| Charged R2 | 2.5x |
65 | A right-to-left full circle horizontal slash. |
| Backstep R2 | 1.6x |
38 | Overhead vertical slash, slams the ground. |
| Dash R2 | 1.66x |
25 (+run) | Identical to the uncharged R2 attack. |
| Leap | 1.84x |
60 | Overhead swing that slams the ground. |
| Transform Attack | 2.3x |
25 (+x) | Quickly puts the blade onto the folded handle, handle extends, pulls scythe around and down a right-to-left diagonal slash. The slash is very fast. |
Transformed Move Set
| Move | Damage Type & Modifier | Stamina | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 Combo | 1.2x, 1.2x, 1.25x |
28 | First strike is a diagonal left-to-right slash. Then there's a horizontal right-to-left, followed by two left-to-right horizontal strikes. Then it repeats the right-to-left. |
| Quickstep R1 | 1.3x |
22 | Dodges backwards, gives a short hop forward, and a short right-to-left cut, almost pulling towards them. Only recovers about half the distance of the dodge. |
| Backstep R1 | 1.18 |
22 | The weapon is brought in front of and slightly to the right of the hunter. The blade is then pulled in and down to slash the blade back toward the hunter. |
| Rolling R1 | 1.12x |
22 | Similar to the sword form, the weapon is scraped on the ground and raised in an upward slashing motion. |
| Dash R1 | 1.55x |
18 (+run) | A left-to-right diagonal uppercut. |
| R2 Attack | 1.95 |
40 | Drops the scythe blade-down behind the back, pulls it around into a left-to-right horizontal swing. Shorter range, but appears to have at least 180 degrees of arc. |
| Charged R2 | 3x |
100 | Holds the scythe blade-down with both hands, releases it into a diagonal right-to-left slash with a step forward. |
| Backstep R2 | 1.95x |
38 | Hops backwards, takes a step forward during a three-quarter-circle left-to-right slash. Starts behind you, finishes on your right side. |
| Dash R2 | 2.05x |
25 (+run) | Overhead swing, slams the ground. |
| Leap | 1.95x |
60 | Good distance on the leap, overhead swing slightly from the left, slams the ground. |
| L2 Two-handed special | 1.85x, 1,5x, 2.05x, 2.05x |
40 ~ 50 | Seems to be four hits: Overhead ground slam from left-to-right, overhead ground slam right-to-left, left-to-right rising diagonal slash, left-to-right horizontal slash. |
| Transform Attack | 1.2x |
20 (+x) | Left-to-right horizontal swing of the scythe, detaches the blade at the end of it, transforming it into a sword. |
Trivia
- The Burial Blade was the first trick weapon ever created, and inspired the development of other trick weapons, usually on the premise of transforming to adapt to different combat scenerios.
- The Burial Blade was created and exclusively wielded by Gehrman.
- A Burial Blade can be found above the workshop table in the Hunter's Dream.
- The weapon's description mentions that "Its blade is forged with siderite, said to have fallen from the heavens."
- Siderite is the real-life alternate name for an iron meteorite.
- Both the Burial Blade and the Blade of Mercy mention the use of it in their descriptions.
- Both weapons resemble the talons of Mergo's Wet Nurse.
- The shape of the scythe highly resembles Rurufon's scythe from Shadow Tower Abyss, an early title created by From Software as well as being recurring weapons in Souls series.
- A strange bug on rare occurrences the cape on the hunter may come off, usually in a boss fight you could notice if you dodge back and do an R1 combo the cape disappears. [Note, I haven't seen this happen in a while, it's possible that it may have been fixed, but I'll need confirmation on this]
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Charged r2 launching enemies twice my height a foot away onto their asses is the funniest thing
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Idk why people complain about this weapon's damage. I still use the uncanny ver. Found in chalice dungeons and it works fine, sure it does a little less damage than others, but it's not game breaking.
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I want to like this weapon so badly, but saw spear is just better in every way
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Gherman looks so damn cool fighting with the sword form, why does the player character swing it like it's a wet noodle??
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Spent forever trying to get this weapon through chalice dungeon, only to find I need a PS+ sub
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Some folks call it a Burial Blade, I call it a Kaiser Blade
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Is it worth using this in ng+1? Only recently completed bloodborne and wondering how viable this is to use when not upgraded to at least 7-8 from the start?
I finished with Ludwig's holy blade at +10 but found cleric beast took a LOT of punishment even with a fully upgraded weapon. I really want to use this weapon but don't want to be doing tiny amounts of damage, especially when it seems that enemy health in ng+ has been massively buffed. Obviously, bloodstone shards exist, but twins and chunks don't appear till later in the game...
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SOMETHING TO ADD TO THE TRIVIA SECTIO: In the bloodborne art book, the Burial Blade is referred to as the Blade of Mercy
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Found an Uncanny version in the Lower Loran FRC 3gmdn53c, Layer 1 pre-boss area.
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I love it, but I wish the one-handed moveset wasn't so weird.
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That has to be the most beautiful weapon description i've ever read in all souls games.
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8tz4w23v - Sinister Pthumeru Ihyll Chalice. Roll through first floor, not much there, 3 Watchers boss. 2nd floor, roll past Lantern and take elevator up, treasure door leads to Lost Burial Blade past Messenger Bath. Watch out for 5-6 caster witches before elevator, and spider bell lady before 2nd boss lever nearby to treasure room.
2nd floor boss Beast-Possessed Soul, then treasure room on beginning of 3rd floor (pre-Lantern) leads to Lost Blades of Mercy. Lost Burial Blade area has 1 Wandering Madness, Lost Blades area has 2.
Another Wandering Madness under main structure in level 3 area guarded by 2 Maneater Pigs.
Final boss is Bloodletting Beast w/ head intact. Early in dungeon is a Pilgrim, dungeon is fairly quiet.
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Compared to the church pick,
Pros
-powerful dodge attacks
-moveset is excellent against groups
-very fast charged heavy (untransformed) or very powerful charged heavy (transformed)
-innate arcane
-Transformed L2 is very useful against single targets.
Cons
-Not buffable
-transformed uncharged heavy is weird
-neither serrated nor righteous.
-lower physical damage
In conclusion, use the burial blade over the church pick if you're the kind of hunter who finds themselves hunting foes either humanoid or numerous, or foresee themselves making great use of the dodging attacks.
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it feels like the burial blade and the blade of mercy were designed with each other in mind tbh. They have the same scaling and their movesets complement each other perfectly. the blade of mercy has fast, short ranged attacks that are great in one on one fights but suffer in groups. this thing has long, sweeping attacks that are great for groups but are really slow.
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Ithyll FRC - RMYMDJ6K:
layer 1 bonus area: +3 Clockwise Metamorphosis
* layer 3 bonus area - burial blade
Lost Burial Blade - area before layer one lantern, glyph is 3fy5pgts (ptumeru ihyll chalice)
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I thinking of using this as the arcane in my arcane strength hybrid build, is it a good idea as it has good arcane scaling but can’t be buffed well by arcane and elemental gems.
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To get the burial blade without going to ng+, eat 3 umbilical cords, defeat gehrman and die to the moon presence
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Venator ah mi supra venata
anima tor feci ci vre re mal
venare insidiosus mira tenebrarum
hic sic scitis
miserere aeterna
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After killing gehrman, and when game warps you to NG+, can I buy gehrman attire and burial blade???
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im playing bloodborne again, i plan on kill the blood starved beast, get the chalice, getting the cum chalice and then type in the burial blade chalice code, this run is gonna be fun
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The biggest travesty is that you can't get this until the end. Fromsoft really wants you to play these games over and over.
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which one is op for staggering
burial blade, blade of mercy, amygdalan arm, threaded cane, kirkhammer, beast cutter
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Apparently that Pthumerian Chalice tip only works if you've beaten the second floor of the basic dungeon... I sure would've appreciated if it was mentioned ! I deleted my progress on the first floor while trying to make it work. Oh well, half-assed information is better than no information at all.
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don't think the pthumerian chalice works anymore unless there is missing information. just says i don't meet the requirements.
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the fact that you can get an uncanny version of this weapon after killing the blood starved beast proves that bloodborne is the best from game of all time
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Idk how good this is but it looks awesome and that's what counts
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Does the untransformed sword have any similarities with actual swords? Or is it just a non realistic fantasy curved sword?
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Did anyone see this weapon above where you fortify weapons or is it just me?
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does nzzn259g still exist? I have my pthumeru chalice, 2 ritual bloods and blood echoes but it tells me missing requirements
A storm is coming. Mankind faces ruin and despair. The world is changing, yet hope remains in the hearts of the people. We go about our daily lives never knowing the forces than can change our destinies forever; we are oblivious, ignorant like sheep to the slaughter.
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If you use the skip mentioned above in order to get the blade in NG, Will you be able to go back to the rest of the game? I heard that if you enter the final boss fight it locks you in and you have to NG+
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The dash-R1 attack in scythe form is so good. I managed to beat all three of the Yahar'gul hunters without cheesing them for once just by spamming that, lol. Hate those basturds
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I used the first glyph recommended to find the lost burial blade and I cant find it at all on layer 3. Went through it twice. I'm convinced its not there.
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A surprise question i wanted to know , is it possible to get the Uncanny Burial Blade running Bloodborne on a PS5 & Offline ? Or it isn't possible ? I heard someone said running BB on a PS5 it isn't patched , hence maybe i thought the Modded Glyph Chalice might not work for the Uncanny Burial Blade.
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This is not a one-shotter.
Although the combos you can create are worth it.
Fun, but not effective.
7/10.
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Which burial blade is best when also aiming to use Chikage in the same build
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Should I go with uncanny or lost also what gun best goes with this weapon?
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only found out today after 200+ hours of gameplay that weapons have a running r2 attack
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Lost Burial Blade found on pre layer 1 bonus room, right after you spawned.
Glyph is: nvxv69nx
Its inside a sarcophagus guarded by a bell maiden, and a fat red hot poker weilding watcher.
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Easy Lost Blade In Pthumeru Ihyll Root Chalice Later 1: Side area before boss door Glyph: y688emyj
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The false depth glyph for the uncanny should be clearly labelled as that, not every player wants to use exploits.
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Why is there no rally potential stat listed... did I miss it?
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That Pthumerian chalice for the uncanny seems awful ailing loran WHY?
Something that should be put on the Uncanny Burial Blade instructions is that you need to complete 2 layers of the first chalice dungeon before you can use a glyph to make a chalice dungeon.
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Rotted Pthumeru Ihyll [ykfd7rhi] (F/R/-) L2: Lost Logarius' Wheel L3: Lost Reiterpallasch, Lost Burial Blade L3 is a very large area with 3 treasure chests.
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Is it just me or does anyone else find the untransformed moveset wonky, choreography-wise? IMO it feels really awkward to see the hunter swing a dex weapon around that way when Gehrman used it so gracefully. Also i feel that the unstransformed normal combo of the Beasthunter Saif is how the moveset shoud have been.
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Arcane dmg is low on this and blade of mercy, but enemies are more resistant to physical than arcane including and especially for players (usually phys defense is higher than arcane defense by 100, or phys def is double the arcane def).
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I seriously want to use this weapon, but if wanted to use it efficiently, I would have to create another build and beat the game again :(
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Easily my favourite weapon in the game, and I love nearly all of them! One thing that does annoy me a bit though is that in order to have decent damage, you really do have to have a heavily skill-based build. But with that being said, with a skill-arcane/skill-strength-build, this is my go-to weapon.
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nzzn259g This glyph is great. You can find Uncanny Burial Blade very early in the game, without waiting the duel with Gerhman. Just follow the description above, in the proper section. It's great for players using Blade of Mercy (Hunter of Hunters Build), because Burial Blade is quite a twin of BoM. And Uncanny version of Burial Blade is better than normal version due to the presence of 2 radials and 1 triangular gem imprints.
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By the way root chalice nzzn259g is amazing for farming early game echos. Go where you normally go to get the burial blade. On the way there,*****around a bit and take a tiny bit longer to get to the room with the cannon. For some reason the guy manning the cannon will have despawned. You can now use the cannon to instantly kill any of the mobs, including the respawning spiders. The non respawning enemies drop 5-15k and the spiders drop 1k each but respawn infinitely. If you die you're FUBAR though, since the bell ringing woman will usually take your echos and she has way too much health to kill if you're just rushing early game
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Can confirm that for the early Pthumerian chalice you just need the root chalice from the second boss in the first dungeon
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Deciding on a build using a scythe, soo.. church pick or burial blade? I love both so idk
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"Blood gems increasing Arcane damage do work on this weapon, but given the low arcane damage it has is it not recommended to rely on this." It's actually pretty good for an Arcane 50 build with gems that boost arcane damage and scaling. It's not as outright damaging as a Skill build, but it's still viable
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There appears to be some sort of requirement placed upon the early pthumeru dungeon. Just best BSB and it says my character doesn't meet the requirements even though I opened the base dungeon
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It seems this and Blade of Mercy were both patched, since it is entirely possible to add fire or bolt damage to them now with blood gems.
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In the early dungeon to get the uncanny (the pthumeru that you can do after BSB) it seems that if you fail to kill certain enemies they get moved to the entrance ladder, e.g. those spiders. Which is *****ing perfect because now I can get boned by glowing red things that trigger my arachnophobia without even having to go to the spider room.
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Found a Lost Burial Blade (upon recieving it this character had neither progressed to NG+ nor killed Gherman), the glyph is s9dfcmze. Found in the chest in the area prior to Layer 1.
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Something I’ve been wondering, do the “quick attacks” (attacks with the white streak) have increased arcane attack power? or are they still a hybrid of phys. and arc.? If you increase the arc. attack with blood gems, will these attacks become stronger than with just phys. blood gems?
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just so people are aware the glyph "nzzn259b" doesn't exist it's actually "nzzn259g" you're welcome
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FRC Loran dskffdu5 - L1 Fading Lake, L2 Stunning Deep Sea, L3 Lost Beast Claw, L4 Uncanny Burial Blade and Lost Tonitrus. Ritual materials: 20 Ritual Blood 5, 12 Tomb Mould 5, 24 Blooming Flowers, 10 Bastards of Loran and 4 Red Jelly. Bosses: Beast-possessed Soul, Undead Giant (chains), Loran Darkbeast and Amygdala.
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Reason why I'll come back playing BB. Best thing since the Lifehunt Scythe.
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Dungeon nzzn259g is a depth 5 disguised as a depth 1 (depth = difficulty) from the 1st lamp youll come into a room with 2 doors go to the left door and follow it to the end its a pretty strait forward path to the uncanny burial blade.
Enjoy :)
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Chalice dungeon seed: kqe9r4ud Foetid Rotted Pthumeru Ihyll, 4 layers.
Confirmed inside:
Level 5 Communion rune
Lost Burial Blade
Old Great One Coldblood
Max level Heir rune
Not planning on removing this any time soon. Enjoy it.
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base stats with some phys%+flat arcane and this thing still takes 1/4th of someones hp at level 120 per r1
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"Overall, the transformed mode is superior for melee combat (better range, higher rally, little noticeable difference in attack speed) but you cannot use a firearm since it's wielded with two hands." Um... what? This is just wrong. The sword form has a much better moveset, burns less stamina, and is far less vulnerable while attacking. The scythe has its uses for sure, but it is very situational.
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Someone please fix the location description for the Lost Burial Blade using glyph wic63yn8. It's in layer 2, not layer 3.
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nzzn259g allows you to get the Uncanny Burial Blade right after killing Blood Starved Beast, it is an exact copy of the kmqduet chalice, only its a pthumerian version
For some reason there wasn't a list of the trick weapons at the bottom so I added one
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is it just a big for me or does the burial blade slowly drains your health? when I equip it a blue skeleton appears next to my item slot with an arrow pointing down and my health slowly decreases
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The non-trick moveset leaves a lot to be desired IMO, could be more flourishing.
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Burial blade / Blade of mercy with the bone ash armor can't get more bad ass then That!
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the cape glitch happens with more than just the burial blade, in fact it sometimes happens when you just respawn.
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I love how there's a Burial Blade on the wall above the workshop desk for the entirety of the game, but only after beating Gehrman are you allowed to use it, lol. Although, the one on the wall is arguably cooler, because it looks like it's supposed to have a blade attached on BOTH ends of the staff, like some sort of double-scythe. I would love to roll up on Gehrman with that bad *****.
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Is it normal that I got an uncanny version of the weapon without even facing Gehrman at all? I don't have the badge from him either, I thought that you NEED the original weapon in order to obtain the uncanny and lost versions.
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I tried to input the glyphs to the search and it didn't work? I "don't meet the requirements " how do I meet them??
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Pthumeru Ihyll Rotted, Fetid. First layer pre area. This should help anyone needing it without using a cursed dungeon.
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In order to find the uncanny and lost blades in the dungeons, do I absolutely need to have the original one from Gherman, if so, that's... kinda *****. My favourite weapon, and you have to practically beat the game to get it.
The L2 combo takes so much stamina. 25 End and 20% Caryll rune for 145 stamina and still can't get the final 4th attack in the chain. It looks like you need about 150 to do it which is crazy.
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