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Vermin is a Consumable Item in Bloodborne. It was added with Patch 1.07.
Vermin Usage
- Crush this item to obtain +1 rank in the covenant The League
- Can be sold for 300 Blood Echoes
Location
- Obtained by completing a successful co-op session as a phantom whilst wearing the Impurity rune.
- Additionally if you are not a member of the league, but complete a co-op session with another phantom who is, you may receive one.
- You may also obtain Vermin for completing Chalice Dungeon objectives as a phantom whilst wearing the rune.
- Three Old Hunters in the Hunter's Nightmare drop Vermin. These hunters do not respawn, so a total of 3 vermin can be obtained this way. The aforementioned Old Hunters can be told apart, due to having red eyes. They are also stronger than the other Old Hunters in the area.
- One can be fought on a rooftop across where the player comes from at the gate square, before reaching the Nightmare Grand Cathedral. He wields a Boom Hammer.
- One can be fought guarding the Beasthunter Siaf. He wields a Beasthunter Siaf.
- One can be fought behind the Nightmare Church downstairs, where the Whirligig Saw can be found further down. He wields a Beast Cutter.
- One Vermin can be obtained by slaying Ludwig with Valtr summoned, provided Valtr survives.
- Another Vermin can be obtained in the same way by having Valtr survive the fight with Laurence.
Notes
- Successful co-op session meaning being summoned as a Confederate. The host does not get one vermin after co-op session, you must be the Phantom.
- There is currently a bug that will only count as +1 to the covenant, if you were to consume multiples of this item at once.
- Was able to obtain Vermin in the first level of the first Pthumerian Chalice Dungeon, without wearing any runes. It was dropped by an enemy during a co-op session.
- Seems like being summoned and defeating a boss with a Confederate still gives Vermin even with no Impurity equipped.
- Despite Old Hunter Yamamura being a summonable Confederate for the fight with Living Failures you do not get a Vermin for successfully completing the fight with him. Could be a possible bug.
Trivia
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Just throwing this out here since I didn't see any mention of it on the wiki: it appears the game tracks covenant progression to new game+ (it was actually new game+ to new game+2, but I'm assuming it's the same). What happened is I crushed one vermin and then killed Valtr for the helmet since I only had four (couldn't keep him alive for the Laurence fight). After going through the game again and picking up more I talked to Valtr and only had to give him four. The amusing part is the game didn't remember I betrayed the covenant on the previous playthrough.
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Why do we have to smash it? I just wanna catch it in a cup and put it outside
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I'm confused. Have the impurity rune on, summoned Olek in the first pthumeru chalice layer 3 for the fire puppy - weren't I supposed to get a vermin? Or is it only if the summon is confederate?
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Maybe this is not a bug. Perhaps only beasts contain vermin, whereas kin (Living Failures) do not.
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PSN is Saeteinn if anyone needs help getting some more vermin.
Remember, the confederates will always have my blessing... And each other. Always.
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I got a vermin for killing Ludwig with a confederate summoned I was also using the rune at the time.
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Actually, you can get away with doing the quest with only three vermin! I've only ever done it this way. What I've found is:
Crush the first vermin wherever, it matters not, and then speak to Valtr after having exhausted his dialogue. If you haven't done that yet, simply leave and come back, and his new dialogue will be there. Then, with the impurity rune equipped, crush a Vermin in front of him, and his dialogue will change again -- you don't have to leave and come back for this one. You can crush the third here too, and his dialogue will not change -- leave and come back, and the Master's One Eye Helm will be there, as will the Madaras Twin outside once it is picked up.
I hope it works for others as it has worked for me.
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Need help getting the final Vermin for the questline. PSN is Doomking12, DM me if interested.
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How do you get these without DLC or PS+?
Or is it a way to ensure you'll buy more things if you want the platinum trophy?
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Possible tie to Sekiro? But Sekiro is set on Earth in medieval Japan. Perhaps the centipedes in Ashina are related to the Old Ones of Yharnam? Such creatures could presumably cross between worlds.
I didn't have the rune equipped and I summoned a couple people (my first time playing co-op. I didn't know multiple players could join) to help me with Shadow of Yharnam and I received a Vermin after the battle.
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Hello everyone.
I have no DLC and no PS+ right now, can I still get vermins?
Else I cant get the achievement...
I thought killing invaders while wearing one have you one. Hmm. Guess not.
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This why I play as a girl, so I could see my character crush these little things barefoot.
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Hey my psn is JaiPlatinum and I could use some assistance haha.
Still down to play co op in 2020, if anybody is down msg me on psn : OhItsChavez
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These really should give at least +1% to co op hp & stack at least 3x. That way they AND the co op rune are worth a damn.
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If you invade and the beckoner is some tard camping at the lamp with 2 coop buttbois or pulls some other scrub stunts, use this on his corpse immediately after you've killed him. As sweet as victory is, the contempt that gesture communicates makes it even sweeter.
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Still playing bloodborne in 2020....anyone need coop just comment ur ps4 name and i gotcha. ps4 name:God_of_Rapture
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I will make a coop build named vermin supreme. What's a good headpiece that looks like a boot?
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I had like 16 of these for some reason and never knew what they were used for and literally never went back to bucket head. Literally just crushed them in front of him a bit ago. I talked to him after crushing each one. Spoiler? Kinda. Found myself fighting a somewhat easy hunter at the lamp near bucket head. But I’m assuming he killed the good old bucket head man.. poor bucket head
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So, I don't have ps+ but I had obtained 4 of these in the DLC (3 from NPC drops and one from valtr surviving through the ludwig fight), and I knew you needed 5 to get valtr's helmet or whatever, and I also knew I could get my fifth from summoning valtr for laurence and having him survive that too, which was my plan, but then he died when I had almost killed laurence. I actually considered just intentionally dying too to try again but laurence had been giving me such a headache at that point I just said screw it and killed him to be done with it. Any way to get that fifth vermin without online?
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Welp, can't get any because no one is using the beckoning bell ANYWHERE. Damnit.
Got one after cooperating with a confederate in my game to kill lady Maria, I had the impurity rune equipped.
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Not sure why, but I got one after fighting Father Gascoigne. First playthrough, no coop, came to the wiki page to see what this was. Weird.
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I haven't gotten any vermin since i started ng+. I already joined the league but haven't gotten a single one
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How could one collect these without getting the DLC or PS+? If that's not possible, then do they at least carry over to NG+ if you haven't used them?
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Does your ranking on the league carry over to a new character? Wanna make a new character but got 300+ crushed.
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The vermin looks a lot like the Tingler from the old B movie with kind of the same background.
I wonder if it's connected?
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it says that you cannot get a vermin if you are the host, but i received one after summoning someone and defeating martyr logarius
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So... if you don't have the dlc or ps+ you're *****ed right?
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I was able to receive a Vermin from the non-respawning hunters in the Hunter's Nightmare while I was in the Hunter of Hunters covenant.
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I didn't see it mentioned so I thought I'd give a heads up. After consuming my first 10 Vermin, individually but without Impurity equipped, there was no change in either Valtr's dialogue or my covenant standing. However, after applying the Impurity rune before consuming each Vermin my covenant standing progressed.
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Just adding to Primera's part of the post saying that I also got a vermin from being summoned to a co-op session with a League member in it (not the host) without having any covenant runes.
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I did not move up in rank after consuming it. Do you have to be in Hunters Dream or The Forbidden Woods when you consume it? I have consumed vermin in both of those places and then my rank went up. It seems dumb, but apparently where you are when you consume it affects whether or not it works.
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I got one from vicar amelia as a host before i knew about this covenant
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Found 1 killing the hand scyth wielding enemy where you find said weapon
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It just occurred to me today, based on the description, this entire arc with Valtr may be partly inspired by Morgellons...The way this game takes jabs at the frailty of the human psyche, and the insidious power of suggestion & belief, is just wonderful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgellons
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I just got one as a drop from one of the NPC hunters in the DLC. It was the guy right near where you get the beast cutter weapon. I dunno if this is a regular thing or if I just got extremely lucky. I haven't even spoken to the covenant leader guy yet, let alone joined his covenant.
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So how exactly are you supposed to get these? I co-op'd Ebrietas with the menis scholar dude, with the rune equipped, with the both of us surviving but she didn't drop a vermin nor did one magically appear in my inventory not even after quitting and reloading. Which is fun because Ebrietas was the last boss I left because I did a 100% ish run before the dlc comes out. I ain't gonna play the game once again till tuesday. F*cking spectacular.
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I summoned help for father gasciogne, one of them was a confederate, and I got a vermin after we beat him. I've barely played on that character for half an hour.
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I was really surprised when I got a confederate summon. then when I had beaten bloodstarved beast with him I got a Vermin. I have started a new game and have progressed no further than that. so no covenant, and I summoned with the normal bell, not the new "old bell".
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Picked up 1 vermin offline from red-eyed Boom Hammer hunter early on in Hunter's Nightmare.
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When playing with Impurity rune, well over 5 squashed vermin, and playing with another confederate, the 1st 2 bosses in dungeons sometimes don't drop vermin. Could it be that it was a dungeon with a depth of 1? If I remember correctly, it might have happened even on a depth of 4 and 5. So... I'm not sure.. I have the guides, maybe I should read about them there. But they aren't 100% updated with the new patches so.. In the old hunters guide, it updated most of the patch changes since release but not all. So I'm not sure they'll be of an incredible help either.. Bottom line, there needs to more testing done.
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i got this by summoning a confederate to help with the watch dog. I haven't found or even joined any covenants or whatever its called in this game. maybe just having a confederate help you you can obtain it.
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I got summonned for Gascoigne. Confederate summon also joined and I ended up receiving a vermin from the boss. Don't know for sure if the host or the confederate got one aswell.
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Summoned two guys in to help my newest character with blood starved beast (I've beaten him before, I'm just lazy) and after the beast was dead, I got a vermin. No problem with me, I want to be aligned The League.
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Me and my friend started testing different ways on how to get vermin for the host. We've discovered that if the Confederate is +5 and the boss is killed regardless on who kills it, the host will get a vermin. However, we both had the Impurity rune on. This does need a bit more testing, so feel free to test.
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I don't think this is farmable.. I'v done like 30 runs through the hunters nightmare and only got the four vermin everyone else states.
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If the phantom actually kills the boss, then the host will also get a vermin. Fextra should add this piece of knowledge!
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Some old hunters in the Hunter's Nightmare can drop vermin. Those hunters DO NOT RESPAWN, so total of 3 vermin can be obtained this way. BTW I got a vermin drop from the Old Hunter behind the back of the Nightmare Church and he did respawn.
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1 from old hunter wielding boom hammer, 1 from another old hunter guarding the beast hunter saif, 1 after defeating ludwig (i summoned both valtr and younger madaras twin. valtr survived), and the last one, i can't seem to remember where o_O.
Is it possible to obtain vermin from random drops while wearing the impurity rune? I vaguely remember killing a crow and picking up a vermin
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