Oath Runes are special runes that have a variety of effects on your character, ranging anywhere from new multiplayer options, to changing how your character uses certain weapons, to outright transformation of the player character. These special runes are only obtained from major characters in the game, often after completing a long and involved questline or succeeding in some difficult task related to that character. Oath Runes may only be placed in the fourth, teal colored slot for Caryll Runes, and only one Oath Rune may be equipped at a time. Note that half of these runes may cause summoned players to sometimes be hostile and attack you, and it's prudent to read up on all of their effects before equipping one.
How to Join a Covenant or Oath
Joining a covenant is as simple as equipping the associated Oath Rune; it's getting the rune in the first place that's the problem. There is no penalty for removing an Oath Rune or switching to a different one. Bear in mind that having certain Oath Runes equipped may cause you to be enemies with players who have an opposing rune equipped, and attempts to co-op with them via the Small Resonant Bell or Beckoning Bell will pit you in a fight with them instead.
Covenants (Oaths)
Cainhurst Vilebloods
"Pledgers to this oath are Cainhurst Vilebloods, hunters of blood who find dregs for their Queen of coldblood, particularly in that of hunters. Yet the corrupt are heretics in the eyes of the Church, thus subject to the wrath of the Executioners."
Covenant leader: Annalise, Queen of the Vilebloods
Associated Rune, Badge, and Equipment: Corruption, Cainhurst Hunter Badge, Chikage, Evelyn, Cainhurst Set, Numbing Mist
How to Join: Speak with Annalise, Queen of the Vilebloods to acquire the Corruption Oath Rune, along with the Cainhurst Hunter Badge and the Respect Gesture.
- Members of the Cainhurst Vilebloods can give Blood Dregs to Annalise, and are ranked on the Vileblood Register according to how many Blood Dregs they've given. After giving the first Blood Dreg, Annalise will reward the player with the Deep Respect gesture.
- While the Corruption rune is equipped, enemy players you invade or are invaded by, and all NPCs, will drop a Blood Dreg when killed.
- While the Corruption rune is equipped, other players with the Radiance rune will be hostile if summoned or when you are summoned by them. When this happens, the summoned player will be purple instead of blue, but will still use up a summon slot meaning the host can summon only one other player and can still be invaded by another player. Purple players are not allied with invading players, and can still attack them. It is possible for two summoned players to be hostile in this manner, denying the host any assistance at all.
- The Corruption rune gives a passive +1 regen effect at low health (under 12.5% hp). The effect will end once you have 12.5% or more hp.
Executioners
"The Executioners despise the impure Vilebloods, and no matter what the circumstances, would never cooperate with the bloodthirsty hunters who serve the undead queen, Annalise."
Associated Rune, Badge, and Equipment: Radiance, Wheel Hunter Badge, Logarius' Wheel, Gold Ardeo
How to Join: Complete Alfred's side quest in which you help him discover the last survivor of the Vilebloods. Acquire the Unopened Summons from the room Annalise is found in. Give these summons to Alfred to get the Church Bow (Male) gesture, leave and warp to Annalise's chamber, speak with Alfred and exhaust his dialogue to get the Wheel Hunter Badge (at this point the player can walk up to Annalise's remains on her throne and grab the Queenly Flesh), then warp to Cathedral Ward and return to the place where you first met Alfred to find the Radiance Oath Rune.
- While the Radiance rune is equipped, you will be hostile against any Vileblood player you summon or are summoned by. When this occurs, the summoned player will be purple instead of blue, but will still use up a summon slot meaning the host can summon only one other player and can still be invaded by another player. Purple players are not allied with invading players, and can still attack them. It is possible for two summoned players to be hostile in this manner, denying the host any assistance at all.
- The Radiance rune increases the amount of hit points recovered with Blood Vials by about 2%.
Hunter of Hunters
"These watchmen admonish those who have become addled with blood. Be they men or beasts, anyone who has threatened the pledgers of "Hunter" oath has an issue with blood."
Associated Rune, Badge, and Equipment: Hunter, Crow Hunter Badge, Blade of Mercy, Crowfeather Set
How to Join: Complete Eileen's side quest. Regardless of initially meeting her in Central Yarnham she will be outside the Cathedral Ward looking over the balcony. After clearing most of the Cathedral Ward and opening both outer gates, talk to her and she will mention a "mark" she is hunting. Travel from the Cathedral Ward lamp to the Tomb of Oedon lamp by foot (you can't warp to the Tomb of Oedon lamp until finishing the next step). Help Eileen kill her mark and you will receive her praise and the Approval gesture (Eileen must survive or her quest ends, be especially careful since she isn't immune to your attacks). The next time you need to help Eileen will be after the Rom boss fight. After Rom, head to the Grand Cathedral lamp. Again this lamp should be non-operational and will require footwork. Help Eileen kill her mark again and speak with her again to get the Crow Hunter Badge and the Hunter Oath Rune. If you avoided Eileen or did not do any part of her side quest, she will instead be hostile at the Grand Cathedral after Rom and only drop the Crow Hunter's Badge.
- While the Hunter rune is equipped, there is a small chance (~30%) that a summoned player will be hostile to you, or you will be hostile against a host who summoned you. It is unknown what conditions must be met to trigger this if any, but even against players who do meet the conditions for it the effect will only activate about 1 time out of 3. It is generally assumed that players who frequently invade or kill NPCs are considered "Blood Addled". The rules for hostile summons are identical to the ones under Cainhurst Vilebloods and Executioners.
- The Hunter rune will boost stamina recovery speed by 10%.
The League
"The League is a band of Hunters who have taken an oath and are bound by a single purpose. By aligning yourself to The League, led by a mysterious figure in a constable's garb and bucket helmet, you can assist other players online in the game and compete in The League's online rankings leaderboard.
In addition to The League, players will also be able to use The League cane and summon co-op NPCs within the game, perfect for tackling challenging areas and bosses."
Covenant Leader: Valtr
Associated Rune and Equipment: Impurity, Master's Iron Helm
How to Join: Speak with Valtr and accept his invitation into The League to receive the Impurity rune and League Staff.
- While wearing the Impurity rune, being summoned by another player and helping them kill a boss will award you with a Vermin.
- While wearing the Impurity rune, the player can see and summon additional Old Hunter npcs who are not available without it.
- Players in this covenant are ranked on the League Staff according to how many Vermin they've crushed (Vermin are crushed by using them).
- As the player smashes more Vermin, Valtr will gain new dialogue and eventually leave, leaving behind the Master's Iron Helm. After this, his stats as a summon will receive a significant boost.
- Sometime after the first Vermin smashed, the Younger Madaras Twin will appear as a hostile NPC near the Forbidden Woods lamp. He will attack on sight, and killing him awards the player with the Madaras Whistle. Contrary to the rumors, he will not actually kill Valtr if left alone, and can be safely dealt with later if needed.
- The Impurity rune gives a +2% boost to your HP while summoned.
The Blood Beast
"Those who swear this oath take on a ghastly form and enjoy accentuated transformation effects, especially while wielding a beast weapon"
Associated Rune and Weapon: Beast's Embrace, Beast Claw
How to Join: Defeat Laurence, the First Vicar.
- Equipping the Beast's Embrace rune will transform your character and make them look like a beast. This does not make your character weak to gems with the Beasthunter effect or resistant to gems with a curse that reduces damage against beasts.
- While the Beast's Embrace rune is equipped, the Beast Claw's moveset is completely changed, its damage is increased, and it gains the ability to build up Beasthood even when not in trick mode.
- While both the Beast's Embrace rune and Beast Claw weapon are equipped, your character's dodge is changed.
- The Beast's Embrace rune boosts your Beasthood by +15.
Lumenwood Kin
"Those who take this oath become a Lumenwood that peers towards the sky, feeding phantasms in its luscious bed. Phantasms guide us and lead us to further discoveries."
Associated Rune and Weapon: Milkweed, Kos Parasite
How to join: Find and give three Brain Fluids to Saint Adeline.
- Equipping the Milkweed rune will transform your character and make them look like a kin. This does not make your character weak to gems with the Kinhunter effect or resistant to gems with a curse that reduces damage against kin.
- While the Milkweed rune is equipped, the Kos Parasite's full moveset is unlocked and it gains a significant damage multiplier and range increase.
- While both the Milkweed rune and Kos Parasite weapon are equipped, your character's dodge is changed.
- The Milkweed rune boosts your Discovery by +10, slightly increasing how often items drop.
Hunter of hunter pros: stamina regen, title looks good
cons: bloody crow of cainhurst
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There should be a great one covenant in the game like as a reward for killing the moon prescence bc all you get now for killing it is just 2 achievements and that good feeling when the creds roll so yeah Devs Please Read This And Consider this please
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What the Covenants look like in 2020
HoH: Legend has it the host equips it while having cooperators
Confederate: Every cooperators dream is to grow up to become a nice big healthy Confederate
Milkweed: Not only are they active as host/cooperators WHILE ALSO active as adversaries.
Beasts: If your lucky you see one as a host/cooperator
Vilebloods/executioners: Both are basically dead lore wise and gameplay wise
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everyone is asking if you can join the choir or the powder kegs, sadly no, but that would be cool. instead i guess anyone looking to be a powder keg or a choir, they could put powder keg in there name and if they saw another person with powder keg in there name they would side together. kinda like player mad covenants from dark souls
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People stop asking about the different groups and factions in the game. They are NOT covenants that you can physically join! the Choir is a branch of the Healing Church whis is NOT a covenant. The Powder Kegs were a branch of the Hunter Workshop which is NOT a covenant. Just read and understand what you see in the game!
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Good thing I never play this game online. I get the perks of these runes and no side-effects.
Man, the covenants in this game pale in comparison to the Dark Souls games. Alot of them don't even have ranks or items to work toward. It's all feels like an afterthought.
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What about the choir? I know you can't join them but is it still a covenant or a faction?
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I dunno why the new dlc coveenants dont have hostilities, Confeds should be against Vilebloods, Milkweeds, And Beasts. Milkweeds and Beasys should have a rivalry aswell.
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No, seriously : just look at the design of their emblem ! XD BTW, does anyone know something about the two last covenants ? [ PS : sorry if it sounded like a troll, it wasn't my intention ]
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The Chalice Guardians covenant is a new covenant in Bloodborne.
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http://i.imgur.com/ri2psVm.jpg there's only three covenants said by someone who made official guide
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I talked to a guy that asked me if I wanted to hunt hunters that have turned to beasts. Is this the hunter of hunters covenant?
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If you want to join a covenant,get the covenant rune, like Corruption, Hunter, and Radiance. While you equip the rune. it means you are a member of the covenant. If you want to change covenants, simply change your covenant rune. Remember, covenant runes can be equipped at fourth slot. Cainhurst Vilebloods and Executioners are hostile each other. When Vileblood player summons Executioner player, They will be hostile.
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Kinda disappointed by how the covenants work to be honest. Spider Covenant sounds the most interesting (if it actually exists).
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somehow i have got the SHH emote from her outside the cathedral, i dont see that in the guide. she gave me nothing else and i could never get the fight to trigger in tomb of oedon, the light is still broke for me. after the rom spider i had to fight her. i did send ppl to the clinic, maybe why she became hostile. kind of a bummer i didnt get the hunter rune.
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As most of the people that have been adding can not seem to re-read their work, I will go through as many pages as I can stomach and fix it all to be much more legible.
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You can talk to spider bro once you reach level 2 of the lecture hall. Once you kill the giant with the flaming hands there is a ladder that leads down. I talked to him a few times and got the conviction rune I believe. May need to double check that. Also killed him and received the eidolon(not sure if i remembered this correctly) rune of the same variety as the gift
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Hunter of Hunters is pretty much anti coop then? Seems like they will be hostile to everyone. Here a video link (you can see the player has the Hunter rune equipped and summons help for Martyr Logarius). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd4XOz2-Ygg credit goes to derpcrawler from neogaf T.T
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You can access the spider guy behind his door after killing the Reborn in Yarghurghaburble chapel. When you transitions zones post boss fight, you'll end up on the 2nd floor of the where the spider guy is. After fighting down a hallway, there's a large giant with fire hands blocking a route down to the spider room below. When you approach the spider guy from behind he freaks out and clamors on the wall. Speak to him and he'll ask if you're mad that he threw you in the pit. I said 'no', and he was like 'awesome, here take this rocking rune that gets you more items'. His follow up lines are something along the line of him having another thought about what to do with you. He then repeats that. So I still can't join, if there was a covenant.
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i didn't see anyone mention this but there is at least three spots where you can be grabbed by the spider like creatures in the game after a certain point one just outside cathedral ward in the big open area with the two giants near the sort of balcony also in unseen village entrance when your going down some stairs with a serious amount of enemies during the start area i distinctively remember this one because i freaked out trying to dodge it when it came out of nowhere that being said after a certain point in the game those giant spider like creatures start appearing all over there may be more maybe some super secret item or lots of lore from what iv read online there is only three covenants who knows for sure the great hunt to get grabbed by giant monstrous spider things is on!!
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Where exactly i must stand underneath spider in nightmare frontier?
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At this moment in my game progress, after access to the 2nd floor of the "university" I am able to get in the human headed spider room. When I talk to him he surprise fo seeing me inside of the room and he gives me a gesture. Then he asks me if I trust him and I said "Yes", so he gives me a Rune and saids that we are now friends but not very convinced, like lying me. And finally he says that he is thinking in a new thing. I will transcript the dialog if I have time.
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!!! You can resurrect the queen after she is killed by Alfred. Check her body after she dies and you will get a piece of her writhing flesh. Go to the altar of despair and offer it then she will be resurrected. No easy task tho. At the lumener garden, accessed from the upper Cathederal Ward, break the stain glass window by the lamp. This will open up a new area. Defeat the boss (no easy task, use high arcane resistant gear and I used the hunter bone to teleport the arcane attacks), then offer her flesh to the altar for resurrection! By doing this, you can join the executioner covenant and then also go back to offer blood clots to the vileblood covenant.
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in order to get Amygdala to show mercy on you, you must knock on almost any door in town and they will give you a dialogue and a stone. Once you have that stone he will teleport you to level 1 of the lecture hall. Later on, once you gain access to level 2 of the lecture hall, you can take a ladder and talk to the man spider guy face to face. He will give you two dialogue options. If you say he isn't ugly he will give you an item. Sadly, I set my controller down and stabbed him in the face then had to kill him. He drops a greater wisdom
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(The wiki description isn't that great) To be thrown in the pit, head to Nightmare Frontier. Fight past the three fire holding mobs to where you reach the area where poison lake begins. Behind you (and directly below the bell woman) is a small tunnel entrance guarded by a mob. When you pass through the tunnel, there will be mobs that throw rocks at incremental periods. There's only one path that progresses through this area. By the time you reach the highest rock tossing mob, you go through another small tunnel. On the other side are two paths, one creates a shortcut back to the beginning by walking to the end of a outcropped headstone and the other continues over a bridge. Walk on the headstone and complete your short cut, then back track over the bridge. If you progress over the bridge and head down/ right you'll see shiny coins on the ground and an item. There you'll be thrown over. Before you do this, I recommend going straight over the bridge and picking up some items (I think the great lake rune is here too). Then throw yourself into a pit of poison, bring your antidotes. And prepare to dodge everything or die.
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So...What do they actually DO? Vilebloods are the evil pvpers who go out to kill others. Executioners are opposed to this. If a Vileblood spawns with a Executioner they go red and have to duke it out. So what does Hunter of Hunters do? Pretty much kill either one?
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I thought there would be more.. Wheres the Heirs to the Moon! :(
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in order to get Amygdala to show mercy on you, you must knock on almost any door in town and they will give you a dialogue and a stone. Once you have that stone he will teleport you to level 1 of the lecture hall. Later on, once you gain access to level 2 of the lecture hall, you can take a ladder and talk to the man spider guy face to face. He will give you two dialogue options. If you say he isn't ugly he will give you an item. Sadly, I set my controller down and stabbed him in the face then had to kill him. He drops a greater wisdom
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in order to get Amygdala to show mercy on you, you must knock on almost any door in town and they will give you a dialogue and a stone. Once you have that stone he will teleport you to level 1 of the lecture hall. Later on, once you gain access to level 2 of the lecture hall, you can take a ladder and talk to the man spider guy face to face. He will give you two dialogue options. If you say he isn't ugly he will give you an item. Sadly, I set my controller down and stabbed him in the face then had to kill him.
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Okay, so today I gave five blood dregs in one offer and when I checked me on the Vileblood Register it says I only have offered 2
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Why did they remove the Spider Cov and the Chalice Cov from the listing?
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If you don t care for the rune kill her or let her die at the hand of the first hunter to get her stuff real early .
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play the game all the way to the darkbeast, without entering old yharnam. enter through the back door. talk to npc choose spare the beasts and then run to the blood-starved beast without attacking anything?
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I believe that while equiping the hunter oath you can actually invade other people worlds via the small resonating bell , only though if they have killed a hunter beforehand as in if they were vile bloods and maybe executioners. If that happens a text will show up saying that you found a beckoning ring but the beckoner is an adversary and not a coop. Kind of neat that the beckoning ring can even be used to invade other people or make other people invade you even if they just wanted Coop.
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The way I understood the hunter rune was that anyone who invades and kills a "hunter" is marked and the next time they summon a "hunter" he/she will be hostile.... Kind of like "hey I dont care about your war with the vilebloods or executioners, but if you kill one of our hunters, we are all going to kill you" Not 100% sure if I'm right, or even how to confirm.. But that is my guess
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Updated some images of what happened when I tried to join a friend for some co-op. We're both in hunter of hunters, dont know what else plays into it
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Wolf, spider, alien? it is possible to end the nightmare before reaching any of these great ones, why is that an option? Perhaps there is something more. I believe you get the tonsil stone after killing Vicar Amelia. Wouldn't that be a twist, we have been the beast the whole time. When we wake up see all that we have destroyed.
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How do you leave if you first join a covenant to change or don't want to be in a covenant?
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Anyone else notice the only thing thats offer able are blood dregs?
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can someone please explain if covenant runes work in offline mode, because i'm playing offline and i have the hunter rune equipped and when i was in hunter's dream and fooling around my stamina was recovering very quickly but when i was fighting enemies in other areas it was recovering slow. so, are these runes pvp only or are they bugged ??? thank you
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If you just want the weapons and armor just kill them for their badges.
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HI, I have been PVPing alot last two days and my defeats went unpunished up until just now when I lost and the dude seemed to take all my bloodechoes, at least I had to retrieve them. I am an executioner, I am wondering whether he was a vileblood hence the reward?
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for those of you having trouble killing the hunter in the grand cathedral (non-working lamp during the red moon) here's a nice trick. start to engage him but don't attack, instead, dodge around him until he "bloodies" his sword. when he does, before he attacks, run out of the cathedral, a little past Eileen and he'll go back to his waiting point without returning his weapon to normal. then you can just sit back as his health slowly drains to nothing
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Is there a hot spot where people PVP like Dark Souls 2s Iron Keep, at the moment it seems totally random and laborious invading? P.S. I am an executioner just started NG+ and am totally bemused by what my convenant actually is? I have had two duels, won one lost one and Alfred couldn't give a ***** either way. All I got was some B.E.s, a similar percentage to DS2 related to level I believe. I am hoping there is more.....
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Just mu personal view - and to me this is the only major letdown with BB. They feel a tad unfinished to me.
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Does joining one of these lock you out from the rest? Or can you join all 3?
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What is/are the trigger(s) for Eileen to show at Cathedral Ward? I talked to her in Central Yharnam and this time I did not kill her since I wanted to join the covenant. But now that I am in the Ward she is not there. Do I have to defeat the boss then come back to find here here? I saw something about the bug with her here on the page but I'm not sure since my last character she never showed at the Ward either just appeared later to fight me after I beat Rom.
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Everytime I invade with the sinister resonant bell, I get my HP and stamina cut down. This puts me in a clear disadvantage. I've watched other PvP videos from youtube and they have their health and stamina bars full. Am I invading in too high level ? I'm 125. Or should I be in one of the covenants ? I'm in vilebloods.
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I keep trying to help people on the last boss, but every single time since I logged on today I've invaded them as a hunter of hunters! They always think I'm friendly though and bow and walk through the fog and I get returned to my world, even when I throw numbing mist and go ham with blades of mercy! xD do they get a message saying that I'm hostile at all?
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You would think that the hunter oath would be the basic oath for just being a hunter of the dream. Perhaps acquired the first time you use the rune table. The hunter of hunters oath could then increase the amount of health you have when invading or something more pvp oriented like that.
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What happens if you get summoned by a host who doesn't have a conflicting rune with you, but then that host summons another player to help him and the new summon does have a conflicting rune, would you be able to fight the other summon? I would imagine no--but it would be kind of funny. The host would be like, stop killing the people I summon, man.
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It's said in the game that The Church and the Vilebloods are enemies to each other, so why aren't they a pvp option? I know that it could be that the developers didn't want it to seem imbalanced due to the fact that, if The Church was a covenant, then the Vilebloods would have two enemies. I'm not asking the developers to add a new covenant into the game, I'm just wondering why The Church isn't an option.
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Is there any pvp videos of the hunter of hunters covenant ? Can't really find any videos of the purple adversary :(
I usually join the Vilebloods first (to get the rune) and then give the Unopened Summons to Alfred to complete his questline. Alfred doesn't even mind if you equip the Vileblood rune before you speak to him (I kind of expected him to turn hostile, but the runes are etched into your mind after all ;)). That way you can't offer Blood Dregs until you revive the Queen but you can still collect them.
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I went from Central Yarnham Lamp straight to the Chapel and when I got there he was just looking at the glowing item drop... He's a ruthless mofo or she is really weak. I think it is worth mentioning that you need to go to the Chapel from the Cathedral Ward in order to save her from a lonely and early death. Pretty pissed to be honest. This is the last character I am going to mak and I missed out on seeing her story unfold on both of my characters. The first one I didn't know you had to see her after each boss fight (like she's a child or handicapped person) so that she doesn't go hostile and ended up fighting her after beating Rom.
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If I join vilebloods is it still possible to complete Alfred's quest?
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can the hunter of hunters invades other blood-addled hunter actively ? (maybe through a sinister bell or other stuff? ) If yes ,would it be regarded as a "cleanse" instead of normal invasion?(which is blood-addled) I think sitting over here for an online co-op to turn into an invasion with a small beckoning bell is pretty inefficient. But seems like I am those who never invade others XD I would prefer to invade in the name of justice XD
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Since someone liked my idea from the hunter of hunters covenant, I figured putting in one I thought of myself. Servants of the Flame: This is a gladiator arena like covenant focused on co-op and pvp arena combat. Covenant Lore: As members of the Healing Church and other scholars descended into the labyrinth, they uncovered a secret of the old lords, the ritual of the flame, power that was once given to the lord's keepers. This ancient knowledge drove those who studied it to enlightening madness, and those who became enlightened separated from their groups and formed their own cult, devoted to the service of the Old Ones, their new masters. Now, the members of the cult strive to serve their lords through both defending their territory, and proving themselves in the great burning battleground found deep in the underground labyrinths, both against the many beasts of the labyrinth, and other members of the cult. Mechanics: the covenant has multiple multiplayer aspects, all of which are accessed by the chalice ritual with one of the great flame chalices. Territory defense: Accessed through the fire chambers Great Flame chalice, players are sent into a maze like catacombs which lead to an end treasure. The chalice can be obtained by anyone. Players who are not a member of the covenant are to run through the chambers, fighting whoever and whatever stands in their way until they find their way to the treasure room. Players who are members are to stop the player by whatever means. Both members run through the chambers with the guard trying to catch the trespasser. Once the two players are in the same room, the room is locked (like when an invader invades your world), then the one who lives is rewarded. The guard is given a covenant reward. The trespasser is given full restock of blood vials and QS bullets to continue the chamber. As soon as the guard is killed, he/she reappears immediately in a random location to try to hunt down the trespasser again until either the trespasser is dead, or he/she makes it to the room. Pve Arena: Accessed by the beast battleground chalice, players are sent to an arena area. Once entered, players choose whether they want to enter a beast battle by themselves, or to play with others. Once won, the players are rewarded with materials, weapons, or such. In the arena, all players are at full health, but the bosses are tougher than regular. The arena can only be accessed by covenant members. The player(s) can choose not only what kind of boss they fight, but also how many. Players may face off against two blood starved beasts, or a Pthumarian elder and a descendant. pvp arena: Accessed by hunter Flame chalice, again, only available to covenant members. In the pvp arena, players who enter the area are able to choose how they want to play when they’re matched up. These modes range from basic combat to special modes. Basic combat: regular fight, all is fair Co-op fight: two on two, or three on three. (applicable to all other modes) Honor duel: No items, tools, or blood vials. Range fight: no melee, only guns and spells. Unlimited QS bullets, no cannon, and bone Ash marrow and single use spell tools scattered across arena. Hand to hand: no weapons, no armor, no items, no healing, just fists, like real warriors. In the arena chalice dungeons, all players are at max attributes, regardless of level, and no reduced health. In pvp arena, all weapons maxed out with no counting blood gem bonuses. This way, you can join the fight regardless of you real level, and your victory or defeat is more based on skill rather than specs. (except in all is fair mode) Just a few ideas, add your thoughts and ideas if you like
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Correct me if I am wrong but I don't see any in-game reference to these as 'covenants' However I do see references to them being called 'Oaths' in their description. Shouldn't this be changed to stay true to the game and the lore?
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I NEVER encountered this NPC throughout the entire game... she was never outside the cathedral ward... she was never present at tomb of Oedon... she wasn't persent in the grand cathedral after i killed Rom... glitch...?
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Does anyone else find it somewhat wierd how docile ebrietas is? (Until you attack her of course). I mean you can actually just walk right in front her and she won't do anything, just a speculation, but I feel that the choir may have been a potency all faction at some point during development of the game, and your faction rewards for ranking up would be pearl slugs, a call beyond, etc. Just seems a little... wierd that they would say ebrietas was just mourning.
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So are none of the three new convenants hostile to anyone? That's kinda lame, would've spiced it up quite a bit. I'd see the confederate hostiling everyone since they're pretty much against everything. Beasts vs. Kin seems legit and apply to groups that would hate either one, as no one likes beasts either. HoH would still be fine as anyone can be marked as blood-adled, I'd see them killing Beasts too tho since that would fall under blood-addled along with vilebloods This game really could have blossomed with an Arena Nightmare where we could go 4way-free-for-all, and 2v2s with no health penalties as per casual invading.
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Ok I'm on playthrough 1 and I came apon eileen and though she was a townperson from behind so I hit her and now she''s mad. I thing her oath sounds the best without dlc but she wont stop attacking me when I see her. Is there a way to get forgivness. I'm not close to any covenant areas yet but have met alfred. I've killed cleric,father g, and witcheck of hemwick (I know to early but lt was easy) I'm having trouble beating bsb and am using level 4 kirkhammer and a level 3 repeating pistol. I got 17 vit,end,str. But only molotov won't do the whole fight anyhelp?
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I gave Alfred the unopened summons and I got the badge but I didn't get the rune. Was it somewhere else?
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I usually get hostile summons but I don't mind. I guess there are more vilebloods than executioners. On my second character the hostile summon isn't as common because I have the hunters oath equipped. No issues on my part with the covenants.
- Anonymous
You may find the league master in the forbidden woods first shortcut (next to first lamp) he gives you the impurity rune.
- Anonymous
what kind of weakness does the mark that Eileen was hunting, before she got injured, have? he is a quick fighter and quite nifty with sword. he is also driving me up the wall, please hep.
- Anonymous
Where do i craft the night’s edge? I have the light’s bane, blade of grass, muramasa, and fiery greatsword, but it doesnt pop up at the anvil?
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