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The Holy Moonlight Sword is a Trick Weapon in Bloodborne's The Old Hunters DLC.
Description[]
In-Game Description
- An arcane sword discovered long ago by Ludwig.
- When blue moonlight dances around the sword, and it channels the abyssal cosmos, its great blade will hurl a shadowy lightwave.
- The Holy Moonlight Sword is synonymous with Ludwig, the Holy Blade, but few have ever set eyes on the great blade, and whatever guidance it has to offer, it seems to be of a very private, elusive sort.
Availability[]
Normal variant[]
- Underground Corpse Pile:
- Found on Ludwig's head after the fight against him. You can choose to kill him, or answer his questions and wait for him to die.
- If you leave the area and come back, you will be treated with the appearance of Simon the Harrowed, who has finished off Ludwig himself. After a short dialogue, he gives you the sword.
Uncanny and Lost variants[]
- Sold by the Bath Messengers inside the Chalice Dungeons, after finding the normal variant.
Characteristics[]
In its base Greatsword form, it has a medium attack speed with mostly wide, long ranged swings, whereas the strong attacks are useful thrusts, capable of getting opponents who like to keep their distance. The charge attack itself is a powerful thrust with a strong followup, underhead swing, knocking most opponents off their feet, much like the Saw Spear's charge attack in its spear state.
When transformed it has added Arcane damage. Every strong attack will expend a Quicksilver Bullet while throwing an Arcane wave at an enemy. Its special two-handed attack is an explosive thrust, a great move as even when thrusting in a certain direction, the player will burst with energy around his body.
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Lore[]
Before coming to the status of legend, Ludwig often delved into the Chalice Dungeons as a Tomb Prospector doing the Healing Church's work and furthering their understanding. This changed when he found the Holy Moonlight Sword in one of the dungeons. To him, the sword was alive and supposedly even "spoke" to him, granting him "guidance", becoming his "mentor" and eventually turning him into the great and powerful warrior that inspired his peers.
The Holy Moonlight Blade helped propagate the myth of Ludwig, the Holy Blade, due to how sparingly he used its beautiful moonlit state. The great blade gave him so much confidence and its elusiveness such romanticism that he eventually managed to inspire the populist masses of Yharnam to fight the scourge of beasts in massively organized hunts. After he departed, the Healing Church Hunters deemed it necessary to carry his legacy by making their own greatsword in his honor, thus the Ludwig's Holy Blade came to be.
It is believed that Ludwig eventually fell to blood-drunkenness and was taken to the Hunter's Nightmare, where he merged with his horse and morphed into a terrifying beast, forgetting everything and becoming feral. Although now having completely forgotten who he truly was, Ludwig still carried the Blade with him.
Both the Blade and Ludwig reawakened during the battle against the Hunter. After Ludwig has had been heavily wounded, the Holy Blade, on its own, transformed into its brilliant state, and awakened Ludwig's true self.
Notes[]
- The Holy Moonlight Sword's damage is all Blunt and Arcane except for two moves.
- Every strong attack and special attack in its transformed state expends a Quicksilver Bullet. The only exception is the Transformation attack.
- This weapon deals 50% Righteous Damage in both modes.
- Its projectile causes stagger and, if charged, it can leave opponents vulnerable to backstab if they are hit in the back.
- The moveset is shown here.
Trivia[]
- This weapon's name and wielder might be puns on Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14, best known as "Moonlight Sonata".
- It appears that this weapon served as the in-game inspiration to Ludwig's Holy Blade. Even some attacks are the same, and the player holds it in the exact same manner when transformed.
- Some fans also noticed that, before the release of The Old Hunters, Ludwig's Holy Blade was, among Bloodborne weapons, the most similar to the Moonlight Sword, a weapon which originally appeared in King's Field and then in every FromSoftware game. Nevertheless, it wasn't the Moonlight Sword, because it was a common greatsword with no special powers other than combining its sheath with the blade. Its Demon's Souls variant was called Large Sword of Moonlight, whereas in the Dark Souls games it is referred to as the Moonlight Greatsword.[1]
- The Holy Blade appears to have transformed completely on its own during the fight against Ludwig, perhaps to save him. This suggests the blade is somehow alive, and given that it reawakened Ludwig from the madness caused by the blood curse, this means that its power is actually stronger than the disease itself.
- The Hunter has to actively transform the blade, and several moves it offers are used exclusively by Ludwig. This suggests that, not only is the Holy Moonlight Sword alive, but it is also quite loyal.
Gallery[]
- ↑ For instance, Italian YouTuber and player Phenrir Mailoki observed, during a The Old Hunters blind-run played by her boyfriend and fellow YouTuber Sabaku no Maiku which she took part of, that:
- "«Infatti la spada di Ludwig era la cosa che più assomigliava alla Moonlight ma non era la vera, perché...» (PhM) | «E certo, perché la sua era la vera!» (SnM)"
https://youtu.be/NxgH3FGoQrs?t=1246 - — Observations by Phenrir Mailoki and Sabaku no Maiku about the Holy Moonlight Sword
Which, translated in English, means:- "«And in fact, Ludwig's Blade was the most similar thing to the Moonlight, but it isn't the true one, because...» (PhM) | «Of course, this is the true one!» (SnM)"
- — English translation
- "«Infatti la spada di Ludwig era la cosa che più assomigliava alla Moonlight ma non era la vera, perché...» (PhM) | «E certo, perché la sua era la vera!» (SnM)"
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