Weapons

Weapons are a type of equipment in Bloodborne.

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Saw Cleaver Natural State

Saw Cleaver Trick State

Description

Weapons are items that the player equips to deal damage, and they are held exclusively in either the left hand or the right. Weapons can be as simple as a saw that unfolds into a large cleaver, or as complex as a curved sword becoming a large bow.

Weapons do not offer any form of protection, however, as defense is governed by the attire worn by players and their ability to dodge and evade.

Weapon Types

There are two types of weapons: Right Hand Weapons and Left Hand Weapons:

• Right Hand Weapons are also known as Trick Weapons, and able to transform instantly (often employed in beast hunting), giving the player another set of attacks. When transformed, some might require both hands to be used, while some may not. When a weapon is two-handed, players will lack access to their Left Hand Weapons, but gain a special L2 attack in its place. All Trick weapons are able to transform in the middle of combat to provide a greater variety of attacks.
• Left Hand Weapons mainly consist of Firearms, and are used primarily to stagger opponents (versus being used for damage output), staggering allows for special critical attacks, known as a Visceral Attack. There are, however, other types of gear for the left hand, like Torches, Shields, and some other unique gear.

Weapon Upgrades

The Hunter can upgrade weapons at the Workshop in the Hunter's Dream. Weapons can be fortified (or upgraded) to increase their damage, by using certain materials and costs a small amount of Blood Echoes.

• Upgrading a weapon to +1/+2/+3 will require Blood Stone Shards (3/5/8, 16 in total)
• Upgrading a weapon to +4/+5/+6 will require Twin Blood Stone Shards (3/5/8, 16 in total)
• Upgrading a weapon to +7/+8/+9 will require Blood Stone Chunks (3/5/8, 16 in total)
• Upgrading a weapon to +10 will require a single Blood Rock

Blood Gems

After obtaining the Blood Gem Workshop Tool, Blood Gems can also be added to further increase a weapons stats. ^{(Firearms get only a single Blood Gem imprint.)}

• Upgrading a weapon to +1 will unlock the 1st Blood Gem slot.
• Upgrading a weapon to +3 will unlock the 2nd Blood Gem slot.
• Upgrading a weapon to +6 will unlock the 3rd and final Blood Gem slot.

Weapon Variants

In Bloodborne, all Trick Weapons (right hand weapons) have a version in game that is considered as "regular", the regular variant is acquired naturally in the different areas the game has to offer, however, there are two additional variants to each weapon which may only be found within the Chalice Dungeons: Uncanny and Lost.

These two additional variants only have two differences from their regular variant, one being the name of the weapon adopting the prefix (The Lost variant of the Chikage being known as the Lost Chikage, for example) and the other being the Blood Gem imprints. There are no visual or numerical differences within the stats of the weapon.

• Uncanny weapons will have their Waning or Triangle gems replaced by the other (Waning becomes Triangle or vice-versa).
• Lost weapons will have both Waning and Triangle gems, thus replacing a Radial gem by the one they were lacking. Certain weapons, in particular weapons that have scaling in Bloodtinge like the Simon's Bowblade and Chikage, will have a Circle Gem in their Lost variant, instead of the Gem their Normal variant doesn't have.
• The Bath Messengers in Lower Pthumerian Labyrinth, Lower Hintertomb, Lower Loran, Isz Gravestone and Pthumeru Ihyll are able to sell all of the Lost and Uncanny versions of the DLC weapons.

Weapons List

Below is a list of Right Hand Weapons and Left Hand Weapons.

Right Hand Weapons

Weapon Name												Normal	Uncanny	Lost
Amygdalan Arm	80/ 160	-	40/ 80	-	-	19	7	-	-	200	-	RRW	RRT	RTW
						C/A	E	-	D/C
Beast Claw	75/ 150	-	-	-	-	14	12	-	-	180	-	RTR	RWR	RTW
						D/C	E/D	-	D/D
Beast Cutter	92/ 184	-	-	-	-	11	9	-	-	230	-	RRT	RRW	RTW
						D/C	E/D	-	E/D
Beasthunter Saif	90/ 180	-	-	-	-	9	11	-	-	200	-	RRW	RRT	RTW
						E/D	D/B	-	D/C
Blade of Mercy	60/ 120	-	30/ 60	-	-	7	11	-	-	200	-	RTR	RWR	RTW
						-	C/S	-	D/B
Bloodletter	90/ 180	90/ 180	-	-	-	14	6	16	-	270	-	RRT	RRW	RTW
						C/A	-	B/S	D/C
Boom Hammer	90/ 180	-	-	60/ 120	-	14	8	-	-		-	RWR	RTR	RTW
						C/A	E	-	D/C
Burial Blade	80/ 160	-	30/ 60	-	-	10	10	-	-	200	-	RWR	RTR	RTW
						E/D	C/B	-	D/B
Chikage	92/ 184	92/ 184	-	-	-	10	14	12	-	120	-	RRT	RRW	RRC
						E	D/B	C/S	D
Church Pick	88/ 176	-	-	-	-	9	14	-	-	250	-	RRT	RRW	RTW
						E/D	D/B	-	D/C
Holy Moonlight Sword	90/ 180	-	50/ 100	-	-	16	12	-	14	250	1	RTR	RWR	RTW
						D/B	D/C	-	C/A
Hunter Axe	98/ 196	-	-	-	-	9	8	-	-	250	-	RRT	RRW	RTW
						D/B	E/D	-	D/C
Kirkhammer	105/ 210	-	-	-	-	16	10	-	-	250	-	RTR	RWR	RTW
						C/A	E	-	D/B
Kos Parasite	-	-	30/ 60	-	-	-	-	-	20	600	2	RWR	RTR	RTW
						-	-	-	A/S
Logarius' Wheel	100/ 200	-	25/ 50	-	-	20	12	-	10	300	-	RRW	RRT	RTW
						C/S	-	-	D/C
Ludwig's Holy Blade	100/ 200	-	-	-	-	16	12	-	-	250	-	RRW	RRT	RTW
						D/B	D/B	-	D/B
Rakuyo	82/ 164	-	-	-	-	10	20	-	-	200	-	RRT	RRW	RTW
						-	C/A	-	D/C
Reiterpallasch	75/ 150	75/ 150	-	-	-	8	12	10	-	150	1	RTR	RWR	RTW
						E	C/A	E/D	D/B
Rifle Spear	85/ 170	85/ 170	-	-	-	10	11	9	-	180	1	RTR	RWR	RTW
						E/D	D/B	D/B	D/C
Saw Cleaver	90/ 180	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	200	-	RRW	RRT	RTW
						D/C	E/D	-	D/C
Saw Spear	85/ 175	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	200	-	RRW	RRT	RTW
						D	D/C	-	D/C
Simon's Bowblade	80/ 160	80/ 160	-	-	-	8	15	9	-	140	1	RTR	RWR	RTC
						-	C/S	C/S	C/D
Stake Driver	85/ 170	-	-	-	-	18	9	-	-	200	-	RTR	RWR	RTW
						D/C	D/C	-	D/C
Threaded Cane	76/ 156	-	-	-	-	7	9	-	-	200	-	RRT	RRW	RTW
						E	C/A	-	D/B
Tonitrus	80/ 160	-	-	-	40/ 80	12	8	-	-	100	-	RRW	RRT	RTW
						D/B	E	-	D
Whirligig Saw	95/ 190	-	-	-	-	18	12	-	-	230	-	RRW*	RRT	RTW
						B/S	E/D	-	D/B

^{*There has been an account of a RRT normal Whirligig Saw, needs confirmation}

GEM KEY: R = Radial Gem | T = Triangle Gem | W = Waning Gem | C = Circle Gem

Left Hand Weapons

Weapon Name												Imprints
Cannon	-	200/ 600	-	-	-	30	13	-	-	200	12	-
						-	-	E/D	-
Church Cannon	-	160/ 480	-	-	-	27	-	16	-	200	10	-
						-	-	E/D	-
Evelyn	-	60/ 140	-	-	-	9	11	18	-	100	1	C
						-	-	B/S	-
Fist of Gratia	60/ 130	-	-	-	-	7	9	5	-	200	-	-
						D/A	-	-	-
Flamesprayer	-	-	-	45/ 95	-	-	8	-	8	100	1/1.4sec	-
						-	-	-	D/B
Gatling Gun	-	80/ 180	-	-	-	28	12	-	-	200	1/?sec	C
						-	-	E/D	-
Hunter Blunderbuss	-	20/ 45	-	-	-	7	9	5	-	150	1	C
						-	-	D/A	-
Hunter Pistol	-	70/ 160	-	-	-	7	9	5	-	100	1	C
						-	-	D/A	-
Hunter's Torch	-	-	-	50/ 100	-	6	-	-	-	150	-	-
						-	-	-	B
Loch Shield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	160	-	-
						-	-	-	-
Ludwig's Rifle	-	20/ 55	-	-	-	9	10	9	-	150	1	C
						-	-	E/D	-
Piercing Rifle	-	80/ 160	-	-	-	9	10	9	-	140	1	C
						-	-	D/A	-
Repeating Pistol	-	90/ 200	-	-	-	10	11	8	-	80	2	C
						-	-	D/B	-
Rosmarinus	-	-	30/ 80	-	-	-	8	-	8	100	1/1.4sec	-
						-	-	-	B/S
Torch	-	-	-	25	-	6	-	-	-	100	-	-
						-	-	-	D
Wooden Shield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	120	-	-
						-	-	-	-

Notes

• Though the Torches can be used for attacking in early game, they are overall useless and not a real source of reliable damage.
• Shields aren't entirely useless, contrary to their description. The stamina cost for blocking direct attacks is extremely high, however they can sometimes be used against certain human enemies such as enemy Hunters. Bullets can often be blocked with minimal stamina loss as well, letting you rush directly towards ranged enemies without being interrupted, such as in the woods before Hemwick Charnel Lane, or when fighting the NPC Hunter using the Rifle Spear to the right of the Grand Cathedral.

Trivia

• In-game, the way players distributes their stats will affect the weapons they use and most effective playstyles will translate to builds that focus on:
  • Fully invested on either Skill OR Strength.
  • Split investment on Skill AND Strength.
  • Split investment on Strength and Arcane.
  • Split investment on Skill and Bloodtinge.

Videos

Bloodborne's Devastating Weapons in Action - IGN First