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The Old Hunters is an expansion DLC for Bloodborne. It features all new Locations, Bosses, Weapons, and Armor.
- A FREE patch (Patch 1.07) has added new covenant The League as well as friendly Old Hunters NPC summons for everyone.
- Important: The physical (GOTY) bundle has the DLC on-disc, no download required. Other DLC region questions? Bundle confirmations? Read this thread
- See The Old Hunters Trophies for a list of the new trophies added with the DLC. These trophies are not required to obtain the Platinum Trophy for the base game. (Trophy List contains spoilers)
- Read our The Old Hunters Review
How to Access The Old Hunters DLC
- Defeat Vicar Amelia and activate the skull in the Cathedral to turn day into night.
- Go to the Hunter’s Dream and receive Eye of a Blood-Drunk Hunter from a messenger.
- Go to the Cathedral Ward and leave via the left-hand exit to enter the square.
- Go to the right-hand end of the square (where the Hunter Set/Top Hat are located) and the Lesser Amygdala will grab you. This will take you to the new area: The Hunter’s Nightmare
- Lighting the lamp in the new area will allow you to travel to and from the area via the Hunter’s Nightmare Awakening Headstone in the Hunter’s Dream . It can be found by the Insight Shop, where the Doll will sometimes kneel and pray.
The Old Hunters Locations
- The Hunter’s Nightmare
- Research Hall
- Fishing Hamlet
- Astral Clocktower
The Old Hunters Bosses
- Ludwig, The Holy Blade
- Orphan of Kos
- Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower
- Living Failures
- Laurence, the First Vicar
The Old Hunters NPCs
- Brador
- Old Hunter Yamamura
- Saint Adeline
- Simon the Harrowed
The Old Hunters Items
Caryll Runes
- Guidance — Caryll Runes
- Beast’s Embrace — Covenants & Caryll Runes
- Milkweed — Covenants & Caryll Runes
Key Items
- Astral Clocktower Key
- Balcony Key
- Celestial Dial
- Eye Pendant
- Firing Hammer Badge
- Laurence’s Skull
- Underground Cell Inner Chamber Key
- Underground Cell Key
- Brain Fluid
Consumables
- Delayed Molotov
- Delayed Rope Molotov
The Old Hunters Weapons
- Amygdalan Arm
- Beasthunter Saif
- Beast Cutter
- Bloodletter
- Boom Hammer
- Church Pick
- Holy Moonlight Sword
- Kos Parasite
- Rakuyo
- Simon’s Bowblade
- Whirligig Saw
Firearms (off-hand)
- Church Cannon
- Fist of Gratia
- Gatling Gun
- Piercing Rifle
- Loch Shield
Hunter Tools
- Blacksky Eye
- Accursed Brew
The Old Hunters Armor
- Butcher Set
- Constable Set
- Old Hunter Set
- Decorative Old Hunter Set
- Yamamura’s Set
- Maria Hunter Set
- Harrowed Set
- Brador’s Set
- Enlarged Head
| Release date | November 24th 2015 — USD 19. 99 (Download only)December 3rd Physical |
| Japan & Asia | Physical limited edition 6,372￥. PSN DLC 2,160￥ |
| Europe | Game of the Year Edition (49.99 GBP). Standalone DLC digital Only |
| US | No known bundle. Standalone DLC digital only |
| Free Patch | Separate from DLC, adds The League |
The Old Hunters DLC News
Expansion Developer Interview! 10 New weapons confirmed!
Read our Hands-On impressions on This article
The Old Hunters Q & A
Q&A regarding the Bloodborne The Old Hunters DLC
Q： What kind of content is included with the Bloodborne The Old Hunters expansion?
A： The Old Hunters expansion depicts a nightmare world where the old hunters are captured. It includes new areas, weapons, mysteries, items, and costumes.
Q： Can you play the Bloodborne The Old Hunters expansion without having the original Bloodborne game?
A： No.
You will not be able to play without the original Bloodborne game.
Q： Can users who have installed the expansion interact online with other players who have not?
A： Just as it is now, all players will be able to interact online in the areas from the original game. Online interaction in the expansion’s additional areas will only be possible among players who have the expansion installed.
Q： How do you access the Bloodborne The Old Hunters expansion?
A： Once you have defeated Vicar Amelia and turn the world state to night, the item » Eye of a Blood-drunk Hunter» appears in the Hunter’s Dream. Once you have acquired this item, you will be able to access the newly added areas in the expansion by being grabbed by a lesser amygdala just outside Oedon’s Chapel ( Cathedral Ward)
Q：Can you use the save data from a cleared game of Bloodborne?
A： Yes. Also, if you are replaying the game and progress to a certain point, you will be able to access the newly added areas in the expansion once you acquire the Eye of a Blood-drunk Hunter.
Q： Will there be trophies added in the Bloodborne The Old Hunters expansion?
A：Yes, trophies will be added.
Q： Will you not be able to complete the story if you do not play the added content from the Bloodborne The Old Hunters expansion?
A. You can still get to the ending(s) without playing the new content in the expansion.
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Bloodborne: The Old Hunters walkthrough and guide: How to start and complete the DLC
Yharnam beckons once again in The Old Hunters. Bloodborne’s new — and only — expansion takes players beyond the brink of madness, delving deep into the lore of this Lovecraftian city and serving up a sizeable challenge in the process.
If Father Gascoigne gave you trouble and the Shadow of Yharnam proved too much, you might not be quite ready for what awaits in The Old Hunters, an add-on that introduces new tools, new enemies and new areas.
Even if you’ve got the stomach for the next round of encounters, you might still find the following The Old Hunters walkthrough useful as you work your way through the twisting corridors and blood-tinged swamps.
Bloodborne: The Old Hunters walkthrough
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Bloodborne: The Old Hunters — Eye of the Blood-drunk Hunter, Old Hunter Bell, The League
Accessing the DLC, joining the League, and taking your first steps inside Hunter’s Nightmare.
Other pages:
Bloodborne — Hunter’s Nightmare, Oedon’s Chapel, Twisted Yharnam, Grand Cathedral
Explore Hunter’s Nightmare, get the Old Hunter gear and unlock the sealed gates.
Bloodborne — Boom Hammer hunter, Beast Cutter, Church Executioner, Eye Pendant
Kill the Boom Hammer hunter, bag the Beast Cutter weapon, and kill the Church Executioner.
Bloodborne — River of Blood, Turret traps, Firing Hammer Badge, Old Hunter Top Hat
Survive the turrets, kill the grenade-throwers, and get the Firing Hammer Badge.
Bloodborne — Bloodlickers, Amygdalan Arm, Constable’s Gloves, Oedon’s Chapel shortcut
Beat the Bloodlickers and best the Blood-Starved Beast once more.
Bloodborne — Beyond the bridge, Beasthunter Saif, Constable’s Trousers, Constable’s Garb
Unlock the Constable items, kill the red-eyed Hunter, and get the Beasthunter Saif.
Bloodborne — Cannon Executioner, Butcher set, Madaras Twin summon, Nightmare Church
Kill the Executioners, get the Butcher gear and light a new lamp.
Bloodborne — Whirligig Saw, summon points, Henriett summon
Grab the Whirligig Saw, find useful summon points, and prepare for your first boss battle.
Bloodborne — Ludwig the Accursed, Underground Corpse Pile, Holy Moonlight Sword
Defeat Ludwig, the first boss in The Old Hunters.
Bloodborne — Underground Cells, Brador, Fist of Gratia, Surgery Altar
Survive the underground cells, find Brador, then track down the Surgery Altar.
Bloodborne — Research Hall, Patient Room 2, Patient Room 4, spiral staircase
Explore the Research Hall, and eliminate the threat in Patient Room 2.
Bloodborne — Laboratory Floor 5, Brain Fluid, pressure plates, secret passage
Look around Laboratory Floor 5 and grab some Brain Fluid while you’re at it.
Bloodborne — Laboratory Floor 2, Saint Adeline, Blood of Adeline, raising the staircase
Explore Laboratory Floor 2 and say hello to Saint Adeline.
Bloodborne — Underground Cell Key, Balcony Key, Blacksky Eye, Yamamura Set
Bag some essential items for yourself, including the Yamamura gear.
Bloodborne — Living Failures, Astral Clocktower Key, Lumenwood Garden lamp
Kill the Living Failures and light the new Lumenwood Garden lamp.
Bloodborne — Lady Maria, Astral Clocktower lamp, Celestial dial, clock face
Beat the Lady Maria boss and light up the Astral Clocktower lamp.
Bloodborne — Fishing Hamlet, village well, shark attack, shortcut
Explore the Fishing Hamlet and survive the shark attack.
Bloodborne — Harrowed Set, Lighthouse Hut lamp, Simon’s Bowblade, Inner Chamber Key
Unlock the Harrowed set and get hold of some essential items.
Bloodborne — Brador fight, Bloodied Arm Bands, lantern trap, Beast Hide Garb
Survive the first of Brador’s invasions and unlock some new loot.
Bloodborne — behind the lighthouse, caves, Snail Kin
Surviving the caves and those creepy snail-like creatures.
Bloodborne — Bloodied Trousers, Winter Lanterns, Rakuyo, Blood Rock
Bag some more items and kill the Winter Lantern creatures as you approach the final fight.
Bloodborne — Orphan of Kos, Great One, Kos Parasite, Coast lamp
Kill the Orphan of Kos boss and light yourself one last lamp.
Bloodborne — Laurence the First Vicar, Milkweed rune, Church Cannon, Beast’s Embrace
Lay rest to Laurence the First Vicar and wrap up the last loose ends.
How to start The Old Hunters DLC
Welcome hunter! Welcome once more to Yharnam — land of gothic spires, fabulous hats and endless torment. You can, of course, expect all three (in considerable doses) as you enter From Software’s soul-crushingly tough Bloodborne expansion, The Old Hunters.
To access The Old Hunters, however, you’ll want to be sufficiently prepared. Firstly, at the very least, you’ll need to have defeated Vicar Amelia at the Grand Cathedral and interacted with the altar after the fight.
Due to the expansion’s extreme difficulty though, it’s recommended that you progress through as much of the main game as possible before delving into the new content (our Bloodborne walkthrough can help with this.)
Regardless of where you start, however, high level hunters are likely to struggle at times!
Bloodborne: The Old Hunters walkthrough
Once you’ve investigated the altar, Yharnam will be plunged into twilight, unlocking the items needed to access The Hunter’s Nightmare (as the new area is known). To retrieve the items, you’ll first need to return to the Hunter’s Dream. Next, collect the Eye of a Blood-drunk Hunter from the Messengers on the ground at the foot of the steps, close to the Doll’s usual resting spot.
You should also grab the Old Hunter Bell lying just outside the workshop, further up the steps — which will only be visible if you’re carrying at least one Insight.
The Old Hunter Bell enables you to summon the help of powerful NPC hunters at specific markers placed around the new content area, at the cost of one Insight per summon.
Locating the Hunter’s Nightmare headstone
There’s one last thing to note here: once you’ve accessed the Hunter’s Nightmare for the first time and illuminated the lamp in the starting area, you’ll be able to fast-travel to it via a brand-new headstone located in the Hunter’s Dream. It can be found at the top of the steps running alongside the Chalice Dungeon headstones — on the right-hand side, just outside the workshop. More locations will be added to the headstone as you progress through the new area.
Joining The League
Before continuing, you should also consider joining Bloodborne’s new guild, known as the League. This will add additional, and extremely helpful, NPC summon points to the new content area.
To enrol in The League, locate the Frontier Headstone in the Hunter’s Dream and warp to the Forbidden Woods.
Once you materialise at your destination, make your way inside the windmill to the right. Note that you’ll need to complete the first portion of the Forbidden Woods area in order to access the windmill, as its entrance is locked from the other side.
Inside the building, you’ll spot a man standing against the wall to the right. Speak with him and he’ll introduce himself as Valtr, Master of the League. Agree to join the League and you’ll receive the Impurity Caryll rune. Equipping this rune at the Memory Altar in the Hunter’s Dream will enable you to see additional summon spots while in the Hunter’s Nightmare.
Talk with Valtr again and he’ll tell you about Vermin. When you’ve managed to collect Vermin from a defeated opponent during your travels, you should crush it in your inventory. Once one Vermin has been crushed, return to Valtr in the Forbidden Woods and speak with him again to receive the League Staff weapon and the fancy League Oath gesture. Note that you don’t need to collect Vermin in order to access the Hunter’s Nightmare.
Accessing the Hunter’s Nightmare
When you’re ready to explore the Hunter’s Nightmare, return to the Hunter’s Dream (if need be) and use the Yharnam headstone to make your way back to the Cathedral Ward.
Once you materialise at the lamp, descend the steps ahead and take a left at the bottom. Make your way down the next flight of stairs and turn right when you emerge out into the night air. Approach the lone tree standing behind the gravestones ahead and locate the corpse nearby. When the creature’s hand swings down, let it grab you and — after the cutscene is complete — you’ll be transported to the Hunter’s Nightmare.
— The next part of our walkthrough explains how to start safely exploring Bloodborne’s Hunter’s Nightmare region.
Old hunter
An old hunter was riding in a jeep through the savannah. The sun, the burning sun blinded my eyes. He stroked the old Winchester lying on his knees. His old, only friend. Long life had wrinkled his arms, and the knife left scars as he skinned the animals he had killed.
He rode and remembered his long life. All the wives to whom he left houses and money.
All the children who got on each other’s nerves for a place in his will. He was on his last hunt. The skin of a lion should decorate his living room in a large empty house. The skin of a lion, which he will admire while sitting in long lonely evenings in front of the fireplace. He paid a lot of money for this right. You can’t even imagine how much. The only cartridge was in his pocket. The only cartridge.
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An old lion was limping down the hill on his front right leg. He managed to drink today, but there was nothing to satisfy his hunger. He reminisced about his long life. Your pride and young lionesses. Their children scattered across the vast savannah and victories in wonderful antelope hunts. It was a good life.
And the last fight with a new young male who kicked him out and bit his right paw. The matter was decided and the only question was when the hunger would kill him.
The lion limped down to the very path and heard a noise coming from the left. It was a jeep with hunters. The old lion knew well what they were there for and he prepared to accept his fate. Even better, he thought. So faster and without the pangs of hunger.
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He sat down and lifted his huge mane-framed head to look at the stopped car.
The old hunter came out and looked at the lion. The Masai who accompanied him were jumping around and shouting. They demanded that he shoot. They were afraid that the lion would run away. But the hunter was old school. He slowly pulled out the prepared cartridge and, wiping it on his trousers, drove it into the hard drive bolt with a habitual movement. He lifted it up and looked through the scope.
The lion stretched out like a string. He looked into the hunter’s eyes. Lions do not close their eyes before death. They look straight ahead without blinking. The hunter looked through the scope, and the Masai were raging around. They screamed, squealed, squealed and waved their arms.
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What he saw in the eyes of the old lion, I do not know. Maybe himself. But the old hunter lowered his Winchester, and then raised it without aiming and fired. The lion froze for one second. And a second fell like the sun into a lake. Fell and broke. The lion sighed and looked back. Did the hunter miss? Really? The lion looked at him, but he was leaning on the old Winchester and raising his right hand up.
The lion looked back. Ten paces from him lay a gazelle. One shot. One accurate shot. Not aiming. He turned his back on the hunter and, approaching the prey, dragged it to the top of the hill, and there, sitting down, looked after the jeep that was moving away.
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An old hunter stood in it and waved his right hand to him.
And a madhouse began in the camp. Young hunters gathered around shouting and interrupting each other. They could not understand why the old hunter, who had long since become a legend of the savannah, did not take his last shot.
They couldn’t understand why he didn’t kill the lion. They could not understand why he returned without prey.
An old hunter stroked his Winchester. He smiled. Do you know, he asked about a very old local legend of the local tribes. And the young hunters fell silent. Because when the old hunter — the legend of the shroud — speaks, everyone else is silent. They say, he continued, that the spirit of these places lives on this hill and everyone who wants good luck should bring him prey and ask for a good hunt.
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The young hunters dispersed. They thought and did not believe in the words of the old hunter. But everyone was afraid to say that he was superstitious like everyone else. And the old hunter smiled.
The Masai, once a chief, now driving a jeep carrying an old hunter, put on his best outfit, painted his face in martial colors and drew a spear passed down through his family from generation to generation. He stood near the bus in which the old hunter was supposed to leave.
Now the time has come.
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“That was a good shot, my old friend,” said the Masai and the hunter smiled.
“That was the best shot of my life,” he replied. Goodbye my old friend.
And the Masai raised his spear as a sign of special respect.
The hunter got on the bus and left.
And on the top of the hill stood an old lion — the legend of the savannah. He stood and watched as jeeps drove up below and one after another people got out of them, lowering an antelope or other prey to the ground, they said something and bowed to him. And he nodded favorably to them sometimes. And then the hunters joyfully shouted to each other:
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— “Did you see? You’ve seen?!!! he nodded to me. Good luck!!!”
What is this story about? Maybe about three loneliness? Because he is truly alone who, without any words, understands that which cannot be explained to another in a lifetime. Or maybe this story is about an old lion — a legend of the savannas.
I don’t know. Don’t know. It’s up to you.
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