As you start with the latest expansion of the Bloodborne: The Old Hunters within a few hours of gameplay you meet the very first Boss Fight with Ludwig, the Holy Blade(provided you have progressed the right way). This Bloodborne: The Old Hunters Guide you can easily defeat the Boss Ludwig and also obtain the Legendary Holy Moonlight Sword after the Boss Fight.
Welcome to the Walkthrough for Bloodborne. The realm of Yharnam is a dangerous place for any hunter, and even the best will find that death is right around the corner. This Walkthrough covers all.
How to Beat Ludwig
Being you’re very first Boss Fight you must be very excited to take him down as soon as possible and celebrate your first DCL victory, but you know how well Bloodborne game mechanics works and how powerful Boss Fight it is going to be. Without any further ado let’s begin with the preparation for the first Boss fight.
Firstly know your enemy and his weakness, Ludwig is a Huge enemy with two phases each of it being very energetic and forceful. You need plenty of Blood Vials, Bolt Paper, and Hunter Bone(if you have it). Avoid taking Molotov as they do not damage much, if you want you can recruit one of your NPC which can help you with the fight with Ludwig. We had taken Valtr(NPC) in order to guide us with the Fight.
Phase One: The Start
In the first few minutes of the battle, you must have noticed that his attacking techniques are similar to the once you had fought before like Cleric Beast, Vicar Amelia, Blood Starved Beast, etc. You feel you can take this guy down like the rest? Just don’t underestimate him just because he is using the low-level attacks remember he is the Boss so he is definitely hiding his true power.
Hint: Avoid the wide sweeps and straight claw as they can easily take you off guard
Once you hit him twice or thrice he will bursts into pieces and then appear directly above you, so you must find a safe place(his hind legs) or simply keep running away from it. If you manage to get inside his targeted arm then you can perform a Visceral Attack which will provide him a good amount of damage. After his health bar is brought down to 50% he will go to Phase two which is more deadly and difficult to survive.
Phase Two: The Moonlight Sword
Ludwig has now understood your true power and takes himself to another level that is the Phase two and wields the Legendary Holy Moonlight Sword. No one knows how it came to him and now that he has the most powerful sword he will stand right in the center of the room instead to moving fast and attacking. If you move to close to him then he will start swinging his sword and slice you down and if you remain far ways from him then he will start shooting some kind of shockwave of Arcane energy which can be dodged.
Now that he is powerful as ever you need to plan something really quick before he takes you down to slice you into two with multiple quick swings of the sword. Also, the most dangerous attack in this phase is when light moving towards the blade which is above his hand and then performs a charged laser beam which can take 80% of your health and making it easy for Ludwig to kill you. If he uses this attack then be ready with your Blood Vials to regain your strength.
You will only have trouble if you don’t have any NPC recruited or not have joined any League. If not hen also you can take him down nice and easy without any help by waiting for him to attack first and dodge it which will make him a little slow and then charge with your attacks and maximum hits. Once you have taken him Down by slicing his head, simply walk towards his head and interact with it to retrieve the Legendary Holy Moonlight Sword. Congratulation you have successfully taken the First Boss of the Old Hunter Down.
I've been looking for Bloodborne OT but no luck, so here I am.So I've just finished Bloodborne earlier (amazing game all the way) and somehow I forgot that I have the Old Hunter DLC installed and I haven't ventured into it. I don't even have the slightest idea on how to access it.And now the problem is, as you may have guessed, I'm already thrown into NG+ now. What are my options? Should I just continue in NG+ to reach The Old Hunter content, or restart a NG instead (if it's possible)?Anyway, why can't I just play the content from the get go? Why is there no clue whatsoever for the content that I paid money for?
Yeah, it's not the first time FROM did this for their DLC, but I'm really not a fan of this traditional system. The DLC can be accessed very early in the game, as soon as you kill Vicar Amelia, an item that allows access to the DLC will appear next to the Doll in the Hunter's Dream. Upon picking up the item, a prompt will appear making it very clear as to how to access the DLC.
Of all of From's DLC, the Old Hunters is perhaps the most easiest one to access. So the DLC is pretty accessible 'from the get go' (although, you'll probably only access it later at a higher level, because going in at early level is suicide) and it gives you a pretty obvious clue as to how to get there.I would just continue into NG+, as if you start a new NG, you'll have to level up that character in order to face the challenges of the DLC, whereas your current character is probably ready to face them. Just speed run to Vicar Amelia and slap her around and bingo, DLC is open. Yeah, my first playthrough i miss cainhurst castle too, even though i know about how to access old hunter dlc since the tombstone is not that hidden. The only time i need walkthrough is to not miss certain character questline like eileen, since i don't know when i will be able to interact with them again.
Exploring Yharnam without walkthrough is a wonderful experience, even though i understand if you want to use walkthrough. And yeah accessing the dlc in NG+ is not a good idea, but with adequate preparation it will lessen your pain. Like the tips above, you can try finish chalice dungeon to get some nice blood gem and leveling up you character. Make +10 for any weapon you often use and be patient, i felt overwhelmed too by the DLC, but i still come back and it feel awesome after you finish it. Some bosses have amazing soundtrack and design and you got some of the best weapons too from the DLC. Making a new character is another choice if you don't want to grind, even though my recommendation level for new playthrough is about 70 - 80 for Old Hunter.
Yeah, my first playthrough i miss cainhurst castle too, even though i know about how to access old hunter dlc since the tombstone is not that hidden. The only time i need walkthrough is to not miss certain character questline like eileen, since i don't know when i will be able to interact with them again. Exploring Yharnam without walkthrough is a wonderful experience, even though i understand if you want to use walkthrough. And yeah accessing the dlc in NG+ is not a good idea, but with adequate preparation it will lessen your pain.