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Bloodborne

Hunter Attire & Armor

Master hunter attire stats in Bloodborne. Learn how different outfits provide resistances and improve survivability against Yharnam's horrors.

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Hunter Attire & Armor

While Bloodborne's combat system emphasizes aggression and evasion, the attire your hunter wears offers more than just aesthetic appeal. Hunter attire provides defensive stats against various damage types, influencing your survivability in Yharnam's treacherous environments. Understanding the resistances and properties of different outfits can be crucial for overcoming specific challenges.

Types of Damage and Resistances:

  • Physical: Resistance to standard melee and projectile damage.
  • Thrust: Resistance to piercing attacks.
  • Blunt: Resistance to crushing or blunt force attacks.
  • Bloodtinge: Resistance to damage that uses blood, such as certain enemy attacks or blood-infused weapons.
  • Arcane: Resistance to elemental damage, including fire, bolt, and arcane-based attacks.
  • Beasthood: Affects how quickly your Beasthood meter fills, influencing your damage output and susceptibility to certain effects.
  • Frenzy: Resistance to the Frenzy status effect, which deals rapid damage when the meter fills.

Key Hunter Attire Sets:

  • Hunter Set: The starting attire, offering balanced resistances. A reliable choice for early-game progression.
  • Combative Attire: Provides slightly better physical defense than the basic Hunter Set.
  • Gascoe's Set: Offers good physical and blood resistance, making it suitable for areas with heavy beast presence.
  • White/Black Church Attire: Provides decent all-around resistances, with the Black Church Attire offering slightly better arcane resistance.
  • Hunter Chief Hunter Set: A more robust set with improved physical and bloodtinge defense.
  • Executioner Set: Offers strong physical and blunt resistance, useful against certain heavy-hitting enemies.
  • Charred Hunter Set: Features good fire and arcane resistance, beneficial in areas with elemental threats.
  • Bloody Hunter Set: Specializes in bloodtinge resistance, ideal for encounters where blood damage is prevalent.
  • Ashen Hunter Set: Provides high arcane resistance, making it effective against arcane-wielding enemies.
  • Eileen's Hunter Set: Offers balanced resistances with a slight edge in physical defense.
  • Old Hunter Set (DLC): A durable set with good physical and blunt resistance.
  • Henryk's Set: Provides balanced resistances, with a slight focus on physical defense.
  • Regalia of the Holy Knight: Offers strong all-around resistances, particularly against physical and arcane damage.

How Attire Affects Gameplay:

  • Damage Mitigation: Higher resistances reduce the amount of damage taken from corresponding damage types.
  • Status Effect Resistance: Certain attires offer better protection against status effects like Frenzy or Beasthood buildup.
  • Environmental Hazards: Some areas may have specific environmental hazards (e.g., poison, arcane energy) where certain attires provide an advantage.

Finding and Equipping Attire:

  • Hunter attire is typically found on corpses throughout the game world, purchased from the Messengers in the Hunter's Dream, or obtained by completing specific quests or defeating certain enemies.
  • You can equip different pieces of attire (Head, Chest, Hands, Legs) at the Hunter's Dream.

While dodging and parrying are paramount, choosing the right hunter attire can provide that crucial edge in survivability, allowing you to endure longer and exploit enemy weaknesses more effectively.