My favorite chalice dungeon enemy behavior is when a bloodsucker appears in a room you previously cleared, sucking on a corpse. It's a clever reuse of assets, it fits with the worldbuilding, and it makes the backtracking feel special.

I always found it interesting how the chalice dungeons feature enemies that leaned more towards dark medieval fantasy rather than what we find in the main game. It's also cool the see the many itteration of FromSoft enemies. A good number of those we see in the video can be linked back to some dark souls enemies, while some others like the Blood Letting Beast has a lot of similarities to the Guardian Ape in Sekiro.

Bloodborne really has some of the most grotesque and disgusting looking enemies but also some of the more creative enemy designs.

I wonder how many people just skipped out on the chalice dungeons because they thought it was just a purely randomly generated mode.

I'm fascinated by the fact so many enemies are super hidden, have practically no lore, and only appear a handful of time, in completely optional randomized levels. That alone makes Bloodborne legendary.

0:00 Intro 0:14 Labyrinth Watcher 1:18 Gel (Slime) 2:15 Gravekeeper Scorpion 3:26 Hole Digger 5:37 Pilgrim 6:11 Loran Cleric 7:15 Watchdog of the Old Lords 8:40 Beast-Possessed Soul 9:45 Undead Giant 12:20 Keeper of the Old Lords 13:20 Tomb Guardian 15:25 Bloodletting Beast 18:15 Abhorrent Beast 20:05 Merciless Watcher 21:06 Labyrinth Riteeeper 22:18 Watcher's Gravekeeper 22:52 Evil Labyrinth Spirit 23:29 Keeper's Hunting Dog 24:29 Labyrinth Madman 27:00 Pthumerian Elder/Pthumerian Descendant 27:53 Yharnam, Pthumerian Queen

14:50 damn, the tomb guardian is SHREDDED

24:57 The madman is the most horrifying of the bunch for me. Its speed, moveset, screams and overall desing is frightening. Those Pthumerians were uncanny as hell.

This game is an art direction marvel. It is truly a masterpiece.

I remember how awesome it was to hear about the chalice mole enemy. I dont remember ever getting to see it myself. Maybe I should explore a few root chalices sometime.

Huh, the faces of the Loran Clerics are strongly reminiscent of the Omensmirk Mask in Elden Ring.

So the scorpions have human features +👁 how insightful

Amazing how after all these years there's still some enemies I've never encountered. 24:35 - shout-out to the most terrifying, crackhead-esque enemy in the game.

Bloodborne is stil an unmatched masterpiece.

Makes me wonder what kind of horrors the artists had to consult when making some of these models. (Bloodletting Beast, Madman, Hole Digger)

The scorpion face is pretty interesting. It looks very similar to the face of the locus creatures from the Ringed City

My favourite part of Soulsborne enemies is realizing "Oh this was human once" (or Pthumerian in this case) and then having an existential crisis.

I like the kinda castlevania/medieval look these enemies have compared to the ones in the main game. I wouldn’t be surprised if these where cut enemies that the devs just didn’t have the heart to throw away. Chalice dungeons are so much more interesting than I thought when I first played.

19:35 Jerma...

If it weren’t for this video I’d never of known what the loran cleric’s face looked like. It’s more like a goblin than a beast and that’s fascinating. I’ve never seen that animation either, I always kill them from a distance. Amazing work VN

I will forever be salty we never got the Keeper of the Old Lords weapon. Especially since we had a criminally short list of 1 whole fire weapon in the game lol

Thanks bro, I hate the labyrinth madman more now, the only thing in the game that runs at 60fps

Starting think why Bloodborne is my favorite is because every enemy is its own horrific nightmare.

The amounts of enemies in this game is crazy for how short is (or at least how short it feels to me, its like a fever dream). I have played BB for 1k hours and never seen some of these enemies in the dungeons, crazy stuff

Wish the dungeon was connected to main game yharnam, so you could actually walk into the dungeons instead of magically teleporting there

Even if they would only have one form, I really wish we could've gotten to use the chalice dungeon weapons. It would be awesome having them be arcane or some other neat effect, but because they lack a different form they can be balanced by having pitiful range or speed. The option to have them would have been nice

Awww the gravekeeper is such a good momma keeping her babies on her back.

alright yes ill revisit Bloodborne for the 19th time this year

I'm side-eyeing the hell out of that Loran Cleric and the shape of his staff...

I had NO idea that the scorpion was so horrific. Possibly the most horrific. Edit: Rite Keeper

When you look at them closely you can easily imagine that there was something like a cult of pain in Loran... All these chains, and bruises, and... terrifying changes of their bodies... It's just like they were used to feel pain, a lot of pain, and now they're doomed to exist like that for eternity and even more... No wonder they've lost their mind... this is an awful existence...

Amazing. I was thinking about this exact topic a few days ago, wondering just how much i missed by noy throughly going through the CD. And here ypu are w this amazing video! Perfect timing and thank you! Only wish i would have gotten some explanations w the enemies but thats just me being greedy.

For some reason I EXTREMELY love the Beast-Possessed Soul so freakin cool

the beast possessed soul appears in the main game, before the Hunter's workshop

I remember when I woke up beast-possessed soul and ran away, and then I looted the chest I just noticed that it killed every single enemy in dungeon. That was creepy asf

Beast-possessed Soul and Abhorrent Beast can both be found outside the chalice dungeons. Beast-possessed Soul resides at the base of the Cathedral Ward Tower, below the real workshop banging on a door with their back to you. Abhorrent Beast is the true form of the man in the clockwork tower that houses the cannon in the Forbidden Woods.

I thought the Beast-Possessed Soul was also in the base game? At the bottom of the Healing Workshop tower thing. Anyway, great video BonfireVN! 😊

One of my favorite things about bloodborne is how a ton of the enemies you can see that they were human once. It really adds to the horror in a more subtle way since you constantly hear about how people are turning to beasts and see it obviously early on with the yarhnamites but then you see something like the scorpion or the hole digger which still has these very human attributes and see just how horrifying the beast plague really is. Genuinely think bloodborne has one of the worst worlds to live in purely because of the off chance of catching the beast plague. Plus the fact that anyone can be trapped in the hunters dream seemingly unwillingly in a lot of cases

Wow very impressive underground ecosystem👁️👁️👁️

The keepers dogs are probably the most difficult dog type enemy in any fromsoft game

20:40 I found it. A being that has a number of chins that surpass my mother.

Tfw those giant naked mole rats have brains for jaws, meaning they were human once and this is what they "ascended" to Mfw this is what we ascend to at the end of the game

BonfireVN, I love your channel so much, I just had to subscribe!

I'm playing Bloodborne for the first time, right tonight going for the platinum I discovered Loran and I'm so amazed by it's setting, it's true that is something repetitive in general but so many things on the dungeons are worth to explore and see! Edit: Labyrinth Madmen probably are the most unnerving enemies of the entire game😳 and I have a problem with snakes but they creep me even more

You can actually find regular mobs of the pthumerian elder/descendant just roaming around in root chalice dungeons. I found that out by complete accident, I about pissed myself because I saw it at a distance and was confused about what it even was until I got closer. I never bolted out of a treasure cache so fast before.

I don't want to nitpick, but I do feel the urge to point out that the Beast-Possessed Soul and the Abhorrent Beast do in fact appear outside of Chalice Dungeons. Admittedly it's somewhat easy to miss them, and they don't respawn when killed, but they're there all the same.

I'm fascinated by the fact that the Loran cleric has the face of a Japanese Oni. With the wicked open smile and hollow evil eye sockets and teeth

I just wanted to say: Your videos are really great and interesting. I think you and your videos are an important part of the Souls community. Please never stop making such great videos of character models and concept art. You have a great channel and deserve every single like. Therefore - as always - a big thumbs up. 👍👍

Since the undead giants appear to be made of stitched together body parts, I wonder if they are related in some way to The One Reborn. Both are amalgamations of body parts, and both are related to the Pthumerians. Perhaps undead giants were an early attempt to ascend?

I get a strong Omen feeling when seeing the horns petrude from these enemies, and the fire inside the watcher and watch dog. Makes you wonder if this game shares elements with the omen curse and lords of cinder in the hidden lore

I don't mean to be petty but just as an FYI to people who are wondering/don't know, one Beast-possessed Soul and one Abhorrent Beast can be found outside of the chalice dungeons. Great video as always.

i love the video my favorite one is the keeper hunting dogs and the other two dogs besides hunting and rapid dog and including the silver variant in the chalice dungeons

Can you please continue doing this for other elements/parts of Bloodborne, I’m so used to seeing it in 720p so this is a treat

In all my dungeon trips in the past 9 years I've yet to see those moles

I been telling players on the Discord that they are missing out on half the game by not doing dungeons. More proof here with your video. Thank you for your labor. Peace

That enemy's running animation is peak horror comedy 21:31 at 21:47

The funniest enemy "actually not showcased here" is that one guy hidden in hintertomb that is an amalgamation of the hooded guys and the normal guys and dies in one hit for some reason.... Also chalice have the best fromsoft slimes cause they actually have a fun moveset as opposed to just being a walking gel sponge with one attack Lastly the giants... The 2 cannon giants in the poison swamp... I remember screaming a bit when i saw that sight As for bosses the bloodletting beast is an amazing fight in both of its versions and of course who can forget the watchdog... We all love and hate that puppy its 2nd encounter is a git gud momment and i lover it Also pthumerian elders are such a cool concept i wish they do a similar fight but a but more polished like you know more moves cause he really has a limited moveset despite the fact he can wield so many fire weapons Lastly queen of yharnam is such a great fight with so many phases "the most phases in the entire Bloodborne" if you never done chalices do it for the queen she is worth the time

I said before and i say again, best game ever

Bloodborne truly had some random horror creatures you see only handful of times.

12:20 - that's John Darksoul the III on his vacation in London he mentioned going to catacombs there. 17:30 - vermin ridden carcass of a beast like this one were the source of blood that turned most yharnamites into werewolfs, and their blood was from great one beast, blood of ebryatas made celestial emissaries and living falures.

I still play this game doing random Chalice dungeons to this day. Love this game

I always liked how one of the dungeon hunter summons, Queen Killer, has two meanings in his name. One from the fact he’s in the Pthumerian Queen’s domain and the other from his Executioner’s helmet given to those who oppose the Vileblood Queen

3:27 Do not hurt blobby thing

Nice! I just completed all chalice dungeons a couple days ago! 😀

Gosh, these are terrifying... I love them!

Bonfire no Maiku delivering good content

thanks for the video, you are great

Bloodborne was the peak of the Soulsborne franchise.

You can see the beast possessed soul at the bottom of the Workshop Tower

Beautiful.

I love those enemies. They're such fun to play against. I wish there was npc fights of the Pthumerian bosses...

Labrynth madman really needa run track 💀 fast ah

Beast-Possessed Soul, the werewolf with horns, actually appear in the normal game, on the alternative path to the Cathedral Ward through the Lower Cathedral Ward.

Absolute godtier showcase. The chalice dungeons are still so fascinating

The models in bloodborne are so detailed and complicated, it's amazing, these are the kinds of things I'd expect to see on a ps5 game, but this game was released in 2015!

30 minutes?! We're eating good tonight.

OK the hole diggers.... WHAT? I've never seen these. And the pilgrim i saw ONCE after about 40 hours in the chalice dungeons. I was so taken aback when i saw it.

The tomb guardian has some cheeks ong

I’m sure dozens of others have already mentioned this but you can find a Beast-possessed Soul and Abhorrent Beast outside the Chalice Dungeons. (Technically Yharnam, Pthumerian Queen as well, but she arguably doesn’t count since she can’t be fought)

Never realized that abhorrent beast has 2 tails... you cannot see that in the official artbook. I love this kind of content 🔥👍🌌

Theory (though I don't know if anyone has postulated this before): The Loran Cleric and the Beast-Possesed Soul are both from Loran and have interesting lore implications on how the Loran viewed the Beast Plague. So first of all, I posit that both are related due to having very similar ram-like horns and both appearing in the Loran Chalice Dungeons. So what are the implications? I posit that similar to the Healing Church, the Loran had a priesthood/religious element when it came to the Old Blood. However, unlike the Healing Church and their predecessors the scholars of Byrgenwerth who viewed the Beast Plague from a somewhat scientific viewpoint and medicalized the Beast Plague the ancient Loran viewed it as a matter of demonic position. Hence the moniker of "Beast-Possesed Soul" rather than Beast Plagued or infected. I further theorize that the Loran clerics acted in a similar role to the Beast Hunters who rather than hunt attempted to exorcise the Beast "Spirit" from their countrymen. And like the Beast Hunters became Beast themselves over time.

29:55 You can see a bloody spike drive itself through Queen Yharnam's back whenever she stabs herself with the knife. It goes right through the opposite side of her belly. Very disturbing and sad imagery given that she is, or was, pregnant. Just another torment for her.

They certainly nailed the horror theme with these monsters. I could imagine these Eldrich abominations in Lovecraft or Stephen King stories.

Never knew the Yharnam at the Moonside Lake and right before the Wetnurse are actually different.

I didn’t know like half of these existed

15:05 GYATT!!!

Could you do one like this for the weapons of Bloodborne? Maybe even show in slow motion how they mechanically transform. I think that be cool to see.

I remember the first time I played through Bloodborne I didn't even realize there were Chalice Dungeons. I was so confused why the game that felt so small was praised si high by everyone. Then I found out there was a roguelite built into it and I was like "oh"

It looks like they took a lot of inspiration for the omens for elden ring from this game

Oh neat, didn't realize there were tiny scorpions, I assumed it was just extra hair. 🤣🤣

I wonder what the lore significance of Bloodletting beasts back being split open is, also interesting to see the visual similarities between the larvae/centipede thing coming out of it’s head and the hole digger.

8:42 never got that one before.

I’m watching this high and I’m scared

Does anyone else have the feeling that the Chalice dungeons were a way to reuse already made enemies from an earlier build of the game's life cycle? It would explain why they seem to fleshed out and relatively complete.

Thanks man

Nice :))))

Makes me want to bust out the old Playstation and dive into the world of Bloodborne again

Part 2 pls this is so cool

I don't think I've ever seen a Hole Digger. Maybe there aren't any on the path to Yharnam?

I found the undead giants especially creepy. It’s like Frankensteins monster but dialed up to 20