Bloodborne Lore Quiz: 15 Questions for Real Hunters
Fifteen questions on the Bloodborne story, from the Healing Church and Byrgenwerth to the Fishing Hamlet and the three endings. Every answer comes with a short explanation and a link to the page that covers it.
Think you know what happened in Yharnam? This quiz covers the main story of Bloodborne and The Old Hunters, from the founding of the Healing Church to the last choice in the Hunter's Dream. Every answer explains itself and points to the page where we cover it with sources. Full spoilers. (Bloodborne; Bloodborne: The Old Hunters)
Bloodborne lore quiz
0/15 answered · 0 correct1. Who founded the Healing Church?
2. Where does the hunter wake after dying?
3. Who is the old man in a wheelchair who greets the hunter in the dream?
4. What is Willem's adage, the password that opens the way to Byrgenwerth?
5. Which hunter of hunters tells the newcomer to hunt beasts and leave the hunting of hunters to her?
6. What happens to the moon after the hunter kills Rom, the Vacuous Spider?
7. Which Great One does the Choir's garb call the left behind Great One?
8. Who is the Host of the Nightmare, fought in Mergo's Loft?
9. Which ending needs the hunter to have consumed three Third Umbilical Cords?
10. What happens if the hunter accepts Gehrman's offer of mercy?
11. Which Great One's carcass lies on the shore of the Fishing Hamlet?
12. A note in the Lecture Building names what as "Paleblood"?
13. What does Ludwig call his true mentor and guiding moonlight when he finds it mid-fight?
14. Where does the hunter find Lady Maria's sword, the Rakuyo?
15. In the Research Hall, who does the Blood Saint Adeline mistake the hunter for?
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- Laurence, the first vicar of the Healing Church and the beast he became. (Bloodborne; Bloodborne: The Old Hunters)
- Gehrman, the first hunter and keeper of the Hunter's Dream. (Bloodborne)
- Eileen the Crow, the hunter of hunters. (Bloodborne)
- Vicar Amelia and the vision that gives you Willem's adage. (Bloodborne)
- Rom, the Vacuous Spider and the red moon. (Bloodborne)
- Ebrietas, the Choir's left behind Great One. (Bloodborne)
- Micolash, Host of the Nightmare. (Bloodborne)
- All three Bloodborne endings explained. (Bloodborne)
- The Old Hunters story explained, with Ludwig, Lady Maria, Adeline and Kos. (Bloodborne: The Old Hunters)
- Bloodborne story explained, the whole plot in order. (Bloodborne)
Frequently asked questions
- How hard is this Bloodborne quiz?
- It starts easy, with questions anyone who finished the game should get, and gets harder towards the end. The last few questions lean on item text and The Old Hunters.
- Where do the answers come from?
- Every answer is taken from the games themselves, Bloodborne and The Old Hunters, as covered on our cited explainer pages. Nothing comes from fan theory.
- Does the quiz include The Old Hunters?
- Yes. A handful of questions cover the Hunter's Nightmare, the Research Hall and the Fishing Hamlet, so expect spoilers for the expansion.
Sources
- GameBloodborne, FromSoftware, Sony Computer Entertainment, 2015
- GameBloodborne: The Old Hunters, FromSoftware, Sony Computer Entertainment, 2015 (expansion)
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