/r/tombprospectors
If you love Bloodborne, and love running Root Chalice Dungeons, the Tomb Prospectors Covenant will gladly take you in!
This community gives shelter to dungeon crawlers—man, beast, and ascended celestial alike—here and on Discord. Please note, Sony has done away with the Communities feature, so they Playstation Network group where this project was born no longer exists.
If you love Bloodborne, and love running Root Chalice Dungeons, the Tomb Prospectors Covenant will gladly take you in!
This community gives shelter to dungeon crawlers—man, beast, and ascended celestial alike—both here on Reddit, and also on PSN, in a group called "Bloodborne: The Tomb Prospectors," by invite only.
This sub is not technically a gem farming community. If you find a great dungeon for specific gem-farming, you are, of course, free to share it. Please do not share illegitimate dungeons whose purpose are purely for hacked gems.
All users are free to subscribe to the subreddit.
To join the PSN group, simply message the mods on the sub, or contact Itsakillerpandaa or guiness08 on PSN for an invite.
While we discuss plenty here, the PSN group is our original home (as created by group founder /u/MorosNyx), and is quite lively with videos, glyphs, and screen caps often not otherwise found here—although crossposting and sharing between the two is heavily encouraged. Joining the PSN group is not necessary; however, it will result in missing out on a substantial amount of content.
Acts of goodness are not always wise. And acts of evil are not always foolish, but regardless, we shall always strive to be good. We don't have many rules here—we haven't needed to! True hunters cleanse these foul streets, not further defile them, and if you've found our niche sub here (likely from /r/bloodborne or a couple of articles elsewhere that we've been honored to have been featured in), then we generally feel it's fair to assume most of you are familiar with the typical prospector's code of conduct. Most of the rules of /r/bloodborne (as far as common courtesy, civility, and general support for each other) can be presumed to apply here, with a few exceptions:
You do not need to use /r/huntersbell (though it can be a helpful resource) to solicit co-op or PvP in this sub, provided your request is for help or sparring within a root dungeon. User-created, randomized glyphs that either you want help with, want to offer help with, or want to fight people in are welcome to this sub of their own accord, and there are often hunters here happy to oblige as either friends or foes. Help with base game or DLC should be deferred to /r/huntersbell or /r/bloodborne.
There is, unfortunately, no trading system in Bloodborne. You must farm your own weapons, items, and upgrade materials. Please do not make posts asking for these—you will find yourself alone in this most horrible dream.
This game is now nearly three years old. Spoilers do not need to be marked as such. We assume our members have completed the base game and DLC if they are exploring this niche sub. Plot and lore are rarely discussed here (though it is allowed). Nevertheless, if you have not finished the game and are spoiler averse, you may want to consider checking back when you have done so, as our members may discuss major plot events, areas, and boss names/locations without warning or marking.
Unlike on /r/bloodborne, discussion or posting of unnaturally generated glyphs such as Sinister dungeons with all rites (commonly referred to as "SFRC" dungeons) IS ALLOWED. Discussion of save-editing tools and external exploits currently is also allowed, to the extent that it is relevant to the mission of /r/tombprospectors. Any discussion of ways to hack gems or character stats, or any promotion, explanation, or advocation of cheating or griefing other players in either co-op or PvP is not allowed, and your post will be removed with or without explanation. Repeated behavior such as this will result in a ban. That being said, names of applications are currently acceptable, and will not be interfered with, but we would prefer you not provide specific instructions as to how to save edit, since the potential for abuse or non-community members stumbling across it through a search are high. The mods do not officially endorse and are not paid or compensated in any way by the creators of these products. Discovery of chalice-related uses for this tool are relatively new, and this rule is currently in a test period, and may continue to evolve. It is subject to change at any time should we feel the need to reevaluate it. We are open to feedback and praise or criticism, and we trust the integrity of our members not to abuse this privilege. Please do not ruin it for everyone else. Any member of /r/tombprospectors caught cheating or griefing other players in either co-op or PvP are subject to an immediate ban. Please treat these tools responsibly.
That being said, /r/bloodborne does not allow discussion or instruction of external tools of any kind. While you may freely do so here, please do not share or crosspost anything that violates their rules to that sub. If you are unsure of what this constitutes, please refer to the rules that are easily visible and readily available on their sidebar. When in doubt, err on the side of doubt or message the mods. If we begin receiving complaints from their mod staff about any of our members doing this, it may result in a permanent ban. If you have relevant information you think is important to share with the main sub but would prefer to play it safe, you are perfectly free to message the mods here, and we can contact their staff to consult on whether your content is acceptable there. The mods will take any and all responsibility for what we ourselves choose to post and share with the community, and usernames of submitters will be kept private unless permission to post it there is granted.
Many notebook entries have been submitted since the new prospectors of Yharnam have begun their duty. Our dungeon list and bestiary have rapidly expanded, and the depths of the source of the Old Blood become closer and clearer every day. The following is a list of specific targets we seek that have not yet been discovered. This list is not exhaustive and a hunter with a noteworthy find is encouraged to share it, whether or not it appears on this list. This is only a guideline for what to look for, nothing more.
Anything in lower-than depth 5 dungeons (these require external tools to create, but glyphs are available). There has been a heavy bias towards F/R/C dungeons (particularly Ihyll), so these lower dungeons are our community's newest objective! For example, can wandering Shadow's of Yharnam or wandering bosses spawn there?
Wandering Giant with Ball and Chain (any)
Wandering Shadow of Yharnam with Candle and Sword (any)
Labyrinth spirits in Loran
Labyrinth moles/ hole diggers in F/R/C Isz or Ihyll (currently sighted only in Lower Loran)
Giant Nightmare Apostle (large spider from Nightmare of Mensis) anywhere outside of depth 5 Sinister dungeons
Any wandering bosses in Sinister or FRC Isz—none have been found so far!
Any enemy normally exclusive to one chalice found outside of its natural habitat. For example, a wandering Abhorrent Beast in Sinister Ihyll (rather than Lower Loran, its usual home) was found a few months back by /u/novathelonehunter [+2].
Multiple rare enemies in one area (e.g. Pilgrims, labyrinth spirits, gardens of eyes, wandering bosses)
Items found in unusual locations (e.g. on a hanging corpse, in a chest instead of on the ground, on the ground instead of in a chest, etc). For example, five sage's hair were once found simply lying on the ground (would normally be in a chest or dropped by a labyrinth sage enemy), or an Old Great One's Coldblood in a chest.
Wandering Bloodlickers spawned without the use of visceral attacks (which is normal). This variant tends to move around the area rather than statically inhabiting one room.
Blood-Letting Beast as Layer 3 Boss in Lower Loran (headed or headless).
Any glitches or bizarre chalice configurations that would seem to be antithetical to the game.
Any unusual layouts or other environmental features. For example, rope bridges from different layers lined up above each other that allow the player to jump or fall from one layer to the next while bypassing bosses or entire areas.
Wandering greater viper pits (large venom-shooting snake clusters) outside of Lower Loran
Wandering bosses. New ones are exciting, but these are rare enough that even if they've been found before, share the glyph! Currently unfound: Celestial Emissary, Loran Darkbeast, Rom the Vacuous Spider
"Patches" the spider as a chalice merchant
List of "impossible" finds (supposedly obtainable per the official guide, but as of yet undiscovered):*
Winter Lanterns
"Boss Rush"
Revered Great One's Coldblood
Tier 3 "Guidance" Rune
Instances of sinister bell (used by either players or bell maidens) summoning NPC enemies instead of players
Yharnam enemies in the chalice dungeons (essentially, any human or partially human enemy or boss, like the villagers in the early areas, etc).
Please be respectful of your fellow hunters.
We rarely have need to remove posts. The rare occasions when this has been necessary include:
Bot spam
Please take care to edit out PSN names of other players in videos if they are unwilling participants.
/r/tombprospectors
Can you add to step two: obtain ritual materials from all 3 layers, and kill layer 2 boss? The way it’s worded sort of makes it seem like you only need level 2, and I’ve erased that chalice before trying to get to the next step.
i’m aware of the screenshot function, but i hate you all and am expecting you’re comments about it, luckily i have this gem to boost my attack so. for real not trying to brag, but come on this is a beauty
I createeva lower pthumerian chalice and in the optional room in layer 2 there was a coffin eoth nothing inside.Im talking no chalice materials no great ones wisdom no uncanny or lost weapons Just straight up empty
Would a +65 Abyssal Radial be better than one of the 27.2% physical gems? Sorry if it's a silly question, only recently started properly dungeon diving!
Okay, so i am about to start a playthrough of Bloodborne, and for every souls like i do all the bosses and including the chalice dungeons and those for are carious there is 178 bosses in this game alone. But the question is... is it even worth including the root chalices in the spread sheet? mean I already got them down, but I am not sure because I know that you're going to have ro re-roll just to find a boss that you're looking for in that chalice.
Anyone know any fast farming glyphs for adept radial gems? Currently im farming cursed triangle adept gems from the layer 2 red aura watcher in fnh9ctui, but i simply cant get adept radial gems from the watchers boss in ihyll dungeons
Where is the best place to farm good Blood Gems in offline? I’m not a Dungeon expert, and as far as I know the best gems are found with glyphs.
gtfo back to space or whatever.
Hi prospectors, recently I created an ihyll root and fell in love with the layout. It has a roaming elder in L1 main immediately after the lever, watchdog L2 and Elder L3. I’ve also edited gempool from the native Ihyll to Loran 4-5 , making this a good spot for farming radial cold abyssals for arcane builds out there. The odds for desired secondaries are as follows
Flat fire/bolt (19.2% chance each/38.4% combined) kin up / beast up (3.8% each/7.6% combined)
glyph - 463em3b7
Happy hunting 🩸🌙
This weapon and it‘s scaling is so confusing to me. Will these gems work well on the transformed mode (which I would like to utilize, backstep r1, ya know)? Or am I still lacking a certain gem? I‘m not sure about the waning one.
Wanted: Prospectors (coop) to complete dungeons and farm
I've been using the y592byza glyph and after 100 - 150 runs i didn't got any Radial Bloodtinge Gem. Any recomendation of better glyphs to help me?
Anyone know any good rapid poison blood gem farming glyphs?
Hi, I've got a question. Is it possible to apply rapid poison on an enemy more than once? I've read it works like bleed in souls games so this question came to me. For example, If I had some dirty blood gems on a weapon, would I be able to prog a rapid poison more than once in a boss fight?
Currently starting a new character with the intent to platinum the game, and decided to go full John Bloodborne.
I really want to use the aforementioned weapons, but idk which versions are the most optimal for a quality build. I plan on staying around BL120-ish for the sake of participating in some pvp eventually.
https://reddit.com/link/1gvhrj0/video/uu2g6kyolz1e1/player
Who's the R1 spammer now, huh?
I've been looking at what the rarest rooms are. Unfortunately all the glyphs that have them are no longer working. The main rooms I'm looking for are loran garden rooms,loran swamps with buried florescent flowers and isz swamps. If you find any let me know and I will do a stream of going through them.
I want to use the KP but I can’t find any good arcane gems. I don’t want to do any chalice dungeons, and can’t find materials anyway. The only chalices I have are the pthumeru, pthumeru root, sinister pthumeru ihyll root, and hintertomb root chalice. Please help.
smh wrong shape 😤