Accursed Brew — Bloodborne

Accursed Brew — Items & tools, Bloodborne. Explore the sourced guide, practical details and related entries. Free access.

Stats and requirements

Attribute	Value
Arcane required	30
Quicksilver Bullets per use	2
Usage Type	Unlimited Use
Effect	Throw a concoction of curses at foes.

Attribute scaling · attack power by level

Arcane	Puissance d'attaque (AR)
30	440
31	451
32	462
33	473
34	484
35	495
36	506
37	517
38	528
39	539
40	550
41	561
42	572
43	583
44	594
45	605
46	616
47	627
48	638
49	649
50	660
51	664
52	668
53	672
54	676
55	680
56	684
57	688
58	692
59	696
60	700
61	704
62	708
63	712
64	716
65	720
66	724
67	728
68	732
69	736
70	740
71	744
72	748
73	752
74	756
75	760
76	764
77	768
78	772
79	776
80	780
81	786
82	792
83	798
84	805
85	811
86	817
87	824
88	830
89	836
90	843
91	849
92	855
93	862
94	868
95	874
96	881
97	887
98	893
99	900

Published attack power, before the target’s defence; this is not a guaranteed damage value.

Usage · effects and conditions (wiki)

This item has quite a high requirement of 30 arcane, so using it will require a significant investment and it's only really recommended for full arcane builds. You will need 2 QS Bullets to use this attack, and once initiated, a skull will materialize in your character's hand, and then be thrown a short distance before exploding. The distance it travels before exploding is about half of your normal lock-on range, so you'll need to be quite close to your target when using it. As well as exploding automatically after traveling a short distance, the skull will also blow up upon contact with any surface or enemy. Because the skull is thrown straight it's much easier to hit targets than with other thrown weapons such as Molotovs. The large radius means that even should you not land a direct hit, you're still likely to hit your target The actual radius of the explosion is slightly smaller than it appears, so always take that into consideration when using it without locking on to a target. With the correct spacing, however, this attack can be extremely effective at clearing corners that enemies are either hiding behind or are about to come around. Because the skull will detonate in mid-air, you can throw it past the corner of a wall or doorframe and have it blow up just on the other side, hitting any enemies that think they're safe behind the wall. It's also very effective against groups of enemies, since it's extremely easy to hit all of them with a single attack, and the relatively high damage to small QS Bullet ratio allows you to inflict a lot of damage with minimal resource usage.

Acquisition · wiki location

Acquired from (Old Hunters DLC) : Fishing Hamlet Priest. The Accursed Brew is held by the Fisher Priest near the entrance to the Fishing Hamlet, but before he'll hand it over to you he must first recognize you as an ally. To accomplish this you'll need the Milkweed Caryll Rune, which you can get by giving three Brain Fluids to Adeline in the Research Hall. Once you have the rune, equip it so that you take on the appearance of a Lumenwood, and then speak to the Fishing Hamlet Priest; after the conversation he will willingly hand over the Accursed Brew.

Acquisition

Give Adeline three Brain Fluids in the Research Hall to obtain the Milkweed rune. Equip it, then speak to the priest near the entrance to the Fishing Hamlet: he recognises you and gives you Accursed Brew.