Nourishing — Bloodborne

Nourishing — Blood gems, Bloodborne. A bonus shared by different components, useful when comparing mixed-damage weapons.

When the bonus is useful

Nourishing gems strengthen existing physical, blood and elemental components. They support several attack lines at once, but their percentage can be lower than that of a specialised gem.

Values and trade-offs

Published variant	Special feature
+23.6% · rating 19	Watchers triangle: very rare
+21.5% + secondary effect · Abyssal	Amygdala: triangle or waning depending on the dungeon
+19.5% + secondary effect · radial Abyssal	Rom: curse penalty halved
+19.3% + secondary effect · radial	Gargoyles: alternative without fighting a boss

Where to find this variant

Published effect	Shape and dungeon	Target and glyph
+21.5% + secondary effect	Triangle · Isz, layer 4	Amygdala · y592byza
+19.5% + secondary effect	Radial · Pthumeru Ihyll, layer 3	Rom · v5v5fpsd
+19.3% + secondary effect	Radial · Pthumeru Ihyll, layers 2 and 3	Gargoyles near the lamps · pwmf22gu

These routes use Fetid, Rotted and Cursed rites unless stated otherwise. Values describe possible variants, rather than guaranteed drops. The glyphs are published in the wiki; their online availability has not been verified.

Gem effects and acquisition

Strengthens every existing component: physical, blood and elemental. Compare on weapons that deal several damage types.

Each native component of the weapon benefits from the percentage; the effect does not create a missing damage type.

Compatible percentages multiply across gems. Flat additions remain separate from the product of percentage bonuses.

Effect	Value
Watchers · very rare	+23,6 %
Amygdala	+21.5% + secondary effect
Gargoyles	+19.3% + secondary effect

One or three identical gems

Effect	Value
One gem	+21,5 %
Three gems	+79,4 %

Calculated on the affected attack component, before enemy defence. This percentage alone does not predict the damage of a hit.