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Bell Bearing Hunter

Fought in 4 places, from 2,495 HP to 10,619 HP at Greyoll's Dragonbarrow · Isolated Merchant's Shack: each place carries its own area scaling. It takes the most damage from Pierce and the least from Magic.

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HP (NG)
2,495–10,619
HP in NG+7
14,882
Stance
80
Weakest to
Pierce 10%
Resists most
Magic 40%
Nearest grace
Isolated Merchant's Shack

How Bell Bearing Hunter fights

At Greyoll's Dragonbarrow · Isolated Merchant's Shack, its toughest placement: 10,619 HP.

Attacks from the game files

The attacks it picks on its own, most used first. Damage is the attack power of its strongest hit at this placement, before your defense and negation.

AttackParryBlockDamage
S1 (1)1 hit · first hit after 0.8 sNoYes1,123physical
S1 (2)1 hit · first hit after 0.8 sYesYes1,048physical
S1 (3)1 hit · first hit after 1.3 sYesYes1,123physical
Shield Charge1 hit · first hit after 1.3 sNoYes1,123strike
S1 + Return Swipe (1)2 hits · first hit after 0.8 sHit 2Yes1,011physical
S1 (4)1 hit · first hit after 1.0 sNoYes898physical
Grab2 hits · first hit after 2.2 sNoNo1,385physical, if it catches you
Blender7 hits · first hit after 2.5 sNoYes898physical
S1 (5)3 hits · first hit after 1.0 sHit 3Yes1,123physical
2-hit combo (shield) (1)2 hits · first hit after 1.1 sNoYes1,123strike
S1 (6)1 hit · first hit after 1.2 sYesYes1,273physical
2-hit combo (shield) (2)2 hits · first hit after 1.1 sNoYes1,123strike
10 more attacks it chains after another one
AttackParryBlockDamage
S1 (7)5 hits · first hit after 0.9 s · after S1 (3)Hits 4 and 5Yes1,123strike
S1 + Return Swipe (2)2 hits · first hit after 0.6 s · after S1 (1) and S1 (2)Hit 2Yes1,011physical
S1 (8)1 hit · first hit after 0.2 s · after S1 + Return Swipe (2) and S1 + Return Swipe (1)NoYes898physical
S1 + Return Swipe (3)2 hits · first hit after 0.9 s · after S1 (7) and S1 (4) or 1 moreHit 2Yes1,011physical
S1 (9)1 hit · first hit after 0.5 s · after S1 + Return Swipe (3)NoYes898physical
S1 (10)1 hit · first hit after 1.5 s · after S1 (8) and S1 + Return Swipe (3)NoYes898physical
Magic Sword1 hit · first hit after 1.4 s · after S1 (3) and S1 (6)YesYes1,273physical
Shield Pullup1 hit · first hit after 1.0 s · after 2-hit combo (shield) (1) and 2-hit combo (shield) (2)NoYes1,123magic
S1 + Ranged Blender14 hits · first hit after 0.8 s · after S1 (10) and BlenderNoYes1,123physical
S1 + Return Swipe (4)2 hits · first hit after 0.3 s · after S1 (4)Hit 2Yes1,011physical

Parry: whether a parry works on it (for combos, which hits). Block: whether a shield stops it; grabs go through.

Attack choice by distance from its battle script

How often it opens with each attack at each range, from its main weight tables (it switches between 2 sets of tables by state; the main one is shown).

  • S1 (1)
  • S1 (2)
  • S1 (3)
  • Shield Charge
  • S1 + Return Swipe (1)
  • Other attacks and moves
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DistanceMost likely picks
under 2 mS1 (1) 39% · S1 (3) 22% · S1 (5) 11%
2–4 mS1 (1) 25% · S1 (3) 17% · S1 (2) 17%
4–7.5 mS1 (4) 23% · S1 (3) 15% · Shield Charge 15%
7.5–9.5 mS1 (4) 32% · S1 (2) 32% · Shield Charge 18%
9.5 m +S1 + Return Swipe (1) 42% · Shield Charge 25% · S1 (3) 8%
Attacks
22
With a cooldown
12 6–16 s
Walk in before attacking
10 from up to 16.5 m

What hurts it most

  1. Pierce10% +38%
  2. Lightning20% +23%
  3. Standard35%
  4. Slash35% ±0
  5. Strike35% ±0
  6. Magic40% −8%
  7. Fire40% −8%
  8. Holy40% −8%

Negation (lower lets more through), and how much more or less damage that type deals than Standard does.

Status procs to kill it

Status1st procHP per procProcs to kill
Bleed6271,69378,414 buildup
Frost6271,0921012,536 buildup
Poison3831,29999,003 buildup
Scarlet Rot3833,07042,863 buildup

From full HP with that status alone; thresholds grow after each proc. Frostbite's extra 20% damage taken isn't counted.

Weapons that hit it hardest

Attack rating that gets through its negations at max upgrade with every stat at 50, best affinity per weapon (flat defense left out). Try your own build in the build planner →

  1. Fallingstar Beast JawStandard731 of 901 AR
  2. Rusted AnchorLightning665 of 782 AR
  3. Anvil HammerStandard663 of 1,041 AR
  4. Prelate's Inferno CrozierLightning640 of 882 AR
  5. PickaxeLightning638 of 751 AR
  6. Duelist GreataxeLightning628 of 867 AR

Attacks, their hits, parry and block, grabs and damage are read from the boss's animation events and attack data; when it picks them, from its battle script. Attack names follow the names players commonly use; the rest are described from their hits.

Where you fight it 4

Each place uses its own copy of the boss with that area's scaling. HP and stance as you meet them (first phase, offline, no new game plus).

PlaceHPStanceScaling
Stormhill · Warmaster's Shack2,49580×1.656
Liurnia of the Lakes · Church of Vows4,05080×2.688
Capital Outskirts · Hermit Merchant's Shack6,21680×4.125
Greyoll's Dragonbarrow · Isolated Merchant's Shack10,61980×7.047

Damage negation

How much of each damage type it shrugs off. Lower is better for you; the type it takes most is highlighted.

Standard35%
Slash35%
Strike35%
Pierce10%
Magic40%
Fire40%
Lightning20%
Holy40%

Flat defense

Subtracted from each hit before negation; it matters most for weak hits. Area scaling raises it along with HP.

Stormhill · Warmaster's Shack

Physical103
Magic103
Fire103
Lightning103
Holy103

Liurnia of the Lakes · Church of Vows

Physical110
Magic110
Fire110
Lightning110
Holy110

Capital Outskirts · Hermit Merchant's Shack

Physical114
Magic114
Fire114
Lightning114
Holy114

Greyoll's Dragonbarrow · Isolated Merchant's Shack

Physical121
Magic121
Fire121
Lightning121
Holy121

Status buildup to proc

Buildup needed for the first proc, and how much more each following proc needs (it grows after every proc, up to the fifth).

Stormhill · Warmaster's Shack

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison3164147041,161
Scarlet Rot3164147041,161
Bleed5178071,2641,264
Frost5178071,2641,264
Sleep3164147041,161
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

Liurnia of the Lakes · Church of Vows

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison3304287181,175
Scarlet Rot3304287181,175
Bleed5398291,2861,286
Frost5398291,2861,286
Sleep3304287181,175
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

Capital Outskirts · Hermit Merchant's Shack

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison3384367261,183
Scarlet Rot3384367261,183
Bleed5538431,3001,300
Frost5538431,3001,300
Sleep3384367261,183
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

Greyoll's Dragonbarrow · Isolated Merchant's Shack

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison3834817711,228
Scarlet Rot3834817711,228
Bleed6279171,3741,374
Frost6279171,3741,374
Sleep3834817711,228
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

HP in each journey

At Greyoll's Dragonbarrow · Isolated Merchant's Shack: new game plus multiplies HP, defense and resistances again on top of the area's scaling.

NGNG+1NG+2NG+3NG+4NG+5NG+6NG+7
10,61910,63011,69312,22512,75613,81914,35114,882

Kill-speed simulator New

How many hits Bell Bearing Hunter takes with your weapon and stats, in any journey: damage per hit through its defense and negations, stance, and status procs as its thresholds grow.

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Patch history 3

Every patch that changed its numbers, read from the game's balance file (regulation) of each version.

  1. 1.02.1from 1.00
    • HP1,237→1,507
    • Runes1,063→0
    • Standard negation40%→35%
    • Slash negation40%→35%
    • Strike negation40%→35%
    • Pierce negation20%→10%
    • Runes1,444→0
    • Drop table310,000,000→-1
    • Runes2,516→0
    • Runes4,353→0
    Every changed value (28)
    ValueBeforetoAfterChange
    Key changes 10
    HP×4 variants1,2371,507+270+22%
    Runes1,0630−1,063−100%
    Standard negation×4 variants40%35%−5 pts
    Slash negation×4 variants40%35%−5 pts
    Strike negation×4 variants40%35%−5 pts
    Pierce negation×4 variants20%10%−10 pts
    Runes1,4440−1,444−100%
    Drop table×3 variants310,000,000-1changed
    Runes2,5160−2,516−100%
    Runes4,3530−4,353−100%
    Other numbers 1
    Threat Level×4 variants110+9+900%
    Linked data 13
    SpEffect ID [3]7,0107,030changed
    SpEffect ID [5]×4 variants090,400changed
    Game Clear - SpEffect ID7,4107,430changed
    SpEffect ID [8]×4 variants095,000changed
    SpEffect ID [10]×4 variants095,010changed
    Multiplayer Correction Param ID×4 variants200400changed
    SpEffect ID [3]7,0607,080changed
    Game Clear - SpEffect ID7,4607,480changed
    SpEffect ID [15]×3 variants5,262-1changed
    SpEffect ID [3]7,0907,110changed
    Game Clear - SpEffect ID7,4907,510changed
    SpEffect ID [3]7,1507,170changed
    Game Clear - SpEffect ID7,5507,570changed
    4 technical values (sorting, effects, display)
    ValueBeforetoAfterChange
    Network Warp Display×4 variants4260changed
    Disable Init Dead×4 variants01changed
    Is Boss Soul Drop×4 variants01changed
    Is Synced with Host World×4 variants01changed
  2. 1.03.1from 1.02.1
      Every changed value (12)
      ValueBeforetoAfterChange
      Defence and poise 4
      Holy guard negation×4 variants070+70
      Magic guard negation×3 variants070+70
      Fire guard negation×3 variants070+70
      Lightning guard negation×3 variants070+70
      Status effects 7
      Guard Resist - Sleep×3 variants070+70
      Guard Resist - Madness×3 variants070+70
      Guard Resist - Poison×3 variants070+70
      Guard Resist - Scarlet Rot×3 variants070+70
      Guard Resist - Blood Loss×3 variants070+70
      Guard Resist - Death Blight×3 variants070+70
      Guard Resist - Frostbite×3 variants070+70
      Linked data 1
      SpEffect ID [19]×4 variants-15,890changed
    • 1.12.1from 1.10
        Every changed value (2)
        ValueBeforetoAfterChange
        Damage 1
        HP Burn Damage %×4 variants0100+100
        Linked data 1
        DLC Completion SpEffect ID×4 variants0-1changed

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