r/tombprospectors • u/Existing-Ad4603 • 16h ago

Discussion I recently discovered that not only do Large Snake Balls have variants, so do Small ones. Has anybody encountered a Small Snake Ball with 3 heads in a chalice dungeon? I have met a Large one but not a small one.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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