Bosses

Uriaș (Lycan ambush)

2 · The Village (1st visit) · Lycan Ambush · Luiza's House · East Old Town, the open area between the farmer's house, the stable and the water mill, with houses, rooftops and ladders.

Weak point The head (×2.6 from guns; the rest of the body ×2.0). Explosives do ×2.0 anywhere.

1. Before you leave, take the M1897 from the table in the middle of the farmer's house. At Standard's starting rank, one un-upgraded shell to the head (840 damage) kills a 700 HP Lycan.
2. Fight from the buildings: use them as chokepoints and climb onto the roofs by the ladders if you get surrounded. Shoot the flour sacks (the dust cloud hides you) and the red barrels when several Lycans bunch up.
3. Shoot each Lycan in the head before it strikes: it flinches, then lunges to grab you. Hold L at that moment and Ethan kicks it away.
4. If you only want to survive: wait until Uriaș appears, stop fighting and run down the path with the water channel between the buildings. That triggers the final cutscene: Ethan is grabbed from behind or hit by an arrow, and every Lycan withdraws.
5. If you are going for Timber (New Game+): hole up in the M1897 house, thin out the Lycans and, when Uriaș arrives, unload your strongest gun into his head (Game8 recommends the M1851 Wolfsbane and the GM 79).
6. Before you follow the old woman through the gate by the red barrel, pick up everything the Lycans dropped.

Reward: 35,000 Lei if you kill Uriaș (one source adds a Crystal Skull, unconfirmed) and the Timber challenge (20,000 CP). Surviving gives the story challenge Not Lycan This...; killing 30 Lycans during the ambush gives Unstoppable (20,000 CP).

Bela Dimitrescu

4 · Castle Dimitrescu · Castle Dimitrescu: a chase from the Holding Area (B1), then the fight in Back Storage (1F), a narrow room full of obstacles.

Weak point The cold: break the second window. Her whole body takes ×2.0 from handguns, rifles and magnums, but only ×1.6 from shotguns. Head shots make her stumble.

1. Break the second window the moment it starts (a shot or the Knife). Cold air floods the room. Breaking it does her no damage: it only makes her vulnerable. It also counts as window 1 of 19 for Hooligan.
2. Back away without running past her: even if you dodge, her sickle catches you as you pass.
3. LEMI to the head to save shells (it makes her stumble). Keep the M1897 for when she closes in: it breaks up her attacks.
4. Grab the room's ammo between swings (Handgun Ammo ×10 on the table and on the shelf of the south room, Shotgun Ammo ×3 in the corridor).
5. Keep shooting until she freezes and shatters.

Reward: Crystal Torso (5,000 Lei). All three daughters' Crystal Torsos are missable: the castle closes at the end of chapter 4.

Lady Dimitrescu

4 · Castle Dimitrescu · The Dungeon (B2) and, from the Mask of Sorrow on, the whole of Castle Dimitrescu.

Weak point None: she cannot be killed or stunned. Enough damage to the head only makes her stumble for a moment.

1. Dungeon (B2): after the hand cutscene you cannot use healing items until you get it back. Lead her around the obstacles, pull the lever and go through the slowly opening gate. You may have to loop her once more before it finishes opening.
2. Safe rooms: she does not enter the Merchant's Room (the Duke, typewriter) or the Atelier. If she corners you, duck into one and come back once she moves off.
3. Block (L) her claw sweeps if you can't dodge them and never let her get right on top of you: up close she impales you.
4. Circle pillars and furniture to gain distance. If a Moroaică gets in her way, she slaps it aside or kills it herself: use that to clear your path.
5. She also appears in the Opera Hall after the Iron Insignia Key: unlock the Opera Hall's 1F door for a second way out.

Reward: None: the real fight is Mutated Dimitrescu at the end of the chapter.

Cassandra Dimitrescu

4 · Castle Dimitrescu · The Armory (2F), a small room full of furniture that you reach through the Hall of Pleasure fireplace.

Weak point The cold behind a cracked wall. Same factors as Bela: ×2.0 from handguns, rifles and magnums; ×1.6 from shotguns.

1. If you have no Pipe Bomb, take the 2 Pipe Bombs from the Armory's north-west table.
2. In the far corner, push the cabinet (yellow tape) away from the wall: behind it is a crack with sunlight.
3. Throw a Pipe Bomb at the crack. Cold air pours in. The blast does her no damage.
4. Keep your distance (up close she claws and her flies block your view) and use the furniture to slow her down.
5. Shoot her in the head until she shatters. Ammo in the room: Handgun Ammo ×15 (Standard only) and Shotgun Ammo ×2 on the south-east barrels.

Reward: Crystal Torso (5,000 Lei). Afterwards take the Mounted Animal Skull from above the west fireplace to get out of the Hall of Pleasure.

Daniela Dimitrescu

4 · Castle Dimitrescu · The Library (2F): round, with pillars in the middle, bookshelves and a glass dome. Opened with the Iron Insignia Key from the Opera Hall's 2F.

Weak point The cold from the dome, which a lever opens. Same factors as Bela: ×2.0 from handguns, rifles and magnums; ×1.6 from shotguns.

1. Run straight to the pillars in the middle: one has a lever that opens the dome and lets the cold in for a while. Don't shoot the ceiling: the glass won't break.
2. With the dome open, shoot her from range. She runs and hides behind the bookshelves: don't close in even when she looks weak.
3. Circle the room and collect ammo: Handgun Ammo ×10 on the south bookshelf and ×10 on the north-west dresser, Shotgun Ammo ×3 on the north-east bookshelf.
4. When you hear the mechanism clink, the dome is closing: go back and pull the lever again.

Reward: Crystal Torso (5,000 Lei). Head west into the Hall of Joy for the Mask of Joy.

Mutated Dimitrescu

4 · Castle Dimitrescu · The Tower of Worship battlements (the roof), then the top of the tower. It starts when you take the Dagger of Death's Flowers from the coffin.

Weak point The human torso on the dragon's back (×2.0). The dragon body takes only ×1.2 (Knife ×0.8). Explosives do ×2.0 anywhere.

1. Take the battlement supplies before you spend any bullets.
2. Back away when she lunges, circle her and shoot the torso from behind with the handgun or shotgun. As she turns she does a damaging stomp: step away.
3. When she flies around the tower, shoot her body with the F2 Rifle. A good hit stuns her and she crashes onto the tower: unload the shotgun or a Pipe Bomb into the torso.
4. Insect swarm while she flies: get back into the doorway alcove you came out of. The insects can't reach you there.
5. When she says "More blood", you are moved to a stairwell higher up. Don't spend ammo: climb straight to the top.
6. Top of the tower: she flies around outside, then smashes in. Strafe to one side and shotgun the torso. When she faces you and turns red, stop firing and run to the other side: she is about to charge. Repeat until she falls.

Reward: Crystal Dimitrescu (25,000 Lei, automatic) and the That Sucked! challenge. Lady Killer (25,000 CP): beat her in under 2:30. Afterwards take the Dirty Flask from the crypt altar: the castle closes for good.

Baby

6 · House Beneviento · House Beneviento B1: the corridors of the Doll Workshop, Medicine Room, Study, Bedroom and Elevator Hall.

Weak point None. It is a hallucination: you have no weapons and it swallows you whole (instant death).

1. Encounter 1 (with the Breaker Box Key): it appears at the end of the Doll Workshop corridor. Wait behind the Doll Workshop table until it comes in, then go round the opposite side. Reach the breaker box by the elevator, use the key and take the Relief of a Child.
2. Crawl back through the gap. If you are too quick it may be waiting at the exit: wait a moment. Placing the relief in the door with the depression despawns it.
3. Encounter 2 (the Bedroom Fuse): the lights go out and it blocks the stairs. Run to the Bedroom and hide under the bed (or in a tall closet). When it passes, sprint. Bookshelves now block the crawl space: go the long way through the Medicine Room, where it despawns.
4. Encounter 3 (the elevator): put the Fuse in the elevator box and it comes round the corner at you. Lead it around the couches and the projector table in the Study, then run for the elevator, which opens by itself when you stand in front of it.
5. Press the button inside immediately. In the cutscene it just misses.

Reward: None: the elevator takes you up to the hide-and-seek with Angie (Donna Beneviento).

Donna Beneviento

6 · House Beneviento · House Beneviento, ground floor and upstairs, full of dolls (Living Dolls).

Weak point None: Donna never fights. You have to find Angie 3 times and stab her with the Scissors.

1. First time (always the same): upstairs, the side bedroom behind the door to the right of the upstairs windows.
2. Second and third (random, always on the ground floor): follow the blood smears on the walls.
3. Possible spots: the kitchen corner by the window; left of the couch in the living room; the dining room by the couches or in the back corner by the cabinet; the corner directly left of the entrance, by the blocked door; the far end of the hall in front of the elevator (PowerPyx: usually the third spot).
4. If she isn't in any of them, check the foyer.
5. After the third stab, Donna crumbles by the front door: take the Angie treasure before you leave.

Reward: Angie (28,000 Lei), on the floor next to Donna's remains: missable, you never return to the house. Also the piece for the Four-Winged Unborn Key and the Legs Flask on the pedestal by the front doors. The Got No Strings challenge; Hide and Seek Master (10,000 CP): finish the hide-and-seek in under 1:40.

Uriaș Drac (Beneviento's Grave)

7 · The Village (3rd visit) · Beneviento's Treasure · Beneviento's Grave (Beneviento Entry): the clearing with Claudia's grave and a pile of gravestones in the middle, with the entrance stairs behind you.

Weak point The back of the torso (×3.0 from guns) and the head (×2.4); the rest ×2.0. Explosives do ×2.0 anywhere. Game8: explosives and shotgun blasts.

1. Before it closes in, lay Mines on the path you will take around the central grave: it always walks over them.
2. Keep the gravestone pile between you and it and shoot from range (F2 Rifle to the head). If you are on the far side it leaps over; if you are just out of reach, it stays down.
3. When it crouches, move sideways: that is the leap. After each leap or sweep, shoot its head (or its back if it turns it to you).
4. Kill the Moroaică it summons: they keep harassing you even after the giant dies.
5. If it chases you, throw Pipe Bombs behind you.
6. Game8 cheese: back off far enough toward the entrance stairs and it stops chasing you. Its reach is long: don't get careless.

Reward: Giant Crystal Axe (30,000 Lei). Then place the Broken Slab in the grave: Berengario's Chalice (18,000).

Vârcolac (East Old Town)

8 · Moreau's Reservoir · East Old Town, once you go through the Altar's south gate with the Four-Winged Unborn Key. A cutscene throws Ethan into the East Old Town Stable.

Weak point The whole body: ×2.0 from almost everything, magnum ×2.6, M1851 Wolfsbane ×5.2, explosives ×2.4. Game8: shotgun, explosives and magnum.

1. Stay in the stable from the cutscene. Put Mines outside the door and outside the window on the parallel wall.
2. Climb the ladder to the roof, shoot it with the rifle or handgun to draw it, then climb back down: it can reach the roof too.
3. When it gets stuck in the door or window, it steps on the Mines. Blast its face with the shotgun from a step back: it still has reach.
4. Repeat until it falls. Its grab can be blocked (L) with no damage.

Reward: Crystal Beast (20,000 Lei).

Mutated Moreau

8 · Moreau's Reservoir · Moreau's Reservoir: first the flooded Drowned Houses traverse while he hunts you; the fight is in the drained Drowned Houses (he appears as you near the south-east corner).

Weak point The human Moreau in the mouth, from the front only: ×2.0 from rifles, ×1.6 from shotguns and magnums, ×1.2 from handguns. The fish shell takes ×0.6-1.0. Mines do ×3.0; other explosives ×2.0.

1. Open with the W870 TAC or the GM 79 on the mouth, from the front.
2. Acid spit: he rears back and shows the human "tongue". A GM 79 grenade interrupts it.
3. Charge and swipe: dodge sideways; the close swipe knocks you down.
4. Bloating: he swells up and ignores all damage, then sprays more acid when he reaches you. Run or break line of sight.
5. Shoot the red barrels when he is next to them and put Mines in his path (×3.0).
6. When he lies on his side, unload into the body from a distance: he swipes as he gets up.
7. Acid rain (he climbs a roof): get under a shelter marked with yellow cords and paint. The rain leaves goo barriers across the paths: shoot them to get through. He does it again later.

Reward: Crystal Moreau (40,000 Lei, automatic) and the Fish Out of Water challenge. Sashimi (25,000 CP): beat him in under 1:00. Afterwards, the Six-Winged Unborn Key in his Underground Study.

Vârcolac (Moreau's Laboratory)

9 · The Village (4th visit) · The River · Moreau's Laboratory, behind the Windmill Yard's mechanical gate that the Crank opens. It appears after you explore the West Building (where the M1851 Wolfsbane is).

Weak point Same as the East Old Town one: M1851 Wolfsbane ×5.2, magnum ×2.6, explosives ×2.4, the rest ×2.0.

1. Take the M1851 Wolfsbane from the West Building and load it before you step outside.
2. Get inside a building and let it get stuck in a door or window.
3. Put Mines at the openings, or use Pipe Bombs or Explosive Rounds.
4. Finish it with the M1851 Wolfsbane to the face: 1 to 3 shots according to Game8.

Reward: Crystal Beast (20,000 Lei).

Vârcolac Alfa

9 · The Village (4th visit) · The River · The Fallow Plot (the wheat field in front of Luiza's House), after you beat Moreau.

Weak point Like a Vârcolac: M1851 Wolfsbane ×5.2, explosives ×2.4, the rest ×2.0. Mines and the GM 79 knock it down.

1. Bring the M1851 Wolfsbane from Moreau's Laboratory before you come here.
2. The short path from the church to Luiza's House is blocked by a broken carriage. Plant Mines where that path meets the wheat.
3. Shoot it from range and keep the Mines between you: it charges in a straight line, trips them and falls.
4. GM 79 Explosive Rounds knock it down mid-lunge and reach it inside the wheat. Flashbangs also help.
5. While it is down, M1851 Wolfsbane to the face.

Reward: Crystal Ancient Beast (80,000 Lei, the most valuable single pickup in the game) and the Leader of the Pack challenge (10,000 CP).

Uriaș Drac (Otto's Mill)

10 · The Stronghold · Otto's Mill · Otto's Mill Processing Room (the sawmill, Stronghold Entry): the giant is in the south-east corner of 1F, butchering meat as you walk in. Explosive barrels sit by the south stairs (1F) and on the north-west platform (2F).

Weak point Same as the Beneviento's Grave one: back of the torso ×3.0, head ×2.4, the rest ×2.0; explosives ×2.0 anywhere.

1. Open with a magnum or rifle shot to the head while it is still working.
2. Keep obstacles between you. Put Mines on narrow walkways and at corners, and throw Pipe Bombs behind you as you turn.
3. Shoot the red barrels with the handgun when it passes them.
4. Kill the Samcă quickly with the shotgun (1-2 shots each): they are too agile to ignore. Stunning it mid-roar cancels the summon.
5. Keep it staggering with the M1851 Wolfsbane, Flashbangs or an upgraded rifle.

Reward: Giant Crystal Axe (30,000 Lei). Behind the red door, the Cannibal's Plunder chest (Father Nichola's Angel, 22,000).

Uriaș (the Stronghold)

10 · The Stronghold · Otto's Mill · The Large Cavern (Stronghold B1): a U-shaped cavern with stone pillars and a raised central plateau.

Weak point Game8 says "none"; the game data gives head ×2.6 (Knife ×1.73) and the rest ×2.0. Explosives ×2.0. GM 79 grenades and Flashbangs stun him.

1. Before he jumps down, lay Mines and open with rifle or magnum shots to the face.
2. When he crouches, run in a straight line away from the leap. When he lands, M1851 Wolfsbane or GM 79 to the face.
3. Keep your distance (one hit puts you in the red) and use the pillars against his swings.
4. If he tears out a pillar, hide behind another or go to the other end of the U.
5. When he climbs up to roar, kill the Lycans fast: a GM 79 grenade or a Pipe Bomb hits them and him at once.
6. After enough damage he kneels for a moment (rarely): unload everything.

Reward: Crystal Hammer (35,000 Lei) and the Up Urs! challenge.

Sturm

11 · Heisenberg's Factory · Two chases (B1 and B3 Maintenance Passage) and the fight in the Maze (Heisenberg's Factory B1), behind the Heisenberg's Key door, which is one-way.

Weak point The red reactor on its back (×2.0). Arms, torso and legs take only ×0.6. Bullets on the propeller do nothing. Explosives ×2.0 anywhere.

1. Let it smash the walls early on to make room.
2. Stand with your back to an unbreakable wall, sidestep the charge and it lodges in the wall.
3. Run round it and shoot the red reactor on its back with your best gun.
4. Put Mines on its charge path: they stun it. A Flashbang stuns it and makes it walk into a wall.
5. Burning phase: bait the flamethrower beside a side wall so the fire doesn't end up in the middle. The jet tracks you only until it ignites, then stays put: go round it and hit the reactor.
6. Wait for the third charge in a row (aimed at you), dodge it and punish.

Reward: Complex Mechanical Heart (45,000 Lei). Afterwards, File #40 and the Cigar (3,000) in the Cargo Control Room.

Mutated Heisenberg

11 · Heisenberg's Factory · The Back Yard (Factory Entry), aboard **Heisenberg's Self-propelled Artillery**; the second phase on foot.

Weak point Phase 1: the glowing red weak points, one on each arm and one at his base. Phase 2: the face (×2.0 from every gun) and the weak spot at the base of the third arm.

1. Machine-gun the red points on his arms and base; Game8 suggests taking the arms off first. Breaking one stuns him briefly.
2. When he charges or winds up a strike, hit him with the cannon: it staggers and interrupts him. While the cannon reloads, drive sideways and block.
3. Wall of metal sheets: he raises it, then fires the sheets at you. Break it off with damage to his visible head or a cannon shot to the face. Sheets that stick in the ground become cover. Shoot down the drills he fires too.
4. Scrap tower: move sideways; the arena is huge. At the end he forms a tornado that pulls the vehicle in: cannon to the head as soon as it is ready. Ethan is thrown out (cutscene).
5. On foot: grab the ammo behind the sheets, run far, turn and F2 Rifle to the face (a few shots). The M1851 Wolfsbane to the face works too; GM 79 grenades interrupt his blade attacks and the shotgun punishes his misses up close.
6. When a third arm forms above him, shoot the weak spot at its base. You can't use Mines here; Pipe Bombs work. It ends in a cutscene: Ethan finishes him with the cannon.

Reward: Crystal Heisenberg (70,000 Lei, automatic) and the Iron Giant Down challenge. Blitzkrieg (15,000 CP): beat him in under 4:00.

Uriaș Străjer

12 · Chris: the village and the caverns · Ceremony Site · Chris's mission: the caverns below the village, reached through the hole the artillery blows in the mould construct at the Maiden of War. Much smaller than Uriaș's arena.

Weak point The tentacles on his back (the parasite, ×2.0 from the USM-AI and Dragoon); the face and shoulders are armoured (the rest of the body ×0.8). The Target Locator does almost all the damage. Flash Grenades stun him.

1. Collect all the healing and ammo in the cavern before you close in.
2. Don't waste ammo on his front: it is armoured.
3. When the radio says the artillery is ready, mark him with the Target Locator right after one of his big attacks. Hold the laser until the gauge fills: getting hit resets it. Lobo needs about a minute to reload.
4. Between strikes, circle behind him and shoot the tentacles on his back with the Dragoon or the USM-AI: every hit there saves you artillery strikes.
5. Throw Flash Grenades to stun him and block the slam if you can't dodge it. When he charges the leap, run around the edge of the arena.
6. PowerPyx trick: stay close to his left knee (your right), where the mace often misses, and keep firing.

Reward: Giant Crystal Mace (60,000 Lei). Sell it as Ethan at the last Duke visit. The wall behind him opens.

Mother Miranda (Ceremony Site)

12 · Chris: the village and the caverns · Ceremony Site · The Ceremony Site, at the end of the Lone Road. Touching the wall of black roots starts the fight.

Weak point No special weak point: head, arms, torso and legs share one factor (Knife ×4.0, F2 Rifle ×1.6, handgun ×1.4, shotgun ×1.0, magnum only ×0.8). Avoid the wings and spider legs (×0.16-0.32). Explosives ×2.0 anywhere.

1. Base form: she glides at you with mould-spike stabs and raises giant spikes from the ground at range. When she sweeps her arms (mould waves), sidestep.
2. Black pillars and central orb: hide behind a pillar while the orb sprays fireballs. She is invulnerable during it.
3. Winged form: a flying charge (run sideways and shoot as she recovers). She summons 1 large or 3 small orbs that turn yellow and fire: shoot them first, or hide behind the roots. A charged giant orb has to be shot down.
4. Spider form: long-reach leg stabs. She climbs the statue or ledge and leaps onto you: run, or block if you can't make it.
5. Darkness: only the candles stay lit and she flanks you. Listen for her laugh and hit her when she appears; a Flashbang round cancels it early. A well-timed shotgun blast, or a Mine or Pipe Bomb as she comes in, also works.
6. Ending: she pins you with mould and summons a big orb above her. Shoot the orb and keep shooting her.

Reward: The end of the story. Keep the completed save: New Game+ loads from it.

Executioner

SoR1 · Castle Dimitrescu · The three masks · Castle Dimitrescu in Shadows of Rose: it stalks the castle, and the fight is in the Execution Yard, after you take the (fake) Purifying Crystal.

Weak point An orange core that moves each phase: the chest, the right leg and the back. The shotgun is strongest.

1. Phase 1 (eastern square), core on the chest: two attacks, an overhead mace slam and a hand-out grab. Run and punish the whiff, or stun it with your power and shoot. If it grabs you, spend a power slot to break free. Grab the wall items between attacks.
2. Phase 2 (SW passage), core on the right leg: mould floods most of the arena; run to the bars. 2 Face Eaters come out: Pipe Bomb or shotgun. It now sprints with wild, fast sweeping swings: shoot the leg when it tires after a combo. Break the core at the end of the tunnel or it will corner you.
3. Between phases: more bars open and 2 more Face Eaters come out. Behind them "Michael" hands you RW-Variant Flask 3 (fourth slot and a refill), plus a First Aid Med and ammo.
4. Phase 3, core on the back: it sinks into the mould and erupts under you: keep moving when it vanishes; it is stuck after the swing. If it holds the mace upside down and charges, shoot it while it charges and get into a corridor before it covers the arena in mould.
5. Stun it and shotgun the back at close range: about 3 stuns finish it.

Reward: You move on to the House Beneviento stratum. The castle cannot be revisited.

Eveline

SoR2 · House Beneviento · The Winters' memory · House Beneviento (Shadows of Rose), the 1F foyer and the stairs up. Prepare in the Living Room: typewriter, First Aid Med and **RW-Variant Flask 4** (fifth slot and a refill).

Weak point Only Rose's power damages her; guns are useless. Rose has to be standing to use it.

1. Hide behind furniture until the burst ends and she looks slumped.
2. Stand up and hit her with your power.
3. Follow her blue glow: first she shows up near the entrance of the room you came from, then in the corridor right of the front door (hide behind the cabinet).
4. When mould covers the floor, stand in the middle, between the two fallen pieces of cover.
5. Stairs: she teleports upstairs and 2 sclerotia appear that block the way. Follow the red veins: one left of the stairs and one on the upper floor, further left. Break them and sprint up to the cover at the top.
6. Upstairs she attacks more often: wait out the last burst of three, hit her once more and "Michael" (Ethan) lands the final blow.

Reward: You move on to the Deep Stratum.

Mother Miranda (Memories' Edge)

SoR3 · Deep Stratum · Memories' Edge · Memories' Edge, at the end of the Deep Stratum. Last safe room before it: the Pit Laboratory (typewriter, 42 handgun rounds, 19 shells, a First Aid Med and a Bunch of White Sage).

Weak point Your power stuns her; then the M1897 point-blank. Guns barely hurt her while she flies.

1. Absorb her projectiles (a mould trail that glows and rushes you) just before they hit to fill 3 slots. Later she throws several in a row.
2. Dodge sideways from her spinning dive and the close wing spin. The best moment to stun her is right after the spin.
3. Use the Megamycete attack up close and unload the M1897 while she is stunned. Don't waste bullets or power while she flies.
4. Darkness: she swims under the ground, fakes, then lunges with her arms spread: dodge the real lunge. She also bursts from under you (black mould appears first).
5. Mould tornado spitting projectiles in every direction: keep moving between the shots and dodge.
6. Ending: in a red-sky arena she fires projectiles you can't stop and Rose falls regardless (heal first if you can). Ethan lends her his power: approach, follow the prompt and use your power to finish her.

Reward: The end of Shadows of Rose.