One Third of Umbilical Cord [Bloodborne Wiki] - Page 6

By Anonymous - Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:50 pm

- Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:50 pm #15959780

I'm guessing the name is hinting that it isn't "one third of" an umbilical, but that it's "a third umbilical," probably related to the concept of the third eye. The optic nerves could be thought of as a sort of umbilical, connecting our eyes to our brain, so perhaps a "third umbilical" would allow us to attach more eyes.

I noticed a while back that the Third Umbilical Cords look an awful lot like some hidden snail shells found in the caves below the Fishing Hamlet. Some of them feature an elongated "tail," and they appear to have holes or lumps all over them, similar to the eye-like growths on the Third Umbilical Cords. They're found just next to the elevator that descends from the Lighthouse Hut, one of them in the water, and another one lodged in the ceiling. Maybe I'm just seeing things, though...

Still, the shells of the Snail Women look remarkably similar to the fossils of a prehistoric gastropod called "Kosmoceros," albeit much, much larger, which is pretty neat.

#15954965

By Anonymous - Wed Jun 28, 2017 6:17 am

- Wed Jun 28, 2017 6:17 am #15954965

Silly question but for the sake of argument, Say I consume the cords as soon as I got them, would I still get the secret ending? You can get the cord from the Abandoned Workshop at any time but the rest can only been obtained after killing Rom.

#15955471

By Anonymous - Fri Jun 30, 2017 10:22 am

- Fri Jun 30, 2017 10:22 am #15955471

You may eat them whenever wherever you please.

#15969288

By Anonymous - Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:30 am

- Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:30 am #15969288

You also get one from killing Mergo Wet Nurse.

#15952709

By Anonymous - Sun Jun 18, 2017 6:14 pm

- Sun Jun 18, 2017 6:14 pm #15952709

What do I do if I kill the one in the clinic too early and I get the one in the chapel killed by the beast?

#15953385

By Anonymous - Wed Jun 21, 2017 10:59 am

- Wed Jun 21, 2017 10:59 am #15953385

You finish the game and get 3 in NG+ or you start a new game.

#16052665

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 24, 2018 6:45 am

- Tue Jul 24, 2018 6:45 am #16052665

That sucks so damn much.

#15841294

By Meowth79 - Fri Jul 08, 2016 7:45 pm

- Fri Jul 08, 2016 7:45 pm #15841294

This sounds dumb but whatever, im seriously asking this question:Has anyone tried eating all 4 cords? Does it kill you? Do you get the same (best) ending as eating only 3?

#15841295

By Anonymous - Wed Aug 17, 2016 12:34 pm

- Wed Aug 17, 2016 12:34 pm #15841295

Eating all the cords does nothing special you need to use ht minimum of 3 to unlock the secret ending and eating a forth does nothing but give you insight for eating the cord

#15909787

By Anonymous - Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:50 am

- Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:50 am #15909787

I ate all of them. Exact same thing happened. Nothing different except more insight. I wish I hadn't though, it would've been nice to keep one as a souvenir.

#15825748

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825748

I'm seeing four locations. I just killed Iosefka in the way that does NOT lead to getting one of the cords. Does that mean I could get the other three listed and still unlock the fight?

#15825749

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825749

There are 4 cords. So if you have Arianna in the Oedon chapel you should be ok. You should invite her there before the Rom boss. Also, note, that guy from forbidden forest will kill her(confirmed), so better kill that NPC on sight. Also nun from the prison before darbeast paarl can kill her too (unconfirmed).

#15825750

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825750

whatever you do, during your first encounter with her at the door dont hit the door a bunch of times or else she disappears and doesnt appear afterwards because she didnt for me.

#15825751

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825751

I consumed the first one I found mid game. Does that count at the end?

#15825752

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825752

There are only 3 pieces, but four ways to obtain them. Meaning if you screw up one of the steps then you have another chance to get the third piece.

#15825753

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825753

I had the old woman, the nun from the prison and Arianna in the Oedon chapel. Just defeated Rom and all three are still alive (though going mad, with Arianna holding her stomach). I sent the nun from the prison to Oedon Chapel very early on in the game, before the Moon changes. I alsy killed the the NPC in the Forbidden Forest.

#15825754

By Sharo - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825754

There's definitely four because I got one, and used one, after having fought the true last boss a couple of times. In other words, I had definitely used three when I got a fourth from Arianna's child.

#15825755

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825755

i can confirm there are actually 4 pieces

#15825735

By LiLJaYfromhtown - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825735

Got all 3 and klilled the Secret Final Boss. No 1 drops from the Nurse No 2 is in the Old Workshop in the Upper Cathedral No 3 Drops the NPC Woman in the Isefaks Clinic/Hospital

#15825736

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825736

okay so neither the door is open to go kill iosefka and arianna is not there at the cathedral so i can tell her to go to the oedon chapel so what do i do now? ive killed all the bosses and have two umbilical cords

#15825737

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825737

Guys should use them before i fight gherman or not

#15825738

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825738

Hello. I'm not sure how relevant this is but the in the original 1.0 version of the game and in the full press guide. the description of the abandoned workshop umbilical cord is different. In the guide is says "One of the heirlooms used to contact the Great Ones, originating in the Vilebloods. Long ago, in an encounter with the Great Ones, a contract was established, establishing the hunters and the Hunter's Dream." they also include the phrase "Every Great One has this precursor to the Umbilical Cord. Keep one to fend off foul spirits , or use to gain obtain great insight."Sorry if someone in the comments already pointed his out but I thought maybe this information should be in the article.

#15825739

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825739

Where the second place ? of the Arianna's baby who was supposed to kill him

#15825740

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825740

I think it's "third umbilical cord" in the same sense as "third eye", and that the "one third" nonsense comes from consuming three of them in the game (even though there are four possible).

#15825741

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825741

so basically i can't fight the real last boss because i killed the right NPC at the wrong time ... and didn't go back to the ***** a second time after i killed the area boss... wow thanks dark souls.

#15825742

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825742

Does it matter when you use the cords?, should I use the cords if I'm not even close to the boss yet? or do you have to use them like literally right BEFORE you fight him?

#15825743

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825743

fdsa

#15825744

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825744

***** i F up..i kill iosefka befor Rom. and didnt send arianna somewhere. now its "No respond" on her window. i find the way to broke save =/

#15825745

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825745

You can consume the 3 or 4 chords whenever you want. As long as you have consumed 3 of them before fighting the last boss. It allows you then to fight the (true last boss) and secret ending.

#15825746

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825746

Arianna

#15825747

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825747

U can get 3 even if the suspicious beggar kills the npcs in cathedral ward, and u never talked to iosefks. There is a back entrance to the sick room where u can get a third cord. There is a poison cave in the forbidden forest that can get you there.

#15825732

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825732

dose Iosefka drop the cord even if Arianna is not their. i waited to long and Arianna is no longer around. did i F up?

#15825733

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825733

Lol that quadra post. Go through the stairs leading down (next to the Chapel Dweller) and down the ladder in that book-filled room... She's chilling there with her "baby"

#15825734

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825734

Go back and down ladder bro She drops it

#16029893

By Anonymous - Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:32 pm

- Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:32 pm #16029893

too*

#15825726

By jakl201 - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825726

Just to clarify, topic really. So long as I 'consume' them before the final boss with gherman I get a secret boss?

With as few spoilers as possible, can someone give me specifics? Is it a good ending, a bad one...? If I read ahead I'll probably not even bother finishing the game.

#15825727

By jakl201 - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825727

...Although if this is based off of Lovecraft, most likely there will never be a happy ending.

#15825728

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825728

Without spoiling, I don't think you can rate te endings, but I'll try. So everybody here is aware of From way to tell story, there always is a cycle. Here, we hunt, we die, we awake, and repeat. When accepting Gerhman's offer

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. So basically this is the "end of cycle" endig that we could rate as happy ending. The second one, refusing the offer

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. To me this a bad ending. It is the "cycle continues" ending and as in other Souls game, it is pointless as a hunter will one day end the cycle in one way or another and you are forced to wait for that hunter to end your cycle

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. The "true ending"

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. To me this is a neutral ending, even though it feels not right and kinda sad. I just wanted to add that the doll has a HUGE importance in all 3 endings, which makes me think that there is more to discover behind this character. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong, this is just my humble opinion !

#15825729

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825729

There are three endings. When Gherman is waiting for you in the field of flowers, he will make you an offer. If you accept, you get one ending right away with no boss fight. If you refuse and have eaten less than 3 Umbilical Cords, you fight Gherman as a final boss and get another ending. If you refuse and have eaten at least 3 Umbilical Cords, you fight Gherman as a boss, and then you fight the secret TRUE final boss, and you get the third ending.

#15825730

By jakl201 - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825730

Would you rate those endings as kind of happy, sad, etc? I'm gonna assume the 'quitting' one would be a bad ending overall.

#15825731

By Morphine_OD - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825731

There is no good/bad/true endings. By the end of the game your hunter is a very powerful being, close to a Great One, and all such beings were able to make their dreams a reality. So when Gherman kills you, you just construct a reality based on a happy dream and live on there, dead for the dream of Moon Presence. If you decide to go bold on him and challenge him, without being enlightened by the three umbilical cords, you'll succumb to a Great One, and devoid of all blood echoes and insight, remain in it's reality. OR if you're really enlightened, killed a ton of Great Ones and their childs, you'll gather enough insight to challenge the final Great One, the one who has constructed this Hunter's Dream. After defeating him and absorbing his blood echoes and insight, you finally reach the level of a Great One yourself, rebearthing into one.

#15825721

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825721

On this wiki's article for NG+, it says that you should make sure to collect them all before starting a NG+. Does anyone know what they mean by this? Do they not respawn in a second/third/etc. playthrough?

#15825722

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825722

well yea I get that part, but I mean can't you just get them on your ng+? Why should you HAVE to get them on your first game?

#15825723

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825723

You can get them again after NG+, the New Game Plus page needs quite a bit of editing.

#15825724

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825724

idk if this is what the person who wrote that meant when they said it, but they were probably just trying to be helpful for people going for platinum and want all three endings on the same character. gehrman and MP are by no means pushovers, and the more NG+ you wait to fight them until the more it's gonna suck. do MP on NG, Gehrman on NG+, and take the easy way out on NG++. But yeah, you can get them each game if you want.

#15825725

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825725

If you don't collect them and kill The First Hunter (possible last boss), you will automatically start a NG+. If you collect and consume them before fighting him you'll be able to face the true final boss.

#15965661

By Anonymous - Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:19 pm

- Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:19 pm #15965661

you dont.
they come back like any other consumable.

#15825716

By Anonymous - Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am

- Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:48 am #15825716

Don't know if this is helpful but I started the fight with Gehrman before using the 3 cords, lost to him, then went and got them and used them and beat Gehrman and still got the secret boss to spawn. Apparently as long as you've done it before you beat him, it's ok.