How Many Caryll Runes Are In Bloodborne?

Bloodborne has special equipable items known as Caryll Runes that provide you with various stat or in-game boosts, which you’ll need to face Bloodborne’s challenging bosses. There are a total of 66 basic Runes – including the more advanced tiers of the same rune – and there are an additional six covenant runes that can only be acquired by completing certain quests. Below, you’ll find a list of all base runes and covenant runes along with information on how to obtain them all.

How To Use And Equip Caryll Runes In Bloodborne

Before you can use Caryll Runes in Bloodborne, you’re going to need to unlock them by obtaining the Rune Workshop Tool. The item can be found at Hemwick Charnel Lane in the room accessible directly after killing the Witch Of Hemwick boss. Once obtained, you’ll unlock the Memory Alter in the house at the Hunter’s Dream.

To equip a rune, all you need to do is visit the Hunter’s Dream, head inside the house to the Memory Alter, and then select which you want to use. It’s important to note that you can only equip three generic runes and one covenant rune at any given time, and they can only be swapped at the Hunter’s Dream.

You can stack multiple tiers of the same rune, which can be handy if you’re looking to acquire lots of Blood Echoes or farm for items.

Caryll Runes List

Rune	Effect	Location / How To Obtain
Anti-Clockwise Metamorphosis 1	+10% stamina boost	In the Forbidden Woods on a corpse
Anti-Clockwise Metamorphosis 2	+15% stamina boost	Talking with Patches the Spider in the Lecture Hall
Anti-Clockwise Metamorphosis 3	+20% stamina boost	In the Lower Ailing Loran Root Chalice
Arcane Lake 1	+5% arcane defence	In Yahar’gul the Unseen Village on a corpse
Arcane Lake 2	+7% arcane defence	In Byrgenwerth close to a Brainsucker
Arcane Lake 3	+10% arcane defence	In the Isz Root Chalice
Beast 1	+20 beasthood transformation	In the Healing Church Workshop after defeating the Werewolf enemy
Beast 2	+50 beasthood transformation	Obtained after killing the Lying Begger at any location
Beast 3	+100 beasthood transformation	In the Lower Ailing Loran Root Chalice
Blood Rapture 1	Visceral attacks restore +200 HP	Obtained after killing the Shadow of Yharnam
Blood Rapture 2	Visceral attacks restore +250 HP	In the Cursed and Defiled Root Chalice
Blood Rapture 3	Visceral attacks restore +300 HP	Obtained after killing the Bloody Crow of Cainhurst and completing Eileen the Crow’s main quest
Clawmark 1	+10% visceral attack damage	Obtained after killing a Hunter at the Hypogean Gaol Lamp in Yahar’gul the Unseen Village after killing Rom the Vacuous Spider
Clawmark 2	+20% visceral attack damage	Obtained after killing Gilbert in Central Yharnam after killing Rom the Vacuous Spider
Clawmark 3	+30% visceral attack damage	In the Lower Ailing Root Chalice
Clear Deep Sea 1	+100 slow poison resistance	In the Forbidden Woods
Clear Deep Sea 2	+200 slow poison resistance	In the Nightmare Frontier
Clear Deep Sea 3	+300 slow poison resistance	In the Lower Ailing Loran Root Chalice
Clockwise Metamorphosis 1	+5% HP boost	In the Forbidden Woods
Clockwise Metamorphosis 2	+10% HP boost	In the Nightmare Frontier
Clockwise Metamorphosis 3	+15% HP boost	In the Pthumeru Ihyll Root Chalice
Communion 1	+1 blood vials	Above Cathedral Ward after defeating the Blood-Starved Beast
Communion 2	+2 blood vials	In the Lecture Building
Communion 3	+3 blood vials	In Iosefka’s Clinic
Communion 4	+4 blood vials	Obtained after killing the Celestial Emissary
Communion 5	+5 blood vials	In the Pthumeru Ihyll Root Chalice
Deep Sea 1	+100 frenzy resistance	In the Lower Hintertomb Root Chalice
Deep Sea 2	+200 frenzy resistance	In the Forbidden Woods
Deep Sea 3	+300 frenzy resistance	In the Isz Root Chalice
Dissipating Lake 1	+5% bolt defence	In Forbidden Woods
Dissipating Lake 2	+7% bolt defence	In the Ailing Loran Root Chalice
Dissipating Lake 3	+10% bolt defence	In the Lower Ailing Loran Root Chalice
Eye 1	+50 item discovery from fallen enemies	In the Nightmare of Mensis on a corpse
Eye 2	+70 item discovery from fallen enemies	Obtained after killing Master Willem
Eye 3	+100 item discovery from fallen enemies	In the Isz Root Chalice
Fading Lake 1	+5% fire defence	In the Nightmare Frontier
Fading Lake 2	+7% fire defence	In the Ailing Loran Root Chalice
Fading Lake 3	+10% fire defence	In the Lower Ailing Loran Root Chalice
Formless Oedon 1	+1 quicksilver bullets	Obtained by sending Gascoigne’s daughter to Iosefka’s Clinic
Formless Oedon 2	+2 quicksilver bullets	In the Lower Pthumeru Root Chalice
Formless Oedon 3	+3 quicksilver bullets	Obtained after the Oedon Chapel Dweller has died
Formless Oedon 4	+4 quicksilver bullets	In a secret passage above Cathedral Ward, found by rolling off the elevator to the Healing Church Workshop
Formless Oedon 5	+5 Quicksilver Bullets	In the Pthumeru Ihyll Root Chalice
Great Deep Sea 1	+50 all resistance	In the Lower Hintertomb Root Chalice
Great Deep Sea 2	+100 all resistance	In the Nightmare Frontier
Great Deep Sea 3	+150 all resistance	In the Isz Root Chalice
Great Lake 1	+3% all damage defence	In the Lower Hintertomb Root Chalice
Great Lake 2	+3% all damage defence	In the Upper Cathedral Ward
Great Lake 3	+3% all damage defence	In the Isz Root Chalice
Heir 1	+20% more blood echoes from visceral attacks	Obtained after killing Henryk at the Tomb Of Oedon as part of Eileen the Crow’s main quest
Heir 2	+40% more blood echoes from visceral attacks	In Yahar’gul the Unseen Village
Heir 3	+60% more blood echoes from visceral attacks	In the Pthumeru Ihyll Root Chalice
Lake 1	+3% physical damage defence	In Hemwick Charnel Lane on a corpse
Lake 2	+3% physical damage defence	In the Cursed and Defiled Root Chalice
Lake 3	+3% physical damage defence	In the Pthumeru Ihyll Root Chalice
Moon 1	+10% more blood echoes from defeated enemies	In Yahar’gul the Unseen Village downstairs from the Hypogean Gaol Lamp
Moon 2	+20% more blood echoes from defeated enemies	In the Nightmare of Mensis, obtained during the Micolash boss fight and found at the bottom of the spiral staircase
Moon 3	+30% more blood echoes from defeated enemies	In the Nightmare of Mensis, obtained by standing in front of the Brain of Mensis and performing the Make Contact gesture
Oedeon Writhe 1	+1 quicksilver bullets from visceral attacks	Obtained after killing Adella the Nun at any location
Oedeon Writhe 2	+2 quicksilver bullets from visceral attacks	Obtained after killing Iosefka in Iosefka’s Clinic before killing Rom the Vacuous Spider
Oedeon Writhe 3	+3 quicksilver bullets from visceral attacks	In the Pthumeru Ihyll Root Chalice
Stunning Deep Sea 1	+100 rapid poison resistance	In the Lower Hintertomb Root Chalice
Stunning Deep Sea 2	+200 rapid poison resistance	In the Nightmare Frontier
Stunning Deep Sea 3	+300 rapid poison resistance	In the Lower Ailing Loran Root Chalice
Guidance 1 (DLC)	+10% rally potential	Obtained after killing the Carrion Crow at the Research Hall
Guidance 2 (DLC)	+20% rally potential	Obtained after killing Ludwig, The Holy Blade

Covenant Runes

Rune	Effect	Location / How To Obtain
Corruption	Health regenerates when close to death	Obtained by swearing allegiance to Annalise, the Vileblood Queen and joining the Cainhurst Vilebloods
Hunter	Increases stamina recovery speed	Obtained by completing Eileen the Crow’s main quest
Radiance	Increases HP recovery from all blood vials	Obtained from Alfred’s corpse after completing his main quest
Impurity Oath Rune (DLC)	Increases maximum HP by 2% when in co-op	Obtained by joining The League with Valtr
Beast’s Embrace Oath Rune (DLC)	Transforms Hunters into a beast creature	Obtained by defeating Laurence, The First Vicar
Milkweed Oath Rune (DLC)	Increases item discovery and transforms into a celestial creature	Obtained by completing Saint Adeline’s main quest

That’s it! That’s our guide to all Caryll Runes in Bloodborne. We hope this has helped, and while you’re here why not check our guides on the best runes in Bloodborne and all trick weapons?