Kunekune

Kunekune as it appears in Ritual of the Night.

## Resist

**Kunekune** is an enemy in *Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night*.

## Description

Kunekune somewhat resembles a Morte, but is made of a metallic silvery substance. It constantly flails its arms and body as it moves, and is deceptively fast.

## Finding Kunekune

Kunekune is a well hidden enemy that can only appear on the train that rides the Bridge of Evil. To make Kunekune appear, Miriam must sit down in the passenger car that is second from the far left of the area. After some time of the scenery rolling by, Miriam's eyes will start to close and open, time during which Kunekune will appear in the distance, coming closer each time Miriam's eyes close, before jump-scaring the player. Kunekune will then appear in the train car to Miriam's right and can be fought.

Kunekune cannot appear during the first trip on the train (as it is not possible to sit down), but can be fought as many times as the player likes afterward. It will only spawn once per train ride.

## Strategy

Kunekune is considered a mini-boss (it has over three times more health than Vepar) and can be pretty annoying to fight against. It is a good idea to bring as many Potions and Holy Water as possible if taking it on early in the game.

Kunekune has 100% resistance to the Curse and Stone status effects, and a 50% resistance to Poison. It is neutral to all other status effects and damage types.

Additionally to inflicting direct physical damage, Kunekune has a unique attack: looking directly at the creature's front side will cause Miriam to be cursed and receive a lot of damage.

There are many strategies to make it easier to kill: the primary one is to immediately run left and jump on the crates in the next train carriage, then kill the creature using an attack such as Heretical Grinder. Since the creature can only move by sliding along the ground, it will stop when it encounters the crates; this means that the Silver Knight's repeated stab attack will deal a fair amount of additional damage if it is summoned as Miriam's familiar. If coming from the right end of the train, the player should go into the carriage on the left before sitting down to kill the Assassin there, as otherwise he will greatly complicate fighting Kunekune. It is important to kill it fairly quickly, as the train sequence ends on a timer after a while. Later in the game, the player can use Shards like Invert or Standstill to render the creature easier to attack.

If it does not drop its Shard, the player can use the "Suspend" option and reload the save to try again, saving the hassle of having to get back to and on the train again.

## Gallery

Map location.The seat used to trigger the enemy encounter.Kunekune appearing in the distance.The "jump-scare".Kunekune in the carriage immediately after appearing.
## Trivia

* The *Kunekune* (くねくね?, lit. "Wriggling body") is an urban legend that first appeared on Japanese internet sites in 2003 (much like the Slender Man) and is considered as a "modern *yōkai*", a Japanese term for supernatural monsters. It is described as a wriggling scarecrow-like figure that appears in fields, causing anyone near it to go insane, with its touch causing instant death. Previously, the word "*Kunekune*" was used as a name for the foot soldiers in the 1990s Super Sentai series, Megaranger, which plays on the Kunekune's resemblance to a Morte.
* Kunekune's numerical designation of 044 relates to the fact that in Japanese, along with other languages related to Chinese, the word "four" sometimes shares a pronunciation with the word for "death" (both are pronounced *shi*). Japanese hospitals often do not have a fourth floor for this reason.