Master Carpenter

Master Carpenter as he appears in Ritual of the Night.

## Resist

The **Master Carpenter** is an optional boss in *Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night*.

## Description

The Master Carpenter is visually a normally-sized human man. He wears a heavy dark brown work apron with a white shirt and gray hose underneath, the sleeves of his shirt are tied down by small brown belts. His hands are stained with blood. He has brown shoes with buckles, a loose blue cravat, a small eye shield resembling a welding mask, and wields a machete-sized chisel.

## Location

The Master Carpenter can be found inside the locked Carpenter's Room in the Oriental Sorcery Lab, at the top-left of the room directly above the area's fast travel point. The boss door can only be opened with the Carpenter's Key (which is found in the Dian Cécht Cathedral).

Like the other optional bosses, he respawns like a regular enemy if the player reenters his room.

## Strategy

The Master Carpenter's primary means of attack is throwing large chisels as projectiles; he can throw them either horizontally or diagonally. They deal significant damage and there is very little time to react to his throws. If the player is fast they can block them with Directed Shield, or they can stand behind or on top of the axle and have that block the projectiles.

As his description notes, he is also gifted at summoning demons; specifically, he can spawn Demon Lords to assist him in combat, with up to three present at the same time. Given the size of Demon Lords and their use of zoning attacks, it can be very difficult to avoid damage in such a small room if they are not dealt with quickly.

The cue for his summoning is when he stops moving and starts to construct an object. If he takes any damage during this animation, he will build an object that summons a Demon Lord. If he does not, he will instead have a slight chance to build a normal chest; this can be opened for a guaranteed Imbrued Bone, in addition to the Carpenter's own chance of dropping one on death. It is therefore a good idea not to use a combat familiar such as Bloodbringer or Silver Knight during this battle, as they are likely to attack the Master Carpenter during his building animation even if Miriam doesn't.

He has resistances to Dark and Stone, and a slight weakness against Light damage. Notably, he lacks immunity to the Poison and Curse status effects, which can be useful. Despite his optional status and lack of a boss medal, he has the same immunity to Standstill as a regular boss, although it will still stop his chisels.

The Master Carpenter's AI seems to have problems dealing with the Beast Guardian shard's effects. It is possible to block him up against his saw with this shard, whereupon very few of his chisels will connect and he will have trouble performing his other attacks. He also has trouble dealing with Invert and attacking him with a Greatsword from the ceiling directly above him is very effective.

## Trivia

* One of Lindsay's quests requires the player to kill six Demon Lords. While these can normally be found in the Glacial Tomb, the final area of the game, the Master Carpenter also summons them during his boss fight, providing an early way to complete the quest. However, he can only summon up to three Demon Lords per fight, so the player will have to fight him at least twice in order to complete the quest. Only the first fight is mandatory, though, and on following fights, the door to the boss room will remain open, allowing the player to leave right after completing the quest.
	+ Since Demon Lords give a very high amount of Experience, the Master Carpenter can also be exploited to quickly level up. Demon Lords are much easier to fight on the ceiling by using Invert; and as soon as the three of a fight have been defeated, the player can exit and reenter the room to repeat the process.