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Requiem Aeternam

Requiem Aeternam

Defeat the original bosses without consuming any bile flasks.

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How to unlock the Requiem Aeternam achievement in Blasphemous - Definitive Guide

Fairly straightforward. You have to beat all named bosses (the ones with health bars) without consuming a flask. Do not use a flask until you are out of the boss room. The game expects you to beat the boss and leave the room without using a flask (needs confirmation). I do not know if Perpetua counts as a boss for this achievement, I read on a youtube comment that she doesn't but I recommend killing her without using a flask anyways, just in case.

You are allowed to use Viridiana for this. Use her on the following boss fights (you can't use her for the last boss fight):

Tres Anguistas - very annoying because the spears are hard to dodge.

Exposito - his erratic movement makes this harder than the others.

Out Lady of the Charred Visage - bullets can be hard to dodge

The other bosses aren't that difficult in my opinion and the last few bosses can be killed after you get tons of upgrades. Make sure to use the right defensive rosary beads for the bosses. For example, Cristana does heavy magic damage. Equip all magic defense items and the frozen olive and you become a walking tank against her.
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22 Sep 2019 11:25

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I seem to have noticed a problem with flasks in the room -prior- to the boss fights.

I emptied my flasks at the Prie Dieu in the room before Charred Visage (in order to reap the benefits of the Token of Appreciation), and the achievement didn't update. I think it considered it the "boss zone" and didn't count.

This notion is bolstered by the fact that for Tres Angustias (having already come up with the above theory), I went one room backwards from the Prie Dieu and used all of my flasks, then fought and killed the boss. It updated then.

It's just a theory at this point, but I think it holds some water. Can anyone else provide some backup for this?
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By Fear Catalyst on 13 Jan 2021 06:50
Also just wanted to add that you can recover guilt fragments in boss fights to get health if you're struggling, it doesn't void the achievement.
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By UsedRobot on 02 Oct 2019 10:36
If you accidentally use a flask, die, then on the reattempt beat the boss without using a flask is the achievement voided or still obtainable?
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By SinFluxx on 02 Nov 2019 10:01
I'm still not 100% sure on the answer to my question... I started a new file anyway, and on that one accidentally hit the flask button again during a boss fight (I'm an idiot) so dashboarded instead as I was quite a bit further in. Carried on and got the achievement after Ecsribar so dashboarding definitely keeps you in the running.
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By SinFluxx on 09 Nov 2019 13:23
I’ve just found out that this achievement is NOT accumulative. You have to beat every boss without healing in one save file.

So don’t be like me kids don’t mess up on the first boss and beat the game assuming you can get the achievement instantly in your next play through. . .
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By ShadowLordXZ on 12 Jan 2020 02:56
Why isn't this achievement flagged as missable?
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By on 25 Mar 2020 22:50
Just did this on xbox, I can confirm the following:

Perpetua doesnt count, I lost to her without using a flask.

I used viridiana 3 times.

I used the miracle that heals you when you hit an enemy.

In the figth againts the brothers, I killed the brother without killing perpetua first.

Btw: Last boss counts as 2, so by the time you get to him, your achievement bar should be in 80%

Hope this helps
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By IK Crespo on 10 Apr 2020 16:27
Just beat every boss without ever using a flask I know I didn't and the achievement is sitting at 90% it was at 90% when I fought the final boss I don't know what happened but I'm pissed I don't feel like doing that again
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By Internal Decay on 25 Apr 2020 00:23
The only thing I can think of is I took IK Crespo advice and used the prayer that heals you when you hit an enemy on the final boss I wonder if that voided the achievement the prayer was completely worthless in the fight anyways
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By Internal Decay on 25 Apr 2020 00:26
I also got stuck at 90% and I killed every boss without a flask. Do you need to do the A Ending for this maybe?
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By ImiltheWinged on 20 Jul 2020 22:52
The Taranto to My Sister prayer and Drop of Coagulated Ink bead absolutely melts Exposito in case you want to use Viridiana elsewhere.
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By ZcoreCA on 10 Aug 2020 02:44
Stuck at 90% :/
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By Xtasian 0stix on 28 Aug 2020 10:15
Unlocked after my 3rd playthrough!
I think something went wrong in my 2nd run with the three witches, + also i used a flask with the 2 priests near Quirce ...

This time i beat all bosses with full Life and full flasks before the fights and achievement popped as i gave the last hit to the very last boss.
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By Xtasian 0stix on 29 Aug 2020 08:15
Stuck at 90% too.
I play 3 times and nothing. :/
Is not work in NG+ maybe?
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By Will de Kernow on 17 Oct 2020 02:50
I'm pretty certain Perpetua doesn't count towards the achievement. I beat her without a flask and the achievement progress didn't go up like with the others. Although it isn't that difficult of a fight so probably can easily pull it off regardless.
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By ThaDevilzHand on 29 Jan 2021 02:08
To add further confirmation on Perpetua not counting to this achievement, I used both of my flasks on her, yet the achievement popped upon the final blow to
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By ChiflaGoodluck on 16 Sep 2021 09:33
Can this be done on the boss rush mode after beating the game or does it have to be done during a normal playthrough?
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By ImakePoop247 on 24 Oct 2021 16:54
Also stuck at 90%. Starting fresh playthrough, will see what happens!
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By Crimson Drifter on 17 Jan 2022 21:41
okay, after starting a fresh playthrough it popped after finishing the final boss. Anyone stuck on this, you have to one shot it, no going back getting a boss you missed
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By Crimson Drifter on 19 Jan 2022 15:19
Going on Fervent Heart penitence can help greatly with this. While under this penitence, your Prayers can do OBSCENE damage with each hit, allowing them to tear apart enemies in a few casts. Especially when paired with the Smoking Heart of Incense (Sword Heart) and the Drop of Coagulated Ink (Rosary).

You can combine this with the following Rosary Beads for improving your Fervor: Crown of Gnawed Iron, Embers of a Broken Star, and the Bead of Blue Wax. If you've already completed the penitence, you can also add the Reliquary of the Fervent Heart for some passive recovery, which will operate during down time.

The best prayers to use in this case would be Debla of the Lights (vertical nuke that shreds most bosses) and Tiento to your Thorned Hairs (for times when you have difficulty dodging and can't hit the boss).
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By ObsidianDragoon on 04 Oct 2022 21:01
anyone know if dlc bosses count against you if you use a flask against them?

UPDATE: upon testing, DLC bosses do not count against this achievement, so use flasks there if you need them.
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By local bellboy on 20 Nov 2022 05:59
Just in case anyone is wondering, you can skip Esdras (The Brother) fight and it will count toward this achievement. So save yourself the trouble and skip this fight. Also, I believe this was mentioned in another comment, but (assuming you don't get it on the first try) after you defeat phase one of the final boss, your progress tracker goes up, so you can top up your health before entering phase two. I did not and would not test this without dying first in phase two. So, to be clear from your second attempt on, you can refill your health before finishing phase one to help with phase two.
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By local bellboy on 22 Nov 2022 22:20
after you defeat phase one of the final boss, your progress tracker goes up, so you can top up your health before entering phase two
Eh, Ecsribar is a joke; you shouldn’t need to heal at all.
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By ChiflaGoodluck on 24 Nov 2022 06:04
I'm not sure local bellboy is correct, I skipped Esdras as I had the item needed to setup the 3rd true ending, and I'm left at 90% for the achievement after the last boss/bosses(Both phases are needed, so do not heal on phase two). So either Esdras is needed, or Perpetua is needed as well. I healed during her "boss" fight.

Though looking at these comments more, I'm clearly not the only one who got stuck at 90%, but for me I'm feeling it's because I skipped the Esdras fight(I checked after literally every main game boss fight, and I got progress each time). Guess I'll see in NG+.

Edit: Yep, Esdras was indeed the boss I was missing. Beat him in NG+ without healing and this popped. So Esdras is indeed needed.
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By EarthboundX on 18 Mar 2023 04:45
I just beat Esdras without healing and my progress towards this achievement didn’t go up. What the heck?!?!

Edit: Never mind, it did go up. It just had a significant delay
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By Sniggleworth on 29 Jun 2023 19:47
Glitched on me, 100% did every boss with no bile flasks using sword heart.

I thought it was the bishop because weirdly that didn't pop until I started my NG+ run but still didn't unlock after beating him again
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By OG ShadowBoa on 15 Feb 2024 13:00
I can confirm that you can use a health flask in the same room AFTER you’ve beaten the boss. I’ve checked the achievement in the Xbox dash menu and it adds to the progress bar as soon as beat the boss (without drinking a potion).
And if you accidentally press the heal button just let the boss kill you and you can try again when you respawn, it’s way faster than dashboarding and it’ll let you pick up a Guilt Fragment that’ll give you back some Frevor and health (which doesn’t void the achievement).
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By ShadowLordXZ on 11 Jan 2020 21:44
Extra tip: if you're having trouble with second phase of final boss, after you've beaten first phase without flasks you can use them to top up before you beat him on future attempts so you'll have full health going into final fight.
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By Morbid237 on 01 Jan 2021 13:26
I did this on ng+, it's fairly easy. Debla of the Lights absolutely wrecks bosses so having that from the get go along with all beads and sword hearts was really helpful. Melts the final boss's face off when it's open and doesn't seem to cause his mask to close either.

Regardless of what mode you do this on, a good tip is if you die once during the fight don't pick up your guilt right away next try. It will heal you and give you fervor so start the fight and use up your fervor and take a few hits before you pick it up. Doesn't count against the achievement.

This can also be done across multiple playthroughs, I did the final boss's two forms (each count individually for this achievement) after 100% my ng file before ascending to ng+. Achievement unlocked after Crisanta in ng+.

As for Fear Catalyst's comment, this is not true. I did the same thing, emptying flasks in the room before fights to take advantage of token of appreciation and all bosses counted for me. Maybe it was a bug that was patched but no longer a problem.
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By Gamerjnb925 on 15 Apr 2021 21:47
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While it is not too difficult when you're an experienced player on your first playthrough, I would recommend doing this on NG+ simply because after unlocking all of the Rosery slots you can equip the right gear to make yourself invincible and save yourself from getting stressed (and raise your defenses significantly on the way to unlocking them all).

You can use Viridiana during boss fights to assist with the first few bosses if you really struggle (which will lead to the Dying Breath achievement) as it's free healing during the fights.

You will need to ensure that you have at least gotten the achievement for all Rosary Beads, and to avoid risking using a flask accidentally, have the Heart of the Holy Purge equipped.

Beads to equip;
  • Frozen Olive
  • Light of the Lady of the Lamp
  • Consecrated Amethyst
  • Ember of the Holy Cremation
  • Token of Appreciation
  • Quirce's Scorched Bead
  • Wicker Knot
  • Silver Grape
You will be safe to lose 90% of your health and proceed to take 0 damage from enemies and bosses. Consume all of your flasks to deal extra damage, equip the Heart of the Holy Purge if you don't want to risk accidentally using one, or if you trust yourself, equip the Heart of Saltpeter Blood to increase your attack further once you reach that 10% health remaining mark.
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28 Aug 2022 09:11

As no one has stated this in other guides. This can be done in ng+/true torment mode and I would recommend doing it this way. Your prayers, rosary beads, Mea Culpa hearts and relics all go to ng+ and makes some of the bosses trivial. However, you will have to find health, magic, and rosary knots again in ng+

The only issue is that you take more damage and deal less overall. This isn't as noticeable in the bosses as it is in the open world. It makes getting around a chore due to some enemies dealing a lot but not taking much. But donating 20k to the church in Alberto does help with the checkpoint traveling ,so make sure to do that first.

I also equipped the Heart of Holy Purge Mea Culpa Heart before each boss. This heart removes the flasks entirely so no worrying about hitting the button accidently. Also guilt pick ups are very helpful for healing ,getting magic back, and this does not void the achievement. Its almost worth going in there and dying just to have one in the arena. Finally the frozen grape bead is essential as it stretches the last 10% of your health so much, I lived a lot longer then I thought I would with this equipped

Here are some tips that I found helpful in the bosses:
Warden of the Silent Sorrow - This should be a quick fight with any prayer/combos you can pull off just watch out his attacks can one shot you now

Ten Piedad - slide thrusting, aerial combos combined with prayers and you can get him down fast

Tres Angustias - Viridiana is pretty essential to this fight so I would recommend using her here - Zarabanda of the Safe Haven prayer really comes in clutch as sometimes you can get to them but not land good hits and this will ensure all of them take some hits. I did a lot of slides and ground combos where I could. I would also recommend making trying to get an extra health upgrade, I think i got the one at the bottom of the desecrated cistern with the relic that lets you survive the falls

Our Lady of the Charred Visage - Zarabanda of the Safe Haven prayer will block projectiles and hit her with your jumps

Esdras -you have to learn the move set and block/parry alot get the lightning rosary beads to take less of the damage attacks. When his sister shows up be aggressive and end the fight fast, do not worry about her

Exposito -Debla of the Light prayer absolutely destroys this boss i think i had to do it 4 times and he was dead, just make sure not to get grabbed

Melquiades - make sure to kill the edge hands first and he likes to go off screen. I used Zarabanda to hit everything consitently, also the ranged attack is very helpful

Quirce -you have to learn the move set and block/parry, slide thrusting is your friend.

Crisanta- I saw in another guide say make sure you have all magic/status/defense beads on at this point and it helps alot. make sure you have all the upgrades and it shouldn't be too bad. Alot of parrying and you should be good. she has a move that she parries you but you can parry right back and then punish, used that a lot.

Escribar (Phase 1 of the final boss)- I would put the Thorned Symbol bead on as his touch damage is kinda bugged in this phase and you will get hit when he is invisible. I found having Tiento to your Thorned Hairs prayer on and when he does his fire ball attack using it then doing the 4 piece combo over and over on him once the shield goes down is really effective, only had to do it twice and the fight was over.

Last son of the Miracle (Phase 2 of the final boss) - Seemed intimidating till I switched to Debla of the lights prayer, once he opens up use the prayer 4-5 times and he should be within a few hits. once he gets to his last bar be aggressive and you should have it.
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21 Apr 2022 03:30

This achievement requires you to kill all 11 bosses without using bile flasks. You can have Viridiana assist you on 3 of the 5. Achievement progression will increase for each of the bosses successfully killed without flasks. After every boss, get in the habit of seeing that the counter is accurate or else dashboard and try again. The achievement requires the following bosses:

Warden of the Silent Sorrow
Ten Piedad
Tres Angustias
Our Lady of the Charred Visage
Esdras

Exposito
Melquiades
Quirce

Crisanta
Escribar (Phase 1 of the final boss)
Last son of the Miracle (Phase 2 of the final boss)

The final boss is counted as 2 unique bosses which I think is the source of confusion for the counter. Perpetva has a single attempt boss fight that does not count ( if you die, you can’t even fight her again, she simply despawns when you return).

Specific boss strategies are to taste and most players will probably find their own way of dealing with them but I personally found good blocking a mandatory skill for Esdras, Crisanta and Quirce especially. Collecting health, magic oil and Mea Culpa upgrades are a must. The Gemino quest also gives the Frozen olive rosary charm which I find extremely helpful.

For Viridiana, you can use her for 3 of the 5 being;
Ten Piedad
Tres Angustias
Our Lady of the Charred Visage
Exposito
Melquiades
I would recommend her for Tres Angustias, Our Lady and whichever you struggle with more between Exposito and Melquiades. I find once you get an easy positioning on Exposito and can hit both of his weak points, he’s not so bad. Melquiades is a longer fight and I used her here as I got sloppy near the end and tended to like to just tank through his magic and summoned hand attacks. Your choice.

Good Luck! I recommend learning the game through one playthrough first before attempting this. Learning the bosses and the world’s tools helps a lot.
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02 Feb 2022 23:24

The saving grace of this challenge is that using Viridiana's help doesn't negate the trophy! The other is most bosses are so relentless you don't have much time to heal anyway (Looking at you Tres Angustias)

Viridiana can be used on 4 bosses, but survives only 3. I recommend skipping using her on treeboi aka Ten Piedad, and instead use her final help on the Exhumed Bishop in the Mother of Mothers.

General tips:
1) Learn what moves can be dodge slid through, and when you can utilize the best move in the game, the Sacred Thrust and its upgraded forms. Many bosses will take an entire health bar of damage with one thrust, and many of them are wide open to it, such as Quirce after his fire dash, the faster version of which can be dodged through for lots of stabs.

2) The Kissers of Wounds questline doesnt count the two fights against anointed knights as major bosses, but best not to risk it, if it has a health bar at the bottom, don't use flasks.

3) Use your low health to your advantage, always equip the Heart of Saltpeter Blood (bottom left in the Convent of Our Lady of the Charred Visage), raising damage when you are close to death, as you will be a lot, as well as the rosary bead Frozen Olive from the Gemino questline.

4) This might go without saying but use as many elemental damage reducing beads as possible (using a guide if necessary), and suit up appropriately for each fight, as well as maxing out health, fervour, and the mea culpas strength whenever available, you need all the advantages you can get.

5) Don't give up champ.

If all else fails, watch a youtube video of someone completing a boss damageless and take notes!

I'm just gonna post this video because its probably the boss you're stuck on...we've all been there...

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17 Oct 2019 19:07

Missable

This may be the hardest trophy in the game, as you are not allowed to use your healing items (Bile Vessels) during boss fights. You are allowed to use sword hearts and prayers, though so make liberate use of them. Should you need help on a boss, please refer to the corresponding boss trophy, as I will link to videos which achieved this there.

Important Note:

If you are playing on another version of the game as the current one, be sure to not equip the Heart of the Holy Purge during any bossfight! The sword heart is glitched on older patches and may void this trophy. I tested this on the current patch and it seems to have fixed issue (as I had the sword heart equipped and still got the trophy) so be sure to patch the game!
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