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Blood Sucking Freak

Defeated Hemovorous the Invincible.

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How to unlock the Blood Sucking Freak achievement in Borderlands 3 - Definitive Guide

JanSH4DOW

TrueAchievements

09 Apr 2021 16:18

The quest can be found and started on the Sanctuary III in Claptraps room.
After picking it up wait a second until the small box on the table opens up as it will gift you 500 Eridium for free. Next head to Darkthirst Dominion and simply follow the quest marker.

@evomat91 told us in the comments that
"If anyone is having trouble with this go into the invincible game with level 11 mayhem start the fight then turn the mayhem of. It says will reload achievement then unlocks".
-> As several people have confirmed it looks like it works on the second attempt. Please look in the comment section below to find out if the trick still works and share your experience. I will try to update the guide frequently.
-> I still recommend doing this the normal way with just killing him.

NOTE:
To fight against this Boss you will have to pay 500 Eridium - that means if you die you have to pay the 500E again in order for another try. You will face a huge door which only opens once you payed the price.
NOTE2: @SideKick Dan pointed out that after respawing the door was still open. He only had to repay after he left the level to grabed some different weapons and came back.

I suggest to disable any Mayhem/Chaos mode and play on normal difficulty.

After entering the arena you will have to kill a few mobs and Hemovorous the Invincible will mutate a few times before you will face his final form and the real fight begins.

The Boss himself got two health bars:
The first one is yellow (Corrosive will melt through Armor).
The second one is red (Incendiary damage tears through Flesh).

Regarding his attacks I suggest to not stand still and always keep moving while shooting.
You can dodge some of the attacks with moving/jumping over it.

Down below you can find a helpful video and I suggest you to watch it before fighting him by yourself.
I killed him solo in my first try and the achievement popped straight after he died but only two seconds later I died too and wasn't able to loot him

Video Credits: Griffins Gaming Guides

Good luck fellow Vault Hunters!

09 Apr 2021 16:18

49 Comments

Pretty sure I didn’t have to pay 500E each time I died. After respawing the door was still open. I only had to repay after I left the level to grab some different weapons and came back.

By SideKick Dan on 10 Apr 2021 05:26

Is this difficult solo?

By vSully on 10 Apr 2021 06:37

Works August 05, 2021. Shot at varkids for a few seconds before turning Mayhem off.

By motter on 05 Aug 2021 18:30

If you are just looking to get it done, normal with no mods is the way to go. If you do it on TVHM (I was level 10) vermivorous the invincible spawns too who is smaller and weaker but more to worry about. I think it took me 10 minutes or more to but them down with a decent speced Moze that handles everything else in the game with ease. I tried it on normal and it was more like 10 seconds as opposed to 10 minutes

By Calex dEUS on 10 Apr 2021 19:12

Right on. I’ll be trying it later tonight or tomorrow. I have one character, a siren, that is marginally geared well enough to play through the entire story and all the other achievements on normal difficulty. Or basic difficulty. I started playing the mystery missions and it took me a few minutes to even remember the controls and the basics of the game. I didn’t even remember what my action skill did :D

By vSully on 10 Apr 2021 19:24

If anyone is having trouble with this go into the invincible game with level 11 mayhem start the fight then turn the mayhem of. It says will reload achievement then unlocks

By evomat91 on 10 Apr 2021 19:40

@evomat91 Thanks for pointing this out. I will add it into to guide. Cheers :)

By JanSH4DOW on 10 Apr 2021 19:53

Np don’t know how long it will last before they patch it but saved me the hassle

By evomat91 on 10 Apr 2021 19:55

Yeah it's great for people who just want the achievement. I just added it. Thank you :)

By JanSH4DOW on 10 Apr 2021 19:57

I can confirm the Mayhem switch glitch. I first went into the battle area at Mayhem 10, turned it off, and no pop. Next I changed to 11 and went back into battle and turned off Mayhem and it popped the achievement. So the trick does appear tied to level 11 and not just Mayhem. Note that it does place you outside the door each time you change Mayhem so if you want to do battle you are required to repay 500 Eridium to re-enter after the Mayhem change.

By moonpoco on 10 Apr 2021 20:41

Didn't work for me. I turned on mayhem and cranked it to 11, paid the eridium to unlock the door, then followed the objective markers to an area with varkids. Once there, I turned off mayhem, prompting me to reload the area. I appeared outside the door and no achievement. What did I do wrong?

By vSully on 11 Apr 2021 02:44

Nevermind, I tried a second time, and fought the varkids for a while. It worked this time after turning mayhem off.

By vSully on 11 Apr 2021 02:54

I turned Mayhem to 11, opened the door, and fought the first 4-5 varkids. Turned it off and no achievement pop. Am I supposed to fight the raid boss itself for a bit before turning off Mayhem?

EDIT: Eh, never mind. Decided to leave it in normal and kill him the regular way :)

By BiggDope on 11 Apr 2021 17:54

I never saw the actual raid boss. Maybe you just have to do it two times? That's what seemed to work for me and for moonpoco.

By vSully on 11 Apr 2021 17:59

I was hesitant in it possibly not working a second time and losing so much eredium, so I killed him regularly just to be safe.

But 2x may be the trick!

By BiggDope on 11 Apr 2021 18:04

Just worked for me on my second attempt on mayhem 11

By Vito084 on 11 Apr 2021 21:33

Doesn’t sound like a reliable glitch. Just do it the normal way. Is not that bad on normal with mayhem off.

Forgot to add, just killing him regularly will pop the achievement first go.

By Its Uncle Kev on 12 Apr 2021 11:08

Mayhem 11 trick still works as on 25/04/2021. Tried it solo twice without success and third attempt was the mayhem 11 trick and popped instantly after applying mayhem off.

By Springbok NL on 25 Apr 2021 09:16

Mayhem 11 trick still works as of 4/29/21. Worked on second attempt.

By WeisGuy9 on 29 Apr 2021 23:06

If anyone needs help killing him on Mayhem 10 to get usable loot out of the boss, like Atlas Replay or Ionic Disruptor, you can MSG me directly on Xbox Live and I will help you out, as long as I have enough Eridium left which isn't guaranteed

I have farmed him for all he's worth already.

By Asturgis on 04 May 2021 14:54

I killed this boss on Normal on my own in less than a minute. Maybe the game has been patched. Super easy boss to kill

By A Monkey Priest on 22 May 2021 09:20

Works May 26, 2021. I played with the varkids for a minute before I turned off mayhem.

By Cr4ck Sh0t23 on 27 May 2021 03:39

You can also have it on Mayhem 11 and go to Sanctuary and it'll still unlock.

Side note did anyone get 2 Hemovorous the Invincibles during the last part or is that just a random bug that I got.

By LiquidHotMAGMA9 on 05 Jun 2021 01:32

August 17. Just did it. Trick still works.

By FTW1884MJ on 17 Aug 2021 13:20

Works on Aug 22

By B4LL15T1C xBRx on 22 Aug 2021 15:41

That was a shockingly easy boss fight. Zane with the falcon and digiclone special abilities. Powerful corrosive assault rifle and I blew through it in a few minutes.

By on 27 Aug 2021 19:55

Still works as of September 21

By Max Stat Cat on 21 Sep 2021 18:47

Can confirm still works as of 30th October 2021. Did it by mistake, had one failed attempt, lowered mayhem lvl which reloaded area and achievement popped straight away

By Froggalicious on 31 Oct 2021 06:39

If anyone’s struggling to kill any bosses hmu.

I will kill any raid boss(es) for anyone in BL1-3

By HoggyBear08 on 20 Mar 2022 13:21

I just finished the fight using the cheat method. 3/24/22

I triggered the fight while in Mayhem Mode (lvl 5), then after destroying the larva stage of the boss, I turned off Mayhem and the achievement popped.

By TempestasLux on 24 Mar 2022 21:49

Did it using the cheat method, 4/4/22. Just like TemptestasLux said - set Mayhem Level to 5, went in, died once before I got the Larva to become an adult, went in a 2nd time and got him to become an adult before I switched Mayhem off, and POP! Got the Achievement.

Would still like to kill this guy, but for now will leave it alone until I get some help.

By Robster80 on 04 Apr 2022 12:35

I tried the mayhem method today and works thats mentioned above.

By a 1WP VidMast3r on 15 Jun 2022 01:57

Can say as of 31/07/22, the method that @Robster80 listed still works perfectly. :)

By Lulbyte on 01 Aug 2022 03:22

Yep still works, you need to fight a little first 20 sec maybe

By Robotel Ro on 12 Oct 2022 17:51

Mayhem 11 turned off, normal died, mayhem 11 turned off achievement popped. Cost 1500 Eridium for 3 attempts. Many thanks from a solo only player.

By zOrgee on 04 Nov 2022 14:03

Thank god this boss is done for me but random question for those who have more time in this game, but are there any more bosses that require Erdium or this the only one?

By Spartan 343x on 19 Jan 2023 18:37

If anyone wants me to come drop this boss or any other mayhem or not drop me a message on xbox. Will kill any boss on BL1-3.

By HoggyBear08 on 28 Feb 2023 19:45

Still working. Mayhem level 11, died once. Went back in, got boss past larval stage, turned Mayhem off. Cheevo popped. Thank you!

By JD REV 813 on 04 Sep 2023 03:31

Still working as of 10/1/2023. Thanks!

By WeavingPlacebo7 on 01 Oct 2023 22:48

Can anyone help me on getting this chevo?
I die everytime the red bar reaches the half

By TrainHeartXIII on 05 Oct 2023 08:10

Turning mayhem level 11 off still working as of 12-15-23

By CaseyJones51 on 16 Dec 2023 01:58

I can confirm the Mayhem 11 glitch worked as of December 25th 2023. On my first attempt too, only 500 eridium used. Thanks. 👍

By sunkenvilla on 25 Dec 2023 15:07

Working as of Jan 13, 2024. Thank you for the solution. Up voted.

By neocringer on 13 Jan 2024 14:49

Mayhem 11 glitch still working as of 4th March 2024

By Lynchno92 on 04 Mar 2024 18:48

@Sidekick Dan: Ah okay thanks for pointing it out. I fully died directly after beating the boss so the door was locked for me and I wasn't able to loot him but the Achievement popped. I will edit it in the solution, thanks. :)

@vSully: I think it depends on your current equipment and playstile. I did it with my max lvl Beastmaster and was specced in a crit build. I did went down a few times but either my animal buddy revived me or I was able to kill some mob around the boss. It is medicore difficulty I think and as long as you always keep moving, kill some mobs and dodge the attacks of the boss it's definitly doable solo. :)

By JanSH4DOW on 10 Apr 2021 10:29

Interesting what vSully mentioned about fighting the varkids. During my initial attempt using mayhem 10 I did not start fighting - I paid 500 and dropped into objective area but the first couple seconds when the varkids spawned I turned off mayhem and got no pop. The second time when I entered with mayhem 11 - I did battle for 15 seconds, then turned it off and the achievement popped. So if you want to safely cheat this achievement before paying the 500 eridium - be at mayhem 11, battle for a little bit, then remove mayhem. Or I suspect anyone sticking with Borderlands 3 this long and buying this DLC - beating this boss will be relatively easy especially if you remove mayhem before entering :-)

By moonpoco on 11 Apr 2021 10:32

August 14th still works, first attempt shot at varkids then switched Mayhem 11 off popped while game was reloading

By DJ Traxion on 15 Aug 2021 03:21

Cheap route still works ... 1/25/22. I did it intentionally after failing one time. And the comment about the fight being "not too bad" ... not sure what was happening to me, but a when I just about had his first health bar down (the armor one), he would lay down a shit-storm of what looked like "varkid eggs" or something like that, but there was nothing I could kill (for a second wind) and it was a massive AOE thing ... I was getting hit with so much crud I couldn't even see what was happening.

Didn't feel bad about cheating this one at all.

By Trimbler on 26 Jan 2022 01:07

I found using the glitch unnecessary, I have a max lvl ( 72 ) character and it turns out the boss didn't keep up with its levels when I went at it in normal ( not mayhem ) mode. I think it was lvl 59 or something.

I'm probably barely average when it comes to skill in Borderlands and my character build is probably all over the place, but at a level difference that big, the boss was an absolute pushover.

So don't sweat it with this boss, assuming you have all the DLC so your max level is 72. Just play through everything else, get Guardian ranks after finishing the main story and tackle this when you feel like it. The loot isn't anything special of course since it's all underleveled but no need to glitch it out.

Same thing with The Seer with the "Mysteriouslier" questline. When I was a couple of levels below The Seer, I found my DPS was just not enough to reasonably fight it, but it stayed at level 59 ish as I was lvl 72 when I turned off Mayhem mode.

This honestly surprised me, I expected this and The Seer to keep leveling up with me. But no, they fall FAR behind you with the leveling. Just tackle this at lvl 72 and you can do it almost with you eyes closed.

By Kriostyx on 07 Mar 2024 23:54

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PeachPhoenix95

TrueTrophies

09 Apr 2021 16:36

Possibly work for people who can't beat the boss, on the PS4 version I was fighting the boss on Mayhem 10 and (as the fight was going poorly) turned off mayhem mode reloading the area. Upon respawning the trophy popped for me despite not having beaten the boss.

Worth a try if you're just looking for the trophy/achievement :)

09 Apr 2021 16:36

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Absolute legend for finding this out!

By Platinum_Dodo on 08 Apr 2022 14:12

Terminator

PlaystationTrophies

The mission "You. Will. Die (Over and Over)" won't become available until after you have finished the main storyline in the main game. To start this mission, speak to Claptrap in his quarters on-board Sanctuary III and he will give it to you but make sure you take the 500 bonus Eridium from the mini-locker on his desk so you don't have to farm for it. If you get stuck, please use the Boosting and Trading Threads to find someone to help you or to ask for new gear. Boosting Thread: LINK, Trading Thread: LINK

Boss details:

Hemovorous the Invincible: Fought during the mission "You. Will. Die (Over and Over)".

Hemovorous the Invincible has the following attacks:

Varkid Eggs
Ground Spikes (Twin and Triple variations)
Varkid Pupae
Burrowing
Elemental balls

Note: With Mayhem Mode off, this boss is a joke to kill but becomes a complete nightmare with it on.

There are multiple phases to this fight but the real "fun" doesn't start until Hemovorous evolves from her initial pod (a la Vermivorous the Invincible from Borderlands 2), into Hemovorous the Invincible. The evolution order goes as follows: Mysterious Looking Varkid Egg (shoot or Melee this to trigger the evolution cycle) => Hemovorous Larva => Hemovorous Adult => Hemovorous Badass (you will need a Corrosive weapon here) => Hemovorous Super Badass (you will need a ranged Corrosive weapon here) => Hemovorous the Invincible. Warning: If you have Mayhem Mode active during this fight, it's possible to also spawn Vermivorous the Invincible if you fail to eliminate all the Varkids before they evolve the requisite number of times. If you've fought him in BL2, then you know just how dangerous he can be so nip this problem in the bud before it happens.

Phase 1: Once Hemovorous the Invincible has spawned, immediately run as far away from her as possible so you have more leeway when she starts attacking you. Her Ground Spikes and Varkid Pupae will do massive damage if they hit you so do your best to stay out of their way if possible. She has tough armour so bring a Corrosive weapon with you. To do maximum damage, shoot her tail. All of her attacks are capable of reducing your health to virtually nothing so keep moving and make sure you have plenty of healing skills active. After destroying her first armour bar, she will take to the air and Phase 2 will commence.

Phase 2: This Phase is really tough because of all the Varkid Pupae and Elemental balls that Hemovorous the Invincible fires off. All you can do here is run around and try not to get hit too often whilst whittling away what's left of her armour.

Phase 3: Phase 3 is a repeat of Phase 1 but Hemovorous the Invincible will now be really angry and start using her attacks even more frequently. Now her armour's gone, switch to your best Fire weapon then let her have it but watch out for the Varkids that appear. Eventually she will die and the fight will be over, then the trophy will pop.

See here for a rough video Guide to this fight if you wish to do it with Mayhem Mode active (credit to Pugly):

Alternate Method:

Kapitein has found a way to get this trophy, without actually fighting Hemovorous: LINK