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Icon	Name	No. Held	Stored	Availability	Opens	Special note
	Orphanage Key	- / 1	- / -	Brainsucker in Upper Cathedral Ward	Opens Orphanage front entrance	Key to the Orphanage, birthplace of the Choir

Orphanage Key ❘ 孤児院の鍵	Key Item

In-Game Description Key to the Orphanage, birthplace of the Choir. The Orphanage, shadowed by the Grand Cathedral, was a place of scholarship and experimentation, where young orphans became potent unseen thinkers for the Healing Church. The Choir, that would later split from the Healing Church, was a creation of the Orphanage. Note 1: The same in-game description in US & UK versions. ✓ Note 2: Original Japanese text on Original Japanese Item Index page. ✓ Opens Click for full resolution, © Bloodborne Collector’s Edition Guide by Future Press. Orphanage Key opens building's front entrance on the first floor, providing both a shortcut back outside and access to an outdoor staircase leading to the area's boss. In the middle of the balcony overlooking the Grand Hall there's a Brainsucker standing with its back to you in plain sight, but you need to be very careful when approaching it. On the opposite side of the balcony near the one-way door is a second Brainsucker, and it will immediately start using its magic attacks when it sees you. If you're careful and don't walk past the middle of the balcony, you can sneak up behind the first Brainsucker without getting hit, because all of the other Brainsucker's attacks will hit either the rail or the top of the stairs near it. When the first one has been killed, wait near the rail, and then try to time your approach between its attacks and kill it. Doing so gets you the Orphanage Key, required to unlock the door below. Before continuing, however, make sure you go through the large door in the middle of the balcony and retrieve the Make Contact Gesture from the poor soul out there. The first thing to do once you're out on the porch is to pull the switch and open the front gate, creating a quick path back to the Lamp. There are a couple of boss battles coming up, so if you have a large amount of Blood Echoes it's worth going back to the Hunter's Dream now and leveling up some before facing them. Continue up the stairs when you're ready, and as you start to cross the bridge at the top, a lone Small Celestial Emissary will come running across to attack you; its appearance is an omen of what's to come. Availability Dropped by (Main Story): Brainsucker, you will receive this key after killing one of the Brainsuckers behind a one-way door on the second floor of the Orphanage Notes Orphanage Key Skip: You can kill the brainsucker holding the key to Orphanage through the door, first one to your right when you enter the Orphanage, if you have a weapon with long reach: Threaded Cane or Beast Cutter. You will automatically receive the key when the brainsucker dies. Upon starting New Game+ all of the Key Items (except for Badges, Blood Gem Workshop Tool, Rune Workshop Tool, Short Ritual Root Chalice, Workshop Haze Extractor and Yharnam Stone) you acquired on your previous playthrough will be stripped away and you'll need to collect them again.

Merchants

Shop	Buy (Day)	(Evening)	(Night)	(Red Moon)	(NG+)	Sell	Requirement
Bath Messengers [Hunter's Dream]	-	-	-	-	-	-	None
Insight Bath Messengers [Hunter's Dream]	-	-	-	-	-	-	None
Chalice Bath Messengers [Chalice Dungeons Common]	-	-	-	-	-	-	None
Patches, the Spider [Chalice Dungeons Rare]	-	-	-	-	-	-	None