Berserk and the Band of the Hawk The Black Swordsman Arc Route

Here are the notes for this arc. Obviously this is a musou game so the strats are pretty linear in what you have to do. I just typed these notes in case I forget something along the way. I also will be updating the strats if I ever find new ones. I'll post the other arcs when I get to typing them. This arc was only 4 levels so I figured I could do it real quick.

Things to note:

-To start off, just switch the difficulty to easy. 
-Guts Death Blow takes forever to get through it’s animation. So try not to use it as much as it will obviously waste time
-Make sure you toggle the map to make it smaller. It helps you navigate the levels easier
-For Equipped Items I use:
Spirit Tree Leaf-Great Tree Leaf-Herbs-Duraga’s Medicine
Make sure you are using these as they are important to beating the bosses fast

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The Black Swordsman

-Run up a little and eventually strong accursed spirits will appear, usually behind you. Defeat them
-Then literally run around till the timer ends or kill things if you're bored or something idk. You can't do anything else so yea. DON'T USE YOUR DEATH BLOW IT WILL STOP THE TIMER


The Brand’s Guidance

-To beat the thug faster, just use two X-X-Y (X being normal attack, Y being charge attack) It will one shot the thug and hopefully one shot the other thug. Stand on the right gate and stay there until the cutscene triggers
-Do the same combo to the next thugs
-Run along the bottom path to the green cross. MAKE SURE YOUR ICON ON THE MAP TOUCHES THE GREEN CROSS. Sometimes the cutscene won’t trigger unless you do. Destroy the two obstacles blocking the square here. Kill every single thug leader you see. It makes completing the next objective easier as you have to beat them anyways.
-Do the same combos on these thugs, run to the thugs on top and kill them. Take the top path again back to the square until the Lord of Thieves activates his cutscene. TRY TO GET YOUR DEATHBLOW AND FRENZY GAUGE READY BY KILLING A FEW ENEMIES
-The second the cutscene just skip it (Start-Left-A)

LORD OF THIEVES FIGHT:
-This guy is super annoying. All he does is stun you/trap you in corners. Sometimes you can’t even damage him for some reason. Thankfully Guts just destroys this thing so we don’t have to deal with that. His death blow does so much damage to him that it one shots him every time. 
-If you followed my notes above, go into frenzy mode and use a deathblow
-Trigger the cutscene, then use a spirit tree leaf to get back up to full and death blow again
-Then use a great tree leaf and one Herb and beat the L.O.T up a little bit to build up your frenzy and use it again.

If done in this order, you should three shot the L.O.T and quickly end this level. Doing these will make this fight go smoothly. Now if you think that slashing is faster well you’re right...by 6-8 seconds. The reason I don’t do it however is as I mentioned before, the L.O.T likes to stun the hell out of you. Going for the death blow strats makes the fight consistent and safe. You can do the risky strats if you want and that's to slash away at the L.O.T which would save you those 6-8 seconds, depending on how fast you do it.
-Skip this cutscene

Marked For Sacrifice
-This is another easy one, just go around killing things.
-Go to the top left of the map. You have to complete an objective their first before you kill things
-At the end when you kill all the spirits, run to the bottom left of your map. The last enemy will spawn there.
-As for what strats I follow, I just hang around the top of the map and I am constantly making my map smaller to find the big groups of spirits. Death Blow is slower so it’s not recommended.


Those Who Have Transcended
-This first section is simple. Look at your map and run to where you see the enemy's. 
-Go to the right and defeat the guard officer there and immediately run down
-However when you run down, run to the right side of your map. The next officer will spawn there so it makes it faster to get to him. After your done, just run south. Don’t worry about the extra officers that spawn here. SAVE YOUR FRENZY GAUGE FOR THIS NEXT PART
-Use your frenzy gauge here and kill everyone. Make sure you kill every last soldier or the cutscene won’t trigger for the next part. Usually after a death blow the cutscene triggers anyways. 
-Just run past this guy to the next section. Here you have to kill 300 of these spirits. What I do is run along the bottom of the map, usually helps with killing everything. Once the bosses appear, lead them all to the top right part of your map. ENTER FRENZY MODE AND USE YOUR DEATH BLOW. THIS WILL ONE SHOT THEM ALL AT ONCE. REFILL YOUR DEATHBLOW GAUGE BEFORE YOU GO TO THE NEXT SECTION
-Follow the path and run up to the green X and kill the guard officer here. 
-Run north and into the big room. Run up to the stairs and kill the guard officer here. 
-Then stay on the left side and kill the guard officers here, then run to the opposite side and kill the ones here. Sometimes other guard officers come in from the past section, just pay action to your map and your fine.Then run south and wait until the cutscene ends. Skip this cutscene. DON'T USE YOUR FRENZY MODE OR DEATH BLOW. WE ARE GOING TO DO THE SAME STRAT FROM L.O.T on The Count.

The Count Fight:
-Literally the same strat as the L.O.T so i’ll repost it.
-If you followed my notes above, go into frenzy mode and use a deathblow
-Trigger the cutscene, then use a spirit tree leaf to get back up to full and death blow again
-Then use a great tree leaf and one Herb and beat the Count up a little bit to build up your frenzy and use it again.

Fix for the RT button xbox one controller

The game doesn't let you use the right trigger for some reason, which would block you from transforming. The solution to work around this issue is getting Joytokey (other remap app might work I didn't test), you create a profile and look for button 12 (this is RT) you double click on it and give it the P key which will send the game the input of transformation.

Japanese Wiki and Translation

There's a lot of good info on this that I'd wish I'd come across earlier, but not much that we don't already know at this point.

Figured I'd link it and the Translations here, and highlight some important stuff.  Note the automated translation is a bit rough in places.

#Link to main Wiki

**Original Wiki: http://gamesp.net/berserk-musou/**

**Translated version: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=2&hl=en&prev=search&pto=aue&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ja&sp=nmt4&u=http://gamesp.net/berserk-musou/&usg=ALkJrhg1VBeDU422buP_IijICW8DRCzkiw**

#Slow Burn and Resurgence Info

Slow Burn and Resurgence Tests on the Japanese version:
https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=2&hl=en&prev=search&pto=aue&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ja&sp=nmt4&u=http://gamesp.net/berserk-musou/etc/kyouran-kaifuku.html&usg=ALkJrhg8ZiblqPk9qw1PAcLx2maIBYmbyg

This confirms some testing I did here on Slow Burn and Resurgence:
https://youtu.be/lR-SOz5CIJA

Slow Burn 0x: 24s Drain Time

Slow Burn 1x: 27s Drain Time
Resurgence 1x: 1:09m Charge Time

Slow Burn 2x: 30s Drain Time
Resurgence 2x: 34s Charge Time

Slow Burn 3x: 34s Drain Time
Resurgence 3x: 23s Charge Time

Slow Burn is a strictly linear 3.5s, but Resurgence dramatically decreases after the second stack.  Still kinda worth it, at least for Resurgence, and probably worth it to have 2 stacks of Slow Burn.

#Tips, Tricks, and Bugs
Here's the section with tips and bugs:
https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=2&hl=en&prev=search&pto=aue&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ja&sp=nmt4&u=http://gamesp.net/berserk-musou/etc/koneta-to-urawaza.html&usg=ALkJrhiYq7bH9zl5BzHsnZMtrm_ljmY9bg#kiba

Mostly attack cancel strats, Schierke Horse Girl strats, and some minor hidden things.

Small stories, tricks, bugs
attack cancel
You can cancel the attack by inserting an X step at the moment you perform an action such as a charge attack with the △ button.
By canceling, you can reduce the gap that can be created during the stiffening time after the action.
In addition, there is a feature that the combo continues during this time.
Difficulty "HELL"
Is it unlocked by clearing all story modes? ?
Expected to be a "super difficult" mode in the Musou series.
In that case, clearing story mode is often set as a release condition in many past Musou series.
Postscript: A pattern that can be selected when entering from the story mode selection screen from the beginning
Check the following 4 levels of difficulty

EASY
NORMAL
HARD: Mission content becomes more difficult and changes (missions increase or change)
HELL: Mission content becomes more difficult and changes (〃)
"Kuri pack" of loading time
Kuri packs displayed during load times.
At this time, individual actions are assigned to each of the △□× characters, such as
poking the characters "Now loading" with a cane, hitting them, and shrinking the pack.
△・・・Punch with a swing (Charge)
□・・・Poking (Attack)
×・・・The pack shrinks (step)
hidden element

Keep attacking and press the ○ button to use a special move!
By attacking 7 times, the special kill will accumulate.
At this time, even if you enter a step with x, the combo will continue lol

betty catch
By collecting 36 Behelits of each color, you will be able to view one famous scene.
Appreciate the famous scenes that can be viewed from "Title Screen" → "Gallery" → "Completion".
If you select a completed name scene, you can play a mini game called "Betchy Catch".
By moving the puck left and right and catching the Behelit falling from above, you can get 1 point.
When the head of the pack comes into contact with the burr chestnut, it ends once.
It seems that you can do it endlessly unless you select ○ to move to the next screen.
If you select the next circle and move to the next screen, you can appreciate the "famous scene" reproduced in 3D.
Also, getting one Behelit (1 point) in Betchi catch is a condition for acquiring the trophy "Elf Dimensional Disciple".
charge with horse
When operating a horse, press and hold △ Charge while running to charge .
Increased speed and attack power
Earn Money + Earn EXP + Earn Accessories
The black swordsman in the middle of the story mode " Sacrifice "
Keep hunting mobs and mid-bosses on a map with no bosses.
It can be cleared in less than 4 minutes , so it may be good for earning experience points and money .
Difficulty Normal
Money: about 26600
EXP: about 21600
Drop; Accessory x7, Stone x3

Drop example: Band of the Hawk Banner, Master's Bracelet, Shield Ring, Red Bracelet, Silver Bracelet, Red Stone, White Stone, Blue Stone x2
■Efficient money making (Information provided by Shin-san)

In the druid capture battle, if you set the difficulty to easy, bring
2 dice and an attack-up item,
ignore the recommendation to withdraw, and just deal with small fish,
you can earn close to 500,000 in about 20 minutes.
You can also replenish items with names , so you can hunt until you get tired of it.
■ Additional verification

Holds 2 dice on Hell difficulty
Stage: Story Mode " Self-Discipline "
160,000 in 4 minutes and 18 seconds
Experience value is 96,000
7 items drop 3 materials
■ Postscript

I tried to practice the above method in the "Money Earning Practical Video ".
■ Raise the level of automatic neglect? (Information provided by Mr. Ishidoro)

In front of the spawn point (room) of the appropriate stage of infinite eclipse, face the outside and fix it by pressing the □ button repeatedly (use HORI pad etc.).
I have to check it out from time to time, but it's okay.
Combining and enhancing recommended accessories
Equipped with strong man's bracelet (ALL25UP) x3
acquire the necessary skills
For the time being, the skill is a combination of attack range, skill, attack, etc. ( It seems that there is no limit to the number of synthesis times that
can be confirmed at present . Even if it exceeds +9, it can be synthesized many times.)
Skill enhancements are color-coded, so green skills and attack range enhancements can be upgraded with "green stones".
Therefore, by placing skills of the same color system on the same accessory as much as possible, you can reduce the cost of "stones" required for enhancement.
Also, as a bit of knowledge, it evolves into higher accesses with Shiroishi and Kuroishi.
Example: A strong man's bracelet can be upgraded to an old strong man's bracelet
These will be verified later and posted on the access page of this site.
[Trick] You can easily clear the 100th floor with chicken tactics
Please refer to "Infinite Eclipse Guide" (published at the bottom of the page)
Always Berserker (Apostle)
You can get the costume "Beast of Darkness" by breaking through 100F of infinite eclipse with Guts.
Equipping this allows you to start playing in the state after transformation .
Griffith can transform after reaching 100F. Perhaps it will be possible to start playing in the state after transformation with a
100% craving achievement rate reward .
For Wyald and Zod, the apostle costume will be released by breaking through 100F, and it will be possible to play in the state of the apostle.
Strongest Skill Frenzy Natural Recovery
Description and collection of the strongest skill frenzy natural recovery
Explain why it's the best
[Trick/Bug Technique] Recover the number of uses of mobile items
Mobile item use count recovery bug
The portable items that should have been used in Infinite Eclipse are restored!
Efficient way to collect "frenzy time extension" and "frenzy natural recovery"
Verification of infinite eclipse layer 101 and beyond
Especially recommended for those who aim to break through infinite eclipse 100F with all characters
equestrian tribe Schierke
Information provided by Mr. Yanyan.
Thank you very much for the long post and useful information m(_ _)m

Schierke can attack in all directions while on horseback, and can produce firepower that is as good as Guts, the beast of darkness.
■ Preparation
Desired skill (all Lv.99 recommended)
Frenzy natural recovery (2 or more if possible)
frenzy increase rise , frenzy attack , attack range expansion , war horse strengthening
Attack power and skill can be increased to 999 with accessories and skills.
■ Warhorse (those with Jinba Ittai)
Purple Rhinoceros Warhorse (Lv.50), Blue Whale Warhorse (Lv.50), Light Hawk Warhorse (Lv.99)
■ How to fight
Basically attacking repeatedly while riding
When the gauge is full, activate frenzy (when frenzy is activated, you will get off, but you will immediately get back on ).
When dealing with a strong enemy, don't lock the opponent, but circle around the enemy and hit the normal attack continuously (beware of screen sickness)
Slan, Apostle Grunbert, etc. (position-fixed/slow-footed enemies) rush forward with a △ charge attack from an accelerated state, and the efficiency increases with regular attacks.
Among the above skills, I was able to defeat  the Femto on the 100th floor in 3 minutes with Blue Whale Warhorse without Warhorse Enhancement.
90 seconds expires with the light hawk warhorse (attack power up item is not used).
■ Small story
Spatial distortion that activates each time Femto's health gauge is reduced can be nullified while riding.
Skull Knight's warhorse is not suitable because it doesn't produce firepower and stops even if it hits a small fish enemy.
■ Verification with Casca
Validate the above skills with Casca, from the 81st floor with Blue Whale Warhorse
It's easy to beat Ganishka, but Guts, Adon, and Wyald from the 96th floor fight in three consecutive battles (Apostle Wyald is a duck).
The important femto fight can be cut down as it is if you don't fall off.
When the red gauge is on, about 2 horseback attacks while frenzied can do about 1 sub-weapon counter damage.
(It didn't make the strategy easier)

Nombre	Autor
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk The Black Swordsman Arc Route	Piko10e 7 years ago
Fix for the RT button xbox one controller	HopeTrash 4 years ago
Japanese Wiki and Translation	Krayzar 2 years ago