With The Duskbloods' closed network test invitations rolling out, we have massive leaks on the 14 classes that you can play as in the game.
FromSoftware and Hidetaka Miyazaki’s next big game, the multiplayer action game exclusive to the Nintendo Switch 2 platform, The Duskbloods, will soon be conducting the first closed network test for the game, with the invites already underway and the game files ready to download.
The network test will begin on Friday, August 21, and run through August 24. Each day, the servers will be live at different times, as shown below.
While there are still a few days left until the test begins, we already have details on the different character classes you can play as in the game, along with a short description that serves as a backstory.
As reported by the Japanese blog Dark Soku, as per the data server update, here are the 14 different classes offered in The Duskbloods:
Blood-Eater - Walter
The sole survivor of an extinct clan of rare-blood hunters. He uses his extraordinary sense of smell to track the blind spots in others’ pasts. He descended into madness after repeatedly licking the blood spatter from his sister—whom he himself had killed—and still walks the line between life and death in search of pure blood.
Guillotine - Gillian
An executioner of the Marisbel Inquisition. He carries a massive iron guillotine blade on his back. Having been exposed to too much blood over the years, he has begun to mutate and now wanders in search of the “Blood of the Beginning” before his own head is severed.
Foul-Rot - Veronica
A blind nun abandoned in the basement of a ruined cathedral. She inflicts self-harm to spread the grotesque blood blisters multiplying inside her body. The footprints she leaves behind instantly cause anything they touch to rot.
Nail-Pierced - Sebastian
A fanatic saint who drives silver nails into various parts of his body, using the flowing blood as a catalyst for miracles. By inflicting wounds on himself, he temporarily gains overwhelming ferocity, but his mind and body are already completely broken.
Coffin-Bearer - Maurice
A man who continued to collect corpses on the streets of Temurat at dusk. A mud-like monstrosity that was once his family writhes inside the iron coffin he carries on his back. By slamming the coffin against enemies, he sucks up their blood and feeds it to the creature inside.
Thread-Torn - Oscar
A deranged taxidermist who sews the flesh of beasts from all eras and regions directly onto his own body. During battle, he seizes enemy tissue and uses it to eerily patch and reinforce himself. Through the accumulation of tainted power, he transforms his own body into that of an ancient, rare beast.
Mud-Treader - Ulan
A female warrior who gained superhuman leg strength through human experimentation. Filthy blood constantly gushes from her ankles, and a red, poisonous swamp forms wherever she runs.
Candle-Snuffer - Isabel
A former waitress at the Siltera Noble Mansion. She possesses the ability to materialize shadows and trap her enemies’ blood within them to drain it. All light vanishes from the places she passes through.
Gut-Rinner - Randolph
An assault trooper of the Sampere Weapons Corps. Equipped with a back-mounted mechanism that allows him to fly freely and a massive piercing spear, he rips through his opponents’ flesh and blood along with their armor. His abdomen is heavily mechanized, enabling him to unleash devastating wide-area attacks using bloodlust as a catalyst.
Gazer-of-Flesh - Yuri
A heretical observer who cut off his own eyelids. He possesses the ability to intensify a target’s blood flow simply by fixing his gaze on them, causing their body to explode from within.
Ash-Crown - Camilla
A girl whose clan was burned to the ground. She wields “blood ash”—a mixture of the victims’ ashes and her own blood—to petrify and crystallize her enemies before shattering them.
Rust-Gospel - Baldur
A former priest of Kinmitsu who has stuffed his mouth with large amounts of scrap iron and needles. Every time he utters a prayer, his mouth is torn apart, and the mist of blood he spits out becomes a powerful attack.
Dusk-Silt - Elsa
A woman whose Dusk Disease has progressed to its final stage. When attacked, her body transforms into a blood-mud-like substance, allowing her to evade attacks and flow freely before injecting her own poisonous blood directly into her opponent’s body.
First-Shard - Nameless Shadow
An imperfect mass of flesh known as “First Blood,” incapable of understanding language and lacking any sense of its own origins. It is a cursed being that eerily mimics and unleashes the techniques of every bloodline.
Even though it is not yet officially confirmed whether the game will feature all 14 classes at launch, players are happy to see the variety offered, with some already loving how some of them are named and their backstory.
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In addition, we also had leaks of The Duskbloods' main menu music, and it's a masterpiece.