Dogs

Dog

General Information

Location	Boletarian Palace: 1-2, 1-3 Stonefang Tunnel: 2-1
Description	Small melee enemy; Found several in a pack
	White	Neutral	Black
Souls1	29-133	29-133	44-200
HP2	76	95	95
Attacks
Attack	Melee	Physical

Attacks

• Always begins with a leaping bite. Unless blocked, the dog will trot away before resuming its attacks.
• At close range, the dog bites multiple times with no precursor animations.

Strategy

• You'll hear the kennel barking before you see them.
• They rush you as a group, which can make them very tough if you aren't prepared. One strategy is to use the Thief's Ring and lure them out one at a time with ranged attacks/items.
• Another strategy is to run back to the doorway leading to the first tower and taking them on in the narrow space one at a time.
• Remember that spears can be used to attack while your shield is raised. Or lock on to the lead dog and do a strong R2 attack just before it jumps at you. You'll skewer the lead dog and the one following it.

Item Drops

Type	Drop
All	N/A

Enemy ID and Stats

The information below reflects the game's hard programmed values for enemy stats and values. However, these values don't always align precisely with values seen in game. This is due to Special Effect Multipliers (similar to NPCs) and World Tendency Multipliers.

Name	ID	Location	HP	Souls	Defense						Resistance
					Physical	Slash	Blunt	Thrust	Magic	Fire	Poison	Plague	Bleed
Dog	301000	1-2	95	29	88	88	88	88	48	42	100	100	75
Dog	301001	1-3	95	133	88	88	88	88	48	42	100	100	75
Dog	301002	2-1	95	29	88	88	88	88	48	85	100	100	100

Special Effect Multipliers

Special Effect Multipliers are blanket multipliers that are applied to NPCs, including Black Phantoms. For example, if the HP multiplier is "x2", the NPC will have twice the health that the player would have if they had identical stats and equipment. The NPC's attack multipliers are applied before the damage is affected by the player's defenses and resistances. Damage received by the NPC is slightly more complicated. When the player does damage to the NPC, the raw damage is put into a formula and computed against the NPC's resistances. These resistances are multiplied by the values in the Physical/Magic/Fire Defense columns before calculation. Afterward, the remaining damage is reduced by resistances, it is then multiplied by the Damage reduction multipliers in the Physical/Magic/Fire Reduction columns. The output damage remaining is the dealt to the NPC.

Enemy	Location	HP	Stamina Damage	Attack			Damage Reduction			Defense			Resistance
				Physical	Magic	Fire	Physical	Magic	Fire	Physical	Magic	Fire	Poison	Plague	Bleed
Dog	1-2	x1.05	x1.05	x1.15	x1.15	x1.15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dog	1-3	x1.7	x1.94	x1.8	x1.8	x1.8	-	-	-	x1.4	x1.4	x1.4	-	-	-
Dog	2-1	x1.05	x1.05	x1.15	x1.15	x1.15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dog	2-2	x1.55	x1.3	x1.75	x1.75	x1.75	-	-	-	x1.25	x1.25	x1.25	-	-	-

Footnotes

1. Souls gained are from the first run through of the game, from pure white, neutral, and pure black world tendency without any modifiers
2. HP totals are from the first run through of the game, from pure white, neutral, and pure black world tendency