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The Water Horse Mane is a material in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Description[]
When proceeding through the western region of Forbidden Underground Waterway and then southeast in the direction of Hidden Desert, the Glashtyns can drop Water Horse Manes. If you have collected Very Fine Equipment/R "early" in upper Dian Cécht Cathedral (using Double Jump dive kicks instead of Invert or High Jump), then by the time you get to Hidden Desert, you can start farming Silk from the Allocers and using the Demon Pelts dropped by the earlier Macaron and Gusion enemies to craft the Kalasiris body armor out of them. This offers useful 5-point boosts to both INT and LCK.
When you defeat the boss in Hidden Desert and gain the Deep Sinker skill shard that lets you navigate underwater areas as though they were land-based areas, the Amphibian Speed passive shard dropped by the Glashtyn becomes usable and relevant for allowing faster movement (and, assuming you are enhancing its rank, HP recovery underwater). Water Horse Manes, in conjunction with several other materials dropped by the underwater enemies in the Waterway, are useful for ranking up both aquatic mobility shards.
A total of eight Water Horse Manes are needed to rank Amphibian Speed all the way, and the middle three ranks additionally take Water Horse Hooves that the Glashtyn more commonly drops. Once you use Aquatic Filets dropped by Deeseama to help you through to Rank 9, Amphibian Speed's skill shard clone will be permanently unlocked. Meanwhile, Deep Sinker (which is a skill shard to begin with) increases your stats underwater as you devote materials to enhancing its rank, and the last two ranks require Water Horse Manes.
The Albireo whip, which is the precursor to the legendary Andromeda whip, can be crafted by taking a Beast Killer whip dropped directly from the Lamashtu in Secret Sorcery Lab and upgrading it using two Water Horse Manes and an Ice Ring.
Availability[]
- Dropped by:
- Glashtyn (5.00%)
Only one enemy drops the Water Horse Mane: the Glashtyn, which has a 5.00% chance to drop it on defeat. They are solely found in the Forbidden Underground Waterway; one can be found outside the Waterway's left Warp Room, and an even easier to farm one is found inside the secret room below; enter the big room on the left past the first Glashtyn (which happens to have yet another Glashtyn) and destroy the bottom-right wall to find it.
Usage[]
Like almost all Materials, the Water Horse Mane is only useful for crafting items or enhancing Shards via Johannes's alchemy menu in Arvantville.
Water Horse Mane is one of the Materials required for crafting:
- Albireo (Water Horse Mane ×2, Beast Killer ×1, Ice Ring ×1)
- Kalasiris (Water Horse Mane ×1, Silk ×2, Demon Pelt ×2)
Water Horse Mane is also used to craft ingredients for Andromeda, which requires 1 Albireo.
Water Horse Mane is also used to enhance the following Shards:
- Amphibian Speed Ranks 2, 3, 4 (Water Horse Mane ×1)
- Amphibian Speed Ranks 5, 6, 7 (Water Horse Mane ×1, Water Horse Hoof ×1)
- Amphibian Speed Ranks 8, 9 (Water Horse Mane ×1, Aquatic Filet ×1)
- Deep Sinker Ranks 8, 9 (Water Horse Mane ×1)
It takes at least 13 Water Horse Manes to craft and enhance everything in the game, with all 13 being base ingredients.