Sacred Sorrows

Sacred Sorrows is the boss rush mode, introduced in the Strife & Ruin update. Before entering the Sorrow menu, it is necessary to choose one of the existing save files. During a Sorrow, the Penitent One will have the attributes and access to the items from the chosen save.

Sacred Sorrows data is saved separately from the Pilgrimage (story mode) saves, and does not overwrite or invalidate existing saves. Each Sorrow is available in two modes: Pilgrim (NG) and True Torment (NG+).

Between boss fights, the Penitent One may refill his Health and Fervour, each only once during a Sorrow.

The Sorrows[]

First Sorrow of the Brother[]

Second Sorrow of His Holiness[]

Third Sorrow of True Torment[]

Fourth Sorrow of the Dawn[]

Fifth Sorrow of Ultimate Virtue[]

(All oils refill only two times: after Esdras, after Last Son of the Miracle.)

Last Sorrow of the Unfathomable Wills[]

Same as the fifth sorrow except all bosses are done in random order, along with adding Sierpes and Isidora, Voice of the Dead. Crisanta of the Wrapped Agony will always be the final boss of the sorrow, adding in her third phase from the path of the true ending. All oils will refill after the fifth boss, then after every 4th boss.

Rating[]

Each Sorrow is rated, based on the following statistics:

elapsed time
Bile Flasks used
dodges performed
Prayers invoked
Blood Penances used
hits received