I studied up on optional bosses before my fresh start Hardcore run, or so I thought. There's the Beneviento Giant, the Mill Giant, the Waterwheel area Varcolac, the Moreau Treasure area Varcolac, and the Varcolac Alpha near Luiza's house. Every optional boss guide I've seen, only mentions these 5.
However, when watching CarcinogenSDA's Village of Shadows run, he clearly fights the waterwheel Varcolac, then a few minutes later after cashing in the treasure and buying a few items from The Duke, he encounters and fights yet another Varcolac just a little ways down the stream towards the Moreau fight area.
Now I HAVE seen that Varcolac further down the stream before, and perhaps my memory fails me, but I thought it was another sighting of the waterwheel Varcolac after avoiding fighting it on first encounter. So is there actually TWO Varcolacs in this area? This 2nd one guards no treasure, so makes no sense.
My last playthrough, I looted Luthier's House and the Beneviento Treasure after killing the Waterwheel Varcolac, before heading further down the stream to the Moreau area, and there was no 2nd Varcolac in that area. Maybe you have to go right back after fighting the Waterwheel boss to see it though.
CarcinogenSDA's VoS Run (3:03:09 1st Varcolac, 3:07:40 2nd Varcolac)
That Segment of My Last Run (2:06 Waterwheel Boss encounter, 10:54 no 2nd Varcolac)
However, when watching CarcinogenSDA's Village of Shadows run, he clearly fights the waterwheel Varcolac, then a few minutes later after cashing in the treasure and buying a few items from The Duke, he encounters and fights yet another Varcolac just a little ways down the stream towards the Moreau fight area.
Now I HAVE seen that Varcolac further down the stream before, and perhaps my memory fails me, but I thought it was another sighting of the waterwheel Varcolac after avoiding fighting it on first encounter. So is there actually TWO Varcolacs in this area? This 2nd one guards no treasure, so makes no sense.
My last playthrough, I looted Luthier's House and the Beneviento Treasure after killing the Waterwheel Varcolac, before heading further down the stream to the Moreau area, and there was no 2nd Varcolac in that area. Maybe you have to go right back after fighting the Waterwheel boss to see it though.
CarcinogenSDA's VoS Run (3:03:09 1st Varcolac, 3:07:40 2nd Varcolac)
That Segment of My Last Run (2:06 Waterwheel Boss encounter, 10:54 no 2nd Varcolac)