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A skulking, stalking, shrieking terror that lurks beneath the bombshell blasted battlefields inAmnesia: The Bunker, The Beast, The Stalker, the evil bitey Mole Monster, it has a few names, but the creature you face off against in this game is no joke. It’s a mutated monster straight out of your nightmares, but there’s quite a tragic tale to this subterranean slaughter-beast.
Unkillable, always around, and sensitive to sound, it devastates the Bunker and all within. It seems to come out of nowhere, but it did arrive there by the most unsuspecting means. To shed some light on this darkness-dwelling demon, here’s the Beast in Amnesia: The Bunker, explained.
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The newest addition to the game is a greater degree of customization for your runs as well as a new hardcore mode. It’s a brutal challenge where damage is escalated substantially and every little whack could be the one that spells your doom. Resources are more sparse and the Beast has been juicing as he’s much more aggressive and resilient to damage. For those looking for a refresher on what to expect, here’s a reminder of what The Beast in Amnesia: The Bunker is.
What Is The Beast?
The Beast is theprimary antagonistic forcein Amnesia: The Bunker. It resembles agiant mutated Mole-like creaturewith the twisted, screaming visage of a man.
It’s a hulking monster that’sbigger than a manwith large arms withevenlarger claws. It canburrow through the Bunker’s floors and wallslike a hot knife through butter and it’s so resilient that it’s almost unkillable.
It was first encountered byFrench Soldiers during World War One, and as far as we know, is theonly one of its kind. The original Bunker team that found the creature wereslain to a manafter, but some would saytheir fate was deserved.
That’s becausebefore the monster arrived, those inside the Bunker had alreadygone through hell. Deep beneath the military site, the French had found what were thought to beancient Roman Tunnels.
They were in fact part of anold Mithraic Cult ritual site, and theprofane actsthat took place thereblighted those lost hallsand anyone that dare step foot within.
The Mithraic Cult are a group ofinterdimensional cultists that first appeared in Amnesia: Dark Descent.
Whilst trying toexcavate the tunnels to sneak under German lines, many of the soldiers sent down to dig beganexperiencing vivid hallucinations and visions, with some completelysuccumbing to madness.
Worse still,spectral shadesprowl the rabbit warren of tunnelsand though theycan’t harm the living, they didn’t exactly help.
By the time the Beast appears, the men — afterrising tensions with a sadistic Officer core— mounted a failed mutiny. Themutineers were torturedand left tostarve to death,if notexecuted on the spot.
Those who remained alive werethe ones in chargeand those whoremained loyal, by choice and not. Then, the Beast emerged.
The Origins Of The Beast
The interesting thing about the creature is that it’snot a monster that appeared after digging too deepor something thatfell through a portal. Instead, the denizens of this underground hideaway are hunted by something home-grown,one of their own.
The Beast isAugustin Lambert, a French Soldier who waspart of the original groupstationed there.Drinking from some strange waterin a cavern after beinginjured in an ambushwhilst out on patrol changed him.
The liquid is implied to be Vitae, amutational and corruptive liquid formed from torturing innocent soulsover long periods of time.
This liquid was revealed to the world by a German shell and wasfed to Augustin by his friend and fellow squaddie Henri Clément. The water seemed tomiraculously revive himand allowed the previously grievously wounded Soldier torescue his friend Henri during a Mortar attack.
But as Henriremained in a comafrom injuries sustained during their escapades, Augustin had a much tougher time. Periodically he wouldtransform into his monstrous formagainst his will and what happened next wasalways out of his control.
Apart from Henri,the Soldiers in the Bunker wereslaughtered to a man, or at least left gravely injured. Amnesia: The Bunkerbegins after Henri awakens from his comaand the Beast has wiped out pretty much everyone else.
The Beasts Weaknesses
The worrisome thing about the Beast is that itseems immortal. Bullets and bayonets can injure it, but itonly slows it downor briefly deters it.Then it comes back, wounds healed and with anunfathomable vengeancein its mind.
Thankfully,its eyesight is very poor. Instead, this behemothrelies on sound to navigatethe pitch-black tunnels below the earth, so if one is silent,you could sneak past it. Though, it’ll probably be in the dark, as thesound of Henri’s rattling torchis enough tosend it into a frenzy.
The beast isincredibly durable, but it can bedeterred and driven offwith the right ‘encouragement’. For example,fire, explosives, and numerous gunshots will send it scurrying offto the dark corners of the Bunker, but only for a while.It always comes back.
In gameplay,sound is a major factor. Any gunshot, explosion, orloud noise will draw its immediate attentionand it hangs around for a long while after appearing.
The Fate Of The Beast
The Beast does have arole to play in the finaleof the game. Itacts as a roadblockin the last area, and itcan be fought or escaped from.
The choice that’s made alsoimpacts the ending very minorly, but it’s still pretty interesting. The Beast isencountered in an ancient arenaat the heart of the ‘Roman’ tunnels underneath the Bunker.
If Henrichooses to fightthe creature he’ll have tolure the monster onto some breakable boardsthat can be destroyed todrop it into the seemingly bottomless abyssbelow. IfHenri decides to fleethe monster, he just has toraise or lower bridgesaround the arena and thenleave through a tunnel.
Whilst this may seem like a big final boss fight,the Beast can be rinsed in under a minuteif you know what you’re doing.
The Beast In The Ending Of Amnesia: The Bunker
If Henri fights the beast, itwon’t appear in the last cutsceneof Amnesia: The Bunker where our protagonistescapes the tunnel, tumbles down a cliff, andinto a ditch of the deadas a German patrol draws near.
However, if heinstead runs from it, the Beast makesone last appearancein the finale. Most of thesame cutsceneplays out, but this timethe creature also appearsat the exit.
It stands there for a moment before Roaring in defiance andshambling off into the woods to never be seen again, its screechesdraw the attention of a nearby German patrolas the screen fades to black, and it’sall left a little ambiguous.
