Black Bridge

"In the old days, the bridge linked the village to the prison and was only used on special occasions. In the old days..."

The Black Bridge is the first boss biome encountered in Dead Cells. It is a long bridge at the entrance of Stilt Village, where the Concierge stands to guard the path.

This bridge separates from the prison complex and leads back to the village. Darkness has now set, and the full moon has risen into the starry sky. A prisoner from the village would be excited to be so close to home... Yet so far. One cannot expect to be safe soon. The prison warden still remains valent, even if he's not quite the same.

Access and exit
The Black Bridge can be accessed from either the Ramparts or Ossuary. Two exits are available at the other end of the bridge, leading either to the Stilt Village or to the Slumbering Sanctuary (requiring the Spider Rune).

Challenger rune
Upon the player's first victory against the Concierge, the Challenger rune will drop. this rune gives access to the Daily Run mode.

Enemy tier and gear level scaling
In the table below, you will find the gear level and enemy tier of the Black Bridge based on difficulty.

Exclusive blueprints
Beating the Concierge will award a number of blueprints, namely for the Heavy Crossbow and Impaler weapons, as well as for the Melee, Tranquility and Alienation mutations (in that order).

In addition, the blueprint for the Root Grenade is found behind the 15 minute timed door located in the Collector transition area directly after the Black Bridge.

Concierge outfits
Beating the Concierge will also reward the player with one of his outfits. There are 5 Concierge outfits, one for each difficulty from Normal (0 BSC) to Nightmare mode (4 BSC). Note that the outfit of the lowest difficulty remaining is always the one that drops., e.g. the Classic outfit will drop on 4 BSC if it hasn't been looted yet.


 * 0 BSC: Classic Concierge Outfit
 * 1 BSC: Picollo Concierge Outfit
 * 2 BSC: Misunderstood Concierge Outfit
 * 3 BSC: Ascended Concierge Outfit
 * 4 BSC: Ultimate Concierge Outfit

The Concierge
See the main article for information about the Concierge.

Loading screen quotes

 * "In the old days, the bridge linked the village to the prison and was only used on special occasions. In the old days..."
 * "Getting past the prison walls was a major achievement. Crossing the bridge was nothing short of a miracle."
 * "They say the prison warden was personally involved in guarding the bridge. So they say..."
 * "There are stories that curious fisherman used the river to avoid the bridge and get closer to the prison. Most presumed they drowned."