Hoffman (Boss)

Hoffman
The Strict Teacher
Aliases	The Headmaster
Social Rank	N/A
Gender	Male
Age	Elderly
Status	Unknown
Hair color	White
Eye color	Grey
Occupation	Headmaster/teacher at Rose Garden Orphanage
Voice actor	Ian Thompson

This article is for the Sir Peter boss form. For his normal form, see Hoffman.

Hoffman, also known as Mr. Hoffman, is an infamous boss fight during the Sir Peter chapter. He is the first boss Jennifer must fight on the airship.

Appearance

Akin to his normal self, Hoffman is an elderly pale man with white hair bearing sideburns, wrinkles at his face, and rounded glasses. He is the tallest person at the orphanage. He typically wears a green suit, white button-up, and brown shoes. For his boss form however, he is depicted tied up in rope with only one of his arms usable, covered in crayon drawings, and various injuries.

Rule of Rose

In the "Sir Peter" chapter, peeking into the sickroom shows him bound to a chair by Imps and moving in a abnormal way. Later on, he then becomes a boss battle. Once defeated or "killed", the Imps are seen sweeping up his blood. However, Hoffman and Martha are inexplicably seen in later chapters alive and do not mention these previous events.

Strategy

Rule of Rose - Walkthrough (PCSX2) - Part 13 (Boss Mr. Hoffman)

Hoffman boss at 6:00.

His boss battle is notoriously difficult, mainly because he is very unpredictable, often retaliates when attacked, has a surprisingly wide range, hits Jennifer hard in rapid succession, etc. Even attacking him from behind is dangerous. Hoffman will also try to leap on Jennifer and attack her with his stick.

• If you're playing on an emulator, consider using a widescreen hack. The extra field-of-view on the left and right side of the screen can help immensely when figuring out where Hoffman is. Also, consider using save states.
• Stocking up on health items before the boss helps a lot, so explore the chapter for as many as possible with Brown. The Shortbread and White Chocolate are most important to find.
  • Rusty Scissors > Ribbon > Sock > Scone (not able to find soon before fight) > Clothespin > Candy (3 can be found soon before fight, other 4 are not) > Marble > Shortbread (approx 2 can be found soon before fight, 1 can not and is found on the middle elevator floor when accessible) and White Chocolate (one can be found in Smoking Room soon before fight)
  • Unfortunately, Jennifer can not go to the Gift Box immediately before the boss fight as the way is closed off. However, when possible, Jennifer can donate 4 Ribbons for a Minced Pie, 8 Clothespin for a Shortbread, 12 Marbles for a Shortbread
  • There is a Lollipop in Amanda's Sewing Room
• It is recommended the Steel Pipe be used against him. It takes approximately 20 hits with the pipe, and only successful hits are indicated by blood splatters. Be warned that Jennifer must be facing him directly before swinging; if Jennifer is angled even slightly away from him, the swing will miss. The pipe's range is longer than his stick, so it's possible to attack him while his misses if Jennifer stands in the sweet spot - not too close, not too far.

Brown biting Hoffman's leg.

• Jennifer can order Brown to bite Hoffman's leg up to 3 times in this boss. This only stuns him, but allows a few hits. To do this, order Brown "go!" when no item is on "find target".
• Know that the trigger buttons change the camera angle.
• If he leaps on Jennifer, mashing the buttons and wiggling the analog stick will get him off faster.
• If his leap misses, he will begin to stand up. Don't attack him while he is in the process of standing up as he is invincible - instead, attack him when he is fully up.
• Video strategies are here and here.
• After Hoffman's defeat, Jennifer must take the Warm Bag to the Gift Box. Do not heal, as the chapter ends when the Warm Bag is donated and Jennifer's health is restored after each chapter, so it would be a waste of a health item since all enemies have disappeared.

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