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Dark Souls III 100% Walkthrough Checklist

A step-by-step Dark Souls III walkthrough checklist, area by area: every item, boss, NPC event and missable, DLC included.

Cemetery of Ash

  • Take the first right after waking up and grab a Soul of a Deserted Corpse.
  • Search the body slumped by the fountain for the Ashen Estus Flask.
  • Go right past the fountain through the flooded passage, slay the Ravenous Crystal Lizard for a Titanite Scale and loot a Soul of an Unknown Traveler nearby.
  • NG+ only: the Speckled Stoneplate Ring+1 lies in this same flooded corner.
  • Back at the fountain, go straight up the cliff path and rest at the Cemetery of Ash bonfire to learn the Rest gesture.
  • Take the left path below the bonfire and leap onto the tomb to grab a Titanite Shard.
  • Follow the side ledge under the big cliff on the right for Firebomb x5.
  • Pull the sword from the statue in the arena and defeat Iudex Gundyr. He leaves the Coiled Sword.
  • Rest at the new Iudex Gundyr bonfire.
  • Through the big doors, take the Broken Straight Sword from the body propped on a gravestone.
  • NG++ only: the Wolf Ring+2 sits behind the doors you just walked through.
  • Pick up a Homeward Bone at the edge of the cliff.
  • Climb the left path and, just before Firelink Shrine, turn left to take the East-West Shield from a body in a tree.
  • Sword Master Saber guards the cliff on the right. Kill him for the Uchigatana and the Master's Set; this also makes his summon sign appear later.
  • Climb the path on the left to grab an Ember from a body above the shrine entrance.
  • Cross to the far side for a Homeward Bone behind a tomb, then drop to the lower ledge for another Ember.
  • Return to the main path and enter Firelink Shrine.

Firelink Shrine

  • Speak with the Fire Keeper; she levels you up once you have souls.
  • Speak with the Shrine Handmaid, the main merchant. Hand her ashes you find to grow her stock.
  • Speak with Hawkwood on the stairs to learn the Collapse gesture.
  • Speak with Blacksmith Andre to learn the Hurrah! gesture.
  • Leave through the top exit and take the Soul of a Deserted Corpse beside the small ruined tower.
  • Buy the Tower Key from the Shrine Handmaid, open the small ruined tower and climb to the bridge toward the Bell Tower.
  • Roll off the bridge onto the shrine roof and kick the ladder down as a shortcut.
  • Behind the roof, kill a Crystal Lizard for a Twinkling Titanite.
  • Grab Homeward Bone x3 from the lower roof.
  • Enter the roof space and take the Estus Shard from the rafters.
  • Give a Homeward Bone to Pickle-Pee, Pump-a-Rum Crow in the nest for the Call Over gesture and the Iron Bracelets. Other items can be swapped here too.
  • At the rear of the rafters a fake wall gives way; drop below it to a chest with the Covetous Silver Serpent Ring.
  • Ride the Bell Tower lift up. Depending on progress, Patches may shut the door behind you.
  • The Fire Keeper Soul waits at the very top of the Bell Tower.
  • Ride back down, peer over the right side and drop carefully onto a gravestone to find the Fire Keeper Set.
  • Drop to the bottom for the Estus Ring and open the door there.

High Wall of Lothric

  • Open the door and light the High Wall of Lothric bonfire.
  • Head right onto the rampart, take the small stairs down on the left and grab a Soul of a Deserted Corpse.
  • Climb back and up the far stairs for the Longbow and Standard Arrow x12. Hollows that turn into a Pus of Man drop a Titanite Shard and an Ember.
  • From the bonfire go left this time for another Soul of a Deserted Corpse.
  • Climb up to the top of the turret and take the Binoculars.
  • Go down, drop behind the dragon and duck into a little doorway for Gold Pine Resin x2.
  • Drop into the room below and take Firebomb x2 beside the table.
  • Climb down the ladder for a Soul of a Deserted Corpse outside the cell.
  • Pelt the resting dragon with arrows; after enough hits it leaves a Large Titanite Shard behind and takes off.
  • On the bridge the dragon scorches, the body nearest the door carries the Long Sword.
  • Where the dragon sat, collect the Claymore, the Club, an Ember and a Large Soul of a Deserted Corpse.
  • Open the door below the dragon's perch and head downstairs. Kill the Mimic, or charm it first, for a Battle Axe with the Deep infusion.
  • Leave by the far door and loot a Soul of a Deserted Corpse on the left.
  • In the next building take Firebomb x3 off a wooden beam.
  • Exit by the side, climb the stairs for a Titanite Shard and light the Tower on the Wall bonfire.
  • Back at Firelink Shrine, Ringfinger Leonhard is now near the throne and gives you Cracked Red Eye Orb x5. If he is missing, try again after Vordt.
  • Go back inside, down the stairs and out the side door for a Soul of a Deserted Corpse on the right.
  • On the roof: another Pus of Man source, Firebomb x3, a Crystal Lizard that drops a Raw Gem and a Large Soul of a Deserted Corpse.
  • NG+ only: the Fleshbite Ring+1 is on a neighbouring roof you can jump to.
  • Climb down the ladder and step onto the side roof for Black Firebomb x3.
  • On the archers' balcony next to it, pick up Firebomb x3.
  • Back inside by the ladder, turn left and smash the pots for Undead Hunter Charm x2. Further in is a Titanite Shard; expect an ambush.
  • In the main room, check the first corner for a Soul of a Deserted Corpse.
  • Go through the doorway, take the next door on the left and loot the Broadsword.
  • Go down the stairs, keep right and open the chest for the Silver Eagle Kite Shield.
  • Back at the original entrance, roll through the debris and follow the ledge for Green Blossom x2.
  • Drop down and open the chest for the Astora Straight Sword.
  • In the room beyond, take the Cell Key and a Titanite Shard from the bodies.
  • Take the Estus Shard from the altar in the same room.
  • NG++ only: the Ring of the Evil Eye+2 hides behind barrels at the back of this room.
  • Leave on the lower level and drop beside the drain for the Rapier.
  • Two bodies around the fountain each carry an Ember.
  • Toward the courtyard, turn left for a Soul of a Deserted Corpse.
  • Climb the stairs right of the courtyard entrance, go straight and turn left after the first door for Green Blossom x3.
  • Ride the lift to open a shortcut to the first bonfire; behind it at the top is Throwing Knife x6.
  • From the Tower on the Wall bonfire go all the way down inside the tower; the next room holds Throwing Knife x8.
  • Further along the passage, opposite a door, is the Mail Breaker.
  • Lower down, open the locked cell with the Cell Key to free Greirat of the Undead Settlement. Agree to look for Loretta to get the Blue Tearstone Ring; he moves to Firelink Shrine.
  • Ride the lift shortcut down, head for the courtyard and take the stairs on the left above the fountain to grab a Large Soul of a Deserted Corpse on the roof.
  • Jump onto the awning for a Ring of Sacrifice.
  • In the terrace corner above the courtyard stairs you can summon Lion Knight Albert for Vordt.
  • Go left and up the stairs before the castle; the red-eyed Lothric Knight drops a Refined Gem.
  • In the chapel, Emma, High Priestess of Lothric Castle gives you the Small Lothric Banner; talk again to join the Way of Blue.
  • Leaving the chapel, take the left stairs to find the Lucerne.
  • If you killed Sword Master Saber earlier, his summon sign is just before the big gate.
  • Pass the gate and defeat Vordt of the Boreal Valley for the Soul of Boreal Valley Vordt. Then raise the Small Lothric Banner at the cliff to be carried to the Undead Settlement.

Undead Settlement

  • After the landing, go left for a Large Soul of a Deserted Corpse.
  • Downstairs, two dogs behind an overturned cart drop Alluring Skull x2.
  • Below the Foot of the High Wall bonfire, Yoel of Londor sits among pilgrims. Accept his service and talk to him at Firelink Shrine for the Beckon gesture.
  • Let Yoel Draw Out True Strength for a free level and a Dark Sigil. He offers it again at Hollowing 2, 6, 12 and 15. Get all five before the Abyss Watchers or he dies and the Usurpation path closes.
  • Once all five are done, reload Firelink: Yoel dies and Yuria of Londor takes his place. Talk to her for the Dignified Bow gesture and buy the Londor Braille Divine Tome.
  • Near Yoel, Homeward Bone x2 sit at the far left end of the bridge.
  • From the Undead Settlement bonfire enter the house and cut down a glowing hanging body for the Small Leather Shield.
  • Downstairs take Charcoal Pine Bundle x2; cut the body down on the balcony and go round the corner for Repair Powder x2.
  • One floor lower is another Charcoal Pine Bundle x2.
  • Outside, loot Loretta's Bone from the body you cut down.
  • An Estus Shard lies by the burning tree with kneeling hollows.
  • Beyond the tree, grab an Ember, shoot down a hanging body for Kukri x9 and take a Soul of an Unknown Traveler by the closed gate.
  • Go right of the house for a Titanite Shard.
  • Through the big archway and door, take Charcoal Pine Resin x2 and cut down the bodies over the stairs for a Large Soul of a Deserted Corpse.
  • Drop through the hole in the floor to a hidden room holding the Warrior of Sunlight covenant and a pot of Estus Soup.
  • Follow the hallway to the main street, go right and break the crates in the first gap for a Soul of an Unknown Traveler.
  • Further down the street a door bursts open; the house holds the Whip.
  • Past the wooden wheel on the right, go round the corner for a Titanite Shard.
  • Climb the balcony with an Evangelist for another Titanite Shard.
  • Drop onto the roof and jump to the wooden platform on the left for Rusted Coin x2.
  • Drop down and kill the Crystal Lizard for a Sharp Gem, then light the Dilapidated Bridge bonfire below.
  • While embered, Holy Knight Hodrick may invade near this bonfire. Kill him for the Vertebra Shackle.
  • Return to the burning tree, cross the bridge and go right past the crates toward the Thralls. Find a Fading Soul, the Plank Shield behind a house and Firebomb x6 on the left roof.
  • On the other roof grab Homeward Bone x2, drop to the friendly Cage Carrier and cut down the last hanging body for the Flame Stoneplate Ring. If it falls out of reach, carry on.
  • Interact with the Cage Carrier from behind to be carried off, then walk toward the light for the Wargod Wooden Shield.
  • In the jail, talk to Holy Knight Hodrick to join the Mound-makers and get a Homeward Bone; reload to return. Once the Greatwood dies this route closes until Sirris' quest.
  • Back near the bridge, drop off the small ledge, enter the house for a Large Soul of a Deserted Corpse and open its back door.
  • To the right is the Caduceus Round Shield.
  • Cross toward the next house, drop to the right-hand ledge and walk toward the bridge for a Titanite Shard.
  • The other way leads under the house to the Cliff Underside bonfire and a route upward.
  • At the top of the house, talk to Cornyx of the Great Swamp in his cage. At Firelink Shrine talk to him repeatedly for a Pyromancy Flame (if you lack one) and the Welcome gesture.
  • Take the Hand Axe, and the Partizan from a hanging body nearby.
  • Walk down onto the gallows for a Soul of an Unknown Traveler, then out along the unfinished bridge for the Fire Clutch Ring.
  • Through the archway and downstairs, go left round the corner for a Large Soul of a Deserted Corpse; kill the dog by the tree for an Ember.
  • Enter the sewer by the bridge, kill a giant rat for the Bloodbite Ring, take the Caestus and climb up to open a shortcut.
  • Back on the bridge take another Ember, climb toward the right-hand house for a Large Soul of a Deserted Corpse, and go round it for Alluring Skull x3.
  • Near the tower, talk to Eygon of Carim. Irina of Carim is reachable later through the Grave Key route, so skip the risky drop.
  • Inside the tower meet Siegward of Catarina. Take the lift to the basement, kill the Boreal Outrider Knight for the Irithyll Straight Sword, grab an Ember and light the Road of Sacrifices bonfire.
  • NG+ only: the Life Ring+1 is behind Siegward on the balcony ahead.
  • To reach the top, press the lift switch at the main entrance and step off quickly; a second lift rises.
  • At the top, a Soul of a Nameless Soldier sits in a corner.
  • Climb the stairs and give the Giant of the Undead Settlement a token of friendship. He stops shooting you and later helps near White Birch trees.
  • Ride the lift down and roll off onto the wooden platform when you hear Siegward.
  • Go outside and talk to Siegward again.
  • Draw the Fire Demon toward the tower so Siegward jumps in to help.
  • The Fire Demon drops a Fire Gem.
  • Talk to Siegward three times for a Siegbräu, the Toast gesture and the Sleep gesture.
  • Around the town find a Homeward Bone, the Large Club and the Northern Armor Set on a hanging body.
  • Take the Pale Tongue from a hanging body; Leonhard then returns to the shrine and gives you the Lift Chamber Key.
  • Open the room under the Tower on the Wall bonfire, kill the Darkwraith for a Red Eye Orb and tell Leonhard for the Applause gesture.
  • In the house take Red Bug Pellet x2, upstairs Alluring Skull x2, cross into the next house for Human Pine Resin x4 in a chest and go left on the roof for Flynn's Ring.
  • NG++ only: the Covetous Silver Serpent Ring+2 is on a lower rooftop.
  • Drop onto a tower ledge for Homeward Bone x2, then inside the tower for the Mirrah Set (minus the mask) and the Chloranthy Ring.
  • Warp to Dilapidated Bridge and enter the arrow-strewn graveyard. Before the house on the left are the Blue Wooden Shield and the Cleric Set; Mortician's Ashes lie by a tree to the left.
  • NG+ only: the Poisonbite Ring+1 is behind the well.
  • Collect everything around the White Birch, including the Reinforced Club and an Undead Bone Shard on the platform to its right.
  • Inside the house upstairs is the Great Scythe; continue to the stone building and open the doors on the right.
  • Give Loretta's Bone to Greirat to keep the Blue Tearstone Ring. Reload and talk again for the Curl Up gesture, then reload once more and let him go pillaging; he returns after the next boss.
  • Hand the Mortician's Ashes to the Shrine Handmaid and buy the Grave Key. It opens the locked sewer door near the Undead Settlement bonfire.
  • Open that door, climb down and take the Loincloth at Velka's statue.
  • Follow the tunnel for the Red Hilted Halberd and, in the next room, a Soul of an Unknown Traveler.
  • Outside, kill a Crystal Lizard for a Heavy Gem and take two Titanite Shard pickups.
  • In the arched tunnel shoot down a hanging body for a blessed Red and White Shield +1.
  • In the next room climb down for the Saint's Talisman.
  • Climb up and talk to Irina of Carim for the Prayer gesture; accept her service and she moves to the shrine. Speak to Eygon outside afterwards.
  • Keep the Londor Braille Divine Tome for Karla; giving it to Irina and buying its miracles sends her down the dark path.
  • Defeat the Curse-rotted Greatwood for the Soul of the Rotted Greatwood and the Transposing Kiln. Give the kiln to Ludleth of Courland to unlock soul transposition.
  • After the Greatwood, Hawkwood may hand you a Heavy Gem; if not, try after the next boss.

Road of Sacrifices

  • If you have not yet, send Greirat out to pillage; he comes back after a boss.
  • From the Road of Sacrifices bonfire walk down the path and drop left of the tree for a Shriving Stone.
  • A Soul of an Unknown Traveler lies by an overturned cart further on.
  • NG++ only: drop to the ledge behind the first Corvian Storyteller for the Chloranthy Ring+2.
  • At the fork go left, drop off the end of the path and go left again. The Madwoman there drops the Butcher Knife.
  • In this lower area collect the Brigand Axe, the Brigand Set and the Brigand Twindaggers.
  • Go back up, under the bridge and across it for a Titanite Shard.
  • Before the next bridge, drop to the right for the Braille Divine Tome of Carim and Morne's Ring. Give the tome to Irina of Carim and buy its miracles if you want her to become a Fire Keeper.
  • Before the arch to Halfway Fortress, an Ember sits on a ledge with a caster.
  • At Halfway Fortress talk to Anri of Astora until she has nothing left to say, and talk to Horace the Hushed to join the Blue Sentinels.
  • Then go back to Firelink Shrine to meet Sirris of the Sunless Realms and start her quest.
  • Enter Crucifixion Woods; where the path bends left, drop off the right side twice for a Soul of an Unknown Traveler.
  • Drop again, hug the right wall to a door and cross to the balcony steps for the Sellsword Set.
  • Drop below it for the Sellsword Twinblades.
  • Deeper in the building is the Farron Coal (Heavy, Sharp and Poison infusions).
  • Leave by the same door, wade along the left edge of the water by the cliffs for a Titanite Shard.
  • Keep the cliff on your left past the ramp to Halfway Fortress for another Titanite Shard.
  • Further on, a swarm of Poisonhorn Bugs guards a third Titanite Shard.
  • Head uphill toward the water for the Twin Dragon Greatshield.
  • At the stone wall with the broken arch, loot a Fading Soul before passing through.
  • Turn right after the arch to light the Crucifixion Woods bonfire. Along the rock wall a purple sign summons Holy Knight Hodrick as a hostile mad phantom; kill him for souls.
  • Past his sign, drop off the ledge for an Estus Shard.
  • Circle the ruined building to a bonfire pile with an Ember.
  • Complete the loop for a Soul of an Unknown Traveler.
  • Drop into the water below the bonfire and kill the far Great Crab for the Great Swamp Ring.
  • While embered, Yellowfinger Heysel invades near the crabs. Kill her for the Heysel Pick and Xanthous Crown.
  • In the swamp collect Green Blossom x2, Green Blossom x4, the Grass Crest Shield, the Conjurator Set and the Great Swamp Pyromancy Tome (the last two in deep water near the Farron Keep entrance).
  • Near the two Green Blossoms, climb steps out of the water and go through the door on the left for the Sage Ring and the Sorcerer Set.
  • NG+ only: the Lingering Dragoncrest Ring+1 is next to a tree here.
  • Take the steps on your left into the building; a Crystal Lizard in the hallway beyond drops a Crystal Gem.
  • Climb to the balcony and drop off the broken end for a Ring of Sacrifice.
  • Go back up the stairs only to the broken wall and follow the path to the Golden Falcon Shield.
  • Drop down and defeat the two hostile NPCs for the Great Club and the Exile Greatsword.
  • By the water is the Fallen Knight Set, and a Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler by the wall.
  • In the building they guarded, take Homeward Bone x2 from the balcony, then climb down the ladder to light the Farron Keep bonfire.
  • Back at Crucifixion Woods, slip through the hole in the ruins wall; the Heretic's Staff waits in an alcove on the right.
  • At the four-way crossing take the left door and turn right at the wall to meet Orbeck of Vinheim. With 10 Intelligence he agrees to teach you and moves to the shrine.
  • Bring Orbeck a scroll before four more bosses fall, or he leaves for good.
  • Orbeck gives the Young Dragon Ring after you buy three spells and hand in a scroll, and the Silent Ally gesture plus the Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring after you buy Aural Decoy, Farron Flashsword, Pestilent Mist and Spook.
  • Down the broken steps from Orbeck's study are Blue Bug Pellet x2; drop to the last room before the boss.
  • Eygon of Carim's summon sign is by a pillar here if Irina is safe at the shrine.
  • Defeat the Crystal Sage for the Soul of a Crystal Sage.
  • Follow the winding paths past its bonfire; two Crystal Lizards each drop a Twinkling Titanite.
  • Drop beside a big fire for the Herald Set and carry on to the Cathedral of the Deep bonfire.

Cathedral of the Deep

  • Go down left of the Cathedral of the Deep bonfire, beat the sword NPC and take the Paladin's Ashes.
  • Halfway up the first stairs turn left, follow the path and turn right for a Titanite Shard in an alcove.
  • At the top of the first stairs go right to the Crest Shield.
  • Drop onto the axe hollow on the steps and kill him for the Spider Shield.
  • In the area with dogs and crossbowmen, a Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler lies on a ledge.
  • Light the Cleansing Chapel bonfire; the Notched Whip sits in a corner.
  • Just outside, where hollows pray by an obelisk, take an Estus Shard.
  • Head right and drop into the flooded lower area for the Saint-tree Bellvine on a stump. A held torch keeps leeches away.
  • Up the steps at the end: a Titanite Shard to the right and a Crystal Lizard ahead with a Twinkling Titanite.
  • Another Crystal Lizard further on drops a Twinkling Titanite; climb the nearby stone steps for a Titanite Shard.
  • Drop to the sleeping Ravenous Crystal Lizard and kill it for a Titanite Scale.
  • A narrow gap between buildings near it leads to the Poisonbite Ring.
  • Go back outside and up the steps for a Titanite Shard in a window, then drop to the Cleansing Chapel bonfire.
  • Climb into the graveyard past the obelisk and keep left for the Astora Greatsword.
  • Head the other way to a T junction, go left and drop for a Fading Soul and the Executioner's Greatsword.
  • Cross the bridge, beat the Cathedral Grave Warden and go down the arrow-riddled slope for an Undead Bone Shard, Repair Powder x3, two Young White Branch pickups and two Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler pickups.
  • Climb back toward the tower: a Titanite Shard to its left, the Curse Ward Greatshield inside, and a ladder to kick down.
  • Left of the main doors, roll through crates for Rusted Coin x2.
  • Right of the main doors, a body holds a Red Bug Pellet.
  • Cross the narrow roof and take the Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler at the far end.
  • Clear the crossbowmen below, ambush the Thralls from the buttress and drop onto Red Bug Pellet x3; Undead Hunter Charm x3 is at the end of the walkway.
  • Below, turn into a side room for a Soul of a Nameless Soldier (more Thralls wait).
  • Follow the outer wall to a dead end with an Ember.
  • Open the double doors into the cathedral and take the Duel Charm by the poison statue on the left.
  • Through the dining room ride the lift to open a shortcut, ride back up and take the long stairs down for a Deep Gem.
  • Run around the balcony (the giant can be dealt with first) for a Soul of a Nameless Soldier, Lloyd's Sword Ring and Exploding Bolt x8.
  • Through the far door, take the first left over a bridge-like walkway for the Seek Guidance miracle.
  • Back across and up the ladder is an Ember.
  • Drop to the balcony, go down the stairs and kill the Mimic for the Deep Braille Divine Tome. Save it for Karla to keep Irina on her light path.
  • Further down, a Deep Accursed drops Aldrich's Sapphire; the room also has an Ember.
  • Up the steps beyond, Longfinger Kirk invades if you are embered. He drops the Barbed Straight Sword and Spiked Shield.
  • Kill the giant in the large hall and collect a Soul of a Nameless Soldier and the Maiden Set.
  • Through the double doors by the giant and down the steps, take the Saint Bident and Homeward Bone x2 outside.
  • Back inside, wade forward and go up the steps on the left for a Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler.
  • Kill the second giant at the far end for a Pale Tongue, the Drang Armor Set and the Drang Hammers.
  • Above the giant's spot, clear the shrine area and grab an Ember overlooking the water.
  • NG+ only: the Ring of the Evil Eye+1 is behind the shrine.
  • Facing the shrine, take the door on the left; past the double doors meet "Siegward" and take Duel Charm x3 beside him. This scene does not happen if you already reached the upper rafters.
  • If he is not there, leave and come back through the blue double doors; a bridge is now up. Talk to him and cross it: it is Patches, who drops you into the hall below.
  • After the fall, go through the door under Patches' spot and down the stairs to open the last Cleansing Chapel shortcut.
  • Back through that shortcut, a door on the left leads to a lift and a ladder; the enemy above drops the Deep Ring.
  • Through the hole beyond, climb the roof and turn right down another roof for the Arbalest; a Pale Tongue lies at the end of the long roof.
  • NG++ only: the Ring of Favor+2 is at the opposite end of this roof.
  • Come back inside on the rafters and go right for a Blessed Gem.
  • Work across the rafters, kill the crossbow knight and drop twice to find Patches. Tell him you know who he is for the Prostration gesture and a Rusted Coin.
  • Patches now sells the Catarina Set. Buying it means he can no longer rescue Greirat later.
  • Climb the stairs and clear the room; the passive one drops the Red Sign Soapstone. Light the Rosaria's Bed Chamber bonfire.
  • Talk to Rosaria, Mother of Rebirth to join Rosaria's Fingers. Do not offer Pale Tongues yet if you want Sirris' quest.
  • If you killed Longfinger Kirk, the Armor of Thorns Set is close by.
  • If Patches never showed up here, he springs his trap in the Bell Tower behind Firelink instead; grab the Fire Keeper Soul and drop down onto the coffins to escape.
  • Climb the tower again, drop onto the shrine roof and slip through the windows for the rafters' Estus Shard if you missed it.
  • Trade a Homeward Bone with Pickle-Pee, Pump-a-Rum Crow for the Call Over gesture and Iron Bracelets if not done yet.
  • The Fire Keeper Soul lets the Fire Keeper cure Dark Sigils. Do not cure them if you are following Yoel and Yuria.
  • Reload Firelink; Patches now sits upstairs. Refuse his apology for the Prostration gesture and a Rusted Gold Coin. Reload again for the Patches Squat gesture.
  • If his shop still lacks Catarina Set, find Siegward stuck in the well by the Cleansing Chapel and talk to him, then buy the set.
  • Throw the armor down the well to Siegward for the Rejoice gesture.
  • Turn right at the giant shrine. Embered, you can summon Anri of Astora and Horace the Hushed behind the shrine and Sirris by the fog.
  • Defeat the Deacons of the Deep for the Small Doll and the Soul of the Deacons of the Deep.
  • Rest at the new bonfire and take the Archdeacon Set near the altar.

Farron Keep

  • After the Deacons, talk to Anri and Horace at Firelink Shrine.
  • Purple Moss Clumps and a weapon with Quickstep (such as the Dagger) make the swamp much easier.
  • From the bonfire go right; Purple Moss Clump x3 is in the far corner and Iron Flesh lies among trees in the swamp.
  • Only if Yuria dislikes you and you are embered: the Londor Pale Shade invades in the deep swamp on the right. He drops the Manikin Claws.
  • NG+ only: the Magic Stoneplate Ring+1 is in that deep swamp.
  • From the bonfire go left; the Ragged Mask sits among slugs in the back corner.
  • A Titanite Shard lies in the swamp to the right.
  • Round the island, in front of the half-sunken tower, is an Estus Shard.
  • Left past a big fire is a Titanite Shard before some steps.
  • Turn left instead of climbing for Prism Stone x10 on an island.
  • Further out near the stone wall is the Stone Parma.
  • Toward the rock wall on the right, Rotten Pine Resin x4 sits by a tree.
  • Follow the wall left to a hut guarded by a Darkwraith for the Sage's Coal (Crystal, Blessed and Deep infusions).
  • Keep the wall on your right, climb the steps and snuff the first flame at the altar on the left.
  • Back through the arch, take Rotten Pine Resin x2 and go down the steps on this side.
  • Head straight into deeper water until you stand between two sunken bridge ramps.
  • The right ramp holds Purple Moss Clump x4.
  • The other ramp holds the Greatsword.
  • Behind a stone pillar on the left is a Titanite Shard.
  • Follow the right rock wall to the next fire for steps and a Titanite Shard; stay back to avoid the Ghru Leaper.
  • Climb and keep right for Purple Moss Clump x2.
  • Snuff the second flame.
  • NG++ only: the Dark Stoneplate Ring+2 is behind the wall.
  • Cross the bridge with three Ghru to light the Keep Ruins bonfire.
  • NG+ only: the Wolf Ring+1 is outside by this building's wall.
  • Down the ramp, the round building on the right holds an Undead Bone Shard among slugs.
  • Pass the slug-covered ladder for Wolf's Blood Swordgrass at the foot of the tower.
  • On the small island nearby are Estus Soup and the Sunlight Talisman.
  • Climb that ladder.
  • At the top go right, avoiding the tower, and kill a Crystal Lizard for a Twinkling Titanite.
  • Go back and, before the stairs, hit the arched wall on the right for the Dreamchaser's Ashes.
  • Enter the room with the Old Wolf of Farron bonfire. Touch the wolf for the Legion Etiquette gesture and the Watchdogs of Farron covenant.
  • Give the Dreamchaser's Ashes to the Shrine Handmaid; reload to find Sirris back at the shrine and get the Darkmoon Loyalty gesture.
  • Warp to the Old Wolf of Farron bonfire and ride the tower lift up.
  • Turn right at the top and kill the Stray Demon for the Soul of a Stray Demon.
  • Around it are the Greataxe and two Ember pickups.
  • Face the gate and drop off on its right; work down a few ledges.
  • Past the gate go left and up for a Crystal Lizard that drops a Heavy Gem.
  • Two Crystal Lizards scurry around in front of the dragon corpse; each one gives a Large Titanite Shard.
  • Lightning Spear lies in front of the dragon.
  • The Dragon Crest Shield lies right beside it.
  • Return to the tower ladder and climb down (or jump the gate) to avoid using a bone.
  • Facing away from the ladder, a small island with a fire holds a Titanite Shard.
  • From the next fire island, go left between the tower and the rock wall for the Nameless Knight Set. Heysel may invade around here.
  • Titanite Shard x2 lies before a tree; luring the Elder Ghru into a fire helps.
  • Keep the rocks on your left until you find a way up.
  • Snuff the last flame; beyond the low wall on the right is a Rusted Gold Coin.
  • Through the arch on the left are Homeward Bone x2.
  • Climb the steps (backstab the Ghru Leaper) and descend. Embered, Yellowfinger Heysel invades here if she has not yet; a first kill gives the Heysel Pick and Xanthous Crown.
  • Basilisks wait in the swamp below; the Archdeacon Set and Maiden Gloves raise curse resistance.
  • At the bottom of the steps go right into an alcove for a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier.
  • On the other side, in the dead end by the tower, is another Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier.
  • Cross the island; between two rocks on the right is Repair Powder x4.
  • In the cave on the right is the Golden Scroll.
  • Hand any scroll to Orbeck soon so he stays at the shrine.
  • Beside the scroll, a chest holds the Antiquated Set.
  • From the top of the Keep Ruins ramp, drop off to the left onto a Titanite Shard.
  • Kill the Great Crab by the white birch for the Lingering Dragoncrest Ring; the friendly giant's arrows help.
  • Nearby: Gold Pine Bundle x6, an Ember, a Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler, a Soul of a Nameless Soldier, two Young White Branch pickups and the Crown of Dusk.
  • Follow the wall right to the Sage's Scroll among Ghru and dead mushrooms.
  • Further along, three Elder Ghru carry the Black Bow of Pharis and Pharis's Hat; a Poison Gem lies between them.
  • From Keep Ruins go down the ramp and through the open gate; a Shriving Stone lies straight ahead.
  • Turn right in the open area and enter the building to light the Farron Keep Perimeter bonfire.
  • Deeper inside, a Ravenous Crystal Lizard drops Titanite Scale x2.
  • Beside it is the Great Magic Weapon sorcery.
  • Unbar the door here to link back to the Road of Sacrifices.
  • Head back toward the bonfire, slip through the broken wall left of the first stairs and drop.
  • Atonement lies here, and a Hollow Gem on the right-hand cliff.
  • Before the Abyss Watchers, finish Yoel's five Draw Out True Strength boosts and reload so Yuria appears (Dignified Bow gesture, Londor Braille Divine Tome).
  • Before the fight, give Orbeck the Golden Scroll and/or the Sage's Scroll.
  • Buy Aural Decoy, Farron Flashsword, Pestilent Mist and Spook from Orbeck and talk to him for the Young Dragon Ring, the Silent Ally gesture and the Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring.
  • Leave the Farron Keep Perimeter building.
  • Right of the Ghru is an Ember.
  • On the hill to the right is Black Bug Pellet x3.
  • Yellowfinger Heysel can be summoned after Keep Ruins only if you gave Rosaria a Pale Tongue, which ruins Sirris' quest. Summoning her gives the Proper Bow gesture.
  • Black Hand Gotthard's sign is up the first stairs; summoning him gives the By My Sword gesture.
  • Sirris' sign is left of the mausoleum door.
  • On good terms with Yuria you can summon the Londor Pale Shade by the bonfire for the Duel Bow gesture. A Dried Finger allows two summons; Gotthard and the Shade return for Pontiff too.
  • Defeat the Abyss Watchers for the Cinders of a Lord and the Soul of the Blood of the Wolf.
  • Once every White Birch area is looted, the Hawk Ring waits where the giant stood in the Undead Settlement.

Catacombs of Carthus

  • At Firelink Shrine talk to Hawkwood for the Farron Ring; reload if he is not on the stairs.
  • Reload again: he is gone and Hawkwood's Shield lies by a gravestone outside where the dog roams.
  • Eygon of Carim is now in the shrine; exhaust his dialogue so he can help in a later fight.
  • Enter the catacombs from the Abyss Watchers bonfire; Carthus Rouge x2 is on the left.
  • NG++ only: the Ring of Steel Protection+2 is on a pillar under the bridge.
  • Past the bridge go up the stairs on the left and turn back right for a Soul of a Nameless Soldier.
  • Turn back, take the ladder down and find another Soul of a Nameless Soldier.
  • In the pillar room hit the right wall to reveal the Carthus Pyromancy Tome.
  • A Sharp Gem lies on the right of the pillar room.
  • The next room holds Titanite Shard x2 in the far left corner.
  • Before the long staircase, take the hallway on the left to meet Anri, who is looking for Horace. Exhaust her dialogue.
  • On the platform beside her, kill a Crystal Lizard for a Twinkling Titanite and take Bloodred Moss Clump x3.
  • On the left of the big staircase is an Ember.
  • At the bottom, kill the hatted skeleton hiding in the next room; the rolling skeleton ball then smashes the gate and leaves an Undead Bone Shard.
  • In the next hallway, the Carthus Milkring hides behind big vases on the right.
  • NG+ only: the Thunder Stoneplate Ring+1 is among those vases.
  • The bone-strewn hallway holds a Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler and an Ember at its end; mind the hole.
  • Where the second skeleton ball starts is a Large Titanite Shard.
  • Light the Catacombs of Carthus bonfire in the hallway on the left.
  • Downstairs, right and right again into the Skeleton Wheel corridor for Titanite Shard x2 on the left wall.
  • At its end is the Carthus Bloodring.
  • In the main room a body by a pillar carries Titanite Shard x2.
  • Hit the wall right of that body and climb to the Grave Warden's Ashes.
  • Across the room on the right is a Large Titanite Shard.
  • Kill the hatted skeleton so the ball breaks and reveals a Dark Gem.
  • On the second level by the skeleton archer is Carthus Rouge x3.
  • In the tunnel past the hidden wall, a Crystal Lizard drops a Fire Gem.
  • Outside the tunnel on the left is Yellow Bug Pellet x3.
  • At the skeleton gate find a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier and Black Bug Pellet x2.
  • Open the gate for an Ember beyond it.
  • In the tunnel back to the pillar room, Knight Slayer Tsorig invades if you are embered. Win or lose you get the My Thanks! gesture; killing him gives the Knight Slayer's Ring.
  • Before the bridge go right to Anri again and exhaust her dialogue.
  • Drop down left of Anri and follow the path to the boss.
  • Defeat High Lord Wolnir for the Soul of High Lord Wolnir.
  • If you missed it during the fight, the Grave Warden Pyromancy Tome is in the far left corner of the goblet room. Only Karla can read it.

Smouldering Lake

  • From the Wolnir bonfire go back to the rope bridge and hit the supports to drop a ladder.
  • Climb down and kill the Demon for the Soul of a Demon.
  • A Mimic on the upper level of the same room has the Black Blade.
  • Down the stairs are a Large Titanite Shard and a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier.
  • Further down lie the Old Sage's Blindfold and the Witch's Ring.
  • Light the Abandoned Tomb bonfire.
  • Near the boss fog a Carthus Sandworm surfaces. Let the ballista kill it while you hide for Lightning Stake and an Undead Bone Shard.
  • Around the front of the lake grab the Shield of Want and five separate Large Titanite Shard pickups.
  • Let the ballista smash the brick wall along the left side to reach the Speckled Stoneplate Ring.
  • Further along the left wall is a Chaos Gem. In mid-lake, stand on the brick floor until the ballista breaks it open; do not drop in yet.
  • Up the slope right of the fog is a Large Titanite Shard, and the Demon Ruins bonfire down the stairs.
  • On the top floor, the left corner holds an Ember.
  • Go right past the demons for an Ember. An Estus Shard is visible across a gap; collect it later from the safe side.
  • In the first room, go downstairs to the back left for another Undead Bone Shard.
  • Take the left hallway (not the rat one), hit the wall at its end and take the Black Knight Sword.
  • NG++ only: the Flame Stoneplate Ring+2 is in a corner here.
  • Go out, right and on to a room with stairs; left then right before them is an Ember. Climb up to the Old King's Antechamber bonfire.
  • From that bonfire take the near hallway and keep right; a Crystal Lizard drops a Chaos Gem.
  • Straight ahead from the bonfire, the Izalith Pyromancy Tome lies on the floor.
  • In the antechamber, an illusory wall right of the stairs leads to a hallway of ceiling flesh; the Estus Shard is on a body at the end.
  • Back in the main room, take the hallway in the left corner where the rat is.
  • Turn right before the rat and hit the wall ahead; go left for the Quelana Pyromancy Tome (for Karla).
  • The lava room next to it has Toxic Mist and the White Hair Talisman.
  • Keep turning right to a lower hallway with a big rat; a hidden wall on the left hides a chest with Large Titanite Shard x3.
  • Another hidden wall behind the chest leads down to the Izalith Staff.
  • The Basilisk room holds a Titanite Scale.
  • Turn left at the foot of the stairs to meet Knight Slayer Tsorig. You get the My Thanks! gesture either way; he drops the Fume Ultra Greatsword and Black Iron Greatshield.
  • A first kill of Tsorig also gives the Knight Slayer's Ring, and the Shrine Handmaid then sells the Black Iron Set.
  • In this lava room take Sacred Flame and an Ember.
  • Return to the stairs and walk over the bridge; a Soul of a Crestfallen Knight is on the far end.
  • Climb two ladders and drop right for the Dragonrider Bow.
  • Exit at the top onto the lake and drop left for Homeward Bone x2 by the wall.
  • NG+ only: the Bloodbite Ring+1 is near the ballista.
  • With the ballista off, drop down the cliffs to a cave you have not explored; two Crystal Lizards drop a Twinkling Titanite and a Titanite Chunk.
  • Horace has gone hollow in this cave. Kill him for the Llewellyn Shield; the Shrine Handmaid then sells the Executioner Set.
  • The cave also holds Yellow Bug Pellet x2 and two Large Titanite Shard pickups.
  • If Wolnir is still alive, tell Anri in the catacombs about Smouldering Lake for the Ring of the Evil Eye; otherwise she gives it in Irithyll.
  • For the Old Demon King you can summon Knight Slayer Tsorig (if you beat him in the catacombs) and Great Swamp Cuculus. If Cuculus survives, return to Cornyx's old cage for the Spotted Whip and Cornyx's Set.
  • Defeat the Old Demon King for the Soul of the Old Demon King.

Irithyll of the Boreal Valley

  • On arrival, kill the Sulyvahn's Beast for Pontiff's Right Eye. If you run past it, it turns up later in a nastier spot.
  • Light Central Irithyll, then use Sirris' sign mid-bridge to beat Creighton the Wanderer. At the shrine she rewards you with a blessed Mail Breaker and the Silvercat Ring.
  • A Homeward Bone sits just before the barrier.
  • Around the fountain: a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier, a Rime-blue Moss Clump and a Soul of a Weary Warrior.
  • Up the stairs, on the left railing, is a Soul of a Weary Warrior.
  • Straight on and up two flights to the right is a Large Titanite Shard.
  • The next fountain has a Budding Green Blossom and a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier.
  • A little further, by a tree on the left, is Rime-blue Moss Clump x2.
  • Near the Fire Witch is a Large Titanite Shard.
  • Left of the main road a Crystal Lizard drops a Twinkling Titanite.
  • Hit the railing right of the lizard to reveal stairs; go down and right for a Large Titanite Shard.
  • The Evangelist below drops Dorhys' Gnawing.
  • Take the Witchtree Branch, open the gate and return to the lizard spot.
  • Before the crossroads is a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier.
  • Go right at the crossroads for a Large Titanite Shard on a body.
  • Go left at the crossroads; before the church, a Large Titanite Shard lies on the left.
  • Inside, light the Church of Yorshka bonfire and take Proof of a Concord Kept at the back.
  • Anri is here: exhaust her talk for the Quiet Resolve gesture and the Ring of the Evil Eye if you lack it.
  • Now pick a branch: route A ends her story fighting Aldrich, route B (leave the statues alone) leads to the Usurpation of Fire.
  • Route A: hit the statues until you find the disguised pilgrim and kill him. He drops Chameleon.
  • Route B: ignore the hidden pilgrim completely.
  • Downstairs and right is the Roster of Knights. In the graveyard, a Fading Soul lies near the cliff and another by a tree on the right.
  • Before the big tombstone at the end are Homeward Bone x3.
  • An Undead Bone Shard lies behind the grave.
  • If you helped Sirris and are embered, Creighton the Wanderer invades here. He drops the Dragonslayer's Axe, and his Mirrah Chain Set appears on the bridge where Sirris' sign was.
  • From the graveyard entrance take the stairs down and left twice for Kukri x8 and a Rusted Gold Coin.
  • The other way leads to a dark room with Blue Bug Pellet x2 on the ground floor.
  • On the rafters is a Shriving Stone; a chest on the middle level holds Yorshka's Spear.
  • NG+ only: step through the broken railing outside and drop to a ledge for the Covetous Gold Serpent Ring+1.
  • Down the stairs before the lake, the first tunnel on the right has a hidden wall with a Crystal Lizard (Twinkling Titanite).
  • Past the other tunnel, by the tree, is a Blood Gem.
  • Leap down into the lake from this spot; a Ring of Sacrifice lies where you land.
  • In the lake: Green Blossom x3 twice, a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier, a single Green Blossom and the Great Heal miracle on the right side under the city entrance.
  • Light the Distant Manor bonfire and head back up.
  • Enter the sewer from the lake and collect two Dung Pie x3 piles.
  • In the corner opposite the stairs are the Excrement-covered Ashes.
  • Up those stairs Siegward of Catarina rests by a fire. Exhaust his talk for the Emit Force miracle, a Siegbräu and any gestures you missed.
  • The first Silver Knight in the next room drops a Large Titanite Shard and a Divine Blessing; two more up the left stairs drop Large Titanite Shard x2.
  • Three chests up there hold the Leo Ring, Smough's Great Hammer and a Divine Blessing.
  • NG++ only: the Wood Grain Ring+2 is in an alcove outside on the right.
  • If Yuria is hostile (cured Sigils, attacked her or killed the pilgrim) and you are embered, the Londor Pale Shade invades after the knights' room; a first kill gives the Manikin Claws.
  • Beat both of the Shade's invasions and the Pale Shade Set appears near Yuria's spot in Firelink Shrine.
  • By the stairs is a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier; higher on a railing is a Large Titanite Shard.
  • Ride the lift here and open the gate as a shortcut.
  • In the next room take Blue Bug Pellet x2, then go down the ladder at the top for a Large Titanite Shard.
  • Outside is a Soul of a Weary Warrior.
  • Go down left of the boss fog for an Ember and open another shortcut.
  • Drop from the fog area onto the altar for the Ring of the Sun's First Born and a Lightning Gem.
  • NG+ only: the Chloranthy Ring+1 is behind the altar.
  • With your back to the altar, the wall on the left is fake and hides the Magic Clutch Ring.
  • Take the opposite exit for a Soul of a Weary Warrior at the Fire Witch spot and another above it.
  • Greirat asks to pillage Irithyll. Only agree if Siegward is in the sewer here or Patches still sells Siegward's armor; otherwise Greirat dies.
  • If Patches still has the armor, reload after sending Greirat and tell Patches where he went so he can rescue him.
  • Black Hand Gotthard can be summoned for Pontiff; first summon gives By My Sword.
  • Following Yoel and Yuria, you can summon the Londor Pale Shade; first summon gives the Duel Bow gesture.
  • Anri of Astora can be summoned instead of the Shade.
  • Defeat Pontiff Sulyvahn for the Soul of Pontiff Sulyvahn.
  • Route B: talk to Yuria; she says the wedding is nearly ready.
  • Greirat should be back from his trip.
  • Go right from the Pontiff bonfire for a Large Titanite Shard.
  • Two Crystal Lizards nearby each drop a Twinkling Titanite.
  • Left of the courtyard in the dark section is the Dark Stoneplate Ring.
  • From the top of the dark area, slip into the cathedral, open the lift to Sulyvahn's hall, then cross the bridge; a Mimic there drops the Golden Ritual Spear.
  • NG+ only: the Ring of Favor+1 is at the far end.
  • Over the bridge and around, a Crystal Lizard drops a Simple Gem.
  • Leave the same way and go right for a Large Titanite Shard.
  • In the big courtyard: a Soul of a Weary Warrior, a Large Titanite Shard and two Ember pickups.
  • At the end of the courtyard, one of two NPCs drops the Drang Twinspears.
  • In the next building, a hidden wall on the left reveals a long ladder. Kill the two Sulyvahn's Beasts below for the Ring of Favor.
  • Join the Aldrich Faithful with Archdeacon McDonnell and grab Human Dregs and a Deep Gem by the Water Reserve bonfire.
  • Up the stairs of that building, a body in an outer corner has a Titanite Scale.
  • Beside the right tower by the archers is a Large Titanite Shard.
  • While climbing past the Silver Knight archers, drop to a roof below for the Easterner's Ashes.
  • Short of the lift corridor, descend into the lower tower for a Large Titanite Shard, then unlock the door in the following tower.
  • On the way back, the Dragonslayer Greatbow and Dragonslayer Greatarrow x5 sit on a lower platform.
  • Route B: before the lift lever, a path leads down to the pilgrim, who hands you the Sword of Avowal.
  • Route B: take the Brass Set on the way down and perform the Rite of Avowal on Anri's body for 3 more Dark Sigils (8 in total).
  • Take the Reversal Ring right of the altar. The pilgrim later lies dead with Chameleon on his body.
  • Route B: reload and take Anri's Straight Sword from where she lay.
  • Route A: a hidden wall replaces the path to the altar; the Brass Set and Reversal Ring are in the same spots.
  • An Ember lies before the lift.

Anor Londo

  • Ride up to the Anor Londo bonfire, walk back down and cross the invisible bridge straight toward the distant tower. Perform Darkmoon Loyalty for Company Captain Yorshka to join the Blades of the Darkmoon.
  • Drop down the tower for the Painting Guardian's Curved Sword and the Painting Guardian Set, then warp back.
  • Killing Company Captain Yorshka gives Yorshka's Chime but closes her covenant to you; only do it once you are finished with the Blades of the Darkmoon.
  • NG++ only: Havel's Ring+2 is also in the tower.
  • Route B: if you skipped it, Anri's Straight Sword lies where her body was.
  • Left of the stairs up to Anor Londo is a Large Soul of a Weary Warrior.
  • A red-eyed knight stands guard over a Soul of a Crestfallen Knight on the platform to your right.
  • Go left to the dead Giant Blacksmith for the Giant's Coal (Lightning, Simple and Chaos).
  • In the main hall go left; beside the Deacons is Proof of a Concord Kept.
  • On the far side is Moonlight Arrow x6.
  • A Deep Accursed ambushes you in the main room and drops Aldrich's Ruby.
  • Left of the fog, a chest among the Rotten Flesh of Aldrich holds an Estus Shard.
  • Route A: if Horace is dead, Anri's sign appears before the golden doors; use it to help her kill Aldrich in her world.
  • Defeat Aldrich, Devourer of Gods for the Cinders of a Lord and the Soul of Aldrich.
  • Ride the lift up to Gwynevere's chamber for the Sun Princess Ring.
  • Route A: Ludleth hands you Anri's Straight Sword at the shrine.
  • Route A: Anri goes hollow, at Smouldering Lake if you told her about it, otherwise up the hill right of the first Cathedral of the Deep stairs.
  • Killing hollow Anri unlocks the Elite Knight Set at the Shrine Handmaid.
  • After Aldrich, find Sirris' sign in the room before the Greatwood pit and help her beat Holy Knight Hodrick; this grants the Mound-makers if you lack it.
  • The Sunset Armor Set then appears at Pit of Hollows and the Sunset Shield on a grave by the cliff outside Firelink.
  • Back at the shrine, accept Sirris' request to serve as your knight so she can join the last major fights. Refusing leaves her hollow in the Pit of Hollows.

Irithyll Dungeon

  • From Distant Manor follow the path and drop at once for a Rusted Gold Coin; drop again for a Large Titanite Shard behind a pillar.
  • On the cliff path outside, Alva, Seeker of the Spurned invades if you are embered. He drops the Murakumo.
  • A Rusted Coin sits in the nearest left-hand cell.
  • Check the next cell along for a Large Titanite Shard.
  • A Fading Soul lies on the outer path.
  • Follow that walkway to its far end to pick up a Large Titanite Shard.
  • Hop down a floor; a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier is waiting there.
  • A cell further down holds the Old Sorcerer Set.
  • The last cell's occupant drops Great Magic Shield.
  • Upstairs, cross the middle bridge; the last cell on the right has a Large Titanite Shard.
  • The next cell has Pale Pine Resin x2 by the broken wall.
  • Pass through to the last cell on the other side for the Jailbreaker's Key, then open the shortcut door.
  • Cross back, go left and open the window grate at the hallway end with the key. Drop down for the Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring.
  • On the bridge below, go left for Homeward Bone x2.
  • Re-enter the dungeon here; a Crystal Lizard drops a Titanite Scale.
  • A small side room off this hallway has a Simple Gem.
  • Go back outside and downstairs; the Mimic in the next room drops an Estus Shard.
  • Down the next hallway is a Soul of a Weary Warrior.
  • Drop down the first hole near the entrance to kill a Crystal Lizard for a Titanite Chunk; the giant only fights if hit. A Soul of a Crestfallen Knight lies before him.
  • To skip the giant for now, drop down the hole near the Soul of a Weary Warrior instead.
  • A Pickaxe lies before the gate.
  • Up the tunnel is a Soul of a Weary Warrior.
  • Of the two chests at the hallway end, the left one is a Mimic with the Dark Clutch Ring; the right holds the Old Cell Key. Basilisks ambush you after.
  • Back in the tunnel on the left, the next room has Dung Pie x4.
  • Go left in the big Jailer room for a Large Titanite Shard.
  • Through the tunnel, a dragon statue near the lift holds the Dragon Torso Stone. Return here later with Path of the Dragon.
  • Ride the lift up for a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier next to the shortcut into the main dungeon.
  • Hop off the lift halfway for the Lightning Blade miracle.
  • Back in the Jailer room, a cell on the left with five Wretches holds the Profaned Coal (Dark, Blood and Hollow).
  • Two Ember pickups lie in the middle and on the right of the room.
  • The short tunnel on the left has a Mimic with Titanite Scale x2.
  • The far left cell holds the Xanthous Ashes and the Dusk Crown Ring.
  • Karla is locked in the middle cell on the right; the Jailer's Key Ring is in the next area.
  • The Alva Set lies before Karla's cell only if you killed Alva.
  • Before the bridge outside, go left for a Large Soul of a Weary Warrior.

Profaned Capital

  • At the first bonfire, inspect Laddersmith Gilligan's corpse for the Stretch Out gesture and an Undead Bone Shard.
  • Climb down, go out through the wall hole and take the left ladder for Rusted Coin x2.
  • NG++ only: the Magic Stoneplate Ring+2 is at the end of the broken stairs going down.
  • Use the plank ramp by the ambushing Gargoyle; two Crystal Lizards drop a Twinkling Titanite each and a Rusted Gold Coin is in the back left.
  • Out on the planks to the right is Blooming Purple Moss Clump x3.
  • In the toxic swamp: the Cursebite Ring and a Poison Gem in the cave, a Purging Stone in the open and a Shriving Stone behind the building.
  • The ground floor of the building has Hand Ogres; one drops the Eleonora. Purging Stone x3 lies here too.
  • Climb up to the roof and kill the court sorcerer for Logan's Scroll.
  • NG+ only: the Flame Stoneplate Ring+1 is on top of the ground-floor entrance below.
  • Poison Arrow x18 sits on the right of the roof.
  • Drop from the roof into the building for Wrath of the Gods.
  • This room has the Court Sorcerer Set and a Mimic with the Court Sorcerer's Staff.
  • Downstairs is some Rubbish.
  • From the roof, sprint-jump into the open window by the stairs to reach Siegward's cell. Free him with the Old Cell Key for a Titanite Slab; the Covetous Gold Serpent Ring is in the same room.
  • Climb the stairs; hit the alcove at the top to expose two invisible Jailers. The Jailer's Key Ring is at the end of the hall.
  • The hole in the wall leads into the giant's cell; kill him if he still lives.
  • In that room take the Profaned Flame and two Large Titanite Shard pickups.
  • Leave by the left tunnel, ride the lift and open the shortcut to the Irithyll Dungeon bonfire.
  • NG+ only: the Covetous Silver Serpent Ring+1 is on a ledge in the lift shaft.
  • Back in the giant's cell, exit the other way to a Mimic with Dragonslayer Lightning Arrow x10.
  • Climb the ladder and hop along the rafters for Lightning Bolt x9.
  • With the giant dead, kill the Crystal Lizard for a Titanite Chunk and take the Soul of a Crestfallen Knight.
  • Free Karla with the Jailer's Key Ring; she moves to Firelink. Give her the Quelana and Grave Warden tomes, and the Londor and Deep tomes too to keep Irina clean.
  • Warp to the Irithyll Dungeon bonfire: the last right-hand cell of the first section has a Rusted Gold Coin, and the first cell on the left below the opened window has the Prisoner Chief's Ashes.
  • Return to the Profaned Capital bonfire.
  • Descend the ladder on the wall. On the bridge are Onislayer Greatarrow x8, and further along a Large Soul of a Weary Warrior.
  • Drop from the bridge onto the structure below for the Onislayer Greatbow.
  • Drop again for a Rusted Coin, and another at the end of the platform.
  • Right of the boss fog are three chests: a Mimic with the Greatshield of Glory, a Mimic with Rusted Gold Coin x2 and a real chest with an Ember.
  • Enter the arena; with Siegward's quest done he joins the fight. Defeat Yhorm the Giant for the Cinders of a Lord and the Soul of Yhorm the Giant, then talk to Siegward for a Siegbräu.
  • After your third Lord of Cinder you are sent to Emma at High Wall. She gives the Basin of Vows; touching the beheading statue starts the Dancer fight.
  • If Siegward helped, return to the arena for the Storm Ruler, the Pierce Shield and the Catarina Set.

Dancer and Consumed King's Garden

  • Defeat the Dancer of the Boreal Valley for the Soul of the Dancer.
  • Place the Basin of Vows and climb the ladder into Lothric Castle.
  • Take the first left into the Consumed King's Garden for a Soul of a Weary Warrior.
  • Jump off the lift halfway, go down the stairs and grab an Estus Shard on the right.
  • Go left and drop to the stairs for a Titanite Chunk.
  • NG++ only: the Sage Ring+2 is on another broken stairway.
  • Right of the lift structure is a Ring of Sacrifice.
  • NG+ only: the Wood Grain Ring+1 is behind the lift.
  • Among the slugs: Black Firebomb x2, the Claw, the Shadow Set and a Human Pine Resin.
  • Under the stairs on the left is a Dark Gem; up the stairs is a Titanite Chunk.
  • Over on the right side you can grab Human Pine Resin x2 plus one more Titanite Chunk.
  • A door on the right side of the garden has a lift; ride it up for a Titanite Scale and a Titanite Chunk and open the shortcut.
  • Ride back down and hop off halfway for the Dragonscale Ring.
  • If Hawkwood has left the shrine, his sign is on the big platform before the two knights.
  • The second greatsword knight outside the boss room drops the Magic Stoneplate Ring.
  • Defeat Oceiros, the Consumed King for the Soul of Consumed Oceiros.
  • Continue down past the arena; a body holds the Path of the Dragon gesture.
  • Left of the gesture a chest holds a Titanite Scale, and a second chest further on another. The wall behind it is fake and leads to the Untended Graves.

Untended Graves

  • Straight ahead from the bonfire is a Shriving Stone.
  • Left of the bonfire is the Ashen Estus Ring.
  • Near the central square is a Soul of a Crestfallen Knight.
  • Hug the left-hand outer wall to find a Titanite Chunk.
  • A second Titanite Chunk waits off to the right.
  • Two Ravenous Crystal Lizards roam here; each gives two Titanite Scale drops.
  • Where the Cemetery of Ash bonfire would be, Daughter of Crystal Kriemhild invades if you are embered.
  • Follow the left path for a Hidden Blessing.
  • Sword Master can be summoned outside the boss room.
  • Defeat Champion Gundyr for the Soul of Champion Gundyr.
  • The Black Knight Glaive is in the arena.
  • At the dark Firelink Shrine, search the graves for the Hornet Ring (where Hawkwood's Shield was) and the Chaos Blade (where the Sword Master stood).
  • Climb above the dark shrine's doorway for a Soul of a Crestfallen Knight.
  • Inside, the Coiled Sword Fragment rests where the bonfire usually is.
  • Once you no longer need it, trade the Coiled Sword Fragment to Pickle-Pee, Pump-a-Rum Crow for a Titanite Slab; just before NG+ is a good moment.
  • NG++ only: the Life Ring+3 is behind Lothric's throne.
  • A second Shrine Handmaid here sells the Wolf Knight Set, the Priestess Ring and more. She does not come back if killed.
  • At Andre's usual spot is the Blacksmith Hammer.
  • Open the hidden wall to Irina's usual nook for the Eyes of a Fire Keeper; giving them to the Fire Keeper enables The End of Fire.
  • If Yuria never appeared, the Hollow's Ashes lie in Yoel's spot.
  • NG+ only: the Ring of Steel Protection+1 is outside by the tower.

Archdragon Peak

  • Go to the dragon statue in Irithyll Dungeon and perform Path of the Dragon to travel to Archdragon Peak.
  • By the tree near your arrival point is a Soul of a Weary Warrior.
  • On top of the large rock ahead is a Lightning Gem.
  • On the cliff to the left are Homeward Bone x2.
  • Behind rocks a little further is a Titanite Chunk.
  • An Ember sits next to the Archdragon Peak bonfire.
  • Right of the structure ahead is a Soul of a Nameless Soldier; to its left a Titanite Chunk.
  • On top of the structure is the Ancient Dragon Greatshield; another Titanite Chunk lies in the corner below.
  • Follow the path left of the gate for the Lightning Clutch Ring.
  • Kill the Ancient Wyvern (a plunging attack from above ends it fast) for the Dragon Head Stone.
  • You are moved to the Dragon-Kin Mausoleum bonfire afterwards.
  • Go back to the start of the wyvern area.
  • Mid-arena is a Large Soul of a Weary Warrior.
  • To the right are Stalk Dung Pie x6 and two Ember pickups.
  • Walk along the outside of the broken railing at the end for the Ring of Steel Protection.
  • Left of the arena middle is a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier; up the stairs and left is Lightning Urn x4.
  • Follow the main path into the domed building on the left for a Titanite Chunk.
  • Down the ladder is Twinkling Titanite x2.
  • Back on the main path, Dung Pie x3 sits at the platform edge.
  • Head up onto this building's roof: Titanite Chunk x2 and Lightning Bolt x12 are there.
  • Return to the plunge spot and climb the ladder at the other end for Twinkling Titanite x2.
  • Kill the Drakeblood Knight at the mausoleum for the Drakeblood Greatsword. Then go back to the Path of the Dragon altar by Oceiros for the Drakeblood Set.
  • Perform Path of the Dragon at the mausoleum altar for the Calamity Ring.
  • Turn around and follow the path for two Titanite Scale pickups.
  • In the altar room, back left, is a Soul of a Crestfallen Knight.
  • On the top level an exit on the right leads to a Titanite Scale on a body.
  • Back inside, turn left to open a shortcut.
  • Interact with the wooden gate for the Dragonslayer Spear.
  • Head downstairs and climb the ladder by the scaffolding for the Thunder Stoneplate Ring.
  • A Crystal Lizard further on drops Twinkling Titanite x3; the next room's chest holds Titanite Scale x3.
  • Jump onto the little stone altar in that first room for a Soul of a Weary Warrior.
  • The wyvern ahead can be shot down safely with arrows; it drops Titanite Chunk x6, Titanite Scale x3 and Twinkling Titanite x3 plus many souls.
  • In the next building the Rapier Champion drops Ricard's Rapier; sometimes a Havel Knight appears instead with the Dragon Tooth and Havel's Greatshield.
  • Do not ring the bell in the next room until you have finished exploring the peak.
  • Continue to the Great Belfry bonfire.
  • Down the stairs, in the middle, is a Large Soul of a Crestfallen Knight.
  • If he has left Firelink, summon Hawkwood at the foot of the stairs below the bonfire. Fight up the hill and perform Path of the Dragon at the top altar for the Twinkling Dragon Torso Stone.
  • On the climb, the Dragon Chaser's Ashes lie off to the left.
  • NG+ only: Havel's Ring+1 is in a corner behind the structure halfway up.
  • Go down the hill through the structure on the left to a ladder; a chest beside it holds Twinkling Titanite x3.
  • Climb the ladder to find Havel by a dead dragon. Kill him for the Dragon Tooth and Havel's Greatshield; a Titanite Slab lies by the dragon.
  • Drop down a ledge left of Havel for the Great Magic Barrier miracle.
  • Havel's Set now waits near the Stray Demon above the Old Wolf of Farron.
  • Andre passes on Hawkwood's challenge. Duel him at the Abyss Watchers bonfire: winning gives the Twinkling Dragon Head Stone, losing costs the Torso Stone. Retry as often as needed.
  • Ring the bell to call the final boss of the peak.
  • Defeat the Nameless King for the Soul of the Nameless King.
  • Turn around and take the Ember from the body in the other room.
  • After the fight, a body in the arena holds a Titanite Slab; further along the way back to the mausoleum is the Dragonslayer Set.
  • NG++ only: check the side staircases near the summit for the Covetous Gold Serpent Ring+2.

Lothric Castle

  • Greirat asks to pillage Lothric Castle and dies there no matter what. His Greirat's Ashes turn up in the Grand Archives and unlock his wares at the Shrine Handmaid.
  • If you send him, tell Patches where he went; Patches comes back later with a gift.
  • Fight through the trio of Lothric Knights to reach the Lothric Castle bonfire; a Soul of a Crestfallen Knight is on the route.
  • A chest in the next room holds the Prayer Set.
  • Look left: a Titanite Chunk rests against the railing.
  • Outside, the room on the right has a twin-axe Winged Knight and a Twinkling Titanite behind the ladder. Climb up; a hidden wall hides the Winged Knight Set and the Sacred Bloom Shield.
  • Outside again, go left at the fork for a Titanite Chunk.
  • Climb the stairs on the right, come down the other side and turn left for a Large Soul of a Weary Warrior.
  • Cross to the opposite side to collect Titanite Chunk x2.
  • Rejoin the main path to reach the Dragon Barracks bonfire.
  • An Ember sits in a corner near the bonfire.
  • Up the stairs on the left, a body by a Lothric Knight holds the Greatlance.
  • Two Lothric Wyverns guard the bridge above. Killing one with arrows also kills the other; shooting the Pus of Man at their feet makes them vanish.
  • Run almost to the end of the bridge and drop off; an Undead Bone Shard is under it.
  • Drop further for Twinkling Titanite x2 on the left and two Titanite Chunk pickups.
  • Break the barrels in the next room for Lightning Urn x3.
  • The Crystal Lizard outside drops Twinkling Titanite x2. If you die or reload before killing the second lizard here, that one is gone for good.
  • Further right is a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier.
  • Up the small stairs, kill the Winged Knight and take the Sniper Crossbow and Sniper Bolt x11.
  • Return to the bridge and hop off its closer end to grab a Titanite Chunk.
  • Keep left into a room with a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier and a Raw Gem.
  • In the cellar below, a Boreal Outrider Knight drops the Irithyll Rapier. Four chests hold Twinkling Titanite x2, a Twinkling Titanite, a Titanite Scale and the Spirit Tree Crest Shield.
  • Cross where the wyverns breathe fire; the room on the left has Black Firebomb x3. Up the ladder, at the edge, is a Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier.
  • Slay the Pus of Man waiting here; it leaves Titanite Chunk x2 and Ember x2.
  • Take the exit on the same level for a Titanite Chunk, a Crystal Lizard with Twinkling Titanite x2 and a Titanite Scale at the end.
  • NG+ only: the Life Ring+2 is on a ledge below that Titanite Chunk.
  • With the wyverns gone, collect Lightning Urn x6, a Refined Gem and two Ember pickups.
  • Back in the ladder room, climb the stairs to a Mimic with Titanite Scale x3 and a Pale Pine Resin beside it.
  • Take the right-hand exit to find one more Titanite Scale.
  • Pull the lever in the next room to open the gate below the wyverns.
  • At the edge is a Large Soul of a Weary Warrior.
  • Left of the stairs up is an Ember.
  • On the roof, the Dragonslayer Armour gate faces a shortcut lift back to the castle entrance.
  • A Sunlight Medal is on the ground beside that lift.
  • With your back to the boss gate, take the torch-lit door on the left and climb: Rusted Coin x2 and a chest with a Titanite Scale.
  • Leave by the next door; the Red Tearstone Ring is on a body to the right and Caitha's Chime is below the ledge.
  • NG++ only: the Thunder Stoneplate Ring+2 is at the back of the roof above the chime.
  • With your back to the boss gate, go right and drop to a Pus of Man for Titanite Chunk x2 and Ember x2, plus a Soul of a Crestfallen Knight.
  • Inside the building, a Mimic holds the Sunlight Straight Sword and a body holds the Braille Divine Tome of Lothric.
  • NG+ only: the Dark Stoneplate Ring+1 is on the balcony outside.
  • Climb the ladder on that building for a Titanite Chunk facing the boss gate.
  • Cross the roofs to the windows opposite and climb down for the Knight's Ring.
  • Cross the bridge to the Altar of Sunlight. Pray for the Praise the Sun gesture; it also takes Sunlight Medal offerings for the Warrior of Sunlight. A chest holds Titanite Scale x3 and the door opens a shortcut.
  • Eygon of Carim's sign is in the chapel right of the boss area if Irina was never corrupted and you talked to him at the shrine.
  • Sirris' sign is below the second stairway if you are allies.
  • Defeat the Dragonslayer Armour for the Soul of Dragonslayer Armour.
  • If Eygon left the shrine, his body is now in Irina's old cell in the Undead Settlement with Morne's Great Hammer and the Moaning Shield. Morne's Set then goes on sale.
  • Irina's story has two endings depending on the tomes you gave her; if the dark one has not triggered yet, check again after the Twin Princes.
  • Light path: give her the Braille Divine Tome of Carim and Braille Divine Tome of Lothric (or all four tomes but no dark purchases) and buy all her light spells.
  • Buy the Saint's Ring from her now if you want it. After a reload she moves to the tower left of the shrine and works as a Fire Keeper.
  • Dark path: buying any dark miracle makes Irina vanish to the Iudex Gundyr area, where a hostile Eygon guards her. Kill him to bring her back.
  • Buying every dark miracle corrupts her fully. Wearing Morne's gauntlets she asks you to end her, and her ashes let the Handmaid sell her stock.

Grand Archives

  • Facing the Archives from the Dragonslayer Armour bonfire, go right and down for a Titanite Chunk.
  • Black Hand Gotthard's body by the Grand Archives bonfire carries the Grand Archives Key and the Gotthard Twinswords. It only appears after the Abyss Watchers, Aldrich and Yhorm are dead.
  • Inside, kill the lesser Crystal Sage for the Crystal Scroll.
  • If Orbeck has had all four scrolls and sold you every spell, he says goodbye and later appears as a summon for the Twin Princes.
  • On the left, a Crystal Lizard drops a Crystal Gem and a Twinkling Titanite.
  • Go right from the lizard and take the first left for a Soul of a Crestfallen Knight.
  • Climb the staircase and bear right to collect a Titanite Chunk.
  • After clearing the four scholars at the altar, dip your head in the wax to stop the curse hands from grabbing you for a while.
  • Past a Lothric Knight, the next room has the Crystal Chime.
  • Back outside, a Titanite Chunk is on the left; drop down for another.
  • From the altar turn around; a Titanite Scale sits on the bookcases to the right.
  • In the dark room, two Crystal Lizards drop Twinkling Titanite with a Chaos Gem, and Twinkling Titanite x2; a body holds a Soul of a Nameless Soldier.
  • Pull the lever on the wall to open a room with the Witch's Locks and Power Within.
  • Climb to the highest floor of the unlit room to grab a Titanite Scale.
  • Leaving the dark room, kick down the ladder as a shortcut to the ground floor.
  • Turn right before the ladder for a Titanite Chunk.
  • On the left a Crystal Lizard drops Twinkling Titanite x2.
  • The lever between the bookcases opens a room near the first wax altar.
  • Outside are Homeward Bone x3.
  • Inside, the left staircase leads to a second wax altar with a Titanite Chunk beside it.
  • Near the broken railing with one scholar, drop onto the shelf for a Titanite Scale, then lower again for the Avelyn.
  • Back at the first wax altar, the newly opened room behind it has a chest with a Titanite Slab.
  • Return upstairs and continue to the top; turn left into a corner for a Titanite Scale.
  • On this level, hit the gated wall at the back left to find a Boreal Outrider Knight with the Outrider Knight Set. The Soul Stream sorcery is out the back.
  • Leaving that room, turn left; a Titanite Scale is in the corner by the ladder.
  • Climb down; a Shriving Stone lies by the railing.
  • Before the bridge, the lever on the right opens a nook with the Scholar Ring.
  • Cross the bridge, ride the lift down and pull the lever to open a shortcut to the entrance.
  • If you plan to send Greirat on his last trip, now is a good time; his ashes are close.
  • Back on the bridge, drop off the broken right railing; a Crystal Lizard drops Titanite Scale x2. Use the lift and go upstairs.
  • At the back of the four-scholar room is a Large Soul of a Crestfallen Knight; a chest left of the exit holds Titanite Scale x3.
  • In the next room a Crystal Lizard drops a Twinkling Titanite and a Refined Gem; the Fleshbite Ring is to its right.
  • On a rooftop landing with a broken wall is a Titanite Chunk.
  • Follow the roofs and climb left for a Soul of a Weary Warrior.
  • On the big roof on the left, two Crystal Lizards drop Twinkling Titanite with a Heavy Gem, and Twinkling Titanite with a Sharp Gem.
  • Drop to the Corvians' platform; the little room on the right has a Hollow Gem and a Titanite Chunk is outside to the right.
  • Jump past the Corvians to a lower platform for Titanite Scale x3 and Greirat's Ashes if you sent him out.
  • Back on the lizard roof, follow the right wall and drop to another roof for a Titanite Chunk.
  • Keep to the right wall to a broken window: inside are the last Undead Bone Shard and an Ember, and a ladder to kick down.
  • On the far side of the Archives, a balcony body holds Titanite Chunk x2.
  • Step outside through the door on the path: Black Hand Kamui, Daughter of Crystal Kriemhild and Lion Knight Albert drop Onikiri and Ubadachi, the Sage's Crystal Staff and the Golden Wing Crest Shield.
  • On the stairs is a Large Soul of a Crestfallen Knight.
  • Further up is a lift shortcut to the Grand Archives bonfire.
  • Near the barricades before the Twin Princes, climb the stairs behind you; a Soul of a Crestfallen Knight is on the railing to the left.
  • On the roof with three Gertrude's knights, the last Estus Shard is at the very back.
  • Killing every knight on that roof gives a one-time Titanite Slab.
  • At the top of the tower is the Hunter's Ring.
  • NG++ only: the Lingering Dragoncrest Ring+2 is in an alcove opposite the ladder.
  • Enter the lower doorway and drop into the cage for Divine Pillars of Light.
  • On the rafters outside the cage is a Blessed Gem.
  • NG+ only: the Sage Ring+1 is on the lower rafters.
  • Drop to the stone rafters and climb down by the Man-grub; two chests hold a Divine Blessing and Twinkling Titanite x3.
  • Fight to the top of the barricades; a lift leads down to the Dragonslayer Armour courtyard.
  • Send that lift up and take the lift beneath it down for a Titanite Slab.
  • Orbeck can be summoned by the big metal door if he received all four scrolls and you bought all his spells.
  • Sirris can be summoned at the fog if you are allies.
  • Defeat the Twin Princes for the Cinders of a Lord and the Soul of the Twin Princes.
  • If Orbeck left the shrine, his body sits in a chair on the wooden balcony up the Archives lift, holding Orbeck's Ashes.
  • Hand the ashes to Yuria (if she asked for his death) for the Morion Blade; the Handmaid then sells his Clandestine Coat.
  • Sirris now lies at her grandfather's grave by Firelink with the Sunless Talisman; her Sunless Set goes on sale.
  • With Sirris done, offer a Pale Tongue to Rosaria and talk to Leonhard when he appears in her chamber (reload if needed). A Man-grub here may drop the Heysel Pick and Xanthous Crown.
  • Reload again: Rosaria is dead and her body holds the Black Eye Orb.
  • Take a lift up from the Aldrich bonfire and use the Black Eye Orb to invade Leonhard. He drops the Soul of Rosaria, Crescent Moon Sword and Silver Mask.
  • Leonhard's Set now goes on sale, and Ludleth trades the Soul of Rosaria for Bountiful Sunlight.

Kiln of the First Flame

  • Place every Cinders of a Lord on its throne, then use the Firelink Shrine bonfire to travel to the Kiln of the First Flame.
  • With all four Cinders on their thrones, the Shrine Handmaid stocks a single Titanite Slab.
  • You arrive at the Flameless Shrine bonfire. Back at Firelink Shrine, the Skull Ring now lies on Ludleth's throne.
  • With 8 Dark Sigils you can summon Yuria of Londor and the Londor Pale Shade. If Yuria survives, the Darkdrift and Black Set appear at her spot in Firelink.
  • Defeat the Soul of Cinder for the Soul of the Lords.
  • Which endings you can choose depends on what you did earlier; see the Endings page.
  • Ending 1: touch the bonfire to link the fire for To Link the First Flame. Followers of Yuria must have the Dark Sigil cured first.
  • Ending 2: after giving the Eyes of a Fire Keeper to the Fire Keeper, use her summon sign by the bonfire for The End of Fire.
  • Ending 3: during that ending's final scene you briefly regain control; attack the Fire Keeper for an alternate ending. No achievement.
  • Ending 4: with all 8 Dark Sigils from Yoel and Anri, interact with the flame to take it for The Usurpation of Fire.

Painted World of Ariandel

  • Find Slave Knight Gael by the altar at the Cleansing Chapel bonfire and accept his offer. If he is already gone, touch the scrap of painting under the small candelabrum right of the altar.
  • On arrival, Rime-blue Moss Clump x2 lies to your left.
  • Leave the cave to light the Snowfield bonfire.
  • Keep the left wall until a hill in the middle; a Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler is beside it.
  • Further along the left wall, by a fly, is a Poison Gem.
  • Follow the wall until the snow gives way; a body there holds a Rime-blue Moss Clump.
  • Along the right wall past a lone wolf, climb the hill for a Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler and the Follower Javelin above.
  • Back where you dropped, a tree mid-forest has a Rusted Coin.
  • Walk on toward the cliff; the Gravetender Greatwolf attacks and flees at half health, leaving Large Titanite Shard x3.
  • Where the wolf first spots you is a Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler.
  • Under the big rock it stood on, by a tree, is another Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler.
  • On the jutting part of the cliff is Homeward Bone x6.
  • With your back to the tower, a Heavy Gem sits in the corner of a ruin.
  • Enter the tower; the Silvercat Ring makes the drops safer.
  • The ground floor has a Soul of a Weary Warrior.
  • Climb the ladder and go down the stairs for the Ethereal Oak Shield.
  • On the next stairs a Crystal Lizard drops a Twinkling Titanite.
  • From the top floor climb the outside ladder for a Large Soul of a Weary Warrior and the Captain's Ashes. The ashes add Refined Gems, the Millwood Knight Set and Millwood Greatarrows to the Handmaid's stock.
  • Drop from the rafters onto a body with the Millwood Battle Axe.
  • Walk around the tower to the right for a Blessed Gem.
  • With your back to the tower door, head toward the wooded hill.
  • Up the hill and left, near Millwood Knights, are the Millwood Greatbow and Millwood Greatarrow x5.
  • Now take the other route away from the tower.
  • Up the hill the Gravetender Greatwolf strikes again with wolves; it drops Large Titanite Shard x3 again.
  • The snow breaks again; on the last ledge down is a Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler.
  • Go left for Black Firebomb x2 up the hill; the maggot pit holds the Frozen Weapon sorcery.
  • By the trees, a Large Titanite Shard is on the left wall.
  • Return to where you dropped after the wolf and go right to the Rope Bridge Cave bonfire.
  • Over the bridge, right of the chapel door, is a Hollow Gem.
  • Speak with Sir Vilhelm by the doors, head inside and kindle the Ariandel Chapel bonfire.
  • Talk to Friede twice for the Chillbite Ring.
  • Cut the bridge to form a ladder and climb down; Rime-blue Moss Clump x4 is on a body on the right wall.
  • Drop onto the roots and follow them to a Crystal Lizard with a Twinkling Titanite.
  • Keep the right wall for an Ember.
  • On a lower root near the cliff is the Follower Sabre.
  • Light the Snowy Mountain Pass bonfire at the frozen lake.
  • Approaching the frozen Giant Crab wakes a second one; killing both gives a Crystal Gem.
  • Behind the crabs, up a small hill, are Homeward Bone x2.
  • Further on, a living tree guards the Snap Freeze sorcery.
  • Killing that tree drops a big ladder on the hill; climb two ladders for a Titanite Slab.
  • Continue and drop down to a Shriving Stone by the flies.
  • Ignore the ladder up and push on to a Crystal Lizard with a Large Titanite Shard.
  • Slide down the slope and go right; by the cliff is a Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler.
  • From the slide go left, drop down the ledges and take Budding Green Blossom x3 on the far side.
  • Enter the Corvian Settlement and go right for a Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler.
  • Climb the ladder into the house for an Ember; a Corvian Settler sits in the kitchen.
  • The house on the left holds the Corvian Settlement bonfire.
  • The leftmost house across the bridge has an Ember.
  • Go right and drop off the right side of the bridge for a Simple Gem; open the gate there if you like.
  • Cross the bridge, climb the left side and jump across to a broken wall with a Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler.
  • In the ruin above the entrance, follow the left wall to a Crystal Lizard with Large Titanite Shard x2.
  • From that ruin jump to the rock with the Crow Quills.
  • From the bonfire go to the far cemetery gate, drop off the cliff and enter the fly house for a Dark Gem.
  • Further along the cliff is a Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler.
  • Climb the ladder, drop onto the bridge and open the ground-floor door of the house.
  • Cross the bridge for a Large Soul of an Unknown Traveler on the roof.
  • Enter the house with Corvians on top and climb to the roof for the Crow Talons.
  • Climb the other house's ladder into the tower and drop down for the Slave Knight Set.
  • Re-enter by the roof, climb the ladder and drop onto the right roof for Rusted Gold Coin x3.
  • Climb once more and cross the bridges; a Crystal Lizard drops a Twinkling Titanite.
  • On the church roof by the tower is a Large Soul of a Weary Warrior.
  • Drop through the back right window to the rafters for a Soul of a Crestfallen Knight.
  • The body before the altar holds the Way of White Corona miracle.
  • Head out of the church and unlock the gate into the graveyard.
  • Skip the library for now: go right for a Young White Branch by the living tree and Rusted Coin x2 further back.
  • Kill Sir Vilhelm in the library for the Contraption Key and the Onyx Blade.
  • Pull the lever, go to the second floor and out to the balcony; circle around to the Depths of the Painting bonfire and open the gate.
  • From that bonfire head into the forest along the left wall for Prism Stone x10.
  • Pass the tree toward the cliff, go right uphill along it and drop in the back left for the Follower Shield.
  • Take the first right, head straight toward the tower and grab an Ember in a small cave on the right.
  • Continue to the cliff; a body on the right has a Titanite Chunk.
  • Go back past the bell keeping right to a tree with a red base. Fell it to bridge over to a lift.
  • Cross the tree and the bridge; another fallen tree on the left leads to a Titanite Chunk.
  • Back at the bell, climb the hill, go left and find wolves and Large Titanite Shard x2 round the corner.
  • The lower path here has the Follower Torch.
  • Take the lower path and drop to the frozen lake with the Silvercat Ring, or use the snow ledge by the cliff past the bell.
  • The cave where you land holds the Earth Seeker.
  • Around the lake: a Large Soul of a Crestfallen Knight and two Soul of a Crestfallen Knight pickups.
  • Follow the cliff out of the lake area, past the wolves and higher up the hill.
  • A short path left leads to an enemy and the Quakestone Hammer.
  • The other way drops to Large Titanite Shard x2; fell the tree for a shortcut and enter the tunnel.
  • In the fly room take Dung Pie x2 from a rafter, go up and open the door to the bonfire.
  • Return to the fly room and drop to the lower floor.
  • Here are a Blood Gem and Vilhelm's Set.
  • Upstairs, a hidden wall on the right leads straight to the upper room.
  • Facing the upper entrance from the Blood Gem spot, work the handle by a pillar with planks to open a passage beside the bonfire.
  • Facing the handle, turn left, walk to the wall and right to some small steps; break the bricks there.
  • Two Crystal Lizards inside each drop a Twinkling Titanite.
  • Outside, drop to the roots and follow them to the tower platform for Pyromancer's Parting Flame and Homeward Bone x2.
  • While embered, Livid Pyromancer Dunnel invades near the tower centre; he drops Floating Chaos.
  • Use a Homeward Bone to get out, then from Depths of the Painting take the right-hand route to the ruin.
  • Defeat Champion's Gravetender & Gravetender Greatwolf for the Champion's Bones and Valorheart.
  • Go back to the Ariandel Chapel bonfire.
  • Slave Knight Gael can be summoned for the next fight.
  • Defeat Sister Friede (with Father Ariandel) for the Soul of Sister Friede.
  • The fight also leaves a Titanite Slab.
  • At the Corvian Settlement, the Corvian Settler in the house by the bonfire gives you a Titanite Slab for beating Friede. If he is dead, it lies in the kitchen.

The Dreg Heap

  • Use the extra bonfire beside the Kiln or Sister Friede bonfire to reach The Dreg Heap; an Ember lies to the right around a round rooftop.
  • After the first drop, go left up the stairs for a Titanite Chunk; higher stairs lead to the Aquamarine Dagger.
  • Walk toward the visible item; the floor breaks into a room with a Soul of a Weary Warrior, a Titanite Scale, a Twinkling Titanite and the Murky Hand Scythe behind the shelves.
  • After the next drop, head to the church for Lightning Urn x4. Note the wooden platform on the left for later.
  • Inside the church is a Soul of a Crestfallen Knight.
  • Leave the church to the right; Rusted Coin x2 is by the fountain.
  • The house holds a Titanite Chunk and further in the Murky Longstaff.
  • Strike the wall on the left of that room to reveal stairs; an Ember is in the back left of the second room.
  • Continue, kick down the ladder on the left and grab the Great Soul Dregs at the far end.
  • Drop off the far end of the wooden balcony for the Covetous Silver Serpent Ring+3.
  • Back at the church, go left; a tower crashes into it. The first Angel's summoner just beyond drops Twinkling Titanite x2.
  • Climb the fallen tower in the church to meet Lapp; exhaust his dialogue.
  • Drop onto the Harald Knight below with a plunge, then collect a Titanite Chunk and Homeward Bone x3.
  • Drop down and light the Earthen Peak Ruins bonfire. Lapp shows up on the cliff to its right once you have died or reloaded since meeting him.
  • With the first Angel dead, go back near the Lightning Urns: a Divine Blessing is behind your drop point and the wooden platform holds the Ring of Steel Protection+3.
  • From Lapp's first spot drop right into the ash; an alcove on the upper platform has Projected Heal.
  • Go left and drop to the Lothric Knights for a Large Soul of a Weary Warrior and the Lothric War Banner.
  • Kill the two angel summoners before looting the ruins; each drops Twinkling Titanite x2.
  • Black Firebomb x4 lies beside the fallen windmill sails.
  • In front of the windmill near the edge is a Titanite Chunk.
  • The cliff-edge hut has the Desert Pyromancer Garb.
  • The next hut has Titanite Chunk x2.
  • A jutting cliff behind you ends at the Giant Door Shield.
  • Cross the tower left of the root you see from the bonfire, then run along the roots for a Twinkling Titanite.
  • In the entrance corridor of the swamp with two Thralls, keep left for an Ember.
  • Cross the first fallen tower to the second for a Titanite Scale, then drop into the swamp.
  • Turn around and follow the path under the tower for the Desert Pyromancer Gloves.
  • In the swamp left of the gloves is the Desert Pyromancer Skirt.
  • The broken hut at the swamp edge has Purple Moss Clump x4.
  • Walk the giant root beside the hut for the Ring of Favor+3, then drop to the lower root for a Titanite Chunk.
  • In the swamp cave are a Large Soul of a Weary Warrior and a Titanite Slab.
  • Die or reload three times after talking to Lapp at Earthen Peak Ruins and he fetches that slab for you; if you take it yourself he gives a Siegbräu instead.
  • Out of the cave, a Large Soul of a Weary Warrior sits mid-swamp and a Titanite Chunk by the houses.
  • Go right to the island for a Loincloth.
  • Keep left past the buildings for the Harald Curved Greatsword and a Homeward Bone further up.
  • Drop, climb the root and switch roots for a Titanite Chunk.
  • Follow the roots to the roof and kill the angel summoner.
  • At the top of the roots, Desert Pyromancer Zoey drops Flame Fan.
  • Along this path are Prism Stone x6 and the Desert Pyromancer Hood.
  • Drop to the smaller root on the right for a Twinkling Titanite.
  • Follow the roots down to the tower and climb the right roofs for a Divine Blessing.
  • Where the angel summoner was is an Ember.
  • Return to the first drop and light the Within the Earthen Peak Ruins bonfire.
  • Slave Knight Gael and Lapp (if he moved to Earthen Peak Ruins) can both be summoned.
  • Defeat the Demon Prince for the Soul of the Demon Prince.
  • If Lapp fetched the slab for you, a Siegbräu now lies where he stood at Earthen Peak Ruins.
  • Take the Small Envoy Banner and raise it at the cliff to fly to The Ringed City.

The Ringed City

  • On arrival turn around for a Titanite Scale.
  • Down the stairs onto the bridge, go right down the path for the Ruin Set.
  • Halfway across, drop from the round platform on the right and turn around for a Soul of a Crestfallen Knight.
  • Further on, a Crystal Lizard drops a Twinkling Titanite and a Titanite Scale.
  • Go round the structure and up the ladder; the judicator drops a Divine Blessing.
  • On the bridge: a Large Soul of a Weary Warrior, Titanite Chunk x2, an Ember and Budding Green Blossom x2.
  • Below the judicator's platform, facing the bridge, a room holds a Hidden Blessing.
  • Down the stairs behind the judicator is Purging Stone x2.
  • Light the Mausoleum Lookout bonfire and the Ringed Inner Wall bonfire, then talk to Lapp on the balcony for a Siegbräu; exhaust his talk. An Ember lies beside him.
  • On the only path, a body holds a Hollow Gem; keep right for a Titanite Chunk by a railing.
  • In the round room, jump onto the chandelier and the outer ring for a Twinkling Titanite; a Shriving Stone is below.
  • Take the stairs to the street, go right to the door and talk to Shira, Knight of Filianore. Answer Gwyn and accept her request for the Sacred Chime of Filianore.
  • Turn round and drop off on the right for a Titanite Chunk.
  • Head to the first bridge for Mossfruit x2.
  • Enter the small garden: Seeker of the Spurned invades even unembered and drops the Wolf Ring+3. The Black Witch Set is at the back.
  • Back on the street, an alcove on the left before the swamp has Mossfruit x2.
  • Cross to the corridor on the other side for the Ringed Knight Spear.
  • Drop to the street for a Large Soul of a Crestfallen Knight.
  • At the swamp, grab the Dark Gem before the fallen tower.
  • Go right up the stairs for Prism Stone x4 and the Ringed City Streets bonfire.
  • Leave the bonfire room, drop a level, go left and drop into the corner for the White Preacher Head.
  • Back at the swamp entrance, pass the stairs for a Large Soul of a Weary Warrior and a Titanite Chunk behind rocks; the judicator drops a Hidden Blessing.
  • Keep right and climb the hill for the Ringed Knight Straight Sword.
  • Go back down: the Preacher's Right Arm is at the fallen tower, a Soul of a Weary Warrior behind it and another in mid-swamp.
  • At the back cliff, look behind the left rock for a Titanite Chunk.
  • Circle to the church's lower left flank to find the Black Witch Veil.
  • On the church roof, at the back, is a Twinkling Titanite.
  • Drop at the back and open the shortcut to the bonfire.
  • Stand in the swamp and use Young White Branch until you become a Humanity spirit; walk only. Go back to the shortcut room and stand at the writing by the gate to make a ladder fall.
  • Climb up, kill the judicator for a Divine Blessing, go down stairs and a ladder, cross the bridge for a Large Soul of a Crestfallen Knight and go right to touch the Purging Monument.
  • Back over the bridge, continue for the Dragonhead Shield.
  • Drop down and enter the building ahead for the Covetous Gold Serpent Ring+3.
  • Just to the right is Lapp; tell him about the Purging Monument and exhaust his talk.
  • Leave, circle the structure and cross a bridge to a Crystal Lizard with Twinkling Titanite x2.
  • Go on, drop a ledge and climb into the next structure; Silver Knight Ledo invades even unembered and drops Ledo's Great Hammer.
  • The balcony on the left has Titanite Chunk x2.
  • Leave the way you came and drop down the ledges for Havel's Ring+3.
  • Below, three Monks surround a Soul of a Crestfallen Knight.
  • Head back toward the swamp entrance for a Titanite Chunk on the left by the fallen tower.
  • Keep left to a sunken dome; a Twinkling Titanite is behind it.
  • Along the left cliff and up the hill are the White Birch Bow and a Titanite Chunk.
  • Down the far side, a white birch has three Young White Branch pickups.
  • The structure on the right holds the Church Guardian Shiv.
  • At the back of the swamp, a Dragonslayer Armour enemy drops the Iron Dragonslayer Set.
  • Nearby are two Titanite Scale pickups.
  • Back in the swamp, a Soul of a Crestfallen Knight lies by a tree.
  • Return to the bridge behind the church and go right for a Titanite Scale and the Dragonhead Greatshield.
  • On the cliffside Midir burns: a Soul of a Weary Warrior, Titanite Scale x2 in a side room, Rubbish and a Large Soul of a Weary Warrior. Come back once he leaves the bridge for an easier time.
  • Follow the trail under the cliff to pick up Titanite Scale x2.
  • The Moaning Knight invades in the Shared Grave even if you are unembered; he drops the Blindfold Mask.
  • After dropping in, the first grave on the left has a Lightning Gem.
  • Continue up for a Simple Gem.
  • After the second drop, turn round and climb the stones into another grave.
  • Lapp waits here; interact for the Patches Squat gesture if you lack it and talk to him. Reload if he is missing.
  • Walk to the purple cloth; after the scene you end up on a lower staircase.
  • After the next drop, turn round for a Blessed Gem.
  • Up ahead, the first grave has a Mimic holding the Ring of the Evil Eye+3.
  • Light the Shared Grave bonfire and kill the Crystal Lizard for a Twinkling Titanite and a Titanite Scale.
  • At Lapp's earlier spot find the Champion's Bones (only if not taken in Ariandel) and Lapp's Set.
  • Go out and drive off Midir from the bridge to unlock his fight; a Titanite Scale lies on the bridge.
  • In the room, a hidden wall right of the stairs leads to another with a Large Soul of a Weary Warrior and a third with the Lightning Arrow miracle.
  • Upstairs a Crystal Lizard drops Titanite Scale x2.
  • The lift in the next room opens a shortcut to the Ringed Inner Wall bonfire.
  • Ride down, hop off halfway, go right and drop for the Chloranthy Ring+3.
  • Ride again and go left for an Ember.
  • Hit the statue without a sword to reveal a hidden wall; behind the ladder is a Filianore's Spear Ornament.
  • Climb down the ladder for the Antiquated Plain Set.
  • If you accepted Shira's request, she can be summoned for the next fight.
  • Defeat Darkeater Midir for the Spears of the Church and the Soul of Darkeater Midir.
  • Return to Shira at Ringed City Streets for a Titanite Slab.
  • Go back to where the Chloranthy Ring was and head out toward the church.
  • Budding Green Blossom x3 lies on your left. The Ringed Knight nearby carries the Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords.
  • Right of the knight's spot is the Ritual Spear Fragment.
  • Before entering the church, drop on the left for Twinkling Titanite x2.
  • If you met Patches in the Shared Grave, his sign is by the church door.
  • Defeat Halflight, Spear of the Church for a Titanite Slab and a Filianore's Spear Ornament.
  • In Filianore's Rest, go through the broken window and keep right to a church-like ruin. Shira attacks; she drops the Crucifix of the Mad King, plus her Titanite Slab if you never claimed it.
  • Keep left from the start instead to find a Ringed Knight who leaves a Titanite Slab.
  • Shira's old door is now open, with Shira's Set inside.
  • At The Dreg Heap bonfire, examine the old woman's corpse for the Old Woman's Ashes; the Handmaid then sells the Splitleaf Greatsword.
  • Defeat Slave Knight Gael for the Soul of Slave Knight Gael and the Blood of the Dark Soul.
  • Take the Blood of the Dark Soul to the Painting Woman in Ariandel Chapel if you wish.

Shops, trades and transpositions

  • Already in hand at the start: the Darksign plus the Point Forward, Point Up, Point Down, Wave, Bow, Joy and Jump for Joy gestures.
  • Orbeck's starting list: Soul Arrow, Great Soul Arrow, Heavy Soul Arrow, Great Heavy Soul Arrow, Farron Dart, Magic Weapon, Magic Shield and Soul Greatsword.
  • Scrolls widen his list with Cast Light, Repair, Hidden Weapon, Hidden Body, Twisted Wall of Light, Great Farron Dart and Farron Hail.
  • Logan's Scroll and the Crystal Scroll add Homing Soulmass, Soul Spear, Homing Crystal Soulmass, Crystal Soul Spear and Crystal Magic Weapon.
  • Cornyx sells Fireball, Fire Surge, Great Combustion and Flash Sweat from the start.
  • His tomes add Fire Orb, Bursting Fireball, Poison Mist and Profuse Sweat (Great Swamp), Acid Surge, Carthus Beacon and Carthus Flame Arc (Carthus), Great Chaos Fire Orb and Chaos Storm (Izalith).
  • Karla teaches Affinity and Dark Edge, plus Fire Whip, Firestorm and Rapport from the Quelana tome and Black Flame and Black Fire Orb from the Grave Warden tome.
  • Buy the dark miracles from Karla: Dark Blade, Vow of Silence and Dead Again (Londor tome), Deep Protection and Gnaw (Deep tome).
  • Irina sells Heal, Replenishment, Caressing Tears and Homeward; her tomes add Med Heal, Tears of Denial, Force, Bountiful Light, Blessed Weapon and Magic Barrier.
  • The Shrine Handmaid keeps Heal Aid and Farron Dart in stock.
  • Ludleth turns boss souls into Crystal Hail, Deep Soul, Black Serpent, Boulder Heave, Chaos Bed Vestiges and Soothing Sunlight.
  • Further transpositions give Lifehunt Scythe, White Dragon Breath, Lightning Storm and Sunlight Spear, and from DLC souls Old Moonlight and Seething Chaos.
  • Covenant ranks pay out Sacred Oath and Great Lightning Spear, Darkmoon Blade, Warmth, Great Deep Soul, Young Grass Dew and Divine Spear Fragment.
  • Drop more items in the crow's nest: an Alluring Skull for the Hello Carving, a Hidden Blessing for the Thank You Carving and a Divine Blessing for the Very Good Carving.
  • A Shriving Stone gets the I'm Sorry Carving and any sacred chime the Help Me Carving.
  • Once Hawkwood has gone to wait by the Abyss Watchers' grave, Andre passes you Hawkwood's Swordgrass.
  • Killing a merchant leaves ashes for the Handmaid: Cornyx's Ashes, Irina's Ashes, Karla's Ashes, Yuria's Ashes and Patches' Ashes. Only do it once their quests are over.
  • Shrine Handmaid weapons: Shortsword, Scimitar, Halberd, Sorcerer's Staff, Talisman and Torch from the start.
  • Ashes add the Washing Pole, Morning Star, Crescent Axe, Composite Bow and Canvas Talisman to her shelves.
  • Her shields: Leather Shield, Crimson Parma, Warrior's Round Shield, Large Leather Shield and later the Eastern Iron Shield.
  • She also sells the Life Ring, and the Wood Grain Ring and Lloyd's Shield Ring once the right ashes are handed in.
  • Plain armor from her: the Chain Armor Set and Leather Armor Set; ashes bring the Eastern Armor Set, Karla's Set and Xanthous Set.
  • Boss kills unlock the Faraam Armor Set, Smough's Set, Dancer's Set, Lorian's Armor Set, Gundyr's Set and Firelink Set at her counter.
  • More boss-linked armor: Undead Legion Set, Armor of Favor Set, Dragonscale Set, Exile Armor Set, Black Hand Armor Set and Ordained Set.
  • Single pieces on sale after the right bosses: Golden Crown, Golden Bracelets, Sage's Big Hat and Wolnir's Crown.
  • Greirat's weapons: Bandit's Knife, Bastard Sword, Mace, Spear and Light Crossbow, then Scholar's Candlestick, Estoc and Warpick after a trip.
  • After his raids he adds the Lothric Knight Sword, Zweihander, Lothric Knight Greatsword, Pontiff Knight Curved Sword, Lothric Knight Long Spear and Glaive.
  • Also from Greirat: Short Bow, Knight's Crossbow, Priest's Chime, Buckler, Target Shield, Elkhorn Round Shield, Round Shield and Kite Shield.
  • His shields and armor: Knight Shield, Lothric Knight Shield, Pontiff Knight Shield, Lothric Knight Greatshield, Standard Helm, Thief Mask and the Hard Leather Armor Set.
  • His later armor: the Knight Set and Assassin Set.
  • Patches sells the Parrying Dagger, Shotel, Winged Spear, Black Leather Set and Horsehoof Ring.
  • Cornyx sells the Pyromancer Set; Yuria sells the Dark Hand, Untrue Dark Ring and Untrue White Ring.
  • Ludleth's swords: Cleric's Candlestick, Hollowslayer Greatsword, Wolnir's Holy Sword, Greatsword of Judgment, Profaned Greatsword and Wolf Knight's Greatsword.
  • More from Ludleth: Farron Greatsword, Moonlight Greatsword, Firelink Greatsword, Lothric's Holy Sword, Lorian's Greatsword and Twin Princes' Greatsword.
  • Further transpositions: Storm Curved Sword, Dragonslayer Swordspear, Dancer's Enchanted Swords, Crystal Sage's Rapier, Demon's Greataxe and Demon's Fist.
  • Heavy options: Dragonslayer Greataxe, Dragonslayer Greatshield, Yhorm's Great Machete, Yhorm's Greatshield, Vordt's Great Hammer and Old King's Great Hammer.
  • Also: Arstor's Spear, Gundyr's Halberd, Darkmoon Longbow, and from DLC souls Friede's Great Scythe, Rose of Ariandel, Demon's Scar, Frayed Blade, Gael's Greatsword and Repeating Crossbow.
  • Rings from Ludleth: Havel's Ring, Prisoner's Chain and Pontiff's Left Eye.
  • Covenant gear: Old Wolf Curved Sword, Wolf Knight's Greatshield, Wolf Ring, Bloodlust, Darkmoon Ring, Obscuring Ring, Man-grub's Staff and Archdeacon's Great Staff.
  • Crow swaps for gear: a Mendicant's Staff for the Sunlight Shield, an Undead Bone Shard for the Porcine Shield and a Vertebra Shackle for Lucatiel's Mask.
  • More crow swaps: a Lightning Urn for the Iron Helm, a Siegbräu for the Armor of the Sun and a Seed of a Giant Tree for the Iron Leggings.

Enemy drops and farming

  • High Wall of Lothric: hollow soldiers drop the Wooden Shield, Iron Round Shield, Steel Soldier Helm and the Deserter Set.
  • Undead Settlement: the red-eyed Peasant Hollow drops the Harpe, Hollow Slaves near Cliff Underside drop the Flamberge, and farmers drop the Great Machete, Great Wooden Hammer, Four-Pronged Plow and Worker Set.
  • Undead Settlement and Lothric Castle: halberd-carrying Winged Knights drop the Winged Knight Halberd; twin-axe Winged Knights drop the Winged Knight Twinaxes.
  • Road of Sacrifices: Corvians drop the Corvian Greatknife, Great Corvian Scythe and Storyteller's Staff; the big log-carrying hollows drop the Pike; Evangelists drop the Spiked Mace and Evangelist Set.
  • Cathedral of the Deep: Cathedral Knights drop the Cathedral Knight Greatsword, Cathedral Knight Greatshield, Heavy Crossbow, Great Mace and Cathedral Knight Set; Deacons drop the Deacon Set.
  • Farron Keep: Ghru drop the Rotten Ghru Dagger, Rotten Ghru Curved Sword, Rotten Ghru Spear and Ghru Rotshield; Elder Ghru drop the Stone Greatshield; Darkwraiths drop the Dark Sword and Dark Set.
  • Catacombs of Carthus: skeletons drop the Falchion, Carthus Curved Sword, Carthus Shotel, Carthus Curved Greatsword and Carthus Shield; Bonewheel Skeletons drop the Bonewheel Shield.
  • Irithyll and Anor Londo: Pontiff Knights drop the Pontiff Knight Great Scythe and Pontiff Knight Set, Fire Witches the Immolation Tinder and Fire Witch Set, Silver Knights the Silver Knight Shield and Silver Knight Set.
  • Irithyll Dungeon and Profaned Capital: Jailers drop the Soldering Iron, Aristocrat's Mask and Jailer Set; pale Wretches drop the Tailbone Short Sword and Tailbone Spear; Jailer Handmaids drop the Handmaid's Dagger.
  • Lothric Castle and Grand Archives: Lothric Knights drop the Lothric Knight Set, Thralls the Thrall Axe and Thrall Hood, scholars the Scholar's Robe, and Gargoyles the Gargoyle Flame Hammer and Gargoyle Flame Spear.
  • Untended Graves: Black Knights drop the Black Knight Greatsword, Black Knight Greataxe, Black Knight Shield and Black Knight Set; Grave Wardens drop the Warden Twinblades and Grave Warden Set.
  • Archdragon Peak: Man-serpents drop the Man Serpent Hatchet and the Mendicant's Staff.
  • Firelink Shrine: the hollows outside the shrine can drop the Cleric's Sacred Chime.
  • DLC: Millwood Followers drop the Follower Set, Ringed Knights the Ringed Knight Set and Harald Legion Knights the Harald Legion Set.
  • Any Mimic has a small chance to drop the Symbol of Avarice.

New Game+ notes

  • NG+ adds a "+1" copy of many rings; each area section lists where they sit. The +3 rings live in The Ringed City DLC.
  • NG++ adds the "+2" rings. Life Ring+3 is the only base-game +3 ring and appears from NG++.
  • Every missable item, gesture and questline reward returns in a new cycle, so a second run can mop up anything you lost.
  • Endings can be chosen again each cycle; play one cycle per ending if you want every ending achievement.
  • Enemies, bosses and soul rewards scale up each cycle; boss souls are given again for more transpositions.